The Bible and the Energy of Light

Viking Robbery - Irish TreasureImagine it is about 900 AD. A fierce band of Vikings is raiding the Isle of Iona in Scotland. Unfolding into a monastery, they learn an exquisite illuminated manuscript, containing the four Gospels of the Newest Testament. It's probably the most impressive thing-they have ever witnessed. So that they make off with it.Not long afterward and wrap it in a fur cloak, this valuable thing of beauty mysteriously finds the Abbey of Kells, County Meath, Ireland. Unsurprisingly, Kells Abbey was Alone plundered and pillaged by Vikings often in the 10th Century, but somehow, the precious manuscript survived.After being eliminated by the Catholic Cathedral in 1541 for safekeeping, it was returned to Ireland and given to Trinity College, Dublin. It's today he earliest lighted Scripture manuscript available and regarded certainly one of Ireland's most precious national treasures.This is simply a quick, partial account of The Book of Kells. But when you are luckily enough to visit Dublin and make your path to the Library at Trinity College, you'll truly by surprised by the artistry of Religious iconography combined with swirling art motifs and radiant hues showing figures of people, animals and mythological beasts, enclosed by Celtic knots and incredibly comprehensive interlacing. And you will recall this viewing for the remainder of the life.The Two Foot High - Three Foot Wide - Four Million Dollar Bible Fast-ahead 1000 years to the start of the newest Millennium. British Master calligrapher, Jesse Jackson is in Wales realizing a lifelong dream.Working with a group of theologians and musicians from Saint John's Abbey and University, Jackson has spent the last six decades scribing and demonstrating a manuscript using quills and shows hand-terrain from vitamins and gems such as for instance lapis lazuli, malachite, silver, copper and 24-karat gold.Commissioned by Saint John's Abbey and University, The Saint John's Bible is a contemporary masterpiece of design produced in the tradition of medieval manuscripts and the initial handwritten, illuminated Bible to be commissioned by a Benedictine monastery since the introduction of the printing press more Than 500 years ago."The Saint John's Bible makes a declaration about belief, as well as the value of creativity and craft," said Brother Dietrich Reinhart, OSB, president of Saint John's School. "We are pleased to share our work and introduce new elements of the task to viewers in the united states through this expanded tour."The Saint John's Bible is seven amounts and two feet tall by three feet wide when open. The Bible consists of vellum with 160 illuminations, and has cost $4 million to make. And you will see The Saint John's Bible through the pictures and info on the internet, at one of many touring exhibitions, or at its house, the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library on the campus of Saint John's University.The Purchase Of St. Benedict advises the viewer to "listen... Together with the ear of your heart. As you learn more about The Saint John's Bible, it is our wish that the Scriptures will open up to you and that your journey below will develop into a journey toward God."