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People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra, in the shapes of natural phenomena. The images perceived, whether iconic or aniconic , may be the faces of religious notables or the manifestation of spiritual symbols in the natural, organic media or phenomena of ...
A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion. [ 1 ] Religious symbols have been used in the military in many countries, such as the United States military chaplain symbols .
A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right – Marx's original reference to religion as the opium of the people. Religious tolerance; The Complexity of Religion and the Definition of "Religion" in International Law Harvard Human Rights Journal article from the President and Fellows of Harvard College(2003)
Greek deities (see also Greek mythological figures, Twelve Olympians, Ancient Greek religion, Mycenaean deities) Neoplatonic triad; Hungarian deities; Lusitani deities; Paleo-Balkan deities (Dacian/Illyrian/Thracian) List of Roman deities; Sami deities; Slavic deities; Thelemic deities
Fulu for placement above the primary entrance of one's home, intended to protect against evil. Fulu (traditional Chinese: 符籙; simplified Chinese: 符箓; pinyin: fúlù) are Taoist magic symbols and incantations, [1] [2] translatable into English as 'talismanic script', [a] which are written or painted on talismans by Taoist practitioners.
Characters that fall in the "political or religious" category are given the "general category" So, which is the catch-all category for "Symbol, other", i.e. anything considered a "symbol" which does not fall in any of the three other categories of Sm (mathematical symbols), Sc (currency symbols) or Sk (phonetic modifier symbols, i.e. IPA signs ...
Prayer wheels in Mussoorie, India Prayer wheels at the Datsan Gunzechoinei Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg, Russia Pilgrim with prayer wheel, Tsurphu Monastery, 1993. A prayer wheel, or mani wheel, is a cylindrical wheel (Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ།, Wylie: ' khor lo, Oirat: кюрдэ) for Buddhist recitation.
Various neopagan religious symbols (from left to right): 1st Row Slavic Neopaganism ("Hands of God") Celtic Neopaganism (or general spiral triskele / triple spiral) Germanic Neopaganism ("Thor's hammer") 2nd Row Hellenic Reconstructionism; neopagan pentagram (or pentacle) Roman Reconstructionism; 3rd Row Wicca (or general Triple Goddess)