Black Rod 1350 by royal letters patent, though the current title dates from 1522. The position was adopted by other members of the Commonwealth when they adopted the British Westminster system. The title is derived from the staff of office, an ebony staff topped with a golden lion, which is the main symbol of the office's authority. A ceremonial rod or staff is a common type of symbol indicating the authority of the office-holder. Depictions of ancient authority figures in many cultures include such a rod (alternatively called a sceptre). Another early example was the fasces (literally a bound bundle of rods)
Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions (1845) is a book by Søren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard published "Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses" between the years 1843 and 1844 as well as a number of pseudonymous books. His category from "Either/Or" is to choose and his category from his discourses is the "single individual". He has let the reader know that he or she should pay attention to the prefaces in his works and has one in this book which speaks about "meaning" and the "appropriation" of meaning and has repeatedly said that he didn't have the "authority to "preach" or