image link Lifted directly from The National Institute of Health’s Native Voices site. The Medicine Wheel and the Four Directions The Medicine Wheel, sometimes known as the Sacred Hoop, has been used by generations of various Native American tribes for health and healing. It embodies the Four Directions, as well as Father Sky, Mother Earth,…
Category: A2Z 2019
A2Z April 2019 — L — Lozenge
Lozenge A lozenge (◊), often referred to as a diamond, is a form of rhombus. The definition of lozenge is not strictly fixed, and it is sometimes used simply as a synonym (from the French losange) for rhombus. Lozenges appear as symbols in ancient classic element systems, in amulets, and in religious symbolism. In…
My Top 20 or so Favorite A2Z Blogs
Well, here we are, up to K already in the A2Z. Out of the 600+ blogs participating, I’ve skimmed the big list and have been reading these 20 or so blogs pretty much every day so far. Please check them out. This post will also be an easy way for me to get to them…
A2Z April 2019 — K — Key
The key, or clavicle, symbolizes access to something that has been hidden. Keys can lock or unlock. Gods holding keys symbolizes a need to keep something private or occluded. Magic charms or talismans can be keys. Examples are key charms and skeleton keys. A key symbolizes power given to someone, e.g. keys to the city….
A2Z April 2019 — J — Jewelry
The precious metals for jewelry spring from the womb of the earth. Yaksha and Yakshi Yaksha is the male earth spirit and Yakshi is the female earth spirit. These two dwell in hills and mountains and are the guardians of precious metals, stones, and jewels. Both metals and gems are full of symbolic meaning,…
A2Z April 2019 — I — Incense
per wikipedia: Religious use of incense has its origins in antiquity. Burned incense may be intended as a symbolic or sacrificial offering to various deities or spirits, or to serve as an aid in prayer. The first recorded use of incense was by the Egyptians during the Fifth Dynasty, 2345-2494 BC. Nefertem, The God of…
A2Z April 2019 – H – Horizontal Line
A line is a dot out for a walk. —Paul Klee In geometry, a horizontal line is one which runs from left to right across the page. It comes from the word ‘horizon’, in the sense that horizontal lines are parallel to the horizon. The horizon is horizontal. Its cousin is the vertical line which…
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