“Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was the voice of destiny, summoning the child into his future with all its glorious promise.”
Anne Hamilton“Shadow is Light’s child. It is nothing without the Light, and nothing if it falls into Darkness.”
Anne Hamilton, Many-Coloured Realm“For the Hebrews, names provided a direct link with the Creator. They understood words as being the creative fire of God, the ‘black fire on white fire’ of His Law. Every utterance and every act of creation through which He revealed Himself was not only word made flesh but fire made f”
Anne Hamilton, God's Poetry: The Identity and Destiny Encoded In Your Name“Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was the voice of destiny, summoning the child into his future with all its glorious promise.”
Anne Hamilton, God's Panoply: The Armour of God and the Kiss of Heaven