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See also Orders of Chivalry in the British honours system After the failure of the crusades, the crusading military orders became idealized and romanticized, resulting in the late medieval notion of chivalry, as reflected in the Arthurian romances of the time. D'Arcy Boulton (1987) classifies the chivalric orders of the 14th and 15th centuries into the following categories: Monarchical Orders, with the presidency attached to a monarch. the Order of Saint George, founded by Charles I ... Including:

• Chivalric order - Literature

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The title of Commander is used in the Military Orders, such as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, for a member senior to a Knight. The title of Knight Commander is often used to denote an even higher rank. These conventions are also used by most of the continental orders of chivalry. The United Kingdom uses different classifications. In most of the British Orders of Knighthood, the grade of Knight (or Dame) Commander is the lowest grade of knighthood, but is above the grade of Companion (which does not carry a knighthood). In the ...

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Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. It is below Captain and above Lieutenant-Commander. The rank evolved in the 18th and early 19th centuries and was originally known as Master and Commander. The Royal Navy shortened Master and Commander to Commander in 1814. A commander in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy is equivalent in rank to a lieutenant-colonel in the army. A commander may command a frigate, destroyer, submarine, aviation squadron or shore installati ... Including:

• Commander - Royal Air Force rank
• Commander - Royal Naval Air Service
• Commander - US Air Force duty titles
• Commander - British police rank
• Commander - American police rank
• Commander - Military and Chivalric Orders
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A Streetcar Named Desire is a play by Tennessee Williams describing a culture clash between Blanche DuBois—a pretentious, fading relic of the Old South—and Stanley Kowalski, a rising member of the industrial, inner-city immigrant class. Streetcar came shortly after Williams's first big success, The Glass Menagerie of 1945. While Williams kept writing plays and fiction into the 1980s, none of his later works lived up to the critical reputation of his first hits. Williams ... Including:

• A Streetcar Named Desire - Plot
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Themes and Motifs
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Illusion versus Reality
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Abandonment of Chivalric Codes
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Film and Opera adaptations
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Performances
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Comparison with other works
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Streetcar revival in New Orleans
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Oh! Streetcar!

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Historically, the sword was viewed as a sacred ritual object signifying bravery and power. The flaming sword of Boddhisatva procured knowledge and freedom from desire while the sword of Vishnu represented pure knowledge and the destruction of ignorance. A knight's sword was two-edged - one to strike down infidels, the other thieves and murderers; the point represented obedience. Traditional Christianity and chivalry viewed it as a "luminous tool for chivalrous tasks" with a power that united spirit and matter - the binding of heaven and earth.
 

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Azazel `aza''zel (Hebrew) (from `azaz to be firm, strong, powerful (or from `ez goat) + ''el divinity, god)
 
Also Azaziel, Azazyel. God of victory; equivalent of Greek Prometheus, he was chief of the ''ishin (Chaldean) or ''ishim (Hebrew), men-spirits who, according to the Zohar, mixed themselves with mortal men, having come to earth to do so (Genesis 6:2-4). The ''ishin are chained on a mountain in the desert, which means that they undergo descent into material life and confinement in incarnation. Azazel and the six other ''ishin teach humankind to make weapons and utensils, and impart the knowledge of various other arts. These seven were the first instructors of the fourth root-race.
 
The story is a form of the universal myth which represents the descent of the manasaputras and, as usual, the god of might or victory has been turned into a god of evil, his benefits into seductions, and his chivalrous sacrifice into a rebellion. He was, like Baphomet, turned into a goat -- the scapegoat of the Old Testament, whose name in the Hebrew is Azazel. The goat in ancient animal symbology signified regeneration and reproductive power, hence strength, might.
 
Suggested additional material: Many experts in ancient Hebrew hold that the name of the old Syriac desert spirit/deity Azazel (Azazyel from the Ethiopian text) was confused with the Hebrew term "oz-oz-el" which literally meant "A goat that goes away." This confusion was fueled by the use of a sacrificial goat "for Azazel" (actually released, not killed) in the Jewish Old Testament rite of atonement. Later, in comparatively modern times, the term "azazel" became synonymous with the idea of the scapegoat.
 
 While a firm connection has never been established, it seems likely that the 3,000-year-old Syriac Azazel is the same one mentioned about 200 BC in the apocryphal "Book of Enoch" (Henoch) as the eventual leader of the "Sons of God" or "Watchers" sent to earth to watch over mankind, but later punished for taking human wives and teaching hidden knowledge to mankind. Confined to a thousand years'' bondage in the "abyss," he was guarded by Archangels Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Phanuel.
 
Although modern Christians often equate Azazel with Satan (Lucifer/Heylel), there is little scholarly evidence to support this view. A more likely view holds that the ancient worshippers of Yahweh sought to incorporate a link to existing, older belief systems while demonizing competing deities.

 
(See also: Azazel, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary )

See also order of chivalry Chivalry1 refers to the medieval institution of knighthood and, most especially, the ideals that were/have become associated with it throughout literature. It was also often associated with ideals of knightly virtues, honor and of courtly love. Chivalry was in essence a warrior code which was later appropriated and propagated by the Church which added the Christian aspects. The Church intended to make the mounted soldiers of the Middle Ages into Christian knights who would protect t ... Including:

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The Bovo-Bukh ("Bovo book"; a.k.a. Baba Buch, etc.), written in 1507–1508 by Elia Levita, was the most popular chivalric romance in the Yiddish language. It was first printed in 1541; since that time there have been at least 40 editions. It is written in ottava rima and, according to Sol Liptzin, is "generally regarded as the most outstanding poetic work in Old Yiddish". [Liptzin, 1972, 5, 7] The theme derives from the Anglo-Norman romance of Sir Bevis of Hampton, by way of an Italian poem that had modifi ... Including:

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The xiá (俠) is a righteous person who excels in personal combat and may use their armed expertise to right social unfairness or injustice (鋤強扶弱). Xiá could be roughly compared to "chivalry" and identified with the Western concept of knights and knighthood, although they are not strictly interchangeable. The feudalist overtones are wholly missing from the Chinese concept; unlike a knight, the xiá ("chivalrous man") need not serve a lord or hold any military power; neither are they required to be from an arist ...

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Alexander (Aleksandr) III (Russian: Александр III Александрович) (b.March 10, 1845 – d.November 1, 1894) was the Emperor of Russia from March 14, 1881 until his death. Alexander III of Russia - Principles. Alexander was the second son of Alexander II and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. In natural disposition he bore little resemblance to his soft-hearted, liberal minded father, and still less to his refined, philosophic, sentimental, chivalrous, yet cunning grand-uncle Alexander I, who ... Including:

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• Alexander III of Russia - Foreign Relations
• Alexander III of Russia - Anti-reforms
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The Order of the Solar Temple also known as Ordre du Temple Solaire (OTS) in French, and the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition or simply as The Solar Temple was a secret society based upon the new age myth of the continuing existence of the Knights Templar (see Origins of the Solar Temple below). OTS was purportedly started by Joseph di Mambro and Luc Jouret in 1984 in Geneva as l'Ordre International Chevaleresque de Tradition Solaire (OICTS) and renamed Ordre du Temple Solaire. It is believed that other mem ... Including:

• Order of the Solar Temple - Dogma and Beliefs of the Solar Temple
• Order of the Solar Temple - Founders of the Solar Temple
• Order of the Solar Temple - Structure of the OTS
• Order of the Solar Temple - Origins of the Solar Temple
• Order of the Solar Temple - The Solar Temple in Quebec
• Order of the Solar Temple - Mass murders and suicides: leaving the planet destination: Sirius
• Order of the Solar Temple - Bibliography

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