Top 10 Tips About Doors!
A door is a hard, flat object a person can open and close so that person can go into a room or other place.
It is found in houses and other buildings. Doors are also found in cars and cages. Yet can you imagine a life without doors?
Doors are a hugely important part of your life, but they get overlooked daily.
How would you get in and out?
Here are the Top 10 Tips About Doors!
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- The most ancient doors known date back to ancient Egypt. Doors were simple then and were primarily a slab of wood with hinges.
- In ancient Rome it was common to put an image of a phallus over the front door for wealth, fertility and wellbeing.
- The door symbolises hope, opportunity, communication and liberation.
- A false door is a door that leads to nowhere. In ancient Egypt these doors were known as the doors to the afterlife.
- If a Roman did his country a great service, he was honoured with a door opening outwards, symbolising his help to the empire.
- Many church doors are painted red, especially in Philadelphia. This is because of passover and it is a sign of sanctuary and safety.
- The band called The Doors got their name from a book by Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception.
- Many doors in Ireland are very colourful. This is because when Queen Victoria died and the Irish were ordered to paint their doors black as a sign of mourning. Instead of that and as a rebellion gesture, they painted the front entrance doors of their houses in many colours.
- There is a saying in a dream a door may represent a new opening in your waking life. A locked door could mean missed opportunities.
- Feng shui practices try to balance the natural energies in the house, in order to increase prosperity and wealth. For example, it is said that the pathway to a door should be cleared of obstacles and other items, so that the energies can flow naturally throughout the house, towards the benefit of the homeowner and his family members.