Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

The yin/yang symbol can be seen almost any place one looks. It is used in logos, on book covers, in the New Age movement, in the martial arts, and so forth. “Yin and yang are considered to be opposites. Yin represents eternity, dark, feminine, left side of the body, etc. Yang is its opposite and represents history, light, masculine, right side of the body, etc.” “Yang is male, positive, and represented by the Sun. Yin is female, negative, and represented by the Moon,” says Paul E. Desautels in The Gem Kingdom.

“The symbol itself dates back at least to the fourth century B.C., and has been identified with the Eastern philosophical religions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. In the Western world it has long been adopted into the symbolism of myth, magic, astrology, and witchcraft.” A book, Black Magic, White Magic, explains the Yin-Yang like this: “Another ancient magical sign called the yin-and-yang first appeared sometime before the 3rd century B.C. in China. This emblem became a favorite of SORCERERS and mystics throughout the Orient because it, too, embodies so many possible meanings.” One well-known witch, Sybil Leek, who is called the “mistress of the occult,” proclaims that the Yin-Yang theory is: “...an idea that inspired such things as Chinese boxing, breath control [used in yoga, meditation, etc.], the use of special herbs, and some rather erotic sexual exercises designed to nourish the Yang with the Yin.” She adds: “Crucial to Taoism is the idea of Yin and Yang.” “According to the ancient Chinese philosophers, in the beginning was Tao. But