#18 Threads
Aug 31, 2021
3 minutes
Words by CHRISTINA NEWLAND
Illustration by
LAURÉNE BOGLIO
hen someone uses the idiom ‘beyond the veil’, it connotes the thin divide between this world and the next; an indication of something mystical and unknown. The phrase is said to derive from an inner sanctum in the Temple of Jerusalem, which is concealed by a veil; nothing could be more on the nose in pointing out the ancient religious power of the item. Be it within Islam, Judaism, or
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