Photo of a wheel inside a six-pointed star surrounded by another wheel on an Indian wall painting is courtesy of Ben Piven who shot it a few days ago in Kerala, India. What does it mean?
Copyright: Ben Piven 2008
This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Indian Shrine
Photo of triangle inside a six-pointed star on a column of a shrine is courtesy of Ben Piven who shot it a few days ago in Kerala, India. This is the first time I see this version of triangle inside a six-pointed star, which has, so it seems, some religious meaning – but what is it?
Copyrigt: Ben Piven 2008
Copyrigt: Ben Piven 2008
When Did You Meet The Star of David Emblem For The First Time
From my own experience, I dare to reckon that most of you readers have no account of your meeting with the Star of David emblem for the first time. I have a faint early childhood memory of playing with my fathers’ police hat, which arrived at my nose, but I don’t remember the police badge on its front, that was in the shape of the six-pointed star. I don’t remember singing about it in kindergarten or learning about it in school. I assume I can’t blame my memory – it is the nature of this symbol to communicate directly with the sub consciousness and to bypass memory.