SwastikaChinese
called it, "WAN" Zi, Japanese named it "MAN" Ji, Tibetan
read it as "GYUNG-DRUNG" or GEG-GSANG.
The
word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit means, "conducive to well-
being". S-vasti in Sanskrit is "It's well"
Swastika
is a symbol of prosperity and good fortune and is widely dispersed
in both the ancient and modern world. It originally represented the
revolving sun, fire, or life. The
swastika was widely utilized in ancient Mesopotamian coinage as well
as appearing in early Christian and Byzantium art, where it was known
as the gammadion cross. The
swastika also appeared in South and Central America, widely used in
Mayan art during that time period.
Swastika
is an equilateral cross with arms bent at right angles, all in the same
direction, usually the right, or clockwise. In
North America, the swastika was a symbol used by the Navajos.
The swastika still continues today to be an extensively used sign in
Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism.
In
Buddhism, a
Swastika
represents resignation. Usually found in the images of Buddha on His
chest, palms, soles of feet. In
Jainism, it delineates their seventh saint, and the four arms are also
used to remind the worshiper of the four possible places of rebirth;
the animal or plant world, in Hell, on Earth, or in the spirit world.
To
Hindus, the swastika with the arms bent to the left is called the sathio
or sauvastika, which symbolizes night, magic, purity, and the destructive
goddess Kali.
In
both Hinduism and Jainism, the Swastika
or sathio is used to mark the opening pages or their account books,
thresholds, doors, and offerings. The
swastika was a symbol for the Aryan people, a name which, in Sanskrit
means "noble". The
Aryans were a group of people who settled in Iran and Northern India.
They believed themselves to be a pure race, superior to the other surrounding
cultures.
Historical
Use of the Swastika
Was
Atlantis the birthplace of the Swastika? Or The fabled motherland called
Mu? Found on the genital shields of aboriginal Brazilian women. Greek
priestesses branded Swastikas on their arms. Goddess figures dug up
at ancient Troy by Dr. Schliemann have Swastikas on the vulva. Romans
took the Swastika with them on their march across Europe. Most antiquarians
agree that Egyptians had no Swastika except those taken there by Coptic
Christians.
As
An Eastern Cultural Symbol
A
magical sign tattooed on women to ensure fertility. Gold weights from
West Africa. A favorite ornament in China and Japan. Ninja throwing
stars. Tattooed on monks in Tibet. The Dalai Lama's throne is always
decorated with four Swastikas. In India people mark their cows, fields,
homes, shrines with the Swastika, a sign of good luck and fertility.
When the last czar of Russia was imprisoned with his family in 1917,
the Romanoff girls embroidered lucky swastikas on fabric before their
deaths by the Bolsheviks.
As
a Mystical Symbol
Hindu
uses. Sacred Fire. Ganesha. Every holy spot is marked with a Swastika.
Sacred Heart of Buddha. Buddha's footprints marked with Swastikas. The
Jains, who believe in non-violence, make the sign of the Swastika as
often as Catholics make the sign of the cross. In Bali, Shiva's lingam
(penis) is a Swastika. Christian symbol from the catacombs. Gnostic
graffiti includes Swastikas and Stars of David side by side. Occult
Swastikas include Theosophists, Rosicrucians, Masons, Golden Dawn, Transcendental
Meditation, Pythagorus, Madame Blavatsky, Krishnamurti, Rudolf Steiner,
William Butler Yeats. Aliester Crowley claimed Hitler stole the Swastika
from him.
As
An Archetypal Symbol
The
Swavastika or backwards
Swastika. Types of Swastikas. Various names for the Swastika-- Hakenkreuz,
Gammadion, Fylfot, Tetraskelion, Meander. Amulets, talismans and hex
signs.
Adolf Hitler adopted the
left-handed symbol.
During his campaign, 6 millions Jews died in his hand during WWII. Hence, the icon caused confusion to many Europeans and Jews to think it was a similiar icon used by
the Eastern faiths (Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism).
The right hand ( clockwise)Swastika
used by these religions which practice ahimsa ( non-violence) since
ancient time. It should never be mistaken as the left-hand (counterclockwise) Swastika .
The Germanic Swastika
Many ask about SS Swastika, why it was adopted, and what it symbolizes for National Socialism. The following is a brief commentary on the subject which we hope will clear up any confusion
and explain the significance of the Swastika: Most people assume that it was Adolf Hitler who selected the Swastika for the National Socialist emblem. Adolf Hitler indeed designed the National Socialist flag and much of
the insignia, but the Swastika was already earmarked for the party standard before he became a member of the German Worker's Party (DAP).
In 1919 Adolf Hitler was serving as an agent for the army, observing various nationalist and Folkish political parties, when he decided to join the German Worker's Party (DAP), which later became the National Socialist
German Worker's Party (NSDAP). Although not well known, there was a very good reason for his decision to join this particular party. The German Worker's Party was founded, protected, and secretly financed by the Thule
Gemeinschaft, referred to henceforth by its common English rendering of Thule Society, which was considered to be the most prestigious and powerful secret Folkish organization in Germany.
The Thule Society
The Thule society was a strongly anti-Jewish, anti-Marxist, Nordicist organization, which was dedicated to the creation of a Folkish State and the higher evolution of the Aryan race. They had a real understanding of the
gulf between the working and the upper classes - and the necessity of closing that gap in order to realize the desired Folkish State. Its membership numbered a wide range of influential legal professionals, university
professors, police officials, industrialists, physicians and scientists. Besides the German Worker's Party, The Thule Society subsidized the Oberland Freikorps and it controlled Bavaria's leading anti-Jewish newspaper; The
Voelkischer Beobachter. It is quite revealing that Dietrich Eckart, Alfred Rosenberg, and Max Amann, who later became editor, assistant editor, and business manager of the VoelkischerBeobachter when it was sold to the
NSDAP, were all Thule Society members.
The Swastika was the official symbol of the Thule Society. The Swastika was prominently displayed on the organization's letterheads and literature, and Swastika banners adorned its meetings. The NSDAP merely inherited
the Swastika from its mentor, which, apparently, it ultimately absorbed as Thule Society members all became NSDAP members.
The Meaning of the Swastika
The only official reference to the meaning of the National Socialist Swastika which we have encountered is in Chapter 7 of the 2nd volume of Mein Kampf: "As National Socialists we see our program in our flag. In
the red, we see the social idea of the movement, in the white, the nationalistic idea, in the Swastika, the mission of the struggle for the victory of Aryan man, and at the same time, also the victory of the idea of
creative work, which in itself is, and will always be, anti-Semitic." This, of course, is probably only one aspect of a deeper meaning which was given to the Swastika, but we have never encountered reference to any
such deeper meaning given by the Thule Society or the NSDAP. However, an investigation of some of the historical and esoteric uses of The Swastika certainly gives us some insight into its significance.
Most of us are aware that the Swastika is a sacred symbol in many lands and in many traditions. However, since the Thule Society was a Folkish Move |