For example, most of the cytoplasm is not divided into separate cells by walls but forms a syncytium or continuous mass of cytoplasm with many nuclei ( e . g ., Reiswig and Mackie, 1983 ) . Venus'Flower Basket, " Euplectella aspergillum"
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Sprinkling holy water from his aspergillum on each side of the cross, Jordan prayed : " By the grace and love of almighty God, to the north, I bless this cross in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit, " and then repeated the blessing for east, west and south.
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In the Roman Catholic Church, as well as among many Anglican and Lutheran congregations, palm fronds ( or in colder climates some kind of substitutes ) are blessed with an aspergillum outside the church building in an event called the " blessing of palms " if using palm leaves ( or in cold climates in the narthex when Easter falls early in the year ).
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Also to be included are a bell which is rung nine times at the start and end of the ceremony, a chalice made of anything but gold, and which contains an alcoholic drink symbolizing the " Elixir of Life ", a sword that represents aggression, a model phallus used as an aspergillum, a gong, and parchment on which requests to Satan are to be written before being burned.
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Since the color red had an inherent power to frighten evil spirits, this was likely the significance of the crimson yarn, colored by dyestuffs derived from insects & Both the cedar and the hyssop ( the latter actually a form of caper, true hyssop not being found in Palestine ) were used for sacred aspersions & It is possible that the yarn bound the hyssop sprig to the cedar to form an aspergillum ( Cazelles ) although the text is not so explicit and they are evidently not so arranged in Num [ Numbers ] 19 : 6.
