Bronze is one of the oldest and most commonly used metals in the world, starting since pre-historic times. Because of its long history, bronze has acquired a complex and profound spiritual significance. As a metal, bronze symbolizes the spiritual world, but also financial wealth. Because of its useful properties, bronze was used to make religious …
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The serpent is a universal symbol which can be male or female or it can be self-created. It can signify death or destruction or conversely life and also rejuvenation. It is the instinctive nature and is also potential energy. Understanding and harnessing the snake’s power of nature and instinctincts was thought in many cultures to …
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In developing self consciousness and rationality, with its labyrinth of ideas and decisions, humans lost a sense of oneness and connection with the Nature that surrounds them. Thus, gorillas in dreams are often associated with a feeling of sorrow at the loss of a world of experience humans are no longer able to have. We …
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As was the horse and carriage of bygone eras, trains are symbols of energy and dynamism, and they have come to occupy a significant place in children’s drawings and dreams as well as in our lives as a whole. But what exactly do train dreams say about inner life, and what lessons can they teach …
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Snow is a common symbol that is used in nearly every form of media such as films, literature and paintings. However, snow is also a frequent dream element. This raises the question, what does snow represent and how can it be interpreted as a symbol? Snow is usually a symbol of purity but also new …
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Animal dreams are very common dreams, and it’s likely every person has had one. However, what exactly do animal dreams mean and what can they say about your inner life? In dreams, animals are the embodiments of our base instincts and desires such as fear, lust, anger or ambition. However, each dream animal represents a …
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Despite its simplicity and basic form, the apple has become a powerful symbol throughout religion, literature, and dreams. This however raises the question, what exactly does the apple symbolize? And why did the apple become such a powerful symbol and not another fruit? As a spiritual symbol, the apple represents immortality, youth and knowledge but …
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The Anjana is a type of witch in Spanish folklore, the name perhaps being derived from Jana or Diana. These witches take on the form of old women to test out the charity of human beings. The Anjana sometimes appears as an old crones, but in their true form they are beautiful young women, fair …
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Quick as lightning, the axe falls and shears. It crashes down and sometimes strikes sparks. Because of this, nearly all cultures associate the axe with thunder and rain, thus turning the axe into a fertility symbol. There are many examples of the development of the axe evolving as a symbol along these lines.
Blood symbolizes all the integral qualities of fire, heat and vitality inherent in the Sun. With these qualities is linked all that is lovely, noble, generous and high-minded. Blood also shares some of the symbolism of the colour red.