Things are signified by words…but through the use of metaphors, things can also signify spiritual truths!
I also like how this one site sums up Articles 9 and 10 of the “Sacred Doctrine” essay by writing:
1) God made the world;
2) The world is God’s book; and
3) The book is made of symbols.
That’s so Dan Brown-y.
The Passage
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Hiroshima Mon Amour