I saw swastikas in India often. More from Wikipedia. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Four-swastika_collage_(transparent).png> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Four-swastika_collage_(transparent).png>A swastika is a symbol found in many cultures, with different meanings, drawn in different styles. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thirthankara_Suparshvanath_Museum_Rietberg_RVI_306.jpg> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thirthankara_Suparshvanath_Museum_Rietberg_RVI_306.jpg>Idol of Jain <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain> Tirthankara <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirthankara>Suparshvanath <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suparshvanath> with his swastika symbol below it. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Snoldelevsunwheel.jpg> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Snoldelevsunwheel.jpg>Drawing of a swastika on the Snoldelev Stone <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoldelev_Stone>. The swastika (as a character 卐 or 卍) is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideogram> in the cultures of Eurasia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia>, used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religions>.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-Sullivan2001p216-1>[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-snodgrass82-2>[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-Cort_2001_17-3>[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-p.97-4> In the Western world <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world>, it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck until the 1930s, when it became a feature of Nazi symbolism <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_symbolism> as an emblem of Aryan race <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race>identity and, as a result, was stigmatized by association with ideas of racism <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism> and antisemitism <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism>.[5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-holocaust2009-5>[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-wiener463-6> The name swastika comes from Sanskrit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit> (Devanagari <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari>: स्वस्तिक <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95>) meaning 'conducive to well being' or 'auspicious'.[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-etymology-7>[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-britswast-8> In Hinduism, the symbol with arms pointing clockwise <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwise> is called swastika, symbolizing surya <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya> (sun), prosperity and good luck, while the counterclockwise symbol is called sauvastika <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauvastika>, symbolizing night or tantric <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra> aspects of Kali <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali>.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-britswast-8> In Jainism, a swastika is the symbol for Suparshvanatha <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suparshvanatha>—the seventh of 24 Tirthankaras <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirthankara> (spiritual teachers and saviours), while in Buddhism it symbolizes the auspicious footprints of the Buddha <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha>.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-britswast-8>[9] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-silverblatt109-9>[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-10> In several major Indo-European <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages> religions the swastika symbolizes lightning bolts representing the thunder god <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_god> and king of the gods <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_gods> such as Indra <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra> in the Indus Valley religion, Zeus <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus> in ancient Greek religion, Jupiter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(god)> in Roman religion, and Thor <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor> in ancient Germanic religion.[1 1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-Greg-11> The swastika is an icon widely found in human history and the modern world.[4 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#cite_note-p.97-4>
On Mar 10, 2019, at 6:32 PM, Bill Schlesinger via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Reversed and tipped.
From: OE [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net>] On Behalf Of Jann McGuire via OE Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 12:40 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> Cc: Jann McGuire <jannmcguire@gmail.com <mailto:jannmcguire@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Fw: [earthrise] Re-discovering the Fat Lady
Thank you, Marshall and Ken. My mother's 1930 high school yearbook was replete with swastikas. I think the theme was Hiawatha, which fits with the Canadian link.
Our Lindsay UMC sermon this morning, was on the hymn " When Peace Like a River". Such an interesting story. Here's the link if anyone is interested:
. https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-it-is-well-with-m... <https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-it-is-well-with-my-soul>
I've been writing the story of our first RS-1(1967) and sharing it in my weekly writers workshop. The two Hindus in the group don't have a clue what it's about. The Catholic and Southern Baptist ladies are fascinated.
Grace and peace,
Jann McGuire
On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 7:00 PM Ken Fisher via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
World-wide in the 30s the Swastika was a symbol of friendship. Scouts in Canada wore it. Reversed, it became a Nazi symbol.
Ken Fisher
On Mar 8, 2019, at 6:54 PM, W. J. via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
BTW, the latest courtroom added to the building was finished in 1935 and has swastikas carved into the ceiling! Big clue about some hidden values ...
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