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Pentagram, Pentacle |
Many Neopagans,
especially Wiccans, use the pentagram as a symbol of faith
similar to the Christian cross or the Jewish Star of David. It
is not, however, a universal symbol for Neopaganism, and is
rarely used by Reconstructionists. Its religious symbolism is
commonly explained by reference to the neo-Pythagorean
understanding that the five vertices of the pentagram represent
the four elements with the addition of Spirit as the uppermost
point. As a representation of the elements, the pentagram is
involved in the Wiccan practice of summoning the elemental
spirits of the four directions at the beginning of a ritual. The outer circle of the circumscribed pentagram is sometimes interpreted as binding the elements together or bringing them into harmony. The Neopagan pentagram is generally displayed with one point up, partly because of the "inverted" pentagram's association with Satanism; however, within traditional forms of Wicca a pentagram with two points up is associated with the Second Degree Initiation and in this context has no relation to Satanism. (Source: Wikipedia) |
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Ying-Yang, T'ai-Chi | 1.
Yin and yang do not exclude each other. Everything has its opposite: although this is never absolute - only relative. No one thing is completely yin or completely yang. Each contains the seed of its opposite. For example, winter can turn into summer; "what goes up, must come down". 2. Yin and yang are interdependent. One cannot exist without the other. For example, day cannot exist without night. Light cannot exist without darkness. Life cannot exist without death. 3. Yin and yang can each be further subdivided. Any yin or yang aspect can be further subdivided into yin and yang. For example, temperature can be seen as either hot or cold. However, hot can be further divided into warm or scorching; cold into cool or icy. Within each spectrum, there is a smaller spectrum; every beginning is a moment in time, and has a beginning and end, just as every hour has a beginning and end. 4. Yin and yang consume and support each other. Yin and yang are usually held in balance: as one increases, the other decreases. However, imbalances can occur. There are four possible imbalances: excess yin, excess yang, yin deficiency and yang deficiency. They can again be seen as a pair: by excess of yin there is a yang deficiency and vice versa. The imbalance is also a relative factor: the excess of yang "forces" yin to be more "concentrated". 5. Yin and yang can transform into one another. At a particular stage, yin can transform into yang and vice versa. For example, night changes into day; warmth cools; life changes to death. However this transformation is relative too. Night and day coexist on Earth at the same time when shown from space. 6. Part of yin is in yang and part of yang is in yin. The dots in each serve: 1. as a reminder that there are always traces of one in the other. For example, there is always light within the dark (e.g., the stars at night); these qualities are never completely one or the other. 2. as a reminder that extreme yang at some point transforms instantly into yin, and vice versa, or that the labels yin and yang are conditioned by an observer's point of view. For example, the hardest stone is easiest to break. This can show that absolute discrimination between the two is artificial. 7. Ying and Yang also represent light and dark. Yin is dark and Yang is Light. (Source: Wikipedia) |
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Om |
Om is the first
syllable of the creation, the breathe, that belongs to the word.
Through this sound everything got created. It doesn't belongs to
any language and existed before any building of words. Alone
through its sound and the right pronunciation, whole worlds can
be created. Continuous repetition can lead to deep meditation
and enlightenment. OM stands for 3 states of the human:
wakening, dreaming and deep sleep. As talisman:
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Ankh | The
ankh is an ancient Egyptian symbol of life. Also known as an
Ansata cross, it is a visual representation of a sandal strap. The horizontal and vertical bars of the lower tau cross represent the feminine and masculine energy, respectively. This combination of male and female symbols (the cross and circle) in the ankh suggest fertility and creative power. The top loop also symbolises the sun on the horizon, and suggests reincarnation and rebirth. |
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Triskel | The
Triskel, is considered British origin, finding its way from
Scotland, Wales and Cornwall over to Brittany. The 3 arms are
said to represent Earth, Wind, and Fire. It is often said that
the Triskel represents the three druidic virtues or the three
stages of life to the Celts. It also signifies the power of
three - mind, body & spirit - man, woman & child - the trinity
etc. This symbol has threes contained within it, representing triune thought, in that everything comes in threes, Good-Bad-Indifferent, Land-Sea-Sky, Mind-Body-Spirit, and so on. The Triskel reminds us that it's important to bring those three qualities, whatever qualities they may be, together into one and in that point where they connect, become balanced in the centre. |
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Eye of Horus |
The eye was one of the most
important protection symbols of the old Egypt. In the country of
many colours, nothing was as important to the people as
eye-beings, as to see. The eye takes in all that it sees and
also every mood and feeling of the human being, just think of
'flashing eyes'.
According to the Egyptians, the sun and the moon were applied as the falcon god Horus' eyes. The right eye represented the sun and the left eye they moon. The right eye stood for activity and the future and the left for passivity and the past. Both eyes pointed for a wide sight by day and night. There for they got the meaning of the all knowing. Also the got brought in connection with invincibility and lasting fertility. Often they can be found on the left side of the sarcophagus, with them the dead could see his way. Worn as an amulet it is said to protect from the evil eye. |