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			[[File:Ascensión de Elías, de Juan de Valdés Leal (Iglesia de Ntra. Sra. del Carmen de Córdoba).jpg\|thumb\|Elisha receiving the mantle of Elijah. ''Ascension of Elijah'', Juan de Valdés Lea (c. 1655/56)]]

	A '''mantle''' is a symbol of authority, preeminence or responsibility. For instance, you might say that a great painter passes his mantle to his protégé. In the spiritual sense of the word, a mantle is a spiritual office. And with its bestowal, there is passed from Guru to disciple a great sphere of light.		A '''mantle''' is a symbol of authority, preeminence or responsibility. For instance, you might say that a great painter passes his mantle to his protégé. In the spiritual sense of the word, a mantle is a spiritual office. And with its bestowal, there is passed from Guru to disciple a great sphere of light.