Hexagrams in the Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose California

Hexagram in the Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, California  

CC picture by fritz liess from Flickr

Hexagram and Rose Cross in the Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, California  

CC picture by Michael Gray  from Flickr

Hexagram & Ouroboros

Hexagram & Ouroboros Tattoo

Cc Picture by m0n3d4 (c) from Flickr

Hexagram Ouroboros Alchemy

Cc Picture by vaxzine(c) from Flickr 

Hexagram Ouroboros Alchemy

With Signs of the planets

which represent Alchemical compounds  

(C) 

Dr. Amir Zohar

Blagaj - 16th century Dervish monastery in Bosnia & Herzegovina

Hamam Ceiling Stars

some hexagrams

imitating the natural stars  in the skies

I saw this motive in other Hamam pictures

CC picture by korom (c)  from  Fickr who shot it at

 Blagaj 

 16th century Dervish monastery on the Buna River, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Six pointed star with moon

Blagaj Monastery  

CC picture by KOKONIS (c)  from  Fickr

Info needed about a JMPRESA VIVERI Token

JMPRESA VIVERI  Token

Photo by Luca 

(c)

Patrizia Di Monte from Italy  searches information about an old token with a six pointed star.

The face reports "JMPRESA VIVERI" surrounding the star of David, with a 5 pointed star on 6 o' clock, and on the other side a number "20".

This may be a token for food distribution from/to Hebrew community during second world war, in concentration camps. The strange thing is that in italian "IMPRESA VIVERI" is for "food business" but they use the "I" and not the "J" as first letter. There are some other token with "J" in place of "I" as the first capital letter, and they are mint in Germany. 

Bosnia and Herzegovina Stamp

Right stamp sports a Solomon’s Seal pattern

Michel #309-10 (interior painting on Mosque, Hadzi Sinan Tekija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Muslim part, issue from 2003).

Sent to me by Chastven Miloje (c) From Ashdod, Israel

Hexagrams in Diwali Decorations

Happy Diwali

Diwali Light festival is celebrated on the first day of Kartika month

(on October or November)

The frequent usage of hexagrams as one of many star motives in Indian culture
seems to relate to the most basic connection between
 the shape of the stars in  the skies
and their light

  CC picture by pangalactic gargleblaster from Flickr

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Hexagrams in Indian Sandpainting

Hexagrams are only one of many motifs of the Indian geometrical sandpainting made usually with rice powder. It is created by millions of Hindu women every morning in front of their houses in order to bring prosperity to their families. Rice powder is used to invite ants and birds to eat it… the idea is to contribute to the harmony of the world.

Hexagrams in Indian Sandpainting

Courtesy of Raji.srinivas from Wikipedia entry Kolam

Other names for Indian Sandpainting are: Alpana, Aripana, Madana, Rangoli, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chowkpurana, Muggu.

Kolam made from Lentils

Courtesy of preetamrai from Flickr

Hexagram made from elements ordered as palindrom rows: 1-4-3-4-1

 Courtesy of kalyan from Flickr

Hexagram Pattern - Indian Sandpainting

 Courtesy of arimoore from Flickr

Indian Hexagram and Swastika

pattern indian women use everyday to make pictures or rangoli/kolam in front of the house or near the diety

Courtesy of 

Nagashree Naveen who published this picture on Flickr

with the caption

sudarshana chakra/mandala

Algeria banning a Koran because it has a Star of David on it

David referred me to a news story about Algeria banning a Koran because it has a Star of David on it

and added  that

Comment number 9 is interesting, it says: They will have to demolish the Dome of the rock because it has Stars of David all over.Comment 8 says the Star of David is common in Islamic art

Thanks 

David