Stations of the Cross is (the use of) the "New Way of the Cross" being recited exclusively in the Philippines and by Filipinos abroad. The Stations of the Resurrection (also known by the Latin name of "Via Lucis," Way of Light) are used in some churches at Eastertide to meditate on the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ. Franz Liszt wrote a "Via crucis" for choir, soloists and piano or organ or harmonium in 1879. In 1931, French organist Marcel Dupré improvised and transcribed musical meditations based on fourteen poems by Paul Claudel, one for each station. Peter Maxwell Davies's "Vesalii Icones" (1969), for
Ritual of the Bacabs to Christianity in the text. Almost every incantation ends with "Amen," and the thirty-ninth uses "Jesus Mary" ("Jesuz Maria") as an exclamation. "Ritual of the Bacabs" is filled with symbolism that has long since lost its significance and meaning. In his "Maya History and Religion", J. Eric S. Thompson wrote: "The only parallel which comes to mind of the Book of Revelation. Many plants, birds, and insects, all clothed in symbolism and allusions to lost mythology, are important features...even in translation the incantations are very hard to comprehend." Ritual of the Bacabs Ritual of the Bacabs is the name given