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Jacob's ladder
(redirected from Ladder to Heaven)

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Jacob's ladder,
n Latin name:
Convallaria majalis; parts used: flowers, leaves, roots; uses: anticonvulsant, cardiotonic, heart dis-ease, topical treatment for burns; precautions: persons with cardiac conditions. Increases risk of bradycardia when used with calcium channel blockers. Also called
ladder-to-heaven, May lily, muguet, our-lady's-tears.
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Jacob famously wrestled with an angel and dreamed of angels ascending a ladder to heaven.
CONTEMPLATING ANGELS; VATICAN ART EXHIBIT ALIGHTS IN L.A by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The Book of Genesis tells the story of Jacob laying his head upon a rock and dreaming of a ladder to heaven, and the nearby stagecoach road -- now Route 20 -- had long been known as Jacob's Ladder.
Jacob's Pillow: crossroads of the dance world by Owen, Norton / Dance Magazine
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