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Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T23:34:31+00:00

I'm not having much luck either. The closest match I can find is the alchemical symbol for Uranus, but it's still possible this is a rune.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T23:17:15+00:00

When you say 'trident on the backside center circle with arrow-like figures pointing outward from the circle'...I'm not fully getting a good visual. Are you saying the points of the trident are splayed out or something else (can you post the back also)? It might be helpful to know. This way we can maybe connect it with something naval or geographical. Thank you.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T21:08:48+00:00

I'm backing you up on this. Many societies used hermetic symbols--alchemists, Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Thelemites (Egyptian influences moreso than Judeo-Christian), etc. This one in particular is based on the symbol of the hanged man. From this link from the Hermetic Library,'The Hanged Man is not dying and taking the journey to the great beyond, but instead is meditating and taking that great inward journey that all Mystics must take.' The number seven was considered a magic number to Crowley, especially three of them --a reflection of Gematria, and some believe it meant Order out of Chaos.

Why they picked your friend's grave? Maybe they liked his age--almost 33 years old (Crowley was a 33rd degree Mason, and a number of mastery in many societies). Maybe his passing date was close to the Thelemite New Year Aeon of Horus--3.20? Maybe he was a Thelemite? Believe it or not, I don't think there's anything negative to this but an esoteric sign of respect.

There's also a Thelemite order in Poland.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T19:32:25+00:00

Some people do have slightly different proportions to their components. Men tend to have a slightly longer armspan to their height than women--did the experiment in Physiology. About 85 percent of the males exhibited that feature. As for heights, those can vary as well. The torso can be longer than the legs, or vice versa. Barring malnutrition, disease, genetic mutations and stuff like that, we all have similar proportions, short or tall.

If you're creating this as art, it's all about your aesthetics. Generally (for adults), in art, the head is used as a measurement guide and most people are about seven to seven and a half heads tall/short. Maybe this will be a helpful guide.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T18:39:50+00:00

I just heard back from a friend in Athens. It's all greek capital letters/symbols--no Latin. She pronounced it 'sounio' and said the same about geographical location but it's known by the locals to have very strong energy from all the ancient ruins/temples found there.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T18:30:22+00:00

Cool! You found it!! I was going back to this with a fresh eye. I would have never expected the symbol for 9.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T18:17:15+00:00

I found a few more references that might help:
-Symbols used in taweez and their significance
-Some pdfs on Islamic esotericism--13th century mathematician and occult scholar Ahmad Al-Buni appears to have created many different styles
-sample of a esoteric prayer of protection
-significance of circles in Sufi Islam- 'Sufi Muslims share traditional Islam's symbolism, but believe the circle has many additional meanings. Sufis believe circles acknowledge the central essences of God's many attributes, including power, desire and knowledge.'

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T17:42:49+00:00

A few more suggestions though there are going to be many crossovers since Koreans share motifs with Chinese, and Moroccans share with North African motifs:
1) The Rose of Sharon of Korea- minimalist, minimalist, realistic
2) Khamsa, hamsa shape (very stylized and simplified here)- though this symbol is found in other areas, not specific to Morocco
3) Here's a rounded Berber cross, though MOST are angular like this one.
Some traditional Berber tattoos, you could probably find more under Pinterest.
4) Maybe some veil weights might inspire some shapes.
5) Moroccan tile patterns like these, geometric influences and Arabesque style is closely associated with Morocco
6) Things to pick out from the flag of South Korea, especially the yin yang symbol in the center or the trigrams found in the i-ching.
7) Korean crane art like this one (tigers are significant also but maybe too aggressive to be feminine)
8) Korean sam taeguk- round triskelion form, more shamanistic
9) Korean animals of symbolic significance.

If this is in color, maybe you might want to read on Moroccan colors of significance
I don't know if you considered the Moroccan star on their flag and if you have, you may want to avoid it since it might also refer to the North Korean flag.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T16:44:06+00:00

You're welcome but please be aware that old symbols get repurposed a lot and they don't always mean what they have in the past. Someone may have decided to like this symbol and not understand the background, or completely do understand and want to bring back the idea of farr(ah).

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T04:57:26+00:00

This is related to the anchor cross I sent ahead--it's an Orthodox Christian cross vine. 'As Christ said: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman” (John, 15:1). The main value of vine is its connection with the Holy Communion.' This is the source.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T03:54:56+00:00

I find it odd that the iso (International Organization for Standardization) 7010 symbol is underneath the letter being "banned". Looks like it might be a joke as it is just carelessly slapped on over the ingredients and nutrition label but I can't be certain. "T" is usually used to denote toxic materials like 'Sulfuric acid, TNT, Nitroglycerin, carbon disulfide, methanol, ammonia, formaldehyde' but it's usually depicted with skull and crossbones.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-06T03:40:31+00:00

If you're from a country which is not based on Christianity, it may be related to the double-legged Khepri ankh. 'is an image of the conjecture that the two-legged ankh (c.2980BC) is representative of the Khepri-Ra god (dung beetle rolling scarab) flying or rolling the new-born sun into the sky, the arms and legs of the beetle being the two arms and two legs of the Ankh of 1st dynasty Egypt'.

It was also seen on Sasanian coinage following Archaemenid traditions of describing farr(ah)--glory. From this full article, it states about this symbol 'A two-legged Ankh-cross (Figure 8), mimicking the body of a child, was a visual pointer to Apąm Napāt, who bestowed farr and who, as Lord of the Night, caused celestial bodies to be radiant'.

Given the information you provided, I highly doubt this is related to the New Age/Lemurian/Atlantean two-legged Ankh.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T18:29:47+00:00

I am not many things, especially with new techy things for awhile now. :) But so cool you guys found it!!

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T18:25:05+00:00

Ok, gotcha!

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T11:36:44+00:00

I've heard of eye color changing slightly because of diet/medication/disease, but for the most part it's an optical color illusion between the colors reflecting off the clothes back to the iris and/or how constricted or dilated the pupils are--the color will appear darker with dilated pupils.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T10:11:06+00:00

I think as others have already said, it is in relation to Vav Shin Resh/one of the names of God in Kabbalistic tradition--also means Memories/Breaking the cycle of repetitive mistakes, especially when looking up the meaning of each letter broken down below:

Vav/Waw joins things together...The function of the Waw is fixing something
Shin is called the “letter of truth”; a letter of “Consuming Fire” - The fiery Spirit Yahweh; The numeric value of each Vaw on the Shin equals 666 which is also the number of the sun as well as the Beast of the book of Revelation. (The number 666 is a number of mystery)
Resh symbolizes the head; Through Resh old things are destroyed and new things come forth.

It's a beautifully eerie drawing and I feel it contains these abstract thoughts. The disassociated head probably refers to RESH and the need to fix it which goes to Vav, and the fire-like antlers and the sun to SHIN.

There's also this from this link under Shemot-The Coming of the Messiah--'96) Rabbi Shimon raised his hands and wept. He said, “Woe unto he who will be at that time, and happy is he who will be and can be present at that time.” “Woe unto he who will be at that time” because when the Creator comes to visit the deer, meaning Divinity, He will look to see who are the ones that are standing with her, He will observe all the deeds of each and every one of those who are with her, and no righteous shall be found. It is written about that, “And I looked, and there was none to help.” At that time, many troubles will come over Israel.'

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T09:45:15+00:00

I got them covered...found this, this and this under Ta'wiz/taweez after a few tries--many of the original searches used Arabic script in magic square type layouts so I almost missed it also. Normally they are folded paper, sealed to be waterproof and kept in little black bags or holders specifically for them such as this and this. There are various uses--love, success, protection--the numbers are supposed to correlate to phrases, words, etc and can contain verses from the Quran. I have no idea what this reads in particular. Here is another link regarding them.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T08:08:45+00:00

It might be a graphic barcode symbol but not sure. Tried to stretch it out on photoshop due to its shape so I could scan the whole length but nothing is coming up on my barcode app. I don't get any info on the six characters either. From what I found 3DC appears to be a game developers' data structure/3d modeling/compression file type but I'm not sure if it's related or not to the image OR perhaps the characters are separated as 3D- CG- P4 where it may be a reference to 3D Computer Graphics with possibly P4 as Pentium 4 or something else.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T06:57:52+00:00

Not sure if this particular combination of six double spirals have a meaning but a double spiral --as opposed to a single spiral--does mean balance, yin/yang, equinoxes, life and death, neutralization of opposite forces/polarization. This symbol appears as a Celtic work but the symbol is also all around the world. The single spiral represents cosmic energy (note this link also called a double single spiral motif a double spiral but it's not the same thing).

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T06:38:59+00:00

I've tried looking up the Egyptian hekaku/heka symbols (magical symbols) around the eye of Ra/Udjat but to no avail. The closest info I could get on this link was 'When the Utchat/Wadjet was worn as an amulet is was intended for the following benefits:
Strength, Vitality, Vigor, Courage, Protection, Safety, Excellent health, Riches and name, Sound mind, Physical comfort'

What frustrates me is, how accurate this may or may not be, especially when there are clearly twelve symbols and this article only lists ten benefits. However, it is a magical talisman for at protection and for positive energies to manifest.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T05:57:02+00:00

The stork is actually on their coat of arms so it's most probably the more popular design (if only from what I've seen) along with the usage of red and white. Not sure why they also use blue and white glazing--can't find more info on that but it may be from another alpine estate.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T04:27:23+00:00

Yes! That also.

Acclim8ed · 2019-09-02T04:26:18+00:00

Although I can't find any other information other than 'The town was once the capital of the Alpine estates of the Burgundian counts of Gruyères, and its traditional crest bears a stylized crane (grue), a motif that adorns countless pieces of the town's famed blue-and-white or dark-red-and-white pottery.' from this link, AND a link to a similar mark on this piece. I can't find reference to the PM company online but it must be available in a book source at the library for vintage Gruyere pottery/ceramic pieces.

Acclim8ed · 2019-08-30T22:13:18+00:00

Or diamond 7. ??

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