| What is a talisman?
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| | shield as an omen from God.
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| The word "Talisman," derived from the
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| | Hamsa
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| Greek verb "teleo," means, primarily, to
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| | The Hamsa is known as the hand of Miriam
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| accomplish, or bring into effect. The
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| | or Hamesh hand. The Hamsa serves as an
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| Talisman is an object marked with magic
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| | ancient talismanic way of averting the
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| signs and is believed to confer on its
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| | evil eye and providing a "protecting
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| bearer supernatural powers or protection.
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| | hand" or "Hand of God". The Hamsa often
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| Virtually every religion in human history
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| | appears in stylized form, as a hand with
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| has offered as adherents small decorative
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| | three fingers raised, and sometimes with
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| objects which purpose is to do anything
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| | two thumbs arranged symmetrically.
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| ranging between healing, protection or
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| | Five metals ring
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| success.
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| | According to the ancient kabalistic text,
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| Talismans and sacred geometry
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| | the secret of the five metals ring
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| Very often the talismans symbols are
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| | success is that at the specific time of
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| taken out of sacred geometry. The term
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| | the creation of the ring with these five
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| "sacred geometry" is used by
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| | metals, Jupiter's influence is summoned
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| archaeologists, anthropologists, and
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| | forth. Jupiter is the star of development
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| geometricians to encompass the religious,
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| | and expansion, and success is at it's
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| philosophical and spiritual beliefs that
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| | strongest at the specific time of the
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| have sprung up around. It is a term
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| | ring's creation. The layer on the top of
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| covering Pythagorean geometry and
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| | the five metals ring is pure gold. Below
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| neo-Platonic geometry. Sacred geometry is
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| | it there is a layer of lead and tin, and
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| often referred to as a language of G-d.
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| | the last layer is copper, while the ring
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| Sacred geometry symbols are a means of
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| | itself is made out of silver.
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| bringing subtle, inner realities to a
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| | Tree of life
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| focus in outward expression. Within the
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| | The Tree of Life is one of the most
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| fundamental unity of consciousness,
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| | familiar of the Sacred Geometry Symbols.
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| certain symbols, such as the lotus
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| | The structure of the Tree of Life is
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| lifting itself in purity above the muddy
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| | connected to the sacred teachings of the
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| water, possess universal relevance and
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| | Jewish Kabbalah. The Tree of Life is
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| power.
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| | explained in Sefer Yetzira ("Book of
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| Ancient Egyptian Talismans
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| | Creation"). The book explains the
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| Scarab beetle
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| | creation as a process involving the 10
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| The young scarab beetles emerged
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| | divine numbers (sefirot) of God the
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| spontaneously from the burrow they were
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| | Creator and the 22 letters of the Hebrew
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| born in. Therefore they were worshipped
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| | alphabet. The 10 sefirot together with
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| as "Khepera", which means "the one who
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| | the 22 letters constitute the "32 paths
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| came forth". The scarab-beetle god
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| | of secret wisdom".
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| Khepera was believed to push the setting
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| | Buddhist Talismans
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| sun along the sky in the same manner as
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| | Buddha
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| the beetle with his ball of dung. In many
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| | Buddha images provide a reassuring
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| artifacts, the scarab is depicted pushing
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| | reminder of the basic tenets of Buddhist
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| the sun along its course in the sky.
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| | religion. Just as Buddhist religion is
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| Ankh
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| | practiced in many different ways, the
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| The Ankh is a symbolic representation of
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| | Buddhist image also serves a wide variety
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| both Physical and Eternal life. It is
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| | of ritual purposes and has different
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| known as the original cross, which is a
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| | meanings for different people. Buddha can
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| powerful symbol that was first created in
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| | be invested with a huge amount of
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| Ancient Egypt. Ankh is typically
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| | information, meaning and implication;
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| associated with material things such as
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| | they evolve and they are given life. The
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| water, air, sun, as well as with the
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| | Buddha image cast in the human form gives
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| Gods, who are frequently pictured
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| | it a value presented as calm, still and
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| carrying an Ankh.
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| | serene.
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| Heart
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| | Mandalas
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| In Egyptian history, the heart replaced
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| | The Tibetans create their beautiful
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| the heart which was removed during
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| | Mandalas from colored sand and if you'll
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| mummification. Sometimes assimilated to
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| | take a metal plate and cover it with sand
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| the Bennu, "Soul of Râ", it brings the
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| | and make it vibrate with different
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| protection of both Osiris and Râ.
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| | sounds, you will be able to see different
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| Other Egyptian talismans
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| | structures that are formed in the sand,
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| Buckle or Knot of Isis, Djed, Ba, Two
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| | that are very similar to the sand
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| Fingers and Udjat or Eye of Horus.
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| | Mandalas. In the end, after a few weeks
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| Christian Talismans
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| | when the Mandalas is finished, they
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| The cross
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| | simply wipe the sand off Mandalas to show
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| The cross of Christianity was a symbol of
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| | the non-attachment to the illusion of the
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| the faith. It was previously considered a
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| | external, and also to show the constant
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| pagan symbol, with several early church
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| | change and the process of life and death
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| fathers objecting to its use. The cross
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| | that takes place in the external world of
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| represents Christ's victory over death
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| | illusion.
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| and sin, since it is believed that
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| | OM
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| through His death he conquered death
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| | Om (ॐ) is the most sacred syllable
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| itself.
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| | in Hinduism, first coming to light in the
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| Fish
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| | Vedic Tradition. The syllable is
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| The fish's first known use as a Christian
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| | sometimes referred to as the "Udgitha" or
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| religious symbol was sometime within the
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| | "pranava mantra". The symbol of Om
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| first three centuries AD. Christians
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| | contains three curves, one semicircle and
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| began using the Greek word for "fish" as
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| | a dot. The large lower curve symbolizes
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| an acronym for "Jesus Christ God's Son,
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| | the waking state; the upper curve denotes
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| Savior". Followers of Christianity were
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| | deep sleep (or the unconscious) state,
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| called Pisciculi; the root of this Latin
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| | and the lower curve (which lies between
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| word is "fish".
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| | deep sleep and the waking state)
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| Jewish and Kabbalah Talismans
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| | signifies the dream state.
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| Star of David
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| | Tibetan Knot
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| The name David in ancient Hebrew (during
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| | The Tibetan knot (Srivatsa or the endless
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| the time of King David) is made up of
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| | knot) is one of the eight symbols of the
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| three letters "Dalet", "Vav" and "Dalet".
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| | Tibetan Buddhism. The Tibetan knot can
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| The letter Dalet in ancient Hebrew is
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| | stand for karmic consequences: pull here,
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| actually a triangle. King David used the
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| | something happens over there. It is an
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| six pointed star as his signature (the
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| | apt symbol for the Vajrayana methods:
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| two triangles of his name). The middle
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| | Often when we tug at one part of a knot
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| letter "Vav" means six - The six pointed
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| | while trying to loosen it, another part
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| star. The six-points symbolize that God
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| | becomes tighter. You have to work with
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| rules over the universe and protects us
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| | the knot to enable it to come undone. In
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| from all six directions: North, South,
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| | its endless configuration, it evokes the
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| East, West, Up and Down. King David used
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| | cyclic nature of rebirth and also calls
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| this symbol in the battlefield on his
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| | karmic connections to mind.
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