{"product_id":"human-heart-shown-as-a-temple-of-god-and-the-holy-spirit-or-a-workshop-of-the-devil-and-evil-spirits-l-w-de-laurence-1935","title":"The Human Heart Shown as a Temple of God and the Holy Spirit or a Workshop of the Devil and Evil Spirits — L. W. de Laurence — 1935","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1935, \u003cem\u003eThe Human Heart Shown as a Temple of God and the Holy Spirit or a Workshop of the Devil and Evil Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e by L. W. de Laurence uses a stark religious allegory to depict the moral condition of the inner life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart is presented symbolically as a chamber shaped by thought, desire, habit, and allegiance. In one condition it becomes a temple ordered toward divine presence, discipline, and virtue; in the other it becomes a workshop of confusion, temptation, and destructive influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work reflects the visual and devotional tradition of moral diagrams in which spiritual states are represented through contrasting emblems. It will be of interest to readers of religious symbolism, occult publishing, moral allegory, and the unusual catalog of de Laurence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe language of spirits and moral danger belongs to the religious framework of the period and is presented here as historical symbolic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: L. W. de Laurence\u003cbr\u003ePublication year: 1935\u003cbr\u003eSubjects: Religious allegory, the human heart, moral symbolism, spirits, virtue, and temptation\u003cbr\u003eAvailable formats: PDF and Physical Book\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Odd Enough Books","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":49976712528154,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical Book","offer_id":49976712560922,"sku":null,"price":825.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/9048\/7322\/files\/6A98D1DB-919F-4032-817C-0C8FA86DDC60.jpg?v=1774632474","url":"https:\/\/oddenoughbooks.com\/products\/human-heart-shown-as-a-temple-of-god-and-the-holy-spirit-or-a-workshop-of-the-devil-and-evil-spirits-l-w-de-laurence-1935","provider":"Odd Enough Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}