The four-pointed swastika is a twenty-sided triangle with axial symmetry of the 4th order. The correct -ray swastika is described by a point group of symmetry (Schönflies symbolism). This group is generated by rotation of the th order and reflection in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation - the so-called “horizontal” plane in which the drawing lies. Due to the operation of reflecting the swastika achiral and doesn't have enantiomer(that is, the "double" obtained by reflection, which cannot be combined with the original figure by any rotation). As a result, in oriented space, right- and left-handed swastikas do not differ. Right- and left-handed swastikas differ only on the plane, where the design has purely rotational symmetry. When even, an inversion appears, where is a 2nd order rotation.
You can build a swastika for anyone; when you get a figure similar to the integral sign. For example, the symbol Borjgali(see below) is a swastika with . A swastika-like figure will generally be obtained if you take any region on a plane and multiply it by rotating it times about a vertical axis that does not lie in the vertical plane of symmetry of the region.
Origin and meaning
Illustration from ESBE.
The word "swastika" is a composite of two Sanskrit roots: सु, su, “good, good” and अस्ति, asti, “life, existence,” that is, “well-being” or “well-being.” There is another name for the swastika - “gammadion” (Greek. γαμμάδιον ), since the Greeks saw the swastika as a combination of the four letters “gamma” (Γ).
The swastika is a symbol of the Sun, good luck, happiness and creation. In Western European medieval literature, the name of the sun god of the ancient Prussians Swaikstixa(Svaixtix) is first found in Latin-language monuments from the beginning of the 17th century: "Sudauer Buchlein"(mid-15th century), "Episcoporum Prussiae Pomesaniensis atque Sambiensis Constitutiones Synodales" (1530), "De Sacrificiis et Idolatria Veterum Borvssorvm Livonum, aliarumque uicinarum gentium" (1563), "De Diis Samagitarum" (1615) .
The swastika is one of the ancient and archaic solar signs - an indicator of the visible movement of the Sun around the Earth and the division of the year into four parts - four seasons. The sign records two solstices: summer and winter - and the annual movement of the Sun.
However, the swastika is seen not only as solar symbol, but also as a symbol of the fertility of the earth. Has the idea of four cardinal directions, centered around an axis. The swastika also implies the idea of moving in two directions: clockwise and counterclockwise. Like “Yin” and “Yang”, a dual sign: rotating clockwise symbolizes male energy, counterclockwise - female. In ancient Indian scriptures, a distinction is made between male and female swastikas, which depict two female as well as two male deities.
The Encyclopedia of Brockhaus F.A. and Efron I.A. writes about the meaning of the swastika as follows:
| This sign has been used since time immemorial by Brahminists and Buddhists of India, China and Japan in ornaments and writing, expressing greetings and wishes for well-being. From the East the swastika moved to the West; Her images are found on some of the ancient Greek and Sicilian coins, as well as in the painting of ancient Christian catacombs, on medieval bronze tombstones, on priestly vestments of the 12th - 14th centuries. Having adopted this symbol in the first of the above forms, called the “gammed cross” ( crux gammata), Christianity gave it a meaning similar to what it had in the East, that is, it expressed to them the sending of grace and salvation. |
The swastika can be “correct” or reverse. Accordingly, a swastika in the opposite direction symbolizes darkness and destruction. In ancient times, both swastikas were used simultaneously. This has a deep meaning: day follows night, light replaces darkness, new birth replaces death - and this is the natural order of things in the Universe. Therefore, in ancient times there were no “bad” and “good” swastikas - they were perceived in unity.
One of the oldest forms of the swastika is Asia Minor and is an ideogram of the four cardinal directions in the form of a figure with four cross-shaped curls. The swastika was understood as a symbol of the four main forces, the four cardinal directions, the elements, the seasons and the alchemical idea of the transformation of elements.
Use in religion
In many religions, the swastika is an important religious symbol.
Buddhism
Other religions
Widely used by Jains and followers of Vishnu. In Jainism, the four arms of the swastika represent the four levels of existence.
Use in history
The swastika is a sacred symbol and is found already in the Upper Paleolithic period. The symbol is found in the culture of many nations. Ukraine, Egypt, Iran, India, China, Transoxiana, Russia, Armenia, Georgia, the Mayan state in Central America - this is the incomplete geography of this symbol. The swastika is represented in oriental ornaments, on monumental buildings and on household utensils, on various amulets and Orthodox icons.
In the Ancient World
The swastika was found on clay vessels from Samarra (the territory of modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC, and in ornaments on ceramics of the South Ural Andronovo culture. Left- and right-handed swastikas are found in the pre-Aryan culture of Mohenjo-Daro (Indus River basin) and ancient China around 2000 BC.
One of the oldest forms of the swastika is Asia Minor and is an ideogram of the four cardinal directions in the form of a figure with four cross-shaped curls. Even in the 7th century BC, images similar to the swastika were known in Asia Minor, consisting of four cross-shaped curls - the rounded ends are signs of cyclic movement. Interesting coincidences in the image of Indian and Asia Minor swastikas (points between the branches of the swastika, jagged thickenings at the ends). Other early forms of the swastika - a square with four plant-like curves at the edges - are a sign of earth, also of Asia Minor origin.
A stele from the kingdom of Meroe, which existed in the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, was discovered in Northeast Africa. e. The fresco on the stele depicts a woman entering the afterlife; a swastika also appears on the clothes of the deceased. The rotating cross also decorates golden weights for scales that belonged to the inhabitants of Ashanta (Ghana), and clay utensils of the ancient Indians, and Persian carpets. The swastika is often found on the amulets of the Slavs, Germans, Pomors, Curonians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvash and many other peoples. The swastika is found wherever there are traces of Buddhist culture.
In China, the swastika is used as a symbol of all the deities worshiped in the Lotus School, as well as in Tibet and Siam. In ancient Chinese manuscripts it included such concepts as “region” and “country”. Known in the form of a swastika are two curved mutually truncated fragments of a double helix, expressing the symbolism of the relationship between “Yin” and “Yang”. In maritime civilizations, the double helix motif was an expression of the relationship between opposites, a sign of the Upper and Lower Waters, and also signified the process of the formation of life. On one of the Buddhist swastikas, each blade of the cross ends with a triangle indicating the direction of movement and crowned with the arch of the flawed moon, in which the sun is placed, like in a boat. This sign represents the sign of the mystical arba, the creative quaternary, also called the hammer of Thor. A similar cross was found by Schliemann during the excavations of Troy.
The swastika was depicted in pre-Christian Roman mosaics and on coins of Cyprus and Crete. An ancient Cretan rounded swastika made from plant elements is known. The Maltese cross in the shape of a swastika made of four triangles converging in the center is of Phoenician origin. It was also known to the Etruscans. According to A. Ossendowski, Genghis Khan wore right hand a ring with the image of a swastika, into which a ruby was set. Ossendowski saw this ring on the hand of the Mongol governor. Currently this magic symbol known mainly in India and Central and East Asia.
Swastika in India
Swastika in Russia (and on its territory)
Various types of swastika (3-rayed, 4-rayed, 8-rayed) are present on the ceramic ornament of the Andronovo archaeological culture (Southern Urals of the Bronze Age).
The rhombic-meander swastika ornament in the Kostenkovo and Mezin cultures (25-20 thousand years BC) was studied by V. A. Gorodtsov. There is no reliable data yet about where the swastika was first used, but the earliest image of it was not registered in Rus'.
The swastika was used in rituals and construction, in homespun production: in embroidery on clothes, on carpets. Household utensils were decorated with swastikas. She was also present on the icons. Embroidered on clothing, the swastika could have a certain protective meaning.
The swastika symbol was used as a personal sign and amulet symbol by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Images of the swastika are found on hand-drawn postcards of the Empress. One of the first such “signs” was placed by the empress after the signature “A.” on a Christmas card drawn by her, sent on December 5, 1917 from Tobolsk to her friend Yu. A. Den.
| I sent you at least 5 drawn cards, which you can always recognize by my signs (“swastika”), I always come up with new ones |
The swastika was depicted on some banknotes of the Provisional Government of 1917 and on some Sovznak printed with the “Kerenok” cliche, which were in circulation from 1918 to 1922. .
In November 1919, the commander of the South-Eastern Front of the Red Army, V.I. Shorin, issued a document that approved the distinctive sleeve insignia of Kalmyk formations using a swastika. The swastika in the order is denoted by the word “lungtn”, that is, the Buddhist “Lungta”, meaning “whirlwind”, “ vital energy» .
Also, the image of a swastika can be seen on some historical monuments in Chechnya, in particular at ancient crypts in the Itum-Kala region of Chechnya (the so-called “City of the Dead”). In the pre-Islamic period, the swastika was a symbol of the Sun God among the pagan Chechens (Dela-Malkh).
Swastikas and censorship in the USSR
In the territory of modern Israel, images of swastikas were discovered during excavations in the mosaics of ancient synagogues. Thus, the synagogue on the site of the ancient settlement of Ein Gedi in the Dead Sea region dates back to the beginning of the 2nd century, and the synagogue on the site of the modern kibbutz Maoz Chaim on the Golan Heights operated between the 4th and 11th centuries.
In North, Central and South America, the swastika appears in Mayan and Aztec art. IN North America the Navajo, Tennessee and Ohio tribes used the swastika symbol in ritual burials.
Thai greeting Swatdi! comes from the word svatdika(swastika).
The swastika as an emblem of Nazi organizations
Nevertheless, I was forced to reject all the countless projects sent to me from all over by young supporters of the movement, since all these projects boiled down to only one theme: taking old colors and drawing a hoe-shaped cross on this background in different variations. […] After a series of experiments and alterations, I myself compiled a completed project: the main background of the banner is red; there is a white circle inside, and in the center of this circle is a black hoe-shaped cross. After much rework, I finally found the necessary relationship between the size of the banner and the size of the white circle, and also finally settled on the size and shape of the cross.
In the mind of Hitler himself, it symbolized the “struggle for the triumph Aryan race" This choice combined the mystical occult meaning of the swastika, the idea of the swastika as an “Aryan” symbol (due to its prevalence in India), and the already established use of the swastika in the German far-right tradition: it was used by some Austrian anti-Semitic parties, and in March 1920 During the Kapp Putsch, it was depicted on the helmets of the Erhardt brigade that entered Berlin (there may have been Baltic influence here, since many soldiers of the Volunteer Corps encountered swastikas in Latvia and Finland). Already in the 20s, the swastika became increasingly associated with Nazism; after 1933, it finally began to be perceived as a Nazi symbol par excellence, as a result of which, for example, it was excluded from the emblem of the scout movement.
However, strictly speaking, the Nazi symbol was not just any swastika, but a four-pointed one, with the ends directed towards right side, and rotated by 45°. Moreover, it should be in a white circle, which in turn is depicted on a red rectangle. This very sign was on the state banner of National Socialist Germany from 1933 to 1945, as well as on the emblems of the civil and military services of this country (although, of course, other options were used for decorative purposes, including by the Nazis).
Actually, the Nazis used the term to designate the swastika, which served as their symbol. Hakenkreuz ("hakenkreuz", verbatim "hook cross", translation options also - "crooked" or "arachnid"), which is not a synonym for the word swastika (German). Swastika), also circulating in German. It can be said that "hakenkreuz"- the same national name for the swastika in German as "solstice" or "Kolovrat" in Russian or "hakaristi" in Finnish, and is usually used to indicate Nazi symbol. In the Russian translation, this word was translated as “hoe-shaped cross”.
On the poster of the Soviet graphic artist Moor “Everything is “G”” (1941), the swastika consists of 4 letters “G”, symbolizing the first letters of the surnames of the leaders of the Third Reich written in Russian - Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, Goering.
Geographical objects in the form of a swastika
Forest swastika
Forest swastika - forest planting in the shape of a swastika. They are found both in open areas in the form of appropriate schematic planting of trees, and in forest areas. IN the latter case As a rule, a combination of coniferous (evergreen) and deciduous (deciduous) trees is used.
Until 2000, the forest swastika existed northwest of the settlement of Zernikow, in the Uckermark region, in the state of Brandenburg in northwestern Germany.
On a hillside near the village of Tash-Bashat, in Kyrgyzstan, on the border with the Himalayas is the forest swastika "Eki Narin" ( 41.447351 , 76.391641 41°26′50.46″ n. w. 76°23′29.9″ E. d. / 41.44735121 , 76.39164121 (G)).
Labyrinths and their images
Buildings in the shape of a swastika
Complex 320-325(English) Complex 320-325) - one of the buildings of the naval landing base in Coronado (eng. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado ), in San Diego Bay, California. The base is operated by the United States Navy and is a central training and operating base for Special Forces and Expeditionary Forces. Coordinates 32.6761, -117.1578.
The Complex building was built between 1967 and 1970. The original design consisted of two central buildings for the boiler plant and relaxation area and a threefold repetition of the L-shaped barracks building with a 90-degree angle to the central buildings. The completed building was shaped like a swastika when viewed from above.
Computer symbol swastika
The Unicode character table contains the Chinese characters 卐 (U+5350) and 卍 (U+534D), which are swastikas.
Swastika in culture
In the Spanish TV series "Black Lagoon" (Russian version of "Closed School"), the Nazi organization, developing in the depths of a secret laboratory under a boarding school, had a coat of arms in which the swastika was encrypted.
Gallery
- Swastika in European culture
Swastika in a Roman mosaic from the 2nd century AD.
See also
Notes
- R.V. Bagdasarov. Radio broadcast “Swastika: blessing or curse” on “Echo of Moscow”.
- Korablev L. L. Graphic magic of the Icelanders. - M.: “Veligor”, 2002. - P. 101
- http://www.swastika-info.com/images/amerika/usa/cocacola-swastika-fob.jpg
- Gorodtsov V. A. Archeology. Stone period. M.; Pg., 1923.
- Jelinek Jan. Large illustrated atlas primitive man. Prague, 1985.
- Tarunin A. Past - Kolovrat in Russia.
- Bagdasarov, Roman; Dymarsky Vitaly, Zakharov Dmitry Swastika: blessing or curse. "The Price of Victory". "Echo of Moscow". Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- Bagdasarov, Roman.. - M.: M., 2001. - P. 432.
- Sergey Fomin. Materials for the history of the Tsarina's Cross
- Letters from the Royal Family from captivity. Jordanville, 1974. P. 160; Dehn L. The Real Tsaritsa. London, 1922. R. 242.
- Right there. P. 190.
- Nikolaev R. Soviet "credit cards" with swastikas? . Bonistics website. - the article was also published in the newspaper “Miniature” 1992 No. 7, p. 11. Archived from the original source on August 23, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
- Evgeny Zhirnov. Grant the right to wear a swastika to all Red Army soldiers // Vlast magazine. - 01.08.2000 - No. 30 (381)
- http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/victory/559590-echo/ Interview with historian and religious scholar Roman Bagdasarov
- http://lj.rossia.org/users/just_hoaxer/311555.html LYUNGTN
- Kuftin B. A. Material culture Russian Meshchera. Part 1. Women's clothing: shirt, poneva, sundress. - M.: 1926.
- W. Shearer. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- quote from the book by R. Bagdasarov “The Mysticism of the Fiery Cross”, M., Veche, 2005
- Discussion of the terms Hakenkreuz and Swastika in the LiveJournal community “Linguaphiles” (in English)
- Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf"
- Kern Hermann. Labyrinths of the world / Transl. from English - St. Petersburg: ABC-classics, 2007. - 432 p.
- Azerbaijani Carpets
- Li Hongzhi. Zhuan Falun Falun Dafa
Literature
In Russian
- Wilson Thomas. Swastika. The oldest known symbol, its movement from country to country, with observations about the movement of some crafts in prehistoric times / Translation from English: A. Yu. Moskvin // History of the swastika from ancient times to the present day. - Nizhny Novgorod: Publishing house "Books", 2008. - 528 p. - P. 3-354. - ISBN 978-5-94706-053-9.
(This is the first publication in Russian of the best fundamental work on the history of the swastika, written by the curator of the department of prehistoric anthropology National Museum USA by Thomas Wilson, and published for the first time in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington) in 1896). - Akunov V. The swastika is the oldest symbol of humanity (selection of publications)
- Bagdasarov R.V. Swastika: sacred symbol. Ethno-religious essays. - Ed. 2nd, corrected. - M.: White Alva, 2002. - 432 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 5-7619-0164-1
- Bagdasarov R.V. The mysticism of the fiery cross. Ed. 3rd, add. and corrected. - M.: Veche, 2005. - 400 p. - 5000 copies. - (Labyrinths of occult science). -
History of the Swastika
According to some historians, this symbol arose several thousand years ago, when there was no trace of Germany. Meaning of this symbol was to indicate the rotation of the galaxy; if you look at some space photographs, you can see spiral galaxies that somewhat resemble this sign.Slavic tribes used the Swastika symbol to decorate their homes and places of worship, wore embroidery on clothes in the form of this ancient symbol, used it as amulets against evil forces, and applied this sign to exquisite weapons.
For our ancestors, this symbol personified the heavenly body, representing all the brightest and kindest things that exist in our world.
Actually, this symbol was used not only by the Slavs, but also by many other people for whom it meant faith, goodness and peace.
How did it happen that this beautiful symbol of goodness and light suddenly became the personification of murder and hatred?
Thousands of years have passed since the Swastika sign was of great importance, gradually it began to be forgotten, and in the Middle Ages it was completely forgotten, only occasionally this symbol was embroidered on clothes. And only by a strange whim at the beginning of the twentieth century this sign saw the light again. that time in Germany was very turbulent and in order to gain self-confidence and instill it in other people, various methods were used, including occult knowledge. The Swastika sign first appeared on the helmets of German militants, and only a year later it was recognized official symbol fascist party. Much later, Hitler himself loved to perform under the banners with this sign.
Types of swastika
Let's first dot the i's. The fact is that the Swastika can be depicted in two forms, with the tips bent counterclockwise and clockwise.Both of these symbols contain completely different opposite meanings, thus balancing each other. That Swastika, the tips of the rays of which are directed counterclockwise, that is, to the left, means good and light, denoting the rising sun.
The same symbol, but with the tips turned to the right, carries a completely opposite meaning and means misfortune, evil, all kinds of troubles.
If you look at what kind of Swastika Nazi Germany had, you can see that its tips are bent to the right. This means that this symbol has nothing to do with light and goodness.
From all of the above, we can conclude that not everything is as simple as it seemed to us. Therefore, do not confuse these two completely opposite meanings of the Swastika. This sign in our time can serve as an excellent protective amulet, if only it is depicted correctly. If people frightened to point your finger at this amulet, you can explain the meaning of the “Swastika” symbol and make a short excursion into the history of our ancestors, for whom this symbol was a sign of light and goodness.
In his autobiographical and ideological book Mein Kampf, Hitler stated that it was he who had the brilliant idea to make the swastika a symbol of the National Socialist movement. Probably, little Adolf first saw a swastika on the wall of a Catholic monastery near the town of Lambach.
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The swastika sign - a cross with curved ends - has been popular since ancient times. It has been present on coins, household items and coats of arms since the 8th millennium BC. The swastika symbolized life, sun, and prosperity. Hitler could have seen this archaic solar symbol in Vienna on the emblems of Austrian anti-Semitic organizations.
Having dubbed him a Hakenkreuz (Hakenkreuz is translated from German as a hook cross), Hitler appropriated the glory of the discoverer, although the swastika appeared as a political symbol in Germany even before him. In 1920, Hitler, who was, albeit unprofessional and untalented, but still an artist, allegedly independently developed the design of the party logo, which was a red flag with a white circle in the middle, in the center of which was a black swastika with predatory hooks.
The color red, according to the leader of the National Socialists, was chosen in imitation of the Marxists. Having seen a hundred and twenty thousand demonstration of leftist forces under scarlet banners, Hitler noted the active influence of the bloody color on common man. In the book Mein Kampf, the Fuhrer mentioned the "great psychological significance» symbols and their ability to powerfully influence a person. But it was precisely by controlling the emotions of the crowd that Hitler managed to introduce the ideology of his party to the masses in an unprecedented way.
By adding a swastika to the red color, Adolf gave a diametrically opposite meaning to the favorite color scheme of the socialists. By attracting the attention of workers with the familiar color of the posters, Hitler seemed to “recruit” them.
In Hitler's interpretation, the red color personified the idea of movement, white - the sky and nationalism, the hoe-shaped swastika - labor and the anti-Semitic struggle of the Aryans. Creative work was mysteriously interpreted as a sign of anti-Semitism.
In general, it is impossible to call Hitler the author of National Socialist symbols, contrary to his statements. He borrowed the color from the Marxists, the swastika and even the name of the party (slightly rearranging the letters) from the Viennese nationalists. The idea of using symbolism is also plagiarism. It belongs to the oldest party member - a dentist named Friedrich Krohn, who submitted a memorandum to the party leadership back in 1919. However, the savvy dentist is not mentioned in the bible of National Socialism, Mein Kampf.
However, Kron put a different meaning into these symbols. The red color of the banner is love for the homeland, the white circle is innocence for the outbreak of the First World War, the black color of the cross is grief over losing the war.
In Hitler’s decoding, the swastika became a sign of the Aryan struggle against “subhumans.” The claws of the cross seem to be aimed at Jews, Slavs, and representatives of other peoples who do not belong to the race of “blond beasts.”
Unfortunately, the ancient positive sign was discredited by the National Socialists. The Nuremberg Tribunal in 1946 banned Nazi ideology and symbols. The swastika was also banned. IN lately she has been somewhat rehabilitated. Roskomnadzor, for example, recognized in April 2015 that displaying this sign outside of a propaganda context is not an act of extremism. Although the “reprehensible past” cannot be erased, even today the swastika is used by some racist organizations.
Yes, reader, let’s puzzle ourselves now with this question: why did Adolf Hitler make the swastika a symbol of National Socialism?!
The fact that the swastika - a gammatic cross - is an Aryan symbol, the majority modern people The planet became known, unfortunately, at the instigation of Hitler. Alas, this is what happened. The Nazi Fuhrer himself claimed that he was an Aryan, and that for this reason he had every right to adopt the Aryan swastika.
We all know what this “Aryan” did in history. The Second Unleashed by Him world war(1939-1945) only killed 50 million people of different nationalities and left another 100 million people crippled. And all this atrocity against many peoples was committed under the sign of the Aryan swastika. Here under this sign:
At the same time, it is known that several decades earlier this same cross symbol, only with a different direction of bending its ends, was especially revered in the Russian Empire.
It could be seen, for example, on the car of Tsar Nicholas II and in the everyday life of ordinary Russians. Here are a number of photographic documents to confirm this.
Towel. Tarnogsky district of the Vologda region. End of the 19th century.
What did the swastika sign symbolize in the minds of Russians?
Why the last one Russian Tsar had it with him, and ordinary Russians in the recent past also had a swastika in their home in the form of embroidery and drawings?
If you delve into encyclopedias, you can find the following explanation: "From ancient times, the swastika was a symbol of prosperity for the Slavs."
This definition quite comprehensively explains why this symbol was once widely used. Was it believed that he brings prosperity?! - well, who wouldn’t want to have it?!
Once I saw the same swastika signs on the ancient clothes of Orthodox priests stored in the museum. This museum is located in the Novodevichy Mother of God-Smolensk Monastery.
Personally, this presence of swastikas on the old clothes of Russian clergy surprised me a little, puzzled me and then pushed me to the idea that the swastika is not just"symbol of well-being", behind this cross sign lies something more. And I wanted to dig deeper and explore this topic.
During the search, I learned that the words "symbol of well-being"- it's just an adjective. A simple example: sometimes at weddings the groom is given the task to name 10 words-adjectives for his bride, and he begins to list: beloved, affectionate, kind, caring, and so on... So the words “symbol of well-being” are adjective words... .
I am sure that most modern people who have not conducted a similar search like me would never guess that in ancient times the swastika sign was, it turns out, the most important symbol of Christianity!
Yes, yes, the most important thing!
I will say more: this was the only cross in true Christianity, if by true Christianity we mean practical activities Jesus Christ and his disciples-apostles numbering 12 people.
So, this symbol of the swastika in the teaching and practice of Jesus Christ graphically designated God, who is the Spirit!
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24).
Have you heard, know these words of Christ the Savior?
From the very beginning, this graphic image of God the Spirit in the form of a swastika filled the Teachings of Jesus Christ with a deep ideological meaning, one might even say a natural scientific meaning.
The image presented here is dated to the 2nd-5th century AD. This drawing (on the left - restored, on the right - a fragment of the original) was found on the wall in the catacombs of Priscilla, in Rome. It is interpreted that the dove here represents the soul of a deceased righteous man who flew to Paradise to receive communion from a vessel with"by the Holy Spirit" . To avoid writing words on the cup"Holy Spirit"or"spirit", the painter replaced the words with a graphic image - a swastika sign.
Reference: Catacombs of Priscilla- Christian underground burials of the 2nd-5th centuries in Rome, forming three levels. These catacombs arose in the burial place of the Roman family of the consul Aquilius Glabrius. In the 1st century AD e. this family owned vast lands. One of the representatives of this family, Priscilla, was executed by order of Emperor Domitian. In the Greek chapel (Italian: Capella Greca), named after the discovered inscriptions in Greek, a feast scene (an allegory of the Eucharist) is depicted. This chapel contains examples of early Christian art, including the oldest image of the Virgin Mary with a baby in her arms and the prophet Isaiah or Balaam, dating back to the 2nd century.
Exactly the same vessel with"by the Holy Spirit" , which is guarded by birds of paradise, was depicted in an ancient mosaic floor painting, also dating back to early Christian art. And here we also see a swastika. This image is a screenshot from documentary film, telling about Christianity in the first centuries. In 2016, it was shown on the Russian TV channel "Culture".
And now you will see a completely interesting mosaic floor painting of one of the early Christian churches. To be honest, this picture impressed me very much!
This is a swastika on a mosaic floor in a Christian church built in the city of Geras (Jerash) in North Jordan in 553. Orthodox Church"St. Cosmas and St. Damian."
This floor mosaic painting shows multiple images of swastikas moving in all directions! So the early Christian artist tried to convey through painting the meaning that was previously clear to every Christian believer: "Holy Spirit" moves in space, and in movement he performs some sacred act known only to him.
In the presented picture we find a swastika in the form of sort of “bricks” different directions rotation in projection - left-handed and right-handed.
If a simple flat sign of a swastika symbolizes a certain rotation around its axis in one direction or another, then creating a similar three-dimensional image of a swastika, the ancient Orthodox artist tried to show some kind of “spiritual movement” in space, in which one can guessspiral movement!
This mosaic picture testifies that in ancient times the first Christians had a natural scientific understanding of"Holy Spirit" !
And there is evidence (practically proof!) that the ancients saw the physical meaning of the “Holy Spirit” - in its spiral movement!
In the language of ancient scientists - Latin - the word spiral (spīralis from spīra) - means “coil, curl.” And the word spiro translated from the same Latin into Russian - means "to blow, to blow, to be alive."
I note that in the old days the people in Russia depicted "gammatic cross" didn’t call it a “swastika”, but called it a word "breeze". Which completely coincides with the meaning of “to blow, to fan, to be alive.” You can talk about this read from historian Roman Bagdasarov.
Now attention! "Holy Spirit" in Latin - Spiritus Sanctus.
As you can see, the root is the same everywhere - "spir", and therefore the meaning is the same!
These are the kind of miracles that open up for someone (they opened up for me a long time ago!) centuries after the birth of Christ!!!
And now we are all being convinced, and many have already been convinced, literally forced to believe that the main symbol of Christianity is the cross on which, according to the Gospels, the Savior was crucified. And no one among the believers thinks (there is faith - no need for intelligence?) that it is blasphemy to turn the object or instrument of murder of a holy person into a symbol of faith. However, today, alas and ah, Christians of all denominations, after the war unleashed by Adolf Hitler, consider exclusively a wooden crucifixion cross as a symbol of Christianity, and also a golden crucifixion cross, which they hang on their necks. But if you think about it, this cross is nothing more than a symbol of the torment and death of one of the great enlighteners.
It is phenomenal that many people today literally look at the swastika with fear, and at the same time, the crucifixion of Christ the Savior on display does not frighten or shock them at all!
Roman performance entitled: "Look, Christians, what we have done to your God!"
Do you think Adolf Hitler didn't know about the real sacred sense swastikas when he took it as a symbol of Nazism and World War II?!
Do you think he didn’t know that in early Christianity this was a symbol of God, who is spirit?
Of course he did! He had a powerful organization "Ahnenerbe", which was specially created back in 1935 for "studying the traditions, history and heritage of the German race with the aim of occult-ideological support for the functioning of the state apparatus of the Third Reich".
And if he knew everything, then what?
Why the early Christian symbol of God, a symbol of well-being, (a symbol of receiving good!), which in pre-revolutionary Russia was a holy symbol, why was it used in order to June 22, 1941, on the day summer solstice, commit treacherous attack on the USSR?
Pay attention to the word “treacherous”, and to the fact that Hitler planned the attack on the USSR on a holy day for the sun-worshipping Slavs. It was, firstly, the summer solstice, and secondly, it was Sunday!
In 1941, in the Sovinformburo reports about Germany's treacherous attack on the USSR was said more than once, and every soviet man understood this in my own way. Most, of course, thought that this word referred to political relationships and agreements between Stalin and Hitler. This was partly true. But this was even more true in religious sense: using the swastika as a symbol of war and Nazism, Adolf Hitler literally acted as the Anti-Christ. This was precisely the greatest treachery on his part...
Treacherous in the sense that he used the symbol of the Christian God to kill millions of people...
Continuation of the topic in a separate article "DEVIL'S LAIR: the truth about Switzerland, Zionism and the Jews!"
Today, when many people hear the word “swastika,” they immediately think of Adolf Hitler, concentration camps, and the horrors of World War II. But, in fact, this symbol appeared before the new era and has a very rich history. It has become widespread in Slavic culture, where many of its modifications existed. A synonym for the word “swastika” was the concept “solar”, that is, solar. Were there any differences in the swastika of the Slavs and the Nazis? And, if so, what were they expressed in?
First, let's remember what a swastika looks like. This is a cross, each of the four ends of which bends at right angles. Moreover, all angles are directed in one direction: to the right or to the left. Looking at such a sign, one gets the feeling of its rotation. There are opinions that the main difference between the Slavic and fascist swastikas lies in the direction of this very rotation. For the Germans, this is right-hand traffic (clockwise), and for our ancestors it is left-hand traffic (counterclockwise). But this is not all that distinguishes the swastika of Aryans and Aryans.
Another important distinguishing feature is the constancy of color and shape of the Fuhrer’s army badge. The lines of their swastika are quite wide, absolutely straight, and black. The underlying background is a white circle on a red canvas.
What about the Slavic swastika? Firstly, as already mentioned, there are many swastika signs that differ in shape. The basis of each symbol, of course, is a cross with right angles at the ends. But the cross may not have four ends, but six or even eight. Additional elements may appear on its lines, including smooth, rounded lines.
Secondly, the color of the swastika signs. There is also diversity here, but not so pronounced. The predominant symbol is red on a white background. The red color was not chosen by chance. After all, he was the personification of the sun among the Slavs. But there are also blue and yellow colors on some of the signs. Thirdly, the direction of movement. It was said earlier that among the Slavs it is the opposite of fascist. However, this is not entirely true. We find both right-handed swastikas among the Slavs and left-handed ones.
We examined only the external distinctive attributes of the swastika of the Slavs and the swastika of the Nazis. But much more important facts are the following:
- Approximate time of appearance of the sign.
- The meaning that was given to it.
- Where and under what conditions was this symbol used?
Let's start with the Slavic swastika
It is difficult to name the time when it appeared among the Slavs. But, for example, among the Scythians, it was recorded in the fourth millennium BC. And since a little later the Slavs began to separate from the Indo-European community, then, for sure, they were already used by them at that time (third-second millennium BC). Moreover, among the Proto-Slavs they were fundamental ornaments.
Swastika signs abounded in the everyday life of the Slavs. And therefore one cannot attribute the same meaning to all of them. In fact, each symbol was individual and carried its own meaning. By the way, the swastika could be either an independent sign or part of a more complex one (most often it was located in the center). Here are the main meanings of Slavic swastika (solar symbols):
- Sacred and Sacrificial fire.
- Ancient wisdom.
- Home.
- Unity of the Family.
- Spiritual development, self-improvement.
- Patronage of the gods in wisdom and justice.
- In the sign of Valkikria, it is a talisman of wisdom, honor, nobility, and justice.
That is, in general, we can say that the meaning of the swastika was somehow sublime, spiritually high, noble.
Archaeological excavations have given us a lot of valuable information. It turned out that in ancient times the Slavs applied similar signs to their weapons, embroidered them on suits (clothing) and textile accessories (towels, towels), and carved them on elements of their homes and household items (dishes, spinning wheels and other wooden utensils). They did all this mainly for the purpose of protection, in order to protect themselves and their home from evil forces, from grief, from fire, from the evil eye. After all, the ancient Slavs were very superstitious in this regard. And with such protection we felt much more secure and confident. Even the mounds and settlements of the ancient Slavs could have a swastika shape. At the same time, the ends of the cross symbolized a certain direction of the world.
Fascist swastika
- Adolf Hitler himself adopted this sign as a symbol of the National Socialist movement. But we know that he was not the one who came up with it. In general, the swastika was used by other nationalist groups in Germany even before the emergence of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Therefore, let’s take the time of appearance as the beginning of the twentieth century.
Interesting fact: the person who suggested that Hitler take the swastika as a symbol initially presented a left-handed cross. But the Fuhrer insisted on replacing it with a right-hand one.
- The meaning of the swastika among the Nazis is diametrically opposed to that of the Slavs. According to one version, it meant the purity of German blood. Hitler himself said that the black cross itself symbolizes the struggle for the victory of the Aryan race, creative work. In general, the Fuhrer considered the swastika an ancient anti-Semitic sign. In his book, he writes that the white circle is the national idea, the red rectangle is the social idea of the Nazi movement.
- Where was it used? fascist swastika? Firstly, on the legendary flag of the Third Reich. Secondly, the military had it on their belt buckles, as a patch on the sleeve. Thirdly, the swastika “decorated” official buildings and occupied territories. In general, it could be on any fascist attributes, but these were the most common.
Thus, the swastika of the Slavs and the swastika of the Nazis have enormous differences. This is expressed not only in external features, but also in semantic ones. If among the Slavs this sign personified something good, noble, and lofty, then among the Nazis it was a truly Nazi sign. Therefore, when you hear something about a swastika, you shouldn’t immediately think about fascism. After all, the Slavic swastika was lighter, more humane, more beautiful.