Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

Hinduism Today gives a little history on this symbol. “When Buddhism fomented its birth out of India’s spiritual wellspring, it inherited the right-angled emblem. On the backs of monks, the little double jointed good luck design journeyed north over the Himalayas into China— often carved into Buddha’s feet—and splayed into a spectrum of decorative ‘meandering’ swastikas, the classical, geometric oriental motif. Nineteenth century Americans picked up the symbol from the American Indians. Boy Scouts tightened their britches with brassy swastika buckles and a US World’s Fair minted flashy swastika commemorative coins.

coins. Deformed into a mark of demonic racism by Hitler, the ancient symbol soon disappeared except in India where it still retains its auspicious identity and