German swastikas. Why did the Nazis choose the swastika as their symbol?

As a separate symbol, the swastika has many meanings, and among a large number of peoples they are positive. So, for the ancient tribes it had the meaning of movement, creation, light, the Sun, luck, happiness, life and well-being. Representing rotational movements transformed into translational ones, it symbolizes philosophical specificity.
The swastika, as one of the oldest and archaic signs, indicates the visible activity of the Sun, its rotation around the Earth, due to which the earthly year is divided into four parts - climatic seasons. The symbol also characterizes the winter and summer solstices in the annual movement of the Sun. In addition to solar symbolism, the swastika has the meaning of the fertility of the earth, carrying the idea of the four parts of the world centered around its axis. It also involves two-way movement clockwise and counterclockwise, symbolizing the masculine and feminine Yin and Yang. In the scriptures ancient india A distinction is made between male and female energy, and there are images of deities personified from two male and two female swastikas.
In general, despite the popular and widespread use of the swastika in art and painting, and its ancient and lasting legacy in many cultures, after the association of Nazi Germany with it, the swastika began to have a negative connotation and its use was considered synonymous with imitation of Nazism. Unfortunately, many other symbols, such as runes, also acquired a negative connotation after the end of World War II.
History knows a large number of similar fascist movements, which appeared mainly in the period between the two horrific wars of the twentieth century, as well as the very diverse symbols of the Nazi movement. National coats of arms were used as symbols as a sign of the unity of the nation, as well as various figures of historical significance. Some Nazi organizations symbolically used the armed salute.
The adoption and widespread wearing of symbols created by totalitarian fascist governments was considered one of the key aspects of Nazi propaganda.
In the understanding of Hitler himself, she accurately personified the triumph of his struggle for the superiority of the Aryan race over all nations of the world. This choice combined both mystical and occult meaning, and the meaning of the swastika was formed as a symbol of the Ancient Aryan race. In addition, its already established use by extreme right-wing political forces - it was used by some Austrian radical parties, and it was also used during the Kapp Putsch not without the influence of the Baltic countries - served a good propaganda role. But already in the twenties, the swastika was directly associated with Nazism, and after the thirties, it was perceived mainly as a Nazi symbol, the result was a complete ban on the image of the swastika in some countries, and it was also excluded from the emblems of the children's scout movement.
The German Nazis borrowed from the Italian Fascists the use of showmanship, ritual, and saluting. Nazism differed from fascism in its pronounced racist vector, so Hitler's Germany used the swastika as a symbol of the Aryan race in order to confirm its superiority. The Third Reich used a specific version of the swastika - a twenty-sided triangle inscribed in a square turned at an angle of 45 degrees, with rays directed clockwise and bent at right angles. Mostly depicted in black, against a background of a white or red circle, sometimes against any other background (for example, camouflage). Also, this swastika was located on the German state flag, as well as on the emblems of state and military organizations of the country. The blue swastika was used by the pro-German regime in Finland; a similar sign, but red, was used as an identification symbol of the Latvian air force in the pre-war period. Moreover, it is known that some units of the Red Army during the period civil war They used this particular type of swastika on stripes and banners even before the adoption of the Red Star as a national symbol.

Thanks to the anti-Russian media and information, no one knows who works for them, many people now associate the Swastika with fascism and Adolf Hitler. This idea has been hammered into people's heads for the last 70 years. Few people now remember that the Swastika was depicted on Soviet money in the period from 1917 to 1923 as a legalized state symbol; that on the sleeve patches of soldiers and officers of the Red Army during the same period there was also a Swastika in a laurel wreath, and inside the Swastika there were the letters R.S.F.S.R. There is even an opinion that Comrade I.V. Stalin himself gave the Golden Swastika-Kolovrat as a party symbol to Adolf Hitler in 1920. So many legends and conjectures have accumulated around this ancient symbol that it is perhaps worth telling in more detail about this oldest solar cult symbol on Earth.

The swastika symbol is a rotating cross with curved ends directed clockwise or counterclockwise. As a rule, now all over the world all Swastika symbols are called in one word - SWASTIKA, which is fundamentally wrong, because Each Swastika symbol in ancient times had its own name, purpose, Protective Power and Figurative meaning.

Swastika symbolism, being the oldest, is most often found in archaeological excavations. More often than other symbols, it was found in ancient mounds, on the ruins of ancient cities and settlements. In addition, swastika symbols were depicted on various details architecture, weapons, clothing and household utensils of many peoples of the world. Swastika symbolism is found everywhere in ornamentation as a sign of Light, Sun, Love, Life. In the West, there was even an interpretation that the Swastika symbol must be understood as an abbreviation of four words starting with a Latin letter "L":
Light - Light, Sun; Love - Love; Life - Life; Luck - Fate, Luck, Happiness(see postcard below).

English speaking greeting card beginning of the 20th century

The oldest archaeological artifacts depicting swastika symbols now date back to approximately 4-15 millennium BC. (on the right is a vessel from the Scythian Kingdom of 3-4 thousand BC). According to archaeological excavations, the richest areas for the use of the swastika as a religious and cultural symbol are Russia and Siberia. Neither Europe, nor India, nor Asia can compare with Russia or Siberia in the abundance of swastika symbols covering Russian weapons, banners, national costumes, household utensils, everyday and agricultural items, as well as houses and temples. Excavations of ancient mounds, cities and settlements speak for themselves - many ancient Slavic cities had a clear form of Swastika, oriented to the four cardinal directions. This can be seen in the example of Arkaim, Vendogard and others (below is a reconstruction plan of Arkaim).

Reconstruction plan of Arkaim by L. L. Gurevich

The swastika and swastika-solar symbols were the main and, one might even say, almost the only elements of the most ancient Proto-Slavic ornaments. But this does not mean at all that the Slavs and Aryans were bad artists.
Firstly, there were a great many varieties of images of Swastika symbols. Secondly, in ancient times, not a single pattern was applied to any object just like that, because each element of the pattern corresponded to a certain cult or protective (amulet) meaning, because each symbol in the pattern had its own mystical power. By combining various mystical forces, white people created a favorable atmosphere around themselves and their loved ones, in which it was easiest to live and create. These were carved patterns, stucco molding, painting, beautiful carpets woven by hardworking hands (see photo below).

Traditional Celtic carpet with swastika pattern

But not only the Aryans and Slavs believed in the mystical power of swastika patterns. The same symbols were discovered on clay vessels from Samarra (the territory of modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC. Swastika symbols in levorotatory and dextrorotatory forms are found in the pre-Aryan culture of Mohenjo-Daro (Indus River basin) and ancient China around 2000 BC. e. In Northeast Africa, archaeologists have found a funerary stele from the kingdom of Meroz, which existed in the 2nd -3rd centuries AD. The fresco on the stele depicts a woman entering into afterworld, on the clothes of the deceased there is a Swastika.

The rotating cross adorns golden weights for scales that belonged to the inhabitants of Ashanta (Ghana), and clay utensils of the ancient Indians, beautiful carpets woven by the Persians and Celts. Man-made belts created by the Komi, Russians, Sami, Latvians, Lithuanians and other peoples are also filled with swastika symbols, and at present it is difficult even for an ethnographer to figure out which people these ornaments belong to. Judge for yourself.

Since ancient times, swastika symbolism has been the main and dominant symbol among almost all peoples on the territory of Eurasia: Slavs, Germans, Mari, Pomors, Skalvi, Curonians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvash, Indians, Icelanders, Scots and many others.

In many ancient Beliefs and religions, the Swastika is the most important and brightest cult symbol. Thus, in ancient Indian philosophy and Buddhism (pic. on the right. Buddha's Foot) the Swastika is a symbol of the eternal circulation of the universe, a symbol of the Buddha's Law, to which all things are subject. (Dictionary “Buddhism”, M., “Republic”, 1992); in Tibetan Lamaism - a protective symbol, a symbol of happiness and a talisman.
In India and Tibet, the Swastika is depicted everywhere: on the walls and gates of temples (see photo below), on residential buildings, as well as on the fabrics in which all sacred texts and tablets are wrapped. Very often, sacred texts from the Book of the Dead, which are written on funeral covers, are framed with swastika ornaments before cremation.

At the gate of the Vedic Temple. Northern India. 2000

"Warships in the roadstead (in the inland sea)." XVIII century

You can see the image of many Swastikas both in an old Japanese engraving of the 18th century (picture above) and on the unparalleled mosaic floors in the halls of the St. Petersburg Hermitage (picture below).

Pavilion Hall of the Hermitage. Mosaic floor. Photo 2001

But you will not find any messages about this in the media, because they have no idea what the Swastika is, what ancient figurative meaning it carries, what it has meant for many millennia and means now for the Slavs and Aryans and many peoples inhabiting our Earth. In these media, alien to the Slavs, the Swastika is called either a German cross or fascist sign and reduce its image and meaning only to Adolf Hitler, Germany 1933-45, fascism (National Socialism) and World War II. Modern "journalists", "is-Toriki" and guardians " universal human values“It’s as if they forgot that the Swastika is the oldest Russian symbol, that in past times, representatives of the highest authorities, in order to enlist the support of the people, always made the Swastika a state symbol and placed its image on money. This is what the princes and tsars did, the Provisional Government (see p. 166) and the Bolsheviks, who later seized power from them (see below).

Now few people know that the matrices of the 250 ruble banknote, with the image of the Swastika symbol - Kolovrat against the background of a double-headed eagle, were made according to a special order and sketches of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. The Provisional Government used these matrices to issue banknotes in denominations of 250, and later 1000 rubles. Beginning in 1918, the Bolsheviks introduced new banknotes in denominations of 5,000 and 10,000 rubles, which depicted three Swastika-Kolovrat: two smaller Kolovrat in the side ligatures are intertwined with large numbers 5,000, 10,000, and a large Kolovrat is placed in the middle. But, unlike the 1000 rubles of the Provisional Government, which had the State Duma depicted on the reverse side, the Bolsheviks placed a double-headed eagle on banknotes. Money with the Swastika-Kolovrat was printed by the Bolsheviks and was in use until 1923, and only after the appearance of USSR banknotes were they taken out of circulation.

The authorities of Soviet Russia, in order to gain support in Siberia, created sleeve patches for the soldiers of the Red Army of the South-Eastern Front in 1918, they depicted a Swastika with the abbreviation R.S.F.S.R. inside (see below). But the Russian Government of A.V. Kolchak did the same, calling under the banner of the Siberian Volunteer Corps (see above left); Russian emigrants in Harbin and Paris, and then the National Socialists in Germany.

Created in 1921 according to the sketches of Adolf Hitler, the party symbols and flag of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party) subsequently became the state symbols of Germany (1933-1945). Few people now know that in Germany the National Socialists used not Swastika , and a symbol similar in outline to it is Hakenkreuz (bottom left), which has a completely different figurative meaning - a change in the surrounding world and a person’s worldview.

For many millennia, different designs of swastika symbols have had a powerful influence on people’s lifestyles, their psyche (Soul) and subconscious, uniting representatives of different tribes for some bright purpose; gave a powerful surge of light divine forces, revealing the internal reserves in people for comprehensive creation for the benefit of their Clans, in the name of justice, prosperity and well-being of their Fatherland.

At first, only clergymen of various Tribal cults, creeds and religions used this, then representatives of the highest state power- princes, kings, etc., and after them all kinds of occultists and political figures turned to the Swastika.

After the Bolsheviks completely captured all levels of power, the need for support of the Soviet regime by the Russian people disappeared, because it would be easier to confiscate the values created by the same Russian people. Therefore, in 1923, the Bolsheviks abandoned the Swastika, leaving only the five-pointed star, Hammer and Sickle as state symbols.

In ancient times, when our Ancestors used x"Aryan Runes, the word Swastika , translated as Who Came from Heaven. Since Rune - NVA meant Heaven (hence Svarog - Heavenly God) - WITH - Rune of direction; Runes - TIKA - movement, coming, flow, running. Our children and grandchildren still pronounce the word tick, i.e. run. In addition, the figurative form is TIKA and is now found in everyday words Arctic, Antarctic, mysticism, homiletics, politics, etc.

Ancient Vedic sources tell us that even our galaxy has the shape of a Swastika, and our Yarila-Sun system is located in one of the arms of this Heavenly Swastika. And since we are located in the galactic sleeve, our entire galaxy (its ancient name is Svasti) is perceived by us as Perun’s Way or the Milky Way.
Any person who loves to look at the scattering of stars at night can see the constellation Mokosh (Ursa Major) to the left Swastikas (see below). It shines in the skies, but has been excluded from modern star charts and atlases.

As a cult and everyday solar symbol, bringing happiness, luck, prosperity, joy and prosperity, the Swastika was initially used only among the white people of the Great Race, professing the Old Faith of the Ancestors - Ingliism , the druidic cults of Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, and many millennia later, other peoples of the Earth began to venerate her Sacred Image: followers of Hinduism, Bon, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity various directions, representatives of natural religious faiths in Europe and America. The only ones who do not recognize the symbolism as sacred are representatives of Judaism. Some people may object: they say that in the oldest synagogue in Israel there is a Swastika on the floor and no one destroys it. Indeed, the swastika symbol is present on the floor in the Israeli synagogue, but only so that everyone who comes tramples it underfoot.

The Legacy of the Ancestors brought the news that for many millennia the Slavs used Swastika symbols. They were numbered 144 types: Swastika, Kolovrat, Posolon, Holy Gift, Svasti, Svaor, Solntsevrat, Agni, Fash, Mara; England, Solar Cross, Solard, Vedara, Light, Fern Flower, Perunov Tsvet, Swati, Race, Bogovnik, Svarozhich, Svyatoch, Yarovrat, Odolen-Grass, Rodimich, Charovrat, etc.

Swastika symbols carry a huge secret meaning. They contain enormous Wisdom. Each Swastika symbol opens before us Great picture of the universe. The heritage of the Ancestors says that knowledge Ancient Wisdom does not accept a stereotypical approach. The study of ancient symbols, Runic writings and ancient Traditions must be approached with an open heart and with a pure Soul.
Not for profit, but for knowledge!
Swastika symbols in Russia were used for political purposes by all and sundry: monarchists, Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, but much earlier representatives of the Black Hundred began to use their Swastikas, then the baton was picked up by the Russian Fascist Party in Harbin.

At the end of the 20th century, the Russian National Unity organization began to use Swastika symbols (see left). Knowledgeable person never says that Swastika is German or fascist symbol. Only foolish and ignorant people say this, because they reject what they are not able to understand and know, and also try to pass off what they want as reality.

But if ignorant people reject some symbol or some information, it still does not mean that this symbol or the information does not exist.

Denial or distortion of the truth to please some disrupts the harmonious development of others. Even the ancient symbol of the Greatness of the Fertility of the Mother of the Raw Earth, called in ancient times SOLARD , some incompetent people consider it to be a fascist symbol. A symbol that appeared many thousands of years before the rise of National Socialism. At the same time, it does not even take into account the fact that RNE’s SOLARD is combined with the Star of Lada the Mother of God (see left), where the Divine Forces (Golden Field), the Forces of the Primary Fire (red), Heavenly Powers(blue) and Forces of Nature (green). The only difference between the original Mother Nature Symbol and the sign that RNE uses is the multi-colored nature of the Original Mother Nature Symbol (left) and the two-colored one of the Russian National Unity.

U ordinary people Swastika symbols had their own names. In the villages of the Ryazan province they called her “feather grass” - the embodiment of the Wind; on Pechora as a “hare” - here the graphic symbol was perceived as a piece sunlight, ray, sunbeam; in some places the Solar Cross was called “horse”, “horse shank” (horse head), because a long time ago the horse was considered a symbol of the Sun and Wind; were called Swastika-Solyarniks and “Ognivtsy”, again in honor of Yarila the Sun. The people very correctly felt both the Fiery, Flaming Nature of the symbol (Sun) and its Spiritual essence (Wind).

The oldest master of Khokhloma painting, Stepan Pavlovich Veseloye (1903-1993) from the village of Mogushino, Nizhny Novgorod region, following traditions, painted the Swastika on wooden plates and bowls, calling it “red rose”, the Sun, and explained: “It is the wind that shakes and moves a blade of grass.”

In the village, to this day, on holidays, girls and women wear smart sundresses, ponevas and shirts, and men wear blouses embroidered with swastika symbols of various shapes. They bake lush loaves and sweet cookies, decorated on top with Kolovrat, Salting, Solstice and other Swastika patterns.

As mentioned earlier, before the onset of the second half of the 20th century, the main and almost the only patterns and symbols that existed in Slavic embroidery were Swastika ornaments.

But in the second half of the 20th century, in America, Europe and the USSR they began to decisively eradicate this Solar symbol, and they eradicated it in the same way as they had previously eradicated: the ancient folk Slavic and Aryan Culture; ancient Faith and folk traditions; the true Heritage of the Ancestors, undistorted by the rulers, and the long-suffering Slavic people themselves, the bearer of the ancient Slavic-Aryan Culture.

And even now, many of the same people or their descendants are trying to ban any types of rotating Solar crosses, but using different pretexts: if earlier this was done under the pretext of class struggle and anti-Soviet conspiracies, now it is a fight against extremist activity.
For those who are not indifferent to the ancient Native Great Russian Culture, here are several typical patterns of Slavic embroidery of the 18th-20th centuries. On all enlarged fragments you can see Swastika symbols and ornaments for yourself.
The use of swastika symbols in ornaments in the Slavic lands is simply innumerable. They are used in the Baltic states, Belarus, the Volga region, Pomerania, Perm, Siberia, the Caucasus, the Urals, Altai and Far East and other regions.

Academician B. A. Rybakov called the Solar symbol - Kolovrat, a connecting “link between the Paleolithic, where it first appeared, and modern ethnography, which provides countless examples of swastika patterns in fabrics, embroidery and weaving.”

But after the Second World War, in which Russia, as well as all Slavic and Aryan peoples, suffered huge losses, the enemies of the Aryan and Slavic Culture began to equate fascism with the Swastika.

The Slavs used this Solar sign throughout its existence.
The flow of lies and fabrications regarding the Swastika has filled the cup of absurdity. “Russian teachers” in modern schools, lyceums and gymnasiums in Russia teach children complete nonsense that The swastika is a Nazi cross made up of four letters "G" , denoting the first letters of the leaders of Nazi Germany: Hitler, Himmler, Goering and Goebbels (sometimes replaced by Hess). Listening to such “would-be teachers”, one might think that Germany during the time of Adolf Hitler used exclusively Russian alphabet , and not at all the Latin script and the German Runic.
Is it in German surnames: HITLER, HIMMLER, GERING, GEBELS (HESS) , there is at least one Russian letter"G" - No! But the flow of lies does not stop.
Swastika patterns and elements have been used by the peoples of the Earth over the past 10-15 thousand years, which is confirmed even by archaeological scientists.
Ancient thinkers said more than once: “Two troubles hinder human development: ignorance and ignorance.” Our Ancestors were knowledgeable and in charge, and therefore used various Swastika elements and ornaments in everyday life, considering them symbols of Yarila the Sun, Life, Happiness and Prosperity.

In general, only one symbol was called Swastika. This is an equilateral cross with curved short rays. Each beam has a 2:1 ratio (see left).
Only narrow-minded and ignorant people can denigrate everything pure, bright and dear that remains among the Slavic and Aryan peoples. Let's not be like them! Do not paint over Swastika symbols in ancient Slavic Temples and Christian churches, on the Kumirs of the Light Gods and the Images of the Many-Wise Ancestors. Do not destroy, at the whim of the ignorant and Slav-haters, the so-called “Soviet staircase”, the mosaic floor and ceilings of the Hermitage or the domes of the Moscow St. Basil’s Cathedral just because they have been painted on for hundreds of years various options Swastikas.

Everyone knows that the Slavic prince Prophetic Oleg nailed his shield to the gates of Constantinople (Constantinople), but few people now know what was depicted on the shield. Nevertheless, a description of the symbolism of his shield and armor can be found in historical chronicles (Drawing of the Prophetic Oleg’s shield on the right).Prophetic people, i.e. those possessing the gift of Spiritual Foresight and knowledge of the Ancient Wisdom, which the Gods and Ancestors left to people, were endowed by the Priests with various symbols. One of these most notable people was the Slavic prince - Prophetic Oleg.
In addition to being a prince and an excellent military strategist, he was also a priest high level. The symbolism that was depicted on his clothes, weapons, armor and princely banner tells about this in all detailed images.

The Fiery Swastika (symbolizing the land of the Ancestors) in the center of the nine-pointed Star of England (symbol of the Faith of the First Ancestors) was surrounded by the Great Kolo (Circle of Patron Gods), which emitted eight rays of Spiritual Light (the eighth degree of Priestly initiation) to the Svarog Circle. All this symbolism spoke of the enormous Spiritual and physical strength, which is sent to protect the Motherland and the Holy Old Faith.

They believed in the Swastika as a talisman that “attracts” good luck and happiness. On Ancient Rus' It was believed that if you draw Kolovrat on your palm, you will definitely be lucky. Even modern students draw Swastikas on their palms before exams. Swastikas were also painted on the walls of the house so that happiness would reign there; this exists in Russia, Siberia, and India.

For those readers who wish to receive more information about the Swastika, we recommend Ethno-religious essays by Roman Vladimirovich Bagdasarov

Yes, reader, let’s puzzle ourselves now with this question: why did Adolf Hitler make the swastika a symbol of National Socialism?!

Unfortunately, the majority of modern people on the planet learned that the swastika - the gammatic cross - is an Aryan symbol, at the instigation of Hitler. Alas, this is what happened. The Nazi Fuhrer himself claimed that he was an Aryan, and that for this reason he had every right to adopt the Aryan swastika.

We all know what this “Aryan” did in history. The Second Unleashed by Him World War(1939-1945) only killed 50 million people of different nationalities and left another 100 million people crippled. And all this atrocity against many peoples was committed under the sign of the Aryan swastika. Here under this sign:

At the same time, it is known that several decades earlier this same cross symbol, only with a different direction of bending its ends, was especially revered in the Russian Empire.

It could be seen, for example, on the car of Tsar Nicholas II and in the everyday life of ordinary Russians. Here are a number of photographic documents to confirm this.

Towel. Tarnogsky district of the Vologda region. End of the 19th century.

What did the swastika sign symbolize in the minds of Russians?

Why the last one Russian Tsar had it with him, and in the recent past ordinary Russians also had a swastika in their home in the form of embroidery and drawings?

If you delve into encyclopedias, you can find the following explanation: "From ancient times, the swastika was a symbol of prosperity for the Slavs."

This definition quite comprehensively explains why this symbol was once widely used. Was it believed that he brings prosperity?! - well, who wouldn’t want to have it?!

Once I saw the same swastika signs on the ancient clothes of Orthodox priests stored in the museum. This museum is located in the Novodevichy Mother of God-Smolensk Monastery.

Personally, this presence of swastikas on the old clothes of Russian clergy surprised me a little, puzzled me and then pushed me to the idea that the swastika is not just"symbol of well-being", behind this cross sign lies something more. And I wanted to dig deeper and explore this topic.

During the search, I learned that the words "symbol of well-being"- it's just an adjective. A simple example: sometimes at weddings the groom is given the task to name 10 words-adjectives for his bride, and he begins to list: beloved, affectionate, kind, caring, and so on... So the words “symbol of well-being” are adjective words... .

I am sure that most modern people who have not conducted a similar search like me would never guess that in ancient times the swastika sign was, it turns out, the most important symbol of Christianity!

Yes, yes, the most important thing!

I will say more: this was the only cross in true Christianity, if by true Christianity we mean the practical activities of Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples-apostles.

So, this symbol of the swastika in the teaching and practice of Jesus Christ graphically designated God, who is the Spirit!

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24).

Have you heard, know these words of Christ the Savior?

From the very beginning, this graphic image of God the Spirit in the form of a swastika filled the Teachings of Jesus Christ with a deep ideological meaning, one might even say a natural scientific meaning.

The image shown here dates from the 2nd to 5th century new era. This drawing (on the left - restored, on the right - a fragment of the original) was found on the wall in the catacombs of Priscilla, in Rome. It is interpreted that the dove here represents the soul of a deceased righteous man who flew to Paradise to receive communion from a vessel with"by the Holy Spirit" . To avoid writing words on the cup"Holy Spirit"or"spirit", the painter replaced the words with a graphic image - a swastika sign.

Reference: Catacombs of Priscilla- Christian underground burials of the 2nd-5th centuries in Rome, forming three levels. These catacombs arose in the burial place of the Roman family of the consul Aquilius Glabrius. In the 1st century AD e. this family owned vast lands. One of the representatives of this family, Priscilla, was executed by order of Emperor Domitian. In the Greek chapel (Italian: Capella Greca), named after the discovered inscriptions in Greek, a feast scene (an allegory of the Eucharist) is depicted. This chapel contains examples of early Christian art, including the oldest image of the Virgin Mary with a baby in her arms and the prophet Isaiah or Balaam, dating back to the 2nd century.

Exactly the same vessel with"by the Holy Spirit" , which is guarded by birds of paradise, was depicted in an ancient mosaic floor painting, also dating back to early Christian art. And here we also see a swastika. This image is a screenshot from a documentary about Christianity in the early centuries. In 2016, it was shown on the Russian TV channel "Culture".

And now you will see a completely interesting mosaic floor painting of one of the early Christian churches. To be honest, this picture impressed me very much!

This is a swastika on a mosaic floor in a Christian church built in the city of Geras (Jerash) in North Jordan in 553. Orthodox Church"St. Cosmas and St. Damian."

This floor mosaic painting shows multiple images of swastikas moving in all directions! So the early Christian artist tried to convey through painting the meaning that was previously clear to every Christian believer: "Holy Spirit" moves in space, and in movement he performs some sacred act known only to him.

In the presented picture we find a swastika in the form of “bricks” of different directions of rotation in the projection - left-handed and right-handed.

If a simple flat sign of a swastika symbolizes some kind of rotation around its axis in one direction or another, then by creating such a three-dimensional image of a swastika, the ancient Orthodox artist tried to show some kind of “spiritual movement” in space, in which one can guessspiral movement!

This mosaic picture testifies that in ancient times the first Christians had a natural scientific understanding of"Holy Spirit" !

And there is evidence (practically proof!) that the ancients saw the physical meaning of the “Holy Spirit” - in its spiral movement!

In the language of ancient scientists - Latin - the word spiral (spīralis from spīra) - means “coil, curl.” And the word spiro translated from the same Latin into Russian - means "to blow, to blow, to be alive."

I note that in the old days the people in Russia depicted "gammatic cross" didn’t call it a “swastika”, but called it a word "breeze". Which completely coincides with the meaning of “to blow, to fan, to be alive.” You can talk about this read from historian Roman Bagdasarov.

Now attention! "Holy Spirit" in Latin - Spiritus Sanctus.

As you can see, the root is the same everywhere - "spir", and therefore the meaning is the same!

These are the kind of miracles that open up for someone (they opened up for me a long time ago!) later past centuries from the Nativity of Christ!!!

And now we are all being convinced, and many have already been convinced, literally forced to believe that main symbol Christianity is the cross on which, according to the Gospels, the Savior was crucified. And no one among the believers thinks (there is faith - no need for intelligence?) that it is blasphemy to turn the object or instrument of murder of a holy person into a symbol of faith. However, today, alas and ah, Christians of all denominations, after the war unleashed by Adolf Hitler, consider exclusively a wooden crucifixion cross as a symbol of Christianity, and also a golden crucifixion cross, which they hang on their necks. But if you think about it, this cross is nothing more than a symbol of the torment and death of one of the great enlighteners.

It is phenomenal that many people today literally look at the swastika with fear, and at the same time, the crucifixion of Christ the Savior on display does not frighten or shock them at all!

Roman performance entitled: "Look, Christians, what we have done to your God!"

Do you think Adolf Hitler did not know about the true sacred meaning of the swastika when he took it as a symbol of Nazism and World War II?!

Do you think he didn’t know that in early Christianity this was a symbol of God, who is spirit?

Of course he did! He had a powerful organization "Ahnenerbe", which was specially created back in 1935 for "studying the traditions, history and heritage of the German race with the aim of occult-ideological support for the functioning of the state apparatus of the Third Reich".

And if he knew everything, then what?

Why the early Christian symbol of God, a symbol of well-being, (a symbol of receiving good!), which in pre-revolutionary Russia was a holy symbol, why did he use it to celebrate the summer solstice on June 22, 1941? treacherous attack on the USSR?

Pay attention to the word “treacherous”, and to the fact that Hitler planned the attack on the USSR on a day holy for the sun-worshipping Slavs. It was, firstly, the summer solstice, and secondly, it was Sunday!

In 1941, in the Sovinformburo reports about Germany's treacherous attack on the USSR was said more than once, and every soviet man understood this in my own way. Most, of course, thought that this word referred to political relationships and agreements between Stalin and Hitler. This was partly true. But this was even more true in a religious sense: using the swastika as a symbol of war and Nazism, Adolf Hitler literally acted as the Anti-Christ. This was precisely the greatest treachery on his part...

Treacherous in the sense that he used the symbol of the Christian God to kill millions of people...

Continuation of the topic in a separate article "DEVIL'S LAIR: the truth about Switzerland, Zionism and the Jews!"

The swastika symbol is a cross with curved ends directed clockwise or counterclockwise. As a rule, now all Swastika symbols are called one word - SWASTIKA, which is fundamentally wrong, because In ancient times, each Swastika symbol had its own name, Protective Power and figurative meaning.

During archaeological excavations, Swastika symbols were most often found on various details of architecture, weapons, clothing, and household utensils of many peoples of Eurasia. Swastika symbolism is found everywhere in ornamentation as sign of Light, Sun, Life. The oldest archaeological artifacts depicting the swastika date back to approximately 10-15 millennium BC. According to archaeological excavations, the richest territory in the use of the swastika, both a religious and cultural symbol, is Russia - neither Europe nor India can compare with Russia in the abundance of swastika symbols covering Russian weapons, banners, National Costume, houses, everyday objects and temples. Excavations of ancient mounds and settlements speak for themselves - many ancient Slavic settlements had a clear form of Swastika, oriented to the four cardinal directions. Swastika symbols denoted calendar signs back in the days of the Great Scythian Kingdom ( depicts a vessel from the Scythian Kingdom of 3-4 thousand BC.)

The swastika and Swastika symbols were the main and, one might even say, almost the only elements of the ancient pre-Slavic ornaments. But this does not mean at all that the Slavs and Aryans were bad artists. Firstly, there were a lot of varieties of images of Swastika symbols. Secondly, in ancient times, not a single pattern was applied just like that; each element of the pattern corresponded to a certain cult or protective (amulet) meaning.

But not only the Aryans and Slavs believed in the magical power of this pattern. This symbol was found on clay vessels from Samarra (the territory of modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC. Swastika symbols in levorotatory and dextrorotatory forms are found in the pre-Aryan culture of Mohenjo-Daro (Indus River basin) and ancient China around 2000 BC. In Northeast Africa, archaeologists have found a funerary stele from the kingdom of Meroz, which existed in the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. The fresco on the stele depicts a woman entering the afterlife; a Swastika is emblazoned on the clothes of the deceased. The rotating cross adorns golden weights for scales that belonged to the inhabitants of Ashanta (Ghana), and clay utensils of the ancient Indians, beautiful carpets woven by the Persians and Celts.

Swastika in Beliefs and Religions

Swastika symbolism was a protective symbol among almost all peoples in Europe and Asia: among the Slavs, Germans, Pomors, Skalvi, Curonians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvash, Indians, Icelanders, Scots and many other peoples.

In many ancient Beliefs and religions, the Swastika is the most important and brightest cult symbol. Thus, in ancient Indian philosophy and Buddhism(pic. left: Buddha's Foot) The swastika is a symbol of the eternal cycle of the universe, a symbol of the Buddha's Law, to which all things are subject. (Dictionary “Buddhism”, M., “Republic”, 1992); V Tibetan Lamaism The swastika is a protective symbol, a symbol of happiness and a talisman. In India and Tibet, the Swastika is depicted everywhere: on the gates of temples, on every residential building, on the fabrics in which all sacred texts are wrapped, on funeral covers.

Lama Beru-Kinze-Rimpoche, in our time one of the greatest teachers of official Buddhism. The photograph shows the ritual of his creation of a ritual mandala, that is, pure space, in Moscow in 1993. In the foreground of the photograph is a thangka, a sacred image drawn on cloth, depicting the Divine space of the mandala. At the corners are Swastika symbols protecting the sacred Divine space.

As a religious symbol (!!!), the swastika has always been used by followers Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism in the East, Druids of Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia, representatives Natural-religious denominations Europe and America in the West.

On the left is Ganesha, the son of God Shiva, a God from the Hindu Vedic pantheon, his face illuminated by two Swastika symbols.
On the right is a Mystic Sacred diagram taken from a Jain prayer book. In the center of the diagram, we can also see the Swastika.

In Russia, Swastika symbols and elements are found among supporters of the Ancient Tribal and Vedic cults, as well as among the Orthodox Old Believers-Ynglings, professing the Faith of the First Ancestors - Ingliism, in the Slavic and Aryan communities of the Ancestral Circle and, wherever you think, among Christians…

Swastika on the shield of Prophetic Oleg

For many, many millennia, the Slavs used the Swastika symbol. Our Ancestors depicted this symbol on weapons, banners, clothing, and on household and religious objects. Everyone knows that the Prophetic Oleg nailed his shield to the gates of Constantinople (Constantinople), but few of them modern generation it is known what was depicted on the shield. However, descriptions of the symbolism of his shield and armor can be found in historical chronicles. Prophetic people, i.e., possessing the Gift of Spiritual Foresight and knowing the Ancient Wisdom that the Gods and Ancestors left to people, were endowed by the Priests with various symbols. One of these most notable people in history was the Slavic prince - Prophetic Oleg. In addition to being a prince and an excellent military strategist, he was also a Priest of High Initiation. The symbolism that was depicted on his clothes, weapons, armor and princely banner tells about this in all detailed images.
Fire Swastika(symbolizing the land of the Ancestors) in the center of the nine-pointed Star of England (symbol of the Faith of the First Ancestors) was surrounded by the Great Kolo (Circle of Patron Gods), which emitted eight rays of Spiritual Light (the eighth degree of Priestly initiation) to the Svarog Circle. All this symbolism spoke of enormous spiritual and physical strength, which is directed to the defense of the Motherland and the Holy Faith. When the Prophetic Oleg nailed his shield with such symbolism to the gates of Constantinople, he wanted to figuratively, clearly show the insidious and two-faced Byzantines what another Slavic prince Alexander Yaroslavovich (Nevsky) would later explain to the Teutonic knights in words: “ Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword! On this stood, stands, and will stand the Russian Land!»

Swastika on money and in the Army

Under Tsar Peter I, the walls of his country residence were decorated with swastika patterns. The ceiling of the throne room in the Hermitage is also covered with these sacred symbols.

IN late XIX, early twentieth century, among the upper classes of European states in Western and Eastern Europe, as well as in Russia, Swastika(left) has become the most common and even fashionable symbol. This was influenced by the “Secret Doctrine” of H.P. Blavatsky and her Theosophical Society; The occult-mystical teachings of Guido von List, the German knightly Order of Thule and other spiritualist circles.

The common people, both in Europe and Asia, have used Swastika ornaments in everyday life for thousands of years, and only at the beginning of this century, interest in Swastika symbols appeared among those in power.

In young Soviet Russia sleeve patches Since 1918, the soldiers of the Red Army of the South-Eastern Front were decorated with a swastika, with the abbreviation R.S.F.S.R. inside. For example: the badge for command and administrative personnel was embroidered in gold and silver, but for the Red Army soldiers it was stenciled.

After the overthrow of the autocracy in Russia, the Swastika ornament appears on new banknotes of the Provisional Government, and after the coup of October 26, 1917, on Bolshevik banknotes.

Now few people know that the matrices of the 250 ruble banknote, with the image of the Swastika symbol - Kolovrat against the background of a double-headed eagle, were made according to a special order and sketches of the last Russian Tsar - Nicholas II.

Beginning in 1918, the Bolsheviks introduced new banknotes in denominations of 1000, 5000 and 10000 rubles, on which not one Kolovrat was depicted, but three. Two smaller Kolovrat in the side ties are intertwined with large numbers 1000 and a large Kolovrat in the middle.

Money with the Swastika-Kolovrat was printed by the Bolsheviks and was in use until 1923, and only after the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were they taken out of circulation.

In national: Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian costumes, on sundresses, towels and other things, Swastika symbolism was the main and, practically, the only one of the existing ancient amulets and ornaments, until the first half of the twentieth century.

Our ancestors loved to gather on the outskirts of the village one summer evening and listen to the lingering chants of dance... a swastika. There was an analogue of the symbol in Russian dance culture - the Kolovrat dance. At the festival of Perun, the Slavs drove, and still drive, round dances around two burning swastikas: “Fasha” and “Agni” laid out on the ground.

Swastika in Christianity

“Kolovrat” richly decorated churches in the Russian lands; it shone brightly on the sacred objects of the Ancient Solar Cult of the Ancestors; and also on the white robes of the Priests of the Old Faith. And even on the robes of Christian clergy in the 9th-16th centuries. Swastika symbols were depicted. They decorated the Images and Kummiras of the Gods, frescoes, walls, icons, etc.

For example, on the fresco depicting Christ Pantocrator - the Pantocrator, in the St. Sophia Cathedral of the Novgorod Kremlin, the so-called left and right Swastika with short curved rays, but correctly “Charovrat” and “Salting” are placed directly on the chest of the Christian God, as symbols of the beginning and end of all things.

At the saint's rite in the St. Sophia Cathedral of the city of Kyiv, in the oldest Christian church built on the Russian land by Yaroslav the Wise, belts are depicted in which alternate: "Swastika", "Suasti" and straight Crosses. Christian theologians in the Middle Ages commented on this painting in the following way: “Swastika” symbolizes the first coming to the World of the Son of God Jesus Christ to save people from their sins; then the straight Cross is his earthly path, ending with suffering on Golgotha; and finally, the left Swastika - “Suasti”, symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his second coming to Earth in Power and Glory.

In Moscow, in the Kolomna Church, the Beheading of John the Baptist, on the day of Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication from the throne, was discovered in the basement of the temple icon "Our Lady of Sovereign"(fragment on the left) on the headdress of the Christian Mother of God there is a Swastika Amulet symbol - “Fache”.

Many legends and rumors were invented about this ancient icon, for example: allegedly on the personal order of I.V. Stalin, a prayer service and religious procession were held on the front line, and thanks to this, the troops of the Third Reich did not take Moscow. Totally absurd. German troops did not enter Moscow for a completely different reason. Their road to Moscow was blocked by the people's militia and divisions of Siberians, filled with Spiritual Strength and Faith in Victory, and not by severe frosts, the leading force of the party and government, or some kind of icon. The Siberians not only repulsed all enemy attacks, but also went on the offensive and won the war, because the ancient principle lives in their hearts: “Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword.”

In medieval Christianity, the Swastika also symbolized Fire and Wind.- the elements that embody the Holy Spirit. If the Swastika, even in Christianity, was truly considered a divine sign, then only unreasonable people can say that the Swastika is a symbol of fascism!
* For reference: Fascism in Europe existed only in Italy and Spain. And the fascists of these states did not have Swastika symbols. The swastika was used as a party and state symbol by Hitler’s Germany, which was not fascist, as it is interpreted now, but National Socialist. For those who doubt, read the article by I.V. Stalin "Hands off Socialist Germany." This article was published in the newspapers Pravda and Izvestia in the 30s.

Swastika as a talisman

Swatika was believed to be a talisman that “attracts” good luck and happiness. In Ancient Rus' it was believed that if you draw Kolovrat on your palm, you will definitely be lucky. Even modern students draw Swastikas on their palms before exams. Swastikas were also painted on the walls of houses so that happiness would reign there, in Russia, Siberia, and India.

In the Ipatiev House, where the family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II was shot, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna painted all the walls with this divine symbol, but the Swastika did not help the Romanovs against the atheists; this dynasty did too much evil on Russian soil.

Nowadays, philosophers, dowsers and psychics offer build city blocks in the form of Swastikas- such configurations should generate positive energy, by the way, these conclusions have already been confirmed by modern science.

Origin of the word "Swastika"

The generally accepted name of the Solar symbol - Swastika, according to one version, comes from the Sanskrit word Suasti. Su- beautiful, kind, and asti- to be, that is, “Be good!”, or in our opinion, “All the best!” According to another version, this word has Old Slavic origin, which is more probable (which is confirmed by the archives of the Old Russian Ynglistic Church of the Orthodox Old Believers-Ynglings), since it is known that the Swastika symbolism in various variations, and its name, was brought to India, Tibet, China, and Europe by the ancient Aryans and Slavs. Tibetans and Indians still claim that the Swastika, this universal symbol of prosperity and happiness, was brought to them from the high northern mountains (Himalayas) by the White Teachers.

In ancient times, when our Ancestors used the X'Aryan Runes, the word Swastika ( see left) translated as Who Came from Heaven. Since Runa NVA meant Heaven (hence Svarog - Heavenly God), WITH— Rune of direction; Rune TIKA[last two runes] - movement, coming, flow, running. Our children still pronounce the word tick, i.e. to run, and we meet it in the words Arctic, Antarctic, mysticism, etc.

The ancient names of Swastika symbols in Russia are mainly preserved in the everyday life of Orthodox Old Believers-Yinglings and Righteous Old Believers-schismatics. In the East, among the followers of the Vedic Faith, where the Ancient Wisdom is recorded in the Holy Scriptures in ancient languages: and Kh’Aryan. In Kh'Aryan writing they use Runes in the form of Swastika(see text on the left).

Sanskrit, more correctly Samskryt(Samskrita), i.e. An independent secretive, used by modern Indians, originated from the ancient language of the Aryans and Slavs, it was created as a simplified version of the X'Aryan Karuna, for the preservation of the Ancient Vedas by the inhabitants of Dravidia (ancient India), and therefore ambiguous interpretations of the origin of the word “Swastika” are now possible, but after reading The materials presented in this article, an intelligent person, whose consciousness has not yet been completely filled with false stereotypes, will be convinced of the undoubted ancient Slavic and ancient Aryan, which is actually the same thing, origin of this word.

If in almost all foreign languages various designs of the Solar Cross with curved rays are called by one word Swastika - “Swastika”, then in the Russian language there were and still exist for various variants of Swastika symbols 144 (!!!) titles, which also speaks about the country of origin of this Solar symbol. For example: Swastika, Kolovrat, Posolon, Holy Gift, Svasti, Svaor, Svaor-Solntsevrat, Agni, Fash, Mara; Inglia, Solar Cross, Solard, Vedara, Light Flyer, Fern Flower, Perunov Color, Swati, Race, Godman, Svarozhich, Yarovrat, Odolen-Grass, Rodimich, Charovrat etc. Among the Slavs, depending on the color, length, direction of the curved ends of the Solar Cross, this symbol was called differently and had different figurative and protective meanings (see).

Swastika Runes

Various variations of Swastika symbols, with no less different meanings, are found not only in cult and protective symbols, but also in the form of Runes, which, like letters in ancient times, had their own figurative meaning. So, for example, in the ancient Kh'Aryan Karuna, i.e. In the runic alphabet, there were four runes depicting the Swastika elements.

Runa Fash– had a figurative meaning: a powerful, directed, destructive Fire flow (thermonuclear fire)…
Rune Agni– had figurative meanings: the Sacred Fire of the hearth, as well as the Sacred Fire of Life located in the human body and other meanings...
Rune Mara– had a figurative meaning: the Ice Flame protecting the Peace of the Universe. The rune of transition from the World of Revealing to the World of Light Navi (Glory), incarnation in the New Life... Symbol of Winter and Sleep.
Rune England– had the figurative meaning of the Primary Fire of Creation of the Universe, from this Fire many different Universes and various forms of Life appeared...

Swastika symbols carry a huge secret meaning. They contain enormous Wisdom. Each Swastika symbol reveals to us a Great picture of the universe. Ancient Slavic-Aryan Wisdom says that our galaxy is shaped like a Swastika and is called SVATI, and the Yarila-Sun system, in which our Midgard-Earth makes its way, is located in one of the branches of this Heavenly Swastika.

Knowledge of Ancient Wisdom does not accept a stereotypical approach. The study of ancient symbols, Runic writings and ancient Traditions must be approached with an open heart and a pure Soul. Not for profit, but for knowledge!

Is the swastika a fascist symbol?

Swastika symbols in Russia were used not only by the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks for political purposes; much earlier than them, representatives of the Black Hundred began to use the Swastika. Now, Swastika symbols are used by Russian National Unity. A knowledgeable person never says that the Swastika is a German or fascist symbol. Only foolish and ignorant people say this, because they reject what they are not able to understand and know, and also try to pass off what they want as reality. But if ignorant people reject some symbol or some information, this still does not mean that this symbol or information does not exist. Denial or distortion of the truth to please some disrupts the harmonious development of others. Even the ancient symbol of the Greatness of the Fertility of the Mother of the Raw Earth, called in ancient times - SOLARD (see above), and now used by the Russian National Unity, is considered by some incompetent people to be German-fascist symbols, a symbol that appeared many hundreds of thousands of years before the emergence of German National Socialism . At the same time, it does not even take into account the fact that SOLARD in the Russian National Unity is combined with the eight-pointed Star of Lada-Virgin Mary (image 2), where the Divine Forces (Golden Field), the Forces of the Primary Fire (red), the Heavenly Forces (blue) and the Forces of Nature (green) came together. The only difference between the original Symbol of Mother Nature and the sign that is used by the social movement “Russian National Unity” is the multicolored nature of the Original Symbol of Mother Nature and the two-colored one of the representatives of Russian National Unity.

Swastika – feather grass, hare, horse...

Ordinary people had their own names for Swastika symbols. In the villages of the Ryazan province it was called “ feather grass" - the embodiment of the Wind; on Pechora " hare“- here the graphic symbol was perceived as a piece of Sunlight, a ray, a sunbeam; in some places the Solar Cross was called “ horse", "horse shank" (horse head), because a long time ago the horse was considered a symbol of the Sun and Wind; were called Swastika-Solarniks and “ Ognivtsy", again, in honor of Yarila the Sun. The people very correctly felt both the Fiery, Flaming Nature of the symbol (Sun) and its Spiritual essence (Wind).

The oldest master of Khokhloma painting, Stepan Pavlovich Veselov (1903-1993) from the village of Mogushino, Nizhny Novgorod region, following traditions, painted the Swastika on wooden plates and bowls, calling it “ saffron milk cap“, the Sun, and explained: “It’s the wind that shakes and moves the blade of grass.” In the above fragments you can see Swastika symbols even on such household appliances used by Russian people as a spinning wheel and a cutting board.

In the village, to this day, on holidays, women wear elegant sundresses and shirts, and men wear blouses embroidered with swastika symbols of various shapes. They bake lush loaves and sweet cookies, decorated on top with Kolovrat, Posolon, Solstice and other swastika patterns.

Prohibition of the use of Swastikas

As mentioned earlier, before the onset of the second half of the 20th century, the main and almost the only patterns and symbols that existed in Slavic embroidery were Swastika ornaments. But the enemies of the Aryans and Slavs in the second half of the 20th century, they began to decisively eradicate this Solar symbol, and they eradicated it in the same way as they had previously eradicated: the ancient folk Slavic and Aryan; Ancient Faith and Folk Traditions; The true History, undistorted by the rulers, and the long-suffering Slavic People themselves, the bearer of the ancient Slavic-Aryan Culture.

And even now, in the government and locally, many officials are trying to ban any types of rotating Solar crosses - in many ways the same people, or their descendants, but using different pretexts: if earlier this was done under the pretext of class struggle and anti-Soviet conspiracies, then now they are opponents of everything Slavic and Aryan, call names fascist symbols and Russian chauvinism.

For those who are not indifferent to ancient Culture, there are several (a very small number of pictures, due to the limitation of the article’s volume) typical patterns in Slavic embroidery; in all enlarged fragments you can see the Swastika symbols and ornaments for yourself.

The use of swastika symbols in ornaments in the Slavic lands is simply innumerable. Academician B.A. Rybakov called the Solar symbol - Kolovrat, a connecting “link between the Paleolithic, where it first appeared, and modern ethnography, which provides countless examples of swastika patterns in fabrics, embroidery and weaving.”

But after the Second World War, in which Russia, as well as all Slavic and Aryan peoples, suffered huge losses, the enemies of the Aryan and Slavic Culture began to equate fascism with the Swastika. At the same time, they completely forgot (?!) that fascism, as a political and state system in Europe, existed only in Italy and Spain, where the Swastika symbol was not used. The swastika, as a party and state symbol, was adopted only in National Socialist Germany, called the Third Reich at that time.

The Slavs used this Solar sign throughout their entire existence (according to the latest scientific data, this is at least 15 thousand years), and the President of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, for only about 25 years. The flow of lies and fabrications regarding the Swastika has filled the cup of absurdity. “Teachers” in modern schools, lyceums and gymnasiums in Russia teach children complete nonsense that the Swastika and any Swastika symbol are German fascist crosses, made up of four letters “G”, denoting the first letters of the leaders of Nazi Germany: Hitler, Himmler, Goering and Goebbels (sometimes replaced by Hess). Listening to such “teachers”, one might think that Germany during the time of Adolf Hitler used exclusively the Russian alphabet, and not at all the Latin script and the German Runic. Is there at least one Russian letter “G” in the German surnames: HITLER, HIMMLER, GERING, GEBELS (HESS) - no! But the flow of lies does not stop.

Swastika patterns and elements are used by peoples, which has been confirmed by archaeological scientists over the past 5-6 thousand years. And now to the man wearing the ancient Slavic amulets or mittens with the image of Swastika symbols, a sundress or a blouse with Swastika embroidery, people who have been trained by Soviet “teachers”, out of ignorance, are wary, and sometimes even aggressive. It was not for nothing that ancient thinkers said: “ Human development is hampered by two evils: ignorance and ignorance." Our Ancestors were knowledgeable and in charge, and therefore used various Swastika elements and ornaments in everyday life, considering them symbols of Yarila the Sun, Life, Happiness and Prosperity.

Only narrow-minded and ignorant people can denigrate everything pure, bright and good that remains among the Slavic and Aryan peoples. Let's not be like them! Do not paint over Swastika symbols in ancient Slavic Temples and Christian churches, on the Kumirs of the Light Gods and the Images of the Many-Wise Ancestors, as well as on the oldest Christian icons of the Mother of God and Christ. Do not destroy, at the whim of the ignorant and Slav-haters, the so-called “Soviet staircase”, and the ceilings of the Hermitage, or the domes of the Moscow St. Basil’s Cathedral, just because various versions of the Swastika have been painted on them for hundreds of years.

One generation replaces another, they collapse government systems and regimes, but until the People remember their ancient roots, honor the traditions of their Great Ancestors, preserve their Ancient culture and symbols, until that time the People are ALIVE and will LIVE!

The four-pointed swastika is a twenty-sided triangle with axial symmetry of the 4th order. The correct -ray swastika is described by a point group of symmetry (Schönflies symbolism). This group is generated by rotation of the th order and reflection in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation - the so-called “horizontal” plane in which the drawing lies. Due to the operation of reflecting the swastika achiral and doesn't have enantiomer(that is, the "double" obtained by reflection, which cannot be combined with the original figure by any rotation). As a result, in oriented space, right- and left-handed swastikas do not differ. Right- and left-handed swastikas differ only on the plane, where the design has purely rotational symmetry. When even, an inversion appears, where is a 2nd order rotation.

You can build a swastika for anyone; when you get a figure similar to the integral sign. For example, the symbol Borjgali(see below) is a swastika with . A swastika-like figure will generally be obtained if you take any region on a plane and multiply it by rotating it times about a vertical axis that does not lie in the vertical plane of symmetry of the region.

Origin and meaning

Illustration from ESBE.

The word "swastika" is a composite of two Sanskrit roots: सु, su, “good, good” and अस्ति, asti, “life, existence,” that is, “well-being” or “well-being.” There is another name for the swastika - “gammadion” (Greek. γαμμάδιον ), since the Greeks saw the swastika as a combination of the four letters “gamma” (Γ).

The swastika is a symbol of the Sun, good luck, happiness and creation. In Western European medieval literature, the name of the sun god of the ancient Prussians Swaikstixa(Svaixtix) is first found in Latin-language monuments from the beginning of the 17th century: "Sudauer Buchlein"(mid-15th century), "Episcoporum Prussiae Pomesaniensis atque Sambiensis Constitutiones Synodales" (1530), "De Sacrificiis et Idolatria Veterum Borvssorvm Livonum, aliarumque uicinarum gentium" (1563), "De Diis Samagitarum" (1615) .

The swastika is one of the ancient and archaic solar signs - an indicator of the visible movement of the Sun around the Earth and the division of the year into four parts - four seasons. The sign records two solstices: summer and winter - and the annual movement of the Sun.

However, the swastika is seen not only as solar symbol, but also as a symbol of the fertility of the earth. Has an idea four sides light centered around an axis. The swastika also implies the idea of moving in two directions: clockwise and counterclockwise. Like “Yin” and “Yang”, a dual sign: rotating clockwise symbolizes male energy, counterclockwise - female. In ancient Indian scriptures, a distinction is made between male and female swastikas, which depict two female as well as two male deities.

The Encyclopedia of Brockhaus F.A. and Efron I.A. writes about the meaning of the swastika as follows:

This sign has been used since time immemorial by Brahminists and Buddhists of India, China and Japan in ornaments and writing, expressing greetings and wishes for well-being. From the East the swastika moved to the West; Her images are found on some of the ancient Greek and Sicilian coins, as well as in the painting of ancient Christian catacombs, on medieval bronze tombstones, on priestly vestments of the 12th - 14th centuries. Having adopted this symbol in the first of the above forms, called the “gammed cross” ( crux gammata), Christianity gave it a meaning similar to what it had in the East, that is, it expressed to them the sending of grace and salvation.

The swastika can be “correct” or “reverse”. Accordingly, a swastika in the opposite direction symbolizes darkness and destruction. In ancient times, both swastikas were used simultaneously. This has a deep meaning: day follows night, light replaces darkness, new birth replaces death - and this is the natural order of things in the Universe. Therefore, in ancient times there were no “bad” and “good” swastikas - they were perceived in unity.

One of the oldest forms of the swastika is Asia Minor and is an ideogram of the four cardinal directions in the form of a figure with four cross-shaped curls. The swastika was understood as a symbol of the four main forces, the four cardinal directions, the elements, the seasons and the alchemical idea of the transformation of elements.

Use in religion

In many religions, the swastika is an important religious symbol.

Buddhism

Other religions

Widely used by Jains and followers of Vishnu. In Jainism, the four arms of the swastika represent the four levels of existence.

Use in history

The swastika is a sacred symbol and is found already in the Upper Paleolithic period. The symbol is found in the culture of many peoples. Ukraine, Egypt, Iran, India, China, Transoxiana, Russia, Armenia, Georgia, the Mayan state in Central America - this is the incomplete geography of this symbol. The swastika is represented in oriental ornaments, on monumental buildings and on household utensils, on various amulets and Orthodox icons.

In the Ancient World

The swastika was found on clay vessels from Samarra (the territory of modern Iraq), which date back to the 5th millennium BC, and in ornaments on ceramics of the South Ural Andronovo culture. Left- and right-handed swastikas are found in the pre-Aryan culture of Mohenjo-Daro (Indus River basin) and ancient China around 2000 BC.

One of the oldest forms of the swastika is Asia Minor and is an ideogram of the four cardinal directions in the form of a figure with four cross-shaped curls. Back in the 7th century BC, images similar to the swastika were known in Asia Minor, consisting of four cross-shaped curls - the rounded ends are signs of cyclic movement. There are interesting coincidences in the image of Indian and Asia Minor swastikas (points between the branches of the swastika, jagged thickenings at the ends). Other early forms of the swastika - a square with four plant-like curves at the edges - are a sign of earth, also of Asia Minor origin.

A stele from the kingdom of Meroe, which existed in the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, was discovered in Northeast Africa. e. The fresco on the stele depicts a woman entering the afterlife; a swastika also appears on the clothes of the deceased. The rotating cross also decorates golden weights for scales that belonged to the inhabitants of Ashanta (Ghana), and clay utensils of the ancient Indians, and Persian carpets. The swastika is often found on the amulets of the Slavs, Germans, Pomors, Curonians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Mordovians, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvash and many other peoples. The swastika is found wherever there are traces of Buddhist culture.

In China, the swastika is used as a symbol of all the deities worshiped in the Lotus School, as well as in Tibet and Siam. In ancient Chinese manuscripts it included such concepts as “region” and “country”. Known in the form of a swastika are two curved mutually truncated fragments of a double helix, expressing the symbolism of the relationship between “Yin” and “Yang”. In maritime civilizations, the double helix motif was an expression of the relationship between opposites, a sign of the Upper and Lower Waters, and also signified the process of the formation of life. On one of the Buddhist swastikas, each blade of the cross ends with a triangle indicating the direction of movement and crowned with an arch of the flawed moon, in which the sun is placed, like in a boat. This sign represents the sign of the mystical arba, the creative quaternary, also called the hammer of Thor. A similar cross was found by Schliemann during the excavations of Troy.

The swastika was depicted in pre-Christian Roman mosaics and on coins of Cyprus and Crete. An ancient Cretan rounded swastika made from plant elements is known. The Maltese cross in the shape of a swastika made of four triangles converging in the center is of Phoenician origin. It was also known to the Etruscans. According to A. Ossendowski, Genghis Khan wore right hand a ring with the image of a swastika, into which a ruby was set. Ossendowski saw this ring on the hand of the Mongol governor. Currently, this magical symbol is known mainly in India and Central and East Asia.

Swastika in India

Swastika in Russia (and on its territory)

Various types of swastika (3-rayed, 4-rayed, 8-rayed) are present on the ceramic ornament of the Andronovo archaeological culture (South Urals of the Bronze Age).

The rhombic-meander swastika ornament in the Kostenkovo and Mezin cultures (25-20 thousand years BC) was studied by V. A. Gorodtsov. There is no reliable data yet about where the swastika was first used, but the earliest image of it was not registered in Rus'.

The swastika was used in rituals and construction, in homespun production: in embroidery on clothes, on carpets. Household utensils were decorated with swastikas. She was also present on the icons. Embroidered on clothing, the swastika could have a certain protective meaning.

The swastika symbol was used as a personal sign and amulet symbol by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Images of the swastika are found on hand-drawn postcards of the Empress. One of the first such “signs” was placed by the empress after the signature “A.” on a Christmas card drawn by her, sent on December 5, 1917 from Tobolsk to her friend Yu. A. Den.

I sent you at least 5 drawn cards, which you can always recognize by my signs (“swastika”), I always come up with new ones

The swastika was depicted on some banknotes of the Provisional Government of 1917 and on some Sovznak printed with the “Kerenok” cliche, which were in circulation from 1918 to 1922. .

In November 1919, the commander of the South-Eastern Front of the Red Army, V.I. Shorin, issued a document that approved the distinctive sleeve insignia of Kalmyk formations using a swastika. The swastika in the order is denoted by the word “lyngtn”, that is, the Buddhist “Lungta”, meaning “whirlwind”, “vital energy”.

Also, the image of a swastika can be seen on some historical monuments in Chechnya, in particular on ancient crypts in the Itum-Kala region of Chechnya (the so-called “City of the Dead”). In the pre-Islamic period, the swastika was a symbol of the Sun God among the pagan Chechens (Dela-Malkh).

Swastikas and censorship in the USSR

In the territory of modern Israel, images of swastikas were discovered during excavations in the mosaics of ancient synagogues. Thus, the synagogue on the site of the ancient settlement of Ein Gedi in the Dead Sea region dates back to the beginning of the 2nd century, and the synagogue on the site of the modern kibbutz Maoz Chaim on the Golan Heights operated between the 4th and 11th centuries.

In Northern, Central and South America The swastika appears in Mayan and Aztec art. In North America, the Navajo, Tennessee and Ohio tribes used the swastika symbol in ritual burials.

Thai greeting Swatdi! comes from the word svatdika(swastika).

The swastika as an emblem of Nazi organizations

Nevertheless, I was forced to reject all the countless projects sent to me from all over by young supporters of the movement, since all these projects boiled down to only one theme: taking old colors and drawing a hoe-shaped cross on this background in different variations. […] After a series of experiments and alterations, I myself compiled a completed project: the main background of the banner is red; there is a white circle inside, and in the center of this circle is a black hoe-shaped cross. After much rework, I finally found the necessary relationship between the size of the banner and the size of the white circle, and also finally settled on the size and shape of the cross.

In the mind of Hitler himself, it symbolized the “struggle for the triumph of the Aryan race.” This choice combined the mystical occult meaning of the swastika, the idea of the swastika as an “Aryan” symbol (due to its prevalence in India), and the already established use of the swastika in the German far-right tradition: it was used by some Austrian anti-Semitic parties, and in March 1920 During the Kapp Putsch, it was depicted on the helmets of the Erhardt brigade that entered Berlin (there may have been Baltic influence here, since many soldiers of the Volunteer Corps encountered swastikas in Latvia and Finland). Already in the 20s, the swastika became increasingly associated with Nazism; after 1933, it finally began to be perceived as a Nazi symbol par excellence, as a result of which, for example, it was excluded from the emblem of the scout movement.

However, strictly speaking, the Nazi symbol was not just any swastika, but a four-pointed one, with the ends pointing to the right and rotated 45°. Moreover, it should be in a white circle, which in turn is depicted on a red rectangle. This very sign was on the state banner of National Socialist Germany from 1933 to 1945, as well as on the emblems of the civil and military services of this country (although, of course, other options were used for decorative purposes, including by the Nazis).

Actually, the Nazis used the term to designate the swastika, which served as their symbol. Hakenkreuz ("hakenkreuz", verbatim "hook cross", translation options also - "crooked" or "arachnid"), which is not a synonym for the word swastika (German. Swastika), also circulating in German. It can be said that "hakenkreuz"- the same national name for the swastika in German as "solstice" or "Kolovrat" in Russian or "hakaristi" in Finnish, and is usually used to indicate Nazi symbol. In the Russian translation, this word was translated as “hoe-shaped cross”.

On the poster of the Soviet graphic artist Moor “Everything is “G”” (1941), the swastika consists of 4 letters “G”, symbolizing the first letters of the surnames of the leaders of the Third Reich written in Russian - Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, Goering.

Geographical objects in the form of a swastika

Forest swastika

Forest swastika - forest planting in the shape of a swastika. They are found both in open areas in the form of appropriate schematic planting of trees, and in forest areas. In the latter case, as a rule, a combination of coniferous (evergreen) and deciduous (deciduous) trees is used.

Until 2000, the forest swastika existed northwest of the settlement of Zernikow, in the Uckermark region, in the state of Brandenburg in northwestern Germany.

On a hillside near the village of Tash-Bashat, in Kyrgyzstan, on the border with the Himalayas is the forest swastika "Eki Narin" ( 41.447351 , 76.391641 41°26′50.46″ n. w. / 41.44735121 , 76.39164121 76°23′29.9″ E. d.).

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Labyrinths and their images

Buildings in the shape of a swastika Complex 320-325 (English) Complex 320-325 ) - one of the buildings of the naval landing base in Coronado (eng. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado

), in San Diego Bay, California. The base is operated by the United States Navy and is a central training and operating base for Special Forces and Expeditionary Forces. Coordinates 32.6761, -117.1578.

The Complex building was built between 1967 and 1970. The original design consisted of two central buildings for the boiler plant and relaxation area and a threefold repetition of the L-shaped barracks building with a 90-degree angle to the central buildings. The completed building was shaped like a swastika when viewed from above.

Computer symbol swastika

The Unicode character table contains the Chinese characters 卐 (U+5350) and 卍 (U+534D), which are swastikas.

Swastika in culture In the Spanish TV series "Black Lagoon" (Russian version of "Closed School") Nazi organization

, which was developing in the depths of a secret laboratory under a boarding school, had a coat of arms in which the swastika was encrypted.

Gallery

Swastika in European culture

Swastika in a Roman mosaic from the 2nd century AD.

Literature

In Russian

Wilson Thomas. Swastika. The oldest known symbol, its movement from country to country, with observations about the movement of some crafts in prehistoric times / Translation from English: A. Yu. Moskvin // History of the swastika from ancient times to the present day. - Nizhny Novgorod: Publishing House "Books", 2008. - 528 p. - P. 3-354. - ISBN 978-5-94706-053-9.
(This is the first publication in Russian of the best fundamental work on the history of the swastika, written by the curator of the department of prehistoric anthropology National Museum USA by Thomas Wilson, and published for the first time in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington) in 1896).
Akunov V. The swastika is the oldest symbol of humanity (selection of publications)
Bagdasarov R.V. Swastika: sacred symbol. Ethno-religious essays. - Ed. 2nd, corrected. - M.: White Alva, 2002. - 432 p. - 3000 copies.
Bagdasarov R.V. The mysticism of the fiery cross. Ed. 3rd, add. and corrected. - M.: Veche, 2005. - 400 p. - 5000 copies. - (Labyrinths of occult science). -