Sunday, June 17, 2007

British Nigeria

British Nigeria Solomon’s seal
This is how the flag of British Nigeria looked between 1 Jan 1900 - 1 Oct 1960

vegreville egg

Photo of six pointed stars on the vegreville egg is courtesy of "striatic" who published it on Flickr.
Vegreville is a town in central Alberta, Canada. …The July Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) Festival showcases Ukrainian culture in Alberta. A large percentage of Vegreville's population is of Ukrainian Canadian descent. The world's largest pysanka was created to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1974 and to celebrate Vegreville's ethnic heritage.

The Sacred Symbols of Mu

James Churchward wrote in his book (The Sacred Symbols of Mu By , 1933) that  the two triangles within a circle enable 12 divisions representing the 12 gates to heaven Each gate represents  a virtue : Love, Faith, Hope Charity etc. Churchward claims that Mu was a lost continent in the Pacific Ocean, which was destroyed  tens of thousands of years ago; He tells that while serving with the British Army for thirty years he befriended a priest, who revealed to him ancient tablets written in an unknown language and taught him how to read this language, Naacal. The tablets were discovered in Mexico by an explorer named William Niven.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Stars of David with Church Pipe Organ

Stars of David Church Photo is courtesy of L. Craig Schoonmaker who published these Stars of David with Church pipe organ on his blog where he shows many more photos of this splendid building, the former B'nai Jeshurun/present Hopewell Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey. It is hard to imagine such a rare situation: Stars of David with Church pipe organ but this is what happens when a synagogue is left by its Jewish community and turns into a Baptist Church.
Craig’s blog is “a fotojournal about LIVING in Newark USA, New Jersey's largest and most cultured city”…

Inspiration

Tetragrammaton hexagram  Christian
Photo is courtesy of L. Craig Schoonmaker who published this stained glass on his blog where he shows many more photos of this splendid building, the former B'nai Jeshurun/present Hopewell Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey.
We see the word Inspiration on top and an old man pointing at it in order to draw his son’s attention, but the son is busy admiring the light that comes out of

Tetragrammaton


surrounded by a Star of David. I saw a similar stained glass work on
St Ann's Church, Manchester, England. I'd like to know who made it?

Tetraktys Surrounded By An Ourobouros

Tetraktys hexagram OurobourosA Hexagram in a Tetraktys surrounded by an Ourobouros
in Lisa‘s genious Alchemy illustration.
Courtesy of Lisa "Ninth Wave Designs" from Flickr

Friday, June 15, 2007

Cave of the Patriarchs


Photo is courtesy of "Tbass Efendi" who published it on Flickr. There is a row of six pointed stars on the outer arc which are created by the curved lines of the pattern. In the center there is an eight pointed star. To me this whole ornament looks like an eye that watches the Muslim believers while they pray.
The Cave of the Patriarchs serves both Muslims and Jews and this photo is an opportunity to focus on its Muslim part.