Presentation about symbolism in the ancient civilizations , the meaning of ancient symbols , religious and spiritual symbols .

1. Religious &
Spiritual
Symbols
By : Samah Safwat

3. Ancient Egyptian
symbol , AKA the key
of life , it refers to the
Nile river cause it`s the
cause of life in Egypt,
The 2 arms represent
hugging & freedom.
It refers to eternal life
and regeneration.
It was often used in
funerals and tombs in
ancient Egypt.
Used as a sign of
spiritual wisdom.

4. Known also as a Pentacle .
It is a five arms or five
sides star.
An ancient Egyptian
symbol , used for
protection .
It represent the five
elements of nature.
Used for protection from
evil spirits and evil deeds ,
envy .
Known also as the Devil`s
trap.

5. Elements of nature :
Ψυχη , Αιρ , Ηδρα , Γαια ,
Πυρ .
Spirit ,Air , Water ,
Earth.and Fire

6. The Wedjat ,Wedjat or Ujat
, later called the Eye
Horus.
Ancient Egyptian symbol
of protection & royal
power & good health .
It`s similar to Eye of Ra
symbol.
The name Wadjet is
derived from "wadj"
meaning "green", hence
"the green one", it also
means whole or healthy ,
and was known to the
Greek and Romans as
"uraeus" from the Egyptian
"iaret“ meaning "risen one“
from the image of
a cobra rising up in
protection of Horus .

7. The all seeing eye
It could be the right or
the left eye of Horus.
Horus`s right eye refers
to the sun that guides
people during day time ,
& the left eye refers to
the moon that guides
people through the
darkness during night
time & also shows them
the right pass to avoid
evil .

8. Horus was an ancient a sky god whose eyes were said
to be the sun and the moon.
However, he soon became strongly associated with the
sun god Ra , While Thoth was associated with the
moon.
An ancient myth describes a battle between Horus and
Set in which Horus´s right eye was torn out ! Thoth
magically restored Horus‘s eye, at which point it was
given the name "Wadjet" ("whole" or "healthy").
In another story , after Osiris been resurrected ,Osiris
lost his left eye so Horus took out his own eye & gave it
to his father , that it is why Thoth restored Horus left
eye.

9. Left part of the eye is the
nose.
Central part is the eye
pupil .
Eye brow is the mind.
Right part of the eye is
an ear .
The long spiral part is
the tongue .
The straight line under
the eye is an arm .

10. Ancient Egyptian
symbol called Eye of Ra.
Mostly represented as a
right eye , cause the right
eye refers to the sun ,
and Ra is the God of the
sun. The Eye of Ra can
be equated with the sun
disk , with the cobras
coiled around the disk,
and with white and red
crowns of Upper and
Lower Egypt.

11. Transformation:
Scarab
Sema : Union
Ka : Spirit
Nefer :
Goodness - Beauty
Ba : Soul

12. Tjet : Welfare
BirthMes :
Shen : Eternity
ProtectionSa :
Djed : Stability

13. This symbol was used by
the natives of Asia and
Siberia as a symbol of the
Skies.
It was known for the
Turk being originally
Asian .
It was later adopted by
the Ottoman Empire and
eventually Islam as a
whole around 1453 when
the Turks took control of
Constantinople.

14. A Christian symbol was
used before using the
cross.
Ichthus is a Greek word
means fish , consist of
the first letters of a
Christian phrase means
“Jesus Christ , the savior
from God "

15. The pine refers to
infinity .
known in most of the
ancient civilizations ,
Egyptian , Greek ,
Persian , Roman and
Assyrian .
Represents creativity ,
immortality, purity and
the dynamic regenerated
universal power.

16. Triquerta :
originally means
triangle , latin
meaning three
cornered .
A Celtic symbol ,
represents
protection of
eternal flow of
energy and time .

17. Hamsa is the Arabic word
for “five” and represents
the five digits of the hand,
represents also the five
elements of nature.
Egyptian symbol of
protection , and is often
combined with the Evil
Eye to ward anyone who
wants to harm you.
AKA Hand of Mary ( sister
of Aron & Moses ) & Hand
of Ftima ( Prophet
Mohammed`s daughter ).

18. The Aum :
Hindu This is a Hindu
mantra uttered by
every Hindu faithful
on the morning of each
new day. The symbol
is made up of 3
Sanskrit letters a, u
and m which form the
sound OM that means
Braham , the supreme
god of Hinduism.

19. A very important spiritual
symbol in Buddhism.
the lotus is generally seen as a
sign of enlightenment.
The lotus flower has grown
out of the dark, muddy water
of materialism to open it’s
petals to the sunshine of
enlightenment.
This symbol represents the
journey out of darkness and
transformation.
It is also a sign of the
importance of detachment, as
water droplets slide easily off
the pedals.

20. Mostly represents harmony
& balance .
This signs represents the
harmonization of duality. It
signifies the unity between
masculine and feminine
energies.
The yin - yang is a spiritual
reminder that balance
between the light and the
darkness provides the most
holistic approach to living a
meaningful life. The universe
abides by the law of balance.

21. The tree of life ,spiritual
and religious symbol , it
mostly known in
Judaism .
Here it`s connected with
the chakras .
Maybe it refers to the
tree in Sinai which
caught in flames to grab
Moses attention.
It represents the journey
of life.

22. Symbol of eternal life .
In Christianity, it is seen
as the tree in the garden
of Eden that Adam and
Eve picked the forbidden
fruit from. Generally,
the tree of life is seen as a
having a connection
between the four earth
elements (earth, wind,
air and fire), and is a
representation of the
infinite connection of all
things in creation.

23. The symbol originally designed for the
British nuclear disarmament movement
is now widely used.

24. One of the main symbols
of sacred geometry.
The Flower of Life is seen
to contain all of the
patterns of creation
within it. Consisting of 7
or more overlapping
symbols, the flower of
life dates back to almost
every ancient culture and
is considered to be one of
the sacred formations
that creation arose out of.

25. Inguz :
Viking symbol
means “ where there is a
will, there is a way " .
And it refers to fertility.

28. The infinity symbol ∞ (sometimes called the
lemniscate) is a mathematical symbol
representing the concept of infinity.
It looks a little bit like the rune letter ( Dagaz )
which means breakthrough.

29. Greek symbol , refers to
medicine .
Mostly mistaken as the
Caduceus which is the
staff of Hermes.
Asclepius is the Greek
God of medicine.

30. Greek symbol , from
Greek word κηρύκειον
(kerukion) it is the staff
carried by Hermes the
messenger of the gods,
guide of the dead and
protector of merchants,
shepherds, gamblers,
liars, and thieves.

31. Greek term means ‘ three
legged ‘ , it looks like
three legs running.
The Celtic symbol
meaning deals with
competition and man's
progress and also it
means that holds two
major components of
symbolism.

32. Ancient Celtic symbol , three
arms.
Triple Spiral represents the
drawing of the three powers
of maiden, mother and
crone.
It is a sign of female power
and especially power
through transition and
growth.
A few spiral meanings are :
balance, progress, direction,
initiation, centering,
expanding, awareness,
connection, development. ,
motion , action, cycles,,
revolution and competition.

33. Ancient Celtic symbol ,
shows ethereal energy
radiating out , and also
symbolizes growth, birth
and expansion of
consciousness.
A few spiral meaning
keywords to start our spin
around spiral symbolism
will include attributes such
as: Balance, Progress,
Direction, Initiation,
Centering, Expanding,
Awareness, Connection,
Journeying, Development.

34. Ancient Celtic symbol.
The first and third rays
in this symbol represent
male and female energy
(respectively).
The middle ray
represents the balance of
both energies – male &
female.

35. Ancient Celtic symbol
represents balance.
The four outer circles
symbolize the four
elements: earth, fire,
water, air.
The middle circle unites
all the elements with a
goal to reach balance
between all four elements
or energies.

36. This sign shows balance and also
representative of the equinoxes.

37. Celtic crosses represent
the bridge or the
passage between
heaven and earth.
The circle in the ringed
cross signifies infinity
and eternal spiritual
love.
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39. An ancient religious icon
used in the East Asia and
Southeast Asia, It is a sacred
symbol of spiritual principles
in Hinduism, Buddhism and
Jainism.
In the Western world, it was
historically a symbol of
auspiciousness and good
luck.
But in the 1930s, it became
the main feature of Nazi
symbolism as an emblem of
Aryan race identity, therfor it
has become stigmatized in the
West by association with
ideas of racism, hatred, and
mass murder.

40. Russian Communist
symbol that was
conceived during the
Russian Revolution.
At the time of creation,
the hammer stood for
industrial laborers and
the sickle for the
peasantry; combined
they stood for the
worker-peasant alliance
for socialism.