Dido,
I don't have the need to find an old book about unity church,i have still provided this links on a mailing-list several month ago:
http://unitymemphis.org/about.shtml
And the explanation of this symbol on this page:
"The Unity wings symbol appears in many Unity publications and is prominently displayed in many Unity churches all over the world. Its origins are so ancient they are lost in the mist of pre-history. A similar design has been present in many cultures and spiritual traditions. In ancient Egypt it represented the sun. However, its original meaning is unknown, and is believed by many historians to have evolved from an even earlier epoch.
Unity co-founder Charles Fillmore adopted this artistic creation as a Christian symbol as early as 1891 in the first issue of Unity Magazine. In the April 1923 issue Charles gave this explanation of the Unity wings:
"The winged globe or sun disc...represents the relation existing
between Spirit, soul and body. Soul (the wings) gives wings to
the body (the disc). Spirit is the (invisible) enveloping Principle, like the atmosphere in which both soul and body exist, and from
which they draw their original inspiration."
Mr. Fillmore taught as we build and spread our wings of spiritual awareness, both our soul and body will be lifted up on the invisible wind of Spirit to the fourth dimension which Jesus called the kingdom of heaven. It is the freedom to which we all aspire and sing about in the Unity song, "I AM free, I AM unlimited; there are no chains that bind me!"
Brb
Bye
Charles