God's Panoply Quotes

“Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was the voice of destiny, summoning the child into his future with all its glorious promise.”
― Anne Hamilton, God's Panoply: The Armour of God and the Kiss of Heaven

“If this interpretation of nashamah by the rabbis is right ... then it is naming that creates soul.”
― Anne Hamilton, God's Panoply: The Armour of God and the Kiss of Heaven