During the 1 st to 4 th century Roman Empire an exclusively male secretive religion was practised in Europe called Mysteries of Mithras. Little is known about the religion today except what is found in stonework and Roman statues and the secret underground temples where the members met, the mithraeum. In these Mithraic temples can be found the lion-headed serpent, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Symbolism’
Mithraism
Posted in Beliefs, History, Imagery, tagged Mithraism, Roman Empire, Symbolism on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Swastikas & Social Reform
Posted in Current events, Imagery, tagged Swastika, Symbolism on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The swastika both left and right-facing has been used as a religious symbol from ancient times, it is a universal shape comparable to the sun cross or Chinese yin-yang. It was adopted as a propaganda symbol for Nazi Germany in the 1930s after Hitler incorporated it into a new German flag in his political blueprint Mein Kampf. The left-facing swastika is [...]
