Editing Torch (section)

==Symbolism==
[[File:Liberty torch drawing.svg|55px|right]]
The torch is a common [[emblem]] of both [[Age of Enlightenment|enlightenment]] and [[hope]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvcxCgAAQBAJ&q=torch+is+symbol+of+hope+and+enlightenment&pg=PA72 |title=Studying Transcultural Literary History |last=Lindberg-Wada |first=Gunilla |date=2006-01-01|publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=9783110920550|language=en}}</ref> thus the [[Statue of Liberty]], formally named ''Liberty Enlightening the World'', lifts her torch. Crossed reversed torches were signs of [[mourning]] that appear on Greek and Roman funerary monuments—a torch pointed downwards symbolizes [[death]], while a torch held up symbolizes life, truth and the regenerative power of flame. The torch is also a symbol used by political parties, for instance by both [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (from 1918 to 1980) and the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] (from 1983 to 2006) in the UK, and by the [[Malta Labour Party]]. In the seals of schools in the [[Philippines]], the torch symbolizes the vision of education to provide enlightenment to all the students.

The torch is also associated with the Greek goddess of [[witchcraft]] known as [[Hecate]] in some works of art.<ref>{{cite book|author=Oskar Seyffert|title=A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities: Mythology, Religion, Literature and Art|url=https://archive.org/details/b3135841x/page/270/mode/2up?view=theater|publisher=[[William Swan Sonnenschein|Swan Sonnenschein and Co]]|edition=6|date=1901|page=271|access-date=2022-01-01}}</ref>

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File:Main Reading Room. Detail of frieze of winged half figures with torch of learning. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. LCCN2007684396.tif|Detail of frieze of winged half figures with torch of learning in the [[Library of Congress]] [[Thomas Jefferson Building]], Washington, D.C.
File:Liberty Island Jul 2019 27.jpg|The original 1886–1984 torch of the [[Statue of Liberty]] (''Liberty Enlightening the World'') is housed in the [[Statue of Liberty Museum]] on [[Liberty Island]], New York City
Image:Sculpture pont de l'alma Paris FRA.jpg|''[[Flame of Liberty]]'', [[Place Diana]], Paris
File:Hécate - Mallarmé.png|The goddess Hecate holding a torch to her right
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