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. CIRCLE OF LIGHTS and their SYMBOLS ~ QUESTIONS and ANSWERS ~ Dear Friend: Were you able to join any of the symbols with the mystic seven of the Circle of Lights? Well then, Congratulations! And... if you scored 100% or better, (remember there are eight symbols)  ...you are absolutely amazing! Author B.J. Boltauzer However, and to be totally fair to those who scored less then 100% and are proud of their spiritual/religious knowledge, allow me to explain each symbol -thus, removing any lingering doubts. But if you still have doubts, an email would be interesting and pleasant to receive.

Explanations for my choice of Symbols for the Mystics Jesuit Solar Cross of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus) shows the letters IHS: dating from the 8th c., this is an abbreviation for "IHESUS," the way Christ's Name was spelled in the Middle Ages. The three nails represent the three nails of the crucifixion. For over 460 years members of the Jesuit order have lived an amazing story of serving the Church in new and unexpected ways. And they are still the men on the move, ready to change place, occupation, method -whatever will advance their mission in the Church of teaching love and compassion of Christ and preaching his Good News -a radical service of the implications of faith in a world that respects neither faith itself nor the justice it calls out. Director of De Nobili Dialogue Centre in the UK writes: "Inter religious dialogue is not about conversion; it is about understanding. The aim is to encounter the people of different faiths with sensitivity and respect in order to discern in the meeting the movement of God’s spirit, which “blows where it wills.” For Jesuits, dialogue with people of other faiths is a major dimension of their commitment to be companions of Jesus and servants of his mission.” Wicca Pentagram: a five pointed star drawn with five strokes without lifting one’s pencil. A standard Wicca symbol; it represents the four basic elements (wind, water, earth and fire) plus a pantheistic spiritual being such as Gaia or Mother Earth. When the pentagram is placed within a circle (symbol of unity and wholeness), it stresses connection with the universe as a whole. Another interpretation of the upright pentagram is that it symbolizes the most common view of deity in Witchcraft. The upper three points represent the Goddess in her threefold aspect of Maiden, Mother, and Crone. The lower two points represent her consort God, in his twin aspects of God of Light and God of Darkness. Cabala Cabalistic Tree of Life, is a mystical symbol used in the Cabala of esoteric Judaism to describe the path to God and the manner in which He created the world out of nothing. The Cabalists developed this concept into a full model of reality, using the tree to depict a map of creation. The Tree Of Life is a diagram representative of the process by which, Kabbalists believe, the universe came into being; it represents ten different characteristics of God and their effects in creation. The divine essence is at the top, followed by the middle and lower realms of reality. The beginning of the universe is placed at a space above the first Sephiroth, or Kether, which means the Crown in English. It is not always pictured in reproductions of the Tree of Life, but is referred to universally as Ain Soph Aur (Ain - Without, Soph - End, Aur - Light). To the Kabbalists, it symbolises that point beyond which our comprehension about the origins of Being cannot go any further; it is considered to be an infinite nothingness out of which the first 'thing' (thought of in science, and the Kabbalah, to be energy) exploded to create a universe of multiple things. Buddhist Dharmachakra Wheel Buddhist Wheel of apprenticeship, also known as wheel of righteousness or dharma chakra wheel. The wheel represents the cycle of rebirth and apprenticeship whose movement through successive reincarnations frees humanity from suffering. The wheel's motion is a metaphor for the rapid spiritual change engendered by the teachings of the Buddha. The eight spokes of the wheel symbolize the Noble Eightfold Path set out by the Buddha in his teachings. Sufi, Tughra Inayati, Winged Heart Winged heart of Sufism is a heart rising to God, immersed in a single-minded quality of surrender and devotion. The symbol explains that the heart is between soul and body, a medium between spirit and matter. When the soul is covered by its love for matter, it is naturally attracted to matter. But the heart is subject not only to gravitation, but also to attraction from on high, and as in the Egyptian symbology wings are the symbol of spiritual progress, so the heart with wings expresses that the heart reaches upward towards heaven. The crescent represents the responsiveness of the crescent moon to the light of the sun, for naturally it receives the light, which develops it until it becomes the full moon. The principal teaching of Sufism is that of learning to become a pupil, for it is the pupil who has a chance of becoming a teacher, and once a person considers that he is a teacher, his responsiveness is gone. The greatest teachers of the world have been the greatest pupils. It is this principle which is represented by the crescent: the crescent in the heart signifies that the heart which is responsive to the light of God is illuminated. Rosicrucian Rosicrucian Cross also used by and known as the rosy cross of the Order of Golden Dawn. This rather elaborate cross contains attributes for the Elements, Planets, Zodiak, Hebrew alphabet and Alchemical principles, the hexagram and pentagram, the sepheroth of the Tree of Life, and the formula of INRI. On the back side of the rosy cross is inscribed the motto of the Zelator Adeptus Minor at the bottom, "The master Jesus Christ, God and Man" between four Maltese crosses, and in the center, written in Latin, "Blessed be the Lord our God who hath given us the Symbol Signum." Rosicrucians and members of the Golden Dawn study Biblical, Hermetic, Alchemic and Cabalistic teachings. Their study covers mental science in all its forms; it is philosophical in its less abstract form and metaphysical in its most abstract expression. The study of cosmology and evolution are attractive to its devotees. The object of Rosicrucian study is most assuredly human nature and the perfection and improvement of that nature through diligent study and service so that the individual is transformed from a state of nature to a state of grace. Benedictine Benedictine Cross Crux S. Patris Benedict (The Cross of our Holy father Benedict.) The vertical beam of the Cross has five letters: C.S.S.M.L., meaning Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux (May the holy Cross be for me a light). The horizontal beam of the Cross also has five letters: N.D.S.M.D., meaning Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux (Let not the dragon be my guide). The four large letters at the angles of the Cross: C S P B stand for Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti (The Cross of the Holy Father Benedict). Encircling the Cross in a circle around the right margin are these letters: V.R.S.N.S.M.V., meaning Vade retro Satana; nunquam suade mihi vana (Begone Satan! Suggest not to me thy vain things). Around the left margin of the circle are these letters: S.M.Q.L.I.V.B., meaning Sunt mala quae libas; ipse venena bibas (The drink you offer is evil; drink that poison yourself). At the top of the circle is the word PAX (Peace). Peace is wholeness and unity. This means that like Jesus, we should strive to always have love and compassion for others and always to be on the side of justice for all. The White robed Monks of St Benedict practice Zazen and their symbol is a perfect circle of Zen. They are the foremost promoters of the traditional true Christian values of love and compassion for the whole of creation. The White Robed Monks of St. Benedict serve all people. Their outlook is that of Catholic Spirituality (experience: love/compassion) rather than religion (belief: fear, guilt, shame, blame). Thus, they are neither Roman nor Orthodox, Liberal nor Old Catholic. The White Robed Benedictines are just Catholic. Masonic Square and Compass Masonic Square and Compasses represent movement toward perfection and a balance between the spiritual and physical. The compasses (used to form circles) represent spirit. The ruler (part of a square) represent the physical. Both the square and compasses are architect's tools, and are used in Masonic ritual as emblems to teach symbolic lessons in conduct: for example, that Masons should "square their actions by the square of virtue" and learn to "circumscribe their desires and keep their passions within due bounds toward all mankind".

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