Theos-Talk Archives (March 2003 Message tt00193)

Hi all of you,


A question:
Wasn't it so, that the NSDAP used both directions for the Swastika in the
movements beginning ?
I believe there are pictures confirming that as early as 1927.

My views:
And what sinister is there in the turning directions of the Swastika ?
In the olden days the use of both directions happened equally without any
regard to sinister thoughts. This historical evidence can verify.

from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...


----- Original Message -----
From: <leonmaurer@aol.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: Swastica history


> In a message dated 03/09/03 3:47:52 PM, stevestubbs@yahoo.com writes:
>
> >--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "cesar joanino" <adviser77@m...>
> >wrote:
> >> I think the theosophical society must not drop this symbol,this
> >symbol
> >> refresent mystical meaning used by ancient civilisation and later
> >on as what
> >> has been said abused,perverted,by the nazis I think what the nazis
> >think abt
> >> this symbol refresent world conquest for them.but the symbol itself
> >> refresent esoteric principle not violent conquest or whatsoever
> >
> >Symbols mean whatever people cause them to mean. As someone pointed
> >out, the swastika has acquired a significance which is not benign.
> >
> >I was suggesting that it merely be allowed to quietly fall by the
> >wayside, without fanfare. The TS would simply stop using it and do
> >do without comment.
>
> Naturally, only a non-theosophist could suggest that. And, especially one
> that doesn't understand the true meanings of symbols, and their usage in
the
> teachings of occult science. (Suggest you study the SD and find out what
HPB
> says about it.) You might find out that the swastica is one of the most
> important root symbols of all ancient occultism -- as one of the five
> diagrams that serve as an exact representation of Cosmogenesis in its
first
> primal stages of involution -- starting with the mundane circle and ending
> with the turning cross within that circle. Also, the swastica symbol used
by
> the theosophical Society is not the same "swastika" diagram used by the
Nazis
> who reversed its spin to symbolize Thor's hammer -- which, turning in the
> sinister direction, is the symbol of warfare, conquest, and death --
exactly
> the opposite of the right turning direction of the theosophical (and all
the
> ancient religion's) swastica that represents life, harmony and peace.
Hitler
> knew exactly what he was doing when he chose his sinister swastika as the
> Monogram of the NSDAP (Nazi Party).
>
> To suggest taking the swastica (with correctly represented "S" shaped
curved
> lines rather than right angles) off the glyph of the theosophical society
> emblem (Designed by Blavatsky) would be almost like telling the US to stop
> using the 5 pointed star as its monogram and on its flag because it is
also
> used by Satanists (in its sinister or reverse direction).
>
> LHM
>
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