Classic Symbols : A Guide
Classic Symbols : A Guide
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Author(s): Kerrigan, Michael
ISBN No.: 9781838860523
Pages: 96
Year: 202111
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 36.37
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Introduction One: Spirituality For many, these symbols have helped bring meaning and understanding to the world over the course of centuries and millennia. 1. Ankh 2. Aum/Om 3. Bindi 4. Caduceus 5. Chinese zodiac symbols 6. crescent moon 7.


crossed linear triangles 8. eight-point star + nine-point star + eleven-point star 9. elven star 10. endless knot 11. Eye of Horus 12. hamsa 13. infinity 14. lotus 15.


mandala 16. ouroboros 17. pentagram 18. sun 19. Yin yang Two: Identity Religious and political symbolism used to transmit a shared identity and an understanding of one's place in a community and the wider world. 1. Ahimsa 2. alpha 3.


anarchy 4. black sun/sonnenrad 5. Chi Rho 6. CND 7. cross 8. Eye of Providence 9. gender 10. hammer and sickle 11.


Hunab Ku 12. icthus 13. kolovrat 14. Masonic Freemason 15. mandorla 16. Maya maize god 17. Menorah 18. moon and stars 19.


omega 20. Sacred Heart 21. Shrivatsa 22. Shri Yantra 23. Star of David 24. Swastika 25. 12-pointed star 26. Wiccan protection symbol Three: Communication & Understanding These symbols bring order to our modern world, with signs for understanding technology, science and medicine, and more abstract symbols for communication that help make sense of the newer things we face.


1. ampersand & 2. @ symbol 3. biohazard 4. Bluetooth 5. Borromean rings 6. copyright © 7. currencies 8.


first aid 9. golden ratio 10. hashtag # 11. hourglass 12. info 13. percentage 14. pi 15. recycling 16.


registered trademark ® 17. Rod of Asclepius 18. trefoil knot Four: Art & History: Visual Culture Symbols that have recurred throughout history, sometimes as decorations, allowing people to leave their mark on a place or in the memory. While some are used in communication, often the meaning here is intended to be of a broader, less specific nature. 1. Celtic knot + Celtic trinity knot/triquetra 2. Dara knot 3. drams/comedy masks 4.


dragon 5. Fleur-de-lis 6. Globus cruciger 7. Gordian Knot 8. heart 9. inuksuk 10. Koru 11. Rearing lion 12.


scales 13. scarab 14. shamrock 15. skull and crossbones 16. smiley 17. theatre masks 18. triskelion 19. valknut.



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