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What do Mercury, Hermes, Baphomet, the Bearded Aphrodite, the Chinese god of night and day, Chaos, Yin-Yang, Baal, Astarte, the Lotus, the Tree of Life, and the World Egg have in common? They are all hermaphrodites ? androgynous ones. There are real [tag]hermaphrodites[/tag]. They are very rare, especially in humans. The symbol represents the rarest [...]

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We all know what it?s like to be misunderstood. It?s frustrating. The [tag]pentagram [/tag]is one symbol that suffers that fate. The word pentagram comes from the Greek word meaning roughly ?five-lined? or ?five lines.? The geometric proportions of the regular pentagram are those of the Golden Section. A pentagram is a five-pointed star, but not [...]

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Aristotle stated that ?all men (humankind) naturally desire to know?. (italics mine) Symbolism is the language of the mysteries, philosophy, and nature; every law and power of the universe is revealed to the limited mind of man through the medium of symbol. By symbol humankind has sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which [...]

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The term [tag]sacred geometry[/tag] is used to encompass the beliefs that have sprung up around geometry in various cultures during the course of human history. It is based on astronomy and the cycle of the spheres. Sacred geometry is a [tag]universal language[/tag]; its symbols represent what is thought to be the essential structure of the [...]

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The release of the book and then movie The Da Vinci Code has kindled curiosity and controversy among religious factions worldwide. Symbolic imagery for the feminine can be traced back to ancient times. The circle, and the chalice, grail, or V, are among the oldest. Paleolithic (25000 BCE) artifacts have been found that show symbols [...]

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Sounds like Martian stuff. We can find the strange ?face in the leaves? all over the world. It is a common decorative motif on buildings in the British Isles, many parts of Europe, and was prevalent in ancient Celtic cultures. The [tag]Green Man[/tag] is a name coined by Lady Raglan in 1939 for this strange [...]

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The Unicorn is possibly the only fantastic creature not fashioned from human fears. Early Greek mythology does not include this beast, as their natural history writers were convinced of the reality of the creature somewhere in India. It is a surprisingly universal symbol for a fictitious creature; its legends could have risen from encounters with [...]

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