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"Regarding language as an apparatus of symbols for
the conveyance of thought, we may say that, as in a
mechanical apparatus, the more simple and the better arranged its parts, the
greater will be the effect produced. A reader or listener has at each moment
but a limited amount of mental
power available. To recognize and
interpret the
symbols presented to him, requires part of this power;
to arrange and combine the images suggested requires a
further part; and only that part which remains can be used for realizing the
thought conveyed. Hence, the more time and
attention it takes to receive and understand each sentence, the less time and
attention can be given to the contained idea; and
the less vividly will that idea be conceived." -
Herbert Spencer
"The danger when we operate wholly in a world of
representations and images is that we begin
to mistake that world for
reality, and to believe that by manipulating symbols
we can automatically change the reality they
represent. We lose touch with the reality behind the
symbols." - Charles Eisenstein
Symbol is defined as:
To
symbolize.
An arbitrary
sign (written or printed) that
has acquired a conventional significance.
Any character used to represent a quantity, an
operation, a relation,
or an abbreviation.
Some thing
visible that by association or convention represents some
thing else that is
invisible.
An
abstract or compendium of
faith or
doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the
articles of religion.
An
object or image that an
individual
subconsciously uses to represent
repressed
thoughts, feelings,
or impulses.
A printed or written
sign used to represent an
operation, element,
quantity, quality, or relation, as in mathematics or
music.
Some thing that represents something else by
association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent some
thing
invisible.
A
visible sign or representation of an
idea; any thing
which suggests an idea or quality, or
another
thing, as by resemblance or by convention;
an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure.
An abbreviation standing
for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the
Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial
letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium , Fe for iron , Sn
for tin , Sb for antimony , etc.
"When you have
mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer
be reading numbers, any more than you
read words when
reading
books. You will be reading meanings." -
W. E. B. Du Bois
The
earliest consistent use of swastika
motifs in the archaeological record date to the Neolithic.
The
swastika is a repeating design,
created by the edges of the reeds in a square basket-weave.
The
swastika symbol was found on a number
of shards in the Khuzestan province of Iran and as part of the "Vinca script"
of Neolithic Europe of the 5th millennium BC.
In the Early Bronze Age,
it appears on pottery found in Sintashta, Russia.
Early Indian
swastika symbols were found at Lothal
and Harappa, on Indus Valley seals.
Swastika-like symbols also appear in
Bronze and Iron Age designs of the northern Caucasus (Koban culture), and
Azerbaijan, as well as of Scythians and Sarmatians.
In all these
cultures, the swastika symbol does
not appear to occupy any marked position or significance, but appears as just
one form of a series of similar symbols of varying complexity. Swastikas have
also been found on pottery in archaeological digs in the area of ancient Kush.
Swastika were found on
pottery at the Gebel Barkal temples as well as in digs corresponding to the
later Ballana culture.
Swastika shapes have been found on
numerous artifacts from Iron Age Europe (Greco-Roman, Illyrian, Etruscan,
Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, Georgian Bordjgali and Slavic). This prehistoric use
seems to be reflected in the appearance of the symbol in various folk cultures
of Europe.
Historically, the swastika became a sacred symbol in
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Mithraism.
Ancient Greek architectural,
clothing and coin designs are replete with single or interlinking
swastika motifs.
In
Greco-Roman art and architecture, and in Romanesque and Gothic art in the West,
isolated swastikas are relatively
rare,
and the swastika is more
commonly found as a repeated element in a border or tessellation.
The
swastika shape was used by some
Native Americans. It has been found in excavations of Mississippian-era sites
in the Ohio valley. It was widely used by many southwestern tribes, most
notably the Navajo.
Swastika
has been and still is an important ornamental element in Mongolian culture,
meaning good luck.
the emblem of Ananda
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