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The alchemical symbol for the sun and various sun gods. Also the alchemical symbol for gold which is the metal represented by the Sun which is the astral counterpart. Cross of Saint Peter (Petrine Cross) Peter requested to be crucified upside down, as he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Christ. Used as a symbol of Saint Peter. A very ...
For a less elaborate version, see Image:Triskele-Symbol-spiral-five-thirds-turns.svg; For a more elaborate spiral triskelion symbol (with three turns instead of two), see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-filled.svg, and for the most elaborate version, see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-4turns-filled.svg
5,000 year-old triskelion on an orthostat at Newgrange. The triple spiral symbol, or three-spiral volute, appears in many early cultures: the first appeared in Malta (4400–3600 BCE); the second in the astronomical calendar of the megalithic tomb of Newgrange in Ireland built around 3200 BCE; [13] as well as on Mycenaean vessels.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 12:08, 3 September 2008: 640 × 1,200 (11 KB): AnonMoos {{Information |Description=A simple black-and-white version of the Spiral Goddess symbol of modern neo-paganism (full-height variant). |Source=I started with Image:PredynasticFemaleFigurine BrooklynMuseum.png, rotated that photo so that the statuette
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The spiral is a frequent symbol for spiritual purification, both within Christianity and beyond (one thinks of the spiral as the neo-Platonist symbol for prayer and contemplation, circling around a subject and ascending at the same time, and as a Buddhist symbol for the gradual process on the Path to Enlightenment).
The Triple Spiral symbol, based on motifs found at the prehistoric site at Newgrange, Ireland, and used as a neo-pagan or Triple Goddess symbol. This version is made up of mathematical Archimedean spirals. For a version with thicker lines, see Image:Triple-Spiral-Symbol-heavystroked.svg.
The symbol is also sometimes used by Wiccans, White Witches, and some New Agers to symbolise the Triple Goddess, or as a protective symbol. [ 7 ] In the 1998–2006 American fantasy drama Charmed , that ran on the now-defunct The WB network, the triquetra was prominently used as a symbol on the Halliwells' Book of Shadows , the book of spells ...