Literary notes about ORIENT (AI summary)
The term "orient" is utilized in literature in a variety of ways that reflect its rich, multifaceted meanings. At times it designates a specific geographic or cultural region imbued with mystique or the promise of exotic wealth, as seen in passages that evoke the allure of Eastern lands and sunrise imagery, such as “all the orient flamed with red” [1] and “the Orient was rich” [2]. In other instances, it carries a political or ideological weight, employed metaphorically to signify secret societies or reorienting an individual’s mindset toward drastic change [3, 4]. Furthermore, references to the "Grand Orient" illustrate its institutional and symbolic usage within the realm of Freemasonry, underlining its connotation of enlightenment and organized tradition [5, 6].
- Now from her rosy car Aurora shed The dawn, and all the orient flamed with red.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - they wanted, of course, was booty: the orient was rich....
— from The Antichrist by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - 662 Indeed, during the last fifty years the Grand Orient has thrown off the mask and openly declared itself to be political in its aims.
— from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster - However, this man needs to be stimulated to re-orient his thinking in the direction of destruction.
— from Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services - Co-Masonry derives from the Grand Orient of France, an illegitimate body according to English ruling.
— from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster - Finally, by fraternity Grand Orient Masonry denotes the abolition of all national feeling.
— from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster
