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The Pillar of Light

The Israelites passing through the Wilderness preceded by the Pillar of Light
Painted by William West (1793-1861) in 1845.
Oil on canvas, currently on display in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.

 The Sunbeam of Yore  

Virtually every culture on earth preserved traditions of a stupendous sky-reaching column that mythologists collectively refer to as the axis mundi or ‘world axis’ — a theme that can now be understood with the help of plasma science.