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the swastika

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THE SWASTIKA

The swastika or more properly the tetraskelion, gramadion or croix-patt*e,

has been found in pre Columbia America, in Central Asia, China, Japan,

through out Europe etc. It's found among people as varied as the Etruscans,

Hindus, Celts, Aztecs, Mayan s, American Indians, Teutonic and Nordic peoples

The swastika has represented many things to many people who never heard of

Christ! It has represented the spinning wheel of life, time, progress, the

four elements, seasons, health, wealth, prosperity and/or blessing in many

myths & cultures around t he world.

The Swastika refers only to the rt. hand spinning cross such as used in Nazi

Germany, the more correct & older version is called the Swavastika and spins

the opposite direction. Hitler subverted the older symbol for his own

perverse reasons.

The left hand Swavastika refer to the male & the right hand Swastika refers

female. In Hinduism the swastika has represented two forms of Brahma.

Clockwise it represents Pravritti or the evolution of the universe flowing

outward & counter clockwise i t represented Nirvritti the involution of the

universe.

In India it represented Gamesa & Kali. In Ancient Persia the left hand

swastika was used to represent sacred fire to their priests. Its left arm up

representing receptivity and its right arm down representing blessing.

The Swavastika has represented Thor's hammer spinning in Norse mythology and

the cycle of time in Hindu and American Indian myth & legend. In many

cultures it was a symbol of the power of the sun, a symbol of good fortune.

It has also been a symbol o f Dyaus, Zeus, Jupiter as well as Thor. In China

its call Li-wen meaning thunder-scroll. In some cultures the right spinning

Swastika has been used to denote the vernal sun and the left autumnal the

As the fyfot it has been used as a Christian symbol of the cross and a

decoration at the bottom of church windows for centuries.

Although some scholars think the Swastika originated in Assyria or India

there is no single common origin for the Swastika because it can easily be

discovered by anyone studying simple designs made in squares! The only thing

known for sure about the swastika is that the symbol predates both Hitler &

Christ

BLESSED BE.