Sacred days, dates, games; gestures, as standing (for
honour), kneeling (for reverence); objects, perhaps flags, (as rainbow,
Aboriginal, national); music, (as songs, anthems, carols): these are symbols, inspiration
or tragedy. Prayers in schools. Anything that happens in schools. (Teaching as
archetype). A wine glass held over the water glass: King over the water.
One or two persons with a bucket of paint can
get through a lot of trouble in one night, rejecting the lives of millions
given to lay to rest the meaning of Swastika (‘pure Aryan masculinity’) in the
last century. Whether troubled and troubling souls or real-life agitators, they
forget its ancient meaning of luck and spirituality. All the examples I’ve
given are in the news today, sites of confrontation and conflict (except the
Jacobites, whose time has passed).
Symbols have two parts,
bringing together visible and invisible, material and image. The risk is in the
hidden world. What’s actually meant here? Whose ideal is manifested? The symbol
of wine and water, at its deepest level, is the only one that counts. More
divine than a game, a song, even a king, even a prayer.
What are you seeing? Be
aware of the invisible values.
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