Describe the image selected to go with the selected word.
This is a visual symbol in three parts. Someone added a heart, which I liked and used. But the symbol is six arcs from a circle, run through and turned upside-down in each part of three. The circles are connected and rely on the lines that connect each part. The symbol cannot be recognized or used if the three parts are separated. In fact, they can’t be separated.
There is a word for this symbol. It is a variation of something called triskelion. (Yes, I just looked that up. And not too well, so feel free to correct me.) The word sounds anthropological, and I imagine many cultures have a variant of this look. In Celtic Christianity, which dominated English religion until the seventh century, the symbol of three interlocking circle parts renders the Christian Trinity.
I picked this symbol because it represents my foundational belief in God, which is that God lives in relationship with us as God lives in relationship with God. In the traditional Christian worship service, all the senses are selected and employed. We see the Word; we hear the teaching and the music and in our greetings with each other. We smell incense. We touch the Host then taste it with the wine. So our parts in what this symbol means are interlocked as well.
There are many traditions, certainly, and those who follow no tradition. This symbol is for what I think, feel, and believe. I’m sure there are well-made symbols and well-used in many traditions and practices. And for those who follow none.
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November 3, 2015 at 4:18 am
I’m so glad for Google, I just had to right click and search for triskelion to see what it was. To my surprise I had seen that image before! I am very much a fanatic of Celtic mythology and culture (mainly because I think it runs through my ancestral blood). I agree with your explanation of the image and comparing it to the Holy Trinity; it is strong and connected to each other, just as we all should be. A lovely post, thank you very much for sharing.
November 3, 2015 at 8:01 pm
I’m reading back through messages and so have read what you sent later, too. Goodness, you’re articulate and thoughtful in what you say. Long ago, there was actually a debate in England over whether or not the Celtic practices of Christianity would be allowed. A group came from Rome to dispute this. The Romans thought the Celtic way was too unformed and wild. It didn’t have the discipline and rule of Roman ways. Wouldn’t you know, the Celts lost. And Celtic spirituality was gone from the scene for a long time. Then, thankfully, it started coming back. It like it and prefer it. It ties the creator to creation and accepts the reality that some wonderful things happen organically rather than rigidly. (I suppose good things can happen rigidly, too.) Thanks so much for your comments. And all the work you share. I, too, like the family similarities. Who’d have thought? My mother’s father’s family was pretty recent Irish. My mother’s mother’s family was Cherokee.
November 3, 2015 at 4:52 am
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Live you, Mr. Chris