Radial Symmetry & Sacred Symbols [ Search Digest ]

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Okay, so not all of these are examples of radial symmetry, but I just wanted a hook to hang the subject on. The genesis for this exploration comes from that quote I posted last night about aliens using buildspeak technology, where words spoken within the presence of a certain type of field would essentially “build” themselves into reality, as though they were programmatic thinware becoming thickware.

My purpose in posting the current search digest is to describe some kind of universal correlation between the above concept and the creation of sacred symbols, diagrams and ritual spaces: namely, that you can use visual representations - as well as spoken audio - to bring about specific changes in reality, or invoke particular spirits or energies… #mandalaOS

Let’s kick this off with a quote from Aleister Crowley, shall we?

The spirits of the Goetia are portions of the human brain.

Their seals therefore represent (Mr. Spencer’s projected cube) methods of stimulating or regulating those particular spots, (through the eye).

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  1. “The Ouroboros (Greek Ουροβόρος, from ουροβόρος όφις “tail-devouring snake”, also spelled Ourorboros, Oroborus, Uroboros or Uroborus, in English pronounced /ʊˈrɒbɔrɔs/ or /ˌjʊəroʊˈbɒrəs/), is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end”
  2. “The spiral is the most ancient symbol found on every civilized continent. Due to its appearance at burial sites across the globe, the spiral most likely represented the “life-death-rebirth” cycle. Similarly, the spiral symbolized the sun, as ancient people thought the sun was born each morning, died each night, and was reborn the next morning.”
  3. Celtic Maze, Labyrinth
  4. The Wheel of Fortune, The Wheel of the Law
  5. Moirae, Ariadne, Arachne, Wyrd, Weaving, Loom
  6. Endless Knot, Dreamcatcher, Eye of God Ojo De Dios
  7. Medicine Wheel
  8. Veve, Cosmogram, Merkaba
  9. Namkha, Sigil, Sacred Geometry, Rangavalli
  10. Rangoli, Kolam, Temenos
  11. Yantra are ‘instruments’, or more simply ’symbols’, usually used to focus the mind. Traditionally they are used in Eastern mysticism to balance the mind or focus it on a spiritual concept. The act of wearing, drawing, or concentrating on a yantra is said to have spiritual or astrological or magical benefits.”
  12. Shatkona / Star of David, Swastika, Sri Chakra

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One Comment

  1. Posted January 9, 2009 at 3:41 pm | Permalink

    Somehow connected to dreamcatchers and wexes

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_memory

    Techniques commonly employed in the art include the association of emotionally striking memory images within visualized locations, the chaining or association of groups of images, the association of images with schematic graphics or notae (”signs, markings, figures” in Latin), and the association of text with images. Any or all of these techniques were often used in combination with the contemplation or study of architecture, books, sculpture and painting, which were seen by practitioners of the art of memory as externalizations of internal memory images and/or organization.

    http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/

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