747 | The Candle as a Symbol of Life at Birth hand, the burning light symbolizes the life or soul ; when the light is extinguished, the life is ended ; the soul has departed from the body ( cf . Prov . 20 : 27 ; Sir . 22 : , and the numerous Biblical references with related meanings cited by K . Grüneisen, Der Ahnenkultus und die Urreligion Israels, Halle a . S . 900, pp . 04 f . For numerous Rabbinic references to the same concept, cf . S . Krauss, Talmudische Archäologie, Leipzig 9 0 - II, 55, and note 4 3 a ) . That the belief is current in modern times in 2, 9 the Orient is proved by ample evidence . Sir John Maundeville relates of the monks at Mount Sinai that “when the prelate of the abbey is dead, I have been informed that his light is extinguished . And when they choose another prelate, his lamp will light by the grace of God, without being touched by any man . For every one of them has a lamp for himself, and by their lamps they know well when any one of them shall die ; for t...
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