Today being Mother's Day I thought I would share something about my Mom.

About 20 months ago, Mom was diagnosed with colon cancer.  A further scan showed secondary cancer in the liver.   On March 8, this year after a lengthy battle and tortuous chemotherapy during which she showed her strong will to live, and her strong spirituality, she passed away at home in her sleep, surrounded by five of her children, Dad and one of her grandchildren.  She was 75 years old, and almost 50 years married.  We all fortunately had our chances to say our goodbyes, and how we felt.

I thought she was asleep one time when I said: "I love you Mom."  She opened her eyes and smiled and said:  "It's good to hear that every now and again I suppose."

Here's thinking about you.  Love, Laurence. 


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Some people sparkle brightly.

Our time with them is all too fleeting.

Our sorrow reminds us of our love,

But let not sorrow make a home in our hearts,

Or a spilt drink spoil the banquet.

Rather let our own memories sparkle brightly,

And our glasses be filled with love.

May our fond memories bring them life anew

Let us see their reflections in the faces of their children.

May our memories stray to happier times,

And our sorrows fade away.

E'en though we grieve,

May our hearts also be open to love.

May he rest safely in loving arms.

May he dream the untroubled dreams of angels.

May he find everlasting peace.

Earlier this week Iearned of his unexpected death, a personal tragedy  I was his neighbor growing up.  My thoughts go out to his family, and loved ones.

I read a shocking report recently that close to 50% of American people have below average intelligence.  The good news  though that close to 50% have above average intelligence. The survey found similar results elsewhere. In England the above and below averages tended to average each other out.

I don't know who the bright spark was who decided to make the word long short. Have you noticed that the word short is longer than the word long which is short.

I know that people who read this blog have above average intelligence, and in the interest of educating you still further, so you can maintain your above average advantage, I bring you a word:

So, go ahead and watch this video, if you want to maintain your above average advantage.

The secretary in our office said, 'My ex boyfriend said I am like an oak.'

So, I told her this story:

On the edge of the great forest stood a mighty oak. Around the oak were other trees and a fern.

One day the fern called to the oak and said: 'Hey mighty oak, have you heard the whisper on the wind, tonight there will be a great storm.'

The oak replied 'Listen, you puny little fern, I have no time to time to indulge in small talk with creatures like you.'

The fern said 'But oak, this storm will be big, so you better be prepared.''I have no need of preparation, I am the strongest tree in the forest, and I can withstand anything. You are the one who should be worried, little fern.'

That evening a great storm came, and there were lightning flashes, rain, a mighty crack, and the wind howled and whistled all through the night. The oak resisted the storm with all its strength.

The fern swayed back and forth in the wind, and bent all the way backwards from its force to be level with the ground. In the morning, the fern awoke, and looked around at the damage of the storm.

He looked to where the oak stood and noticed that the great oak had fallen in the night.

Our secretary said: 'I don't like this story, and right now I am not too fond of you.'Anyway, I continued:

Days later, people came with saws and hauled the oak away to burn as firewood, and to make floorboards that they would step on for years.

So it is that what is soft and yielding survives, while that which is rigid and inflexible perishes.

We sit at table eating

I, a child,

Staring at the window see

A spiders web in the top corner

With a fly trapped in the middle

Listening to its low grade buzzing

As it struggles

The spider appears and walks

Across its own web to its welcome guest

The fly panics becoming more enmeshed.

Its gracious host waits as the fly tires

Savoring its moving feast

Weaving a silken straitjacket, marinating.

Silken strands shimmer in the fading light

Embroidery complete it retreats to the corner and rests

Patiently anticipating

Savoring each morsel we watch this mortal drama concluding.

Later, I read that the spider makes non sticky strands

To avoid getting caught in its own web

Now, I wonder what a web I weave with my own thoughts,

Sometimes getting caught in the web

Forgetting which are the sticky strands,

Acting like the fly, I am more helpless

Acting like the spider, I know how to unstick the stickiness.

I did an Oscar prediction blog amonth ago.  Here is how the results compared with my predictions.

I am looking at the habits of the Academy in their Oscar picks this year.  In the last couple of years the two Academy darlings are Johnny Depp, and George Clooney.  Both are great actors but does the work this year merit nomination?  I don't think so.

The two best movies of last year were No Country for Old Men, and There will be blood, and I also liked Atonement. Michael Clayton was not an outstanding movie at all, so I am surprised that  it got the nomination.  I expect  this to be the year of Coen, and No Country for old men will win Best Picture and Best Director, which it did. 

Best Actor definitely has to go to Daniel Day Lewis, for his incredibly compelling performance in There Will be blood, which it did.

Javier Bardem, I expect will win Best Supporting Actor for his amazing performance as the psychopath in 'No Country for Old Men.  A performance this outstanding, and a character this compelling is rare indeed. Which he did.

Best Actress, I think will go to Marion Cotillard for her portrayal of the relentlessly tragic French singer Edith Piaf.  As a backup perhaps Cate Blanchett.  I have not seen the Julie Christie performance, although sentiment may favor her.  My favorite acting performance Amy Adams in Enchanted was not nominated.  Right again.

Best supporting actress is wide open.  I haven't seen I'm Not There.  I am going to pick Saoirse Ronan in Atonement, although Cate Blanchett  might get it for playing Bob Dylan.  Tilda Swinton got this one.  This was a hard to predict category.  She did give an excellent performance in this movie.

Best Director is the the Coen brothers for No Country.  Right again. Very surprising Atonement did not get nominated.  Usually Best picture also gets a Best Director nod too.

The screenplay categories are very strong this year.  I think adapted screenplay will go to No Country.  Which it did

Original screenplay. Personally I think Ratatouille was best, but I have a feeling Juno might get this, so as I am picking winners this is my prediction. Juno got it.  So right again.

 I am picking Ratatouille for Best Animated feature.  Right again.  8 out of 9 predictions.  Maybe I should have placed some bets.  My favorite bit last night was when the winner of best song for Once, was called back out from backstage to give her acceptance speech when she was cut off first time.  Here is the list of nominees

Best Picture
'No Country for Old Men'
'Atonement'
'Juno'
'Michael Clayton'
'There Will Be Blood'

Best Actor
George Clooney, 'Michael Clayton'
Daniel Day-Lewis, 'There Will Be Blood'
Viggo Mortensen, 'Eastern Promises'
Tommy Lee Jones, 'In the Valley of Elah'
Johnny Depp, 'Sweeney Todd'

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'
Julie Christie, 'Away From Her'
Marion Cotillard, 'La Vie en Rose'
Laura Linney, 'The Savages'
Ellen Page, 'Juno'

Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'
Javier Bardem, 'No Country for Old Men'
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'Charlie Wilson's War'
Hal Holbrook, 'Into the Wild'
Tom Wilkinson, 'Michael Clayton'

Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, 'I'm Not There'
Ruby Dee, 'American Gangster'
Saoirse Ronan, 'Atonement'
Amy Ryan, 'Gone Baby Gone'
Tilda Swinton, 'Michael Clayton'

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, 'No Country for Old Men'
Tony Gilroy, 'Michael Clayton'
Paul Thomas Anderson, 'There Will Be Blood'
Jason Reitman, 'Juno'

Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, 'Atonement'
Sarah Polley, 'Away from Her'
Ronald Harwood, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 'No Country for Old Men'
Paul Thomas Anderson, 'There Will Be Blood'

Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, 'Juno'
Nancy Oliver, 'Lars and the Real Girl'
Tony Gilroy, 'Michael Clayton'
Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, 'Ratatouille'
Tamara Jenkins, 'The Savages'

Animated Feature ''Ratatouille'
'Surf's Up'

How did your faves do?

Archetypes are symbolic and energetic representations derived from what Jung calls the collective unconscious. Enjoy the following: ..> ..>

Archetypes - Sacred Geometry - Blueprints/DNA - Symbols (Archetypes/Sacred Geometry/DNA Jacob's Pillar/DNA/Stone of Destiny Merkaba/DNA Human Arks Israelites/Celtics SHIFT 2012 SHINING ONES HOPE) This is taken from Cariel's lecture. Signs and symbols control the world, not phases and laws - Confucius We can empower ourselves with symbols. Develop "Symbolic Literacy" and "Pattern-Recognition". Archetypes are creational blueprints that trigger our cellular memories. We all have cellular encoded memories that will be triggered under certain circumstances. We set those spirit codings before being born in order to trigger at a specific point in our lives. Different triggers occur for different people and some are the same. Triggers can vary from tones, shapes, colors, digits, people, places, or events. All hidden information will come forward at this time. Many people are triggered by digits and patterns of geometry, i.e., 11:11 - 12:12. COME FLY WITH ME! Triggers can be found in Crop Circles, paintings, ancient hieroglyphs, various art forms, or just about anywhere, i.e., archaeological discoveries, Sacred Geometry (refer below), Oracles, Flower or Tree of Life, Emerald Tablet, Egypt, The Sphinx, The Great Pyramid, Ark of the Covenant, Isis and Osiris, Sirius, Serpents, Babylon, Baghdad, etc. Once the symbols triggers you - generally it has served its function - so don't look for deeper meanings or synchronicities. Never stare at a symbol that has triggered someone else in hopes it will trigger you as well. Triggering is like a light switch that goes off in your mind. Boom! You make a connection that is beyond the physical realm. Suggested things to do with symbols: Meditate Sleep with the symbols under your pillow Trying to find someone else who connects to the same patterns Jewelry in the shapes of their symbols Paintings or sculptures Create Flags Placing them on a computer to create holographic images Stellated Earth Grid - Grounds creation, vision, and balance Extend star points from the Earth Grid in a phi ratio from the pentagonal sides of the internal dodecahedron, and you have one of our most beautiful and intricate forms. Woven into the dodecahedron is an icosahedron. It represents the combined energies of human and divine creation in the 3rd dimension. The energy flow in the Stellated Earth Grid helps transcend duality and creates a sense of unity. It allows the sending and receiving of energy and information, grounding the energy so you can easily integrate it. According to Ronald L. Holt, "The dodecahedron represents unconditional love. Unconditional love by itself is the sweetest blissful experience. It is a necessary step toward realizing Christ Consciousness. However, that blissful unconditional love is missing an important element. The element missing is conscious awareness or "mindfulness". I am not talking about being mentally focused. I am referring to mindfulness in the Zen Buddhist description. It is so easy to be melted in bliss and then become crippled and unable to be effective in the physical world. This is like assuming that you have arrived at your life's destination and spending the rest of your life alone pursuing a constant state of bliss. In a way, this is simply just an addiction to bliss. Mindfulness-the practice of observing one's habits, patterns, and choices is essential to our evolution. We must clearly see ourselves and our level of responsibility, integrity, and impeccability in order to evolve. All of these elements are what strengthen our dodecahedron and turn it into a stellated dodecahedron-enabling it to stand on its own and retain its shape. This is why the dodecahedron was not named the Christ consciousness grid. The openheartedness of the dodecahedron requires the internal support of a trinity of personal commitments: impeccability, self-responsibility, and integrity in order to transcend into the stellated dodecahedron or Christ grid. It takes the integrity and responsibility of honest self-observation and Zen Buddhist mindfulness to remain active and aware whether one is in the bliss state or in the struggle of 3D reality. The stellated dodecahedron is about adding conscious awareness, impeccability, self-responsibility, and integrity to the open heart to create Christ consciousness realization. Without the commitment to the higher qualities stated above, unity becomes a transitory experience that is dependant upon a leader to get people there instead of the natural unfoldment of the process from the individual level. We have all frequently observed open-hearted people with the best of intentions fall prey to the agendas of other people or those of their own ego. If individuals do not commit themselves to impeccability in their behavior (which leads to a natural integrity), they fall prey to the ego agendas of themselves or others. Openheartedness without conscious mindfulness is an expression of dodeca consciousness. The stellated-dodeca is the consciousness of a self-realized being and that is why it is referred to as the Christ Consciousness Grid." The symbolic process of creation is from circle to triangle to square, to physical volume through the Platonic Solids. (There are also other ways of describing the creative process which we won't go into, starting with the most complex and all-inclusive Platonic Solid, the icosahedron.) Vitruvius, De Architectura: THE PLANNING OF TEMPLES "...For Nature has so planned the human body that the face from the chin to the top of the forehead and the roots of the hair is a tenth part; also the palm of the hand from the wrist to the top of the middle finger is as much; the head from the chin to the crown, an eighth part; from the top of the breast with the bottom of the neck to the roots of the hair, a sixth part; from the middle of the breast to the crown, a fourth part; a third part of the height of the face is from the bottom of the chin to the bottom of the nostrils; the nose from the bottom of the nostrils to the line between the brows, as much; from that line to the roots of the hair, the forehead is given as the third part. The foot is a sixth of the height of the body; the cubit a quarter, the breast also a quarter. The other limbs also have their own proportionate measurements. And by using these, ancient painters and famous sculptors have attained great and unbounded distinction... In like fashion the members of temples ought to have dimensions of their several parts answering suitably to the general sum of their whole magnitude. Now the navel is naturally the exact centre of the body. For if a man lies on his back with hands and feet outspread, and the centre of a circle is placed on his navel, his figure and toes will be touched by the circumference. Also a square will be found described within the figure, in the same way as a round figure is produced. For if we measure from the sole of the foot to the top of the head, and apply the measure to the outstretched hands, the breadth will be found equal to the height, just like sites which are squared by rule... Therefore if Nature has planned the human body so that the members correspond in their proportions to its complete configuration, the ancients seem to have had reason in determining that in the execution of their works they should observe an exact adjustment of the several members to the general pattern of the plan. Therefore, since in all their works they handed down orders, they did so especially in building temples, the excellences and the faults of which usually endure for ages." VITRUVIAN MAN by Da Vinci The crop circles are triggers activating our full DNA and alerting us to sacred geometry. Crop circle to right is from England, 2002. Sacred Geometry is the mathematics of creation. God's Equation = a Fibonacci sequence is 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,... where each term after the second one is the sum of the two preceding terms. The ratio of each term to the previous one gradually converges to a limit of approximately 1.618 which is also called the Golden Mean. (Beautiful painting to left by Jonathan Quintin). If you use the Golden Mean spiral it will help bring ideal energy into your life. (refer below to Spirals) Before you do anything, say a prayer - Ask your Higher Self to help. Invoke the Highest. I use the Fibonacci spiral (which becomes the Golden Mean spiral) like a slinky (which is a spiral like a spring) attached, at one end, to me (any chakra or part of self that feels right) and (this is important) the other end, is attached to what I want to attract (the highest love vibration, the Councils of Light, Angels, the Ideal, Great Spirit, God/Goddess/All That Is, wisdom, abundance, joy, life, harmony, the Beloved, balance, revitalization, etc.- your Higher Self will know what to do). I imagine the Golden Mean spiral as it is spiralling that ideal energy into me and my energy field/lightbody (Merkaba). My Merkaba can hook into that grid which has now been created (at anytime-by just thinking it) . From the Golden Mean we can create the pentagram and pentagon which symbolize LIFE. Crop circle is from '93, England. (read below about Pentagram) The division of the circle into two equal size circles, with the centers of their respective circumferences touching each other, creates the vesica piscis, symbol of creation. It is from within the goddesses yoni that the symbols of sacred geometry are born. The crop circle below dates back to 1996 in England. From the vesica we can create the simplest of polygons, the equilateral triangle. The two triangles contained in this 'womb' are themselves symbolic of the world above and the world below, just as the left circle can represent spirit and the right one matter. The overlapping of both triangles produces the hexagon, also referred to as the Star of David. Star of David-which is the spiraling frequency of ascension As Is Above - So Is Below (To the left is a fractal Star of David which appeared in England in 1997-the DNA is a multidimensional fractal). The six-sided or hexagram star is revered as a religious symbol by the Hebrews who call it the Seal of Solomon (refer below to the Seal of Solomon). Symbol of the Hero's Journey, repeated manifestation and dimensional unfoldment. More about the Star of David. On right: Sierpinski Triangle Fractal 1999 England crop circle The SRI YANTRA is a complex Star of David. Egg of Life (Littlebury Green, Essex, mid July, 1996) & Seed of Life (Froxfield, 1994) & Flower of Life DNA East Sussex, England - July 22, 2003 - Above Photo by Andrew King Copyright 2003 The rest of the Crop Circle Photos by Steve Alexander Copyright 1993 - 2003 ..> ..> ..> ..> The Seal of Solomon: The seal was developed as symbol of unity and family at the suggestion from one of Solomon's wives. Each symbol within the seal holds a special meaning. From our research, this is the general meaning of each object. Some see this seal as one of the first magikal sigils in recorded history by the Sorcerer King Solomon. The star at the bottom of the seal (also known as the Star of David) represents the land of Israel which was built from the reign of David and established to it's glory during the reign of Solomon. There is some debate about the meaning of the small crescent moon, and the two small pyramids on either side just above the smaller Star of David. Some scholars suggest it is a symbol of Solomon's kingdom, a tribute to his winning battles to conquer his enemies. Others suggest it is an alliance, a tribute to the ancestry of his most beloved wife (Jacob's Pillar) who was reportedly from a foreign soil. It looks to me as though the twin pyramids are imploding (merging) into the Star of David creating the Merkaba. The star at the top of the seal represents the Divine hand, the God of Israel. The two lines that fall from the lower tips of the star are reportedly the representation of the divine light shinning down on Israel and the realm of King Solomon. THE FIVE POINTED STAR: Pentangle or a Pentagram For neo-pagans this is symbolic of the four elements: air, water, earth, fire + spirit. See the qualities page for details. Pythagoras held the number 5 to be the sum of the feminine element (2) and the masculine element (3), so it is also symbolic of a union of masculine and feminine. The symbol also has meaning in Taoism, Hinduism and Islam. The overlapping arms (which does not appear in all versions) shows how each part is interconnected with the others. The circle around the star represents unity, the self, and wholeness. One mode of understanding is that the pentagram shown as above (with one point at the top) represents the Goddess, and inverted (with two points at top) the God. Of course the inverted pentagram in Christian belief represents the Devil -- not surprising since the versions of Pan/The God were used to represent such. THE CHALICE It is a container and is associated with the womb and vagina, and hence a symbol of the Goddess. Two examples of Chalices in myth are the Cup that Jesus had drunk from at the last supper, and the Holy Grail ('grael' is old French for stone - Isis is the throne or pillar of God), which the knights of the round table had to search for in order for Arthur (and the land) to become whole again. THE ATHEME It is a phallic symbol and as a cutting tool a divider, and thus represents The God. Magic swords are another version of the Atheme and are popular in fantasy novels and myth. One example is Excalibre, which King Arthur uses via "divine right". Excalibre was also used as a force for order. Tools are only as good as their user. THE ANKH This is an ancient Egyptian symbol representing eternal life. It is said to be taken from a simple sandal strap. Regardless of that, it is also a symbol representing the Goddess and the God and this a Neo-Pagan symbol. This is an ancient Egyptian symbol. It has three elements. The circle represents the Goddess; the vertical line represents the God, and the horizontal bar is the "scroll of knowledge". Join them together and you get an ankh. The raising of the Djed (pillar) is the raising of the Kundalini to the pituitary and pineal glands for the Divine Marriage (the loop of the ankh). Triskele This symbolized for the Celts the principles of creation, preservation and destruction embodied also as the triple goddess, virgin, mother and crone, and the phases of the moon (Check out my Heartlink Shop for Triskeles). Spirals In the archaeology of this planet, spirals always represent Goddess energy. The spiral shape is found in all natural phenomena, weather patterns, thunderstorms and hurricanes tornadoes are very intense spiral storms human DNA, and plants grow following a spiral Fibonacci series. Both single and double spirals were among the most sacred signs of Neolithic Europe. They appeared on megalithic monuments and temples all over the continent and the Celtic islands. The single spiral is the oldest and most recorded of these motifs. It has symbolized the concept of growth, expansion, and cosmic energy, depending on the culture in which it is used. To the ancient inhabitants of Ireland, the spiral was used to represent their sun. A tightly wound, clockwise spiral represented their shrinking winter sun. A loosely wound anti-clockwise spiral represented the large summer sun. The dual centered spiral is also prolific in stone carvings. It has associations with motifs from other cultures such as the Yin Yang symbol. It signifies the duality of nature and balance. Spiral oculi (double twists resembling eyes) appear prominently in places like the threshold stones at Newgrange in Ireland. A double spiral is used to represent the equinoxes, when day and night are of equal length. The spiral is the cosmic symbol for the natural form of growth; a symbol of eternal life, reminding us of the flow and movement of the cosmos. The passages between the spirals symbolized the divisions between life, death, and rebirth. The whorls represent the continuousness of the creation and dissolution of the world. Creation is not something that occurred once and then stopped. It is ongoing...a never-ending balanced dance of opposing forces: light and dark, life and death, masculine and feminine, "good and evil", etc.. The spiral is an attempt to mirror the macrocosmic order of the heavens, the gyratory movement representing the whirling of the stars above the fixed earth. Everything whirling about a still center, the heart of the universe, or the womb which will give birth and to which all return. A natural form of spiral can be found in some shells such as snail shells and more notably, the nautilus shell. The triquetra (often, triqueta) is a tripartate symbol composed of three interlocked vesica pisces, marking the intersection of three circles. It is most commonly a symbol of the Holy Trinity (Father, son, Holy spirit) used by the Celtic Christian Church, sometimes stylized as three interlaced fish. This symbol predates Christianity and was likely a Celtic symbol of the triple Goddess, and in the North, a symbol of the god Odin. Triplicities were common symbols in Celtic myth and legend, one of the possible reasons Christian beliefs were so easily adopted by the Celtic people. (Check out my Heartlink Shop for Triquetras). Celtic Cross Each leg of the cross represents both directional points, as well as, elemental ordinals. The circle represents both the circle of life, the cycle of the seasons and the endless path of knowledge. Cross Points: The key to this symbolic table is to remember the cross was primarily found laying flat on the ground. The points or legs of the cross laid out in the cardinal directions. Each point of the cross signifies, the direction, an element and a cycle of time. Both for the day (midnight, sunrise, noon and sunset), the year (winter, spring, summer and fall), the elements (air, earth, water and fire), the 4 parts of man (soul, body, heart and mind), the cycle of life (death, fertility, union, birth). Some scholars place a Celtic God at each point as well. But this is not widely accepted. This view of the cross and it's components are based on the Druidic view of the 5 Elements. North Point - Calas -represents midnight, Samhain (November 1st), death, Daghdha and the earth East Point - Fluidity -represents sunrise, Imbolg (February 1st), fertility, body, Brid and water South Point - Breath -represents noon, Bealtaine (May 1st), union, heart, Bel and air West Point - Uvel -represents sunset, Lughnasadh (August 1st), birth, mind, Lugh and fire Center Point - Nwyvre -represents the soul, the Divine Spirit This interpretation is attractive because of the prominence of time cycles and solar symbols in Celtic mythology. Furthermore, the Celtic cross and its associated art works seem to relate to the sun or to solar symbols. (Check out my Heartlink Shop for Celtic Crosses). The modern Christian cross is actually an amalgam of these crosses: Crosses, usually associated with Christianity, are actually ancient symbols found in many cultures, and may be considered decorative or symbolic or both. The "Tau" cross (T-shaped) is Roman & Egyptian and probably the design for the cross on which Jesus was crucified (refer to The Mark of the Tau). The "Saltire" or Saint Andrew's Cross is "X" shaped, and is sometimes called "the carried cross"; it is a cross for missions. Tradition says the apostle Andrew died on this form of cross, requesting that he be crucified on a cross unlike that of his Lord. The Chi Rho - a monogram of the first two letters, Chi (X) and Rho (P), of the Greek word for Christ. Fylfot Cross Fylfot is the old English name for the bent-armed cross, which is now usually described by a word derived from Sanskrit, Swastik, meaning "sacred symbol". The modern meaning of the word is historically unrelated to the meaning of the symbol as used in Celtic art, but, the term "fylfot" refers to the motif in Celtic art. The fylfot is stock-in-trade in the iconography, sacred imagery and symbolism of both pagan and early Christian art. It is a universal symbol, like the chevron, or the double spiral and S-scroll spirals of the stone ages throughout the planet. In Cro-magnon art, the fylfot is the basis of many maze patterns inscribed on goddess figurines. For example, in Asia, one of the marks of the Buddha is a fylfot formed from the lines in the palm of the hand. In ancient America, the fylfot was also a sacred symbol. The Hopis still have great veneration for the symbol: the fylfot appears in petroglyphs that relate the myths of migrations of the first people, who are said to have spread over the surface of the earth in this pattern. These first migrants left symbols, such as the fylfot, along their route, which is as good a way as any to explain the global distribution of the fylfot throughout the world from very early times. The Swastik, meaning "sacred symbol", is an ancient symbol which unfortunately was abused by the Nazis Party. On 31 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor with a cabinet in coalition with the German National Peoples Party, Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP), (a reactionary, largely monarchist) party. Not long after, a fire broke out and largely destroyed the Reichstag building. The nazis claimed this fire was part of a Communist coup attempt (this is dubious, but this is not the place to try to disentangle it). Taking advantage of this, the government quickly called an election which gave the Nazi-German National government a majority in the parliament. The government quickly banned the Communist party (which gave the Nazis a majority without the German Nationals) and in July abolished all parties other than the Nazis. Immediately after the March elections, new flags were created, including the Swastika Flag (Hakenkreuzfahne) which was used until 1945. However, its use and its incorporation into other flags and ensign were modified after the elections of late 1935. ..> ..> British Union Flag This flag is commonly called the Union Jack. According to Stuart Richard, "It is known as the Union Jack when it is flown from the "Jack Staff "or mast a ship. Due to the Navy heritage of our county it has become common to call the flag the "union jack"." According to Jah, "it is the flag of the "Union of Jack-ob Israel" - the British-Israel People of The Covenant." It is made up of three flags: St. George's Cross, St. Andrew's Cross (missions), and St. Patrick's Cross. The design was meant to reflect the 1801 Act of Union between Britain and Ireland (the Welsh flag was not incorporated into the British Union Flag). The British Union Flag is the official flag of Northern Ireland and is an integral part of the Protestant, Unionist, and Loyalist tradition. This was a civil flag for Northern Ireland - The Ulster Flag, but the status of this was abolished when the Belfast Stormont assembly was closed down in 1973. It was seen as staunchly Loyalist because of the Crown, the Star of David, and the Red Hand of Ulster. Thereafter, the Union Flag was made official for all purposes in Northern Ireland. Why would symbols of Israel's royalty be on the flag of people who have been taught that they are gentiles? It is because they are Israelites who have lost the knowledge of their true identity and the PROOF is on the flag. The Confederate Battle Flag ..> ..> The best-known Confederate flag was the Battle Flag, the familiar "Southern Cross". It was carried by Confederate troops in the field which were the vast majority of forces under the confederacy. The Stars represented the 11 states actually in the Confederacy plus Kentucky and Missouri. Confederate Navy Jack ..> ..> Used as a navy jack at sea from 1863 onward. This flag has become the generally recognized symbol of the South. I keep getting images of the spiraling DNA when I look at this! Knights of the "THE GOLDEN CIRCLE"= Golden Mean Spiral/God? Five pointed star = Life?