Thursday, February 21, 2008

Move Forward Road Sign

Star of David  move-forward-road-sign
Yesterday, on a rainy day, I took a picture of a slow-down-road-sign at the Binyaney Hauma parking lot in Jerusalem. With a little help from my Photoshop, I changed it into a Star of David  move-forward-road-sign, believing that even though the energy of Zionism seems currently to be slowing down in the road to become Light to the Nations, we didn’t stop hoping that the sun would eventually show through the clouds.

Beuthen, Communal Seal

Beuthen, Communal Seal jewish star

Photo taken from Jewish Encyclopedia entry "seal" written by Joseph Jacobs & Albert Wolf.

In the nineteenth century The Shield of David was found on the seal of the community of Beuthen, City of Prussian Silesia.

Dresden, Communal Seal

Dresden, Communal Seal jewish star

Photo tken from Jewish Encyclopedia entry "seal" by Joseph Jacobs & Albert Wolf.

In the nineteenth century The Shield of David was found on the seal of the community of Dresden, Capital of the kingdom of Saxony; situated on both banks of the Elbe.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Kriegshaber, Communal Seal

Shield of David Kriegshaber, Communal Seal
From Jewish Encyclopedia entry "seal" by Joseph Jacobs & Albert Wolf
The Shield of David is found on the seal of the community of Kriegshaber (in southern Germany) and it bears the Hebrew inscription Kriegshaber community.

Kremsir, Communal Seal

Shield of David Kremsir, Communal Seal
From Jewish Encyclopedia entry "seal" by Joseph Jacobs & Albert Wolf
The Shield of David is found on the seal of the community of Kremsir [Town in Moravia, Austria] from about 1690.

Prague, Communal Seal

Prague Communal Seal magen davidFrom Jewish Encyclopedia entry: Seal by Joseph Jacobs & Albert Wolf

The seal of the ghetto of Prague is from 1627. The Jewish star surrounds a Swedish hat and has the caption "Sigillum Antiquæ Communitatis Pragensis Judæorum," with the
letters "magistrat" in the corners.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Eliphas Levi, Talisman

Eliphas Levi, Talisman Solomon’s seal

Photo of The first pentacle of the sun is copied from Clavicula Solomonis. 

ALPHONSE LOUIS CONSTANT (ELIPHAS LEVI) was a famous French occultist of the nineteenth century. In his book Clavicula Solomonis he described talismans with six-pointed stars (Solomon’s seals) such as the one above.