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| MOON |
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| Buddhistic Tantric diagram |
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| Echer cirkle |
CIRKLE
Totality, perfection, unity, eternity, - a symbol of
completeness that can include ideas of both permanence and dynamism. The
correlation between the discoveries of atomic physics and mystical notions of
the circle is striking. Apart from the point of the centre, with which it
shares much of symbolism, the circle is only geometrical shape without
divisions and alike the points. To the Neo- Platonist, the circle embodied the
God, the uncircumcised centre of the cosmos. Because the circle, which can also
represent beginning either end, it is most important and universal off all
geometrical symbols in mystical thought. And because is implicit in other
important symbols, including the wheel, disc, soon, ring, clock, moon,
ourorobus, and Zodiac, ITS GENERALY HIGH SIGNIFICANT.
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| oreorobus |
To the ancients, the observed cosmos preserved itself
inescapably as circular – not only planets themselves, including they presumed
the flat disc of the of the earth cikled by waters, but also their cyclical
movements symbolized and the recurring cycles of the seasons . Symbolic meaning
and function were combined in the use of the circle to calculate time (The
sundial) and the space (directional or astronomical points, astrological of
reference).Sky symbolism and belief in celestial power under laid primitive
rituals primitive rituals and architecture thought the world - circular dancing
or ceremonial walking around fires, altars or poles, the circular passing of
the calumet in North America, the whirling of shamans, the circular megalithic
markings, and fortifications of ringed monuments of the Neolithic period.
Circles had protective as well as celestial significance notably
in Celtic world - and they still have this in the folklore of fairy rings and
flying saucers. They also stand for inclusive harmony, as in the Arthurian
round table or the “charmed cycle.” of acquaintanceship widely used in modern
idiom.
Dynamism is added to the circle in the many images of the disc
with rays, wings of flames found in religious iconography, notably Sumerian,
Egyptian and Mexican. They symbolized solar power or creative energy and
fertilizing the cosmos forcing.
During the Renaissance, a circle was considered was considered
the perfect shape. According to the architect Vitruvius (I ct.b.c.):”If man
lies on his back with hands and feet outspread, and the centre of the circle is
placed on his navel, his fingers, and toes will be touched by the
‘circumference’. Leonardo da Vinci‘s “Vitruvian man” is perhaps best known
example of this human geometry. The Renaissance and later periods admired them
for surviving ancient circular temples, such as Pantheon in
Concentric circles can stand for celestial hierarchies (as in
the choirs of angels symbolizing the heaven in Renaissance art), levels in the
afterworld or, in Buddhism, stages of spiritual development. Three circles can
stand for the Christian Trinity but also for the divisions of the time, the elements,
the seasons or the movement of the sun and the phases of the moon. The circle
could be masculine moreover on the contrary he is the feminine or the movement
of the sun and the phases of the moon. The circle is like female womb and as
light from sun who give the life for all human beings. A circle (female) over a cross (male) is a
symbol of union of the Egypt ,
also known in northern Europe, the Middle East and China
The circle combined with the square is a Jungian archetypical
symbol about relation of the relationship between the psyches or self (circle)
and the (body) or material reality of the reality of the square. This interpretation
is supported but Buddhist mandalas in which squares inside circle represents the
passage from material to spiritual planets.
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| Old Jin Jang mystic symbol |
In Western and Eastern thought, the circle enclosing a square
stands the for heaven enclosing the earth. Circular domes, vaults of the
Cupolas incorporate the celestial symbolism of the rounded decoration in
Romanesque churches or pagan temples into architecture based on the square,
cross or rectangle.” Squaring the circle” was Renaissance and alchemical
allegory of the difficulty of constructing perfection of the earth material. Conversely,
the cabbalistic image of circle within a square of symbolizes the divine spark
within a material body.
