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What is your tree sign? Spiritual Meanings from an Ancient Slav Zodiac [Article]

What is your tree sign? Spiritual Meanings from an Ancient Slav Zodiac [Article]
What is Your Tree Sign Ancient Slavic Astrology Spiritual Development, Alchemy of Love, Symbols and Signs What is your Tree Sign Tree Magic Trees were respected since the beginning of time. Druids were priests of an ancient Celtic religious order. The Pagans used the Yew tree as the focus of their worship. The Greeks and Romans decorated their dwellings with ivy, taking evergreen plants into their houses acknowledging their magical qualities. The Christmas tree is a symbol adopted by Christian tradition, referring to the salvation that Jesus brought to the world by his birth. Ancient Slav Zodiac According to the Ancient Slav Zodiac we all have our Tree Signs. Oak Tree: 21.March An Oak Tree is respected as a sacred tree amongst many cultures. If you are born under the protection of this tree you are born to be a leader, a protector, and a guide. Hazelnut tree 22. - 30. A magic fruit tree. A lot of energy follows the people born under the protection of the hazelnut tree. Walnut tree. 21. - 30.

Spiritual Symbols: Light as symbol of Divine [Article] Now Imagine White Light Light as Symbol of Divine Spiritual Poems, Spiritual Quotes, Symbols and Signs Light and Divine Like bees and butterflies around a candle light during a dark night, our bodies, minds and souls get attracted to the ‘light’. The symbolism of Light around the world is mapped within our spiritual practices that use 'Light' as a medium and our spiritual experiences of Divine that often have ‘light’ as the central point. We use words like: ‘divine light’, ‘clear light’, ‘enlightenment’, ‘pure light’, ‘light body’, ‘astral light’ to express our highest meditative states, prayer contemplations, and our overall connection with what we call ‘Divine’. Symbolism of Light Even though we see God as encompassing, omnipotent and omnipresent, we prefer to meet Him or Her diving into the qualities of ‘light’ rather than ‘darkness’. The symbolism of ‘light’ all across the cultures connects us with consciousness, wisdom, moral purity, intelligence, angels, beauty. Inner Light

Spiritual Meaning of Numbers [Article] Symbols Numbers Spiritual Meaning of Numbers Symbols and Signs Spiritual Meaning of Numbers ‘Numbers and numerical proportions have a certain meaning for the cosmos and the world. It is in numbers, we might say, that the harmony that dwells through space is expressed’ Rudolf Steiner, Occult Signs and Symbols The Symbolism of Zero 0 It took Europe relatively long to accept the concept of zero. Zero is associated with nil, non-being, nothingness, emptiness, and with zero defining non-quantitative as non-existent, everything non-quantifiable could now be defined as non-existent - including God. Accepting zero led to the invention of relative numbers, negative quantities, infinite decimal points, abstract and irrational, imaginary numbers. 0 is symbolised by the Tarot card called: Fool, the Element of Air Represented by the HEBREW LETTER: Aleph = Bull or Ox. Spiritual Meaning of Number One 1 Tree of Life, Tarot and Number 1 The Aces are the ‘root’ principles of each element. ‘Energy sent forth.

Om Mani Padme Hum Meaning and Benefits [Article] Om-Mani-Padme-Hum Om Mani Padme Hum Meaning and Benefits Spiritual Development, Chanting Mantras, Symbols and Signs, meditation Meaning and Benefits of Om and Om Mani Padme Hum Mantra for Achieving Buddhahood A Mantra is a word or sound that is repeated, during meditation. Mantras are considered capable of creating transformation of energy / vibration into divine qualities. The Buddha leads us to enlightenment manifesting in the form of the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum... Om Mani Padme Hum Mantra for Achieving Buddhahood It is said that all the teachings of the Buddha are within this mantra. Your ordinary body, speech and mind are purified and transform into, Buddha's holy body, holy speech and holy mind (symbolically represented by AUM). 'Thus the six syllables, OM MANI PADME HUM, mean that by the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha.' The Meaning of Om

Spiritual Symbolism of Spiral and its Cosmic Rhythms [Article] Seashell Spirit Wish Spiritual Symbolism of Spiral and its Cosmic Rhythms Spiritual Poems, Spiritual Quotes, Symbols and Signs Spiral Symbolism Spiral is mystical, spiral is magical, spiral is an ancient symbol of Divine. Embedded within the Universal pattern of Galaxies and also engraved within each tiny shell, it fascinated many from the beginning of times. The spiral is within the strands of our DNA, flower petals, the branching of trees, a spiral shell, and the shape of our galaxy. Spiral and Golden Ratio The Golden Ratio, roughly equal to 1.618, was first formally introduced by Pythagoras. The Golden ratio, the Fibonacci sequence runs 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13... The pattern can be found in the placement of the leaves on most plants, in a pine cone, in the shape of our DNA, in distant galaxies reflecting the magic interconnectedness of our micro and macro cosmos. Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' (1487) illustrates the Golden ratio. Ancient Spiral and its Cosmic Symbolism Spiral Quotes

Chinese Alchemy: The Secret of the Golden Flower [Article] Secret of Golden Flower Chinese Alchemy Spiritual Development, Spiritual Quotes, Symbols and Signs, meditation The Secret of the Golden Flower Chinese Alchemy The ancient science of alchemy still influences the contemporary spiritual theories, and stays shaping the spiritual philosophies of our time. The whirlpool of its magic at one point became madness for the alchemists who tried to decipher its secret language of symbols and signs, and for the ones who managed to just bath in the beauty of its images, it stayed full of blessings. Chinese Alchemy, Secret of Golden Flower - Merge of Male and Female Energy It is the merge of male and female that fascinates us so much, it is the White Queen and the Black King that unite to give a birth to a child that is perfect and immortal. It is Male that is our Collective Consciousness, that is Sun, Reason, Science, Law & Order. Chinese Alchemy Symbols, The Mind as an unusual son of Chaos Extracts from the Secret Of The Golden Flower Mindful Being Course

Symbols of Love and their deeper Meaning Love Symbols Love Symbols and Signs Self-Development, Relationships, Spiritual Development, Symbols and Signs Love Symbols and Their Meaning Love knows no boundaries. Symbols of Love connect us to the Force of Love and its Eternal Wisdom Heart as a Symbol of Love We somehow naturally start with the heart as a symbol of love. It is interesting that the image depicted on the coins was the heart shaped seeds of a plant called Silphium, a type of fennel, that was used as a herbal contraceptive. The Greeks believed the plant was a gift from Apollo. The heart shape was most likely first associated with sex, and later with love... One of the first known depiction of a heart as a symbol of romantic love dates back to the 13th century. It is found in a French manuscript where a kneeling lover offers his heart to his lady. The heart shape is also formed by the heads of two doves in love, an animal associated with Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love. Doves as a Symbol of Love Swans as a Symbol of Love Rose

THE CADUCEUS: Spiritual Meaning and Snake as Healing Symbol Caduceus: Healing Symbol Spiritual Meaning and Snake as a Healing Symbol Alchemy of Love, Symbols and Signs A wand with two serpents twined around it, surmounted by two small wings. the caduceus or magic wand of the Greek god Hermes Roman Mercury, messenger of gods, protector of Alchemy. The wand represents power and the two snakes wisdom. The Rod of Asclepius and Medical Symbolism The Rod of Asclepius is a rod with one snake coiled around it and it belongs to the god Asciepius. Occult Hermetic Symbolism Alchemists became known as the sons of Hermes or ‘practitioners of the hermetic arts’. The caduceus represents the integration of 4 elements: the wand for the earth, the wings for the air, he snakes for the fire and serpents movement for the water. An occult description refers to Hindhu Yogic knowledge of Ida and Pingala, male and female kundalini force as it moves through the chakras and around the spine to the head represented by wings of Mercury. Nagakals in India: Healing Snakes

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