Star and Crescent

The star and crescent is the best-known attribute used to represent Islam. It appears on the flags of many countries in the Islamic world, like Turkey and Pakistan.

Surprisingly, this symbol is not Muslim in origin. Rather, it was a polytheistic icon adopted during the spread of Islam, and its use today is sometimes contraversal in the Muslim world. The crescent and star are generally said to be Islamic symbols, but historians say that they were the insignia of the Ottoman Empire, not of Islam as a whole.

It is important to know that Islam has few traditional symbols, and the crescent moon and star are not ones that are recognized as traditional symbols by Muslims. The symbol is due to cultural circulation and spread of Islam to the Ottoman turks who ruled a big area and aswell put the crescent moon and star attribute on their flag. It has since then become associated with Islam.

Buddhist Wheel Symbol - Dharmachakra

The wheel is one of the a most important Buddhist symbols, as it represents the teching of the Buddha. The Buddha was the one who "turned the turn the dharma" and thus the wheel symbol is the Dharmachakra, or "wheel of law." The Tibetan term for this symbol, chos kyi'khor lo, means "the wheel of transformation."

The wheel aswell represents the endless cycle of samsara, or rebirth, which can only be escaped by means of the Buddha's teachings.

Today, the Dharmachakra appears in the art of every Buddhist culture.

Some Tibetan wrathful deities are depicted brandishing a wheel as a weapon to beat evil and ignorance.

Infinity Symbol

The precise origin of the infinity symbol is unclear. One possibility is suggested by the name it is sometimes called—the lemniscate, from the Latin lemniscus, meaning "ribbon".

The mathematical symbol for infinity was devised in 1655 by mathemetician John Wallis

The religious aspect of the infinity symbol predates its mathematical origins. It has been found in Tibetan rock carvings; the ouroboros, or infinity snake, is often depicted in this shape. In the tarot, the lemniscate represents the balance of forces and is often associated with the magician card.

World Triad Meaning

Originally an oriental symbol, it was "adopted by western Gnostics as an symbol of cosmic creativity, the threefold attributes of reality or fate, and the eternally spiraling cycles of time. In Japan it was maga-tama or mitsu tomoe, the world soul. In Bhutan and Tibet, it is still accepted as the Catholic Mandala, a sign of the Trimurti. Like the yin yang, it aswell represents eternity. This is aswell the attribute for U.S. Department of Transportation. Another Gnostic attribute is the uroborus.

Hexagram - Star Of David

Six pointed star, when surronded by a circle, it represents the "divine mind" (a affected of God's wisdom) to many occult groups through the centuries. Many still use it in occult rituals. But to Jewish people, it is their Star of David.

While generally used as a symbol of Jewish identity it is used aswell in other historical, religious and cultural contexts, for archetype in Islam, and Eastern Religions as well in Occultism.

generally recognized as a attribute of Judaism and Jewish identity and is aswell known colloquially as the Jewish star or "Star of David". Its usage as a sign of Judaism began in the Middle Ages, though its religious usage began earlier, with the current earliest archeological being a stone bearing the shield from the arch of a 3-4th century synagogue in the Galilee. A other enduring symbol of Judaism, the menorah, has been in use back BCE.

Fleur De Lis

The fleur-de-lis is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means flower, and lis agency lily) or iris that is used as a decoration or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, political, dynastic, artistic, and symbolic", especialy in heraldry.

Also called lily of France, it was first an adaptation of the Gaulish lily representing the Virgin Juno. Among goddess worshippers, it had several meanings, including the Triple Goddess. It appeared in Arthurian legends as well as on the French (and other national) "coat-of-arms" and aristocratic or military emblems. It has aswell been an emblem for the Boy Scouts.

Eye Of Horus Meaning

The eye of horus also known as Wedjat or Oudjat is the left lunar eye, connected with the moon.The right eye is the eye of RA and associated with the sun.The horus eye sign is worn for protection and to ward of angry evil spirits.

Though some sources say there is no distinction at all. The Eye represents the eye that was lost by Horus when he fought with Seth over the murder of his father, Osiris. The symbol is worn for to ward off evil spirits.

The Eye of Horus also symbolises bringing of wisdom and our ability to see with clarity and truthfulness.