Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-03
! FINE COLOR IS YELLOW
IN MYTHOLOGY THE HUE WAS
SACRED TO JUPITER.
Mixed With Red It Is Often the EN-
blem of Turbulence - Healing and
Stimulating
From the Queen.

From the Queen.
In ancient mythology yellow was sacred
to Jupiter. and to be worn on Sunday, the
day ruled by the sun and consecrated 10
deity. Saffron or flame colored robes were
also dedicated to Hymen, and brides were
covered with veil called the fiammarion'
without which no marriage VOW was held
binding.
The imperial color of China is orange and
Is sacred to the use of the Son of Heaven.
yellow mixed with red is often an emblem
of turbulence. as the orange lily badge of
the Orangemen in Ireland.
Yellow is considered fundamental color.
like red and blue; its principle is healing.
stimulating, but may prove injurious ana
overexciting TO very irritable and nervous
conditions, it is powerful in its effect
upon the nerves, especially of the brain
and lower parts of the body.
yellow in Nature.
The yellow principle pervades poisons.
tonics emetcS and such medicines as SIENNA.
figs, castor oil, olive oil, sulphur. etc COT
fee. with its yellow brown principle. is in
flammatory. and d:s9oses to restlessness;
saffron in small doses exhilarates the
spirits; in large doses produces headache
and delirium.
Nearly all alcoholic drinks contain the
-
whisky. brandy, champagne. the golden
wines of Italy and Spain, etc, also cereals
such wheat. oats and barley. Thereare
strange chemical affinities between colorS,
and it Is curious to note with regard to
the growth of plants how certain colors
group themselves together. such as violets
and primroses, sorse and heather, etc. vlo-
let and yellow being afflnitive colors. Where
ever yellow enters another color there Is a
deepening and warming; thus yellow with
blue. green; yellow with red, orange.
Yellow is assuredly the outward express
sion Of power. vitality. vigor-physicai. in
qualities for good and for evil of the plan
etary principle of Jupiter. the ruling quail
ties of the world: wherever it Is present it
strikes a dominant note.
Power Of Gold.
The raging fire. the illimitable desert
with its shuff1ing cameis. the beautiful.
fierce body of lion, a tiger. cobra are
alike yellow. There is no power on earth
greater than those little humps of yellow
metal passed with the unconscious swift
ness of thought from hand to hand, focus
ing like magnet all the evil passions Of
men. consuming its seekers with the gold
fever: it Is the root of all evil. yet with a
blossoming power for good; by 1T men must
live. without it. die.
In the Jewish ritual the most precious
metal is an ever recurring symbol The
golden cherubins above the golden ark
and mercy seat. the golden table and the
golden candlestick. the golden lamps. the
golden bells on the high prist's robe. the
golden inter with its engravement, ''Holi
ness to the Lord.
And the same symbolism flows through
the vision of Patmos-the golden altar. the
golden crowns and girdles, the golden walls
of doors and those seven terrible walls of
the wrath of God and the golden cup of
abomina tons held by the scarlet woman
running. as it We're from the heights to
the depth of the golden scaIe-or rather
shall II be said, from the depth to the
height from the barbarc. tawny orange Of
physical force. through the infinite gamut
of tone shades-copper, bronze jacinth, to-
paz flame saffron, amber, citron, lemon.
Primrose. cream. ivory-up to the glorious
fount of light before whom the spirits veil
and from whose radiant glory the torch Of
life is lit.