The meaning of the fascist swastika. Swastika symbol - types and meaning

There is one graphic sign that has ancient history And deepest meaning, but who was very unlucky with fans, as a result of which he was discredited for many decades, if not forever. Speech in in this case is about the swastika, which originated and separated from the image of the symbol of the cross in deep, deep antiquity, when it was interpreted as an exclusively solar, magical sign.

Solar symbols.

Sun Sign

The word “swastika” itself is translated from Sanskrit as “welfare”, “well-being” (the Thai greeting “Sawatdiya” comes from the Sanskrit “su” and “asti”). This ancient solar sign is one of the most archaic, and therefore one of the most effective, since it is imprinted in the deep memory of humanity. The swastika is an indicator of the apparent movement of the Sun around the Earth and the division of the year into 4 seasons. In addition, it includes the idea of ​​the four cardinal directions.

This sign was associated with the cult of the Sun among many peoples and is found already in the era Upper Paleolithic and even more often - in the Neolithic era, first of all in Asia. Already from the 7th - 6th centuries BC. e. it is included in Buddhist symbolism, where it means the secret doctrine of the Buddha.

Even before our era, the swastika was actively used in symbolism in India and Iran and found its way to China. This sign was also used in Central America by the Mayans, where it symbolized the circulation of the Sun. Around the time Bronze Age The swastika comes to Europe, where it becomes especially popular in Scandinavia. Here it is used as one of the attributes supreme god Odin. Almost everywhere, in all corners of the Earth, in all cultures and traditions swastika used as a solar sign and symbol of well-being. And only when she got into Ancient Greece from Asia Minor, it was changed in such a way that its meaning also changed. By turning the swastika, which was foreign to them, counterclockwise, the Greeks turned it into a sign of evil and death (in their opinion).

Swastika in the symbolism of Russia and other countries

In the Middle Ages, the swastika was somehow forgotten and remembered closer to the beginning of the twentieth century. And not only in Germany, as one might assume. This may be surprising to some, but the swastika was used in official symbols in Russia. In April 1917, new banknotes were issued in denominations of 250 and 1000 rubles, on which there was an image of a swastika. The swastika was also present on Soviet banknotes of 5 and 10 thousand rubles, which were in use until 1922. And in some parts of the Red Army, for example, among the Kalmyk formations, there was a swastika integral part sleeve badge design.

During the First World War, swastikas were painted on the fuselages of aircraft of the famous American Lafayette squadron. Its images were also on the P-12 Briefings, which were in service with the US Air Force from 1929 to 1941. Additionally, this symbol was featured on the insignia of the US Army's 45th Infantry Division from 1923 to 1939.

It is especially worth talking about Finland. This country is currently the only one in the world in which the swastika is present in the official symbols. It is included in the presidential standard, and is also included in the military and naval flags of the country.

Modern flag of the Finnish Air Force Academy in Kuahava.

According to the explanation given on the website of the Finnish Defense Forces, the swastika, as an ancient symbol of happiness of the Finno-Ugric peoples, was adopted as a symbol of the Finnish Air Force back in 1918, that is, before it began to be used as fascist sign. And although, under the terms of the peace treaty after the end of World War II, the Finns were supposed to abandon its use, this was not done. In addition, the explanation on the website of the Finnish Defense Forces emphasizes that, unlike the Nazi one, the Finnish swastika is strictly vertical.

IN modern India The swastika is ubiquitous.

Note that there is modern world one country where images of swastikas can be seen at almost every step. This is India. In it, this symbol has been used in Hinduism for more than one millennium and no government can ban it.

Fascist swastika

It is worth mentioning the common myth that the Nazis used an inverted swastika. Where he came from is completely unclear, since German swastika the most common one is in the direction of the Sun. Another thing is that they depicted it at an angle of 45 degrees, and not vertically. As for the inverted swastika, it is used in the Bon religion, which many Tibetans still follow today. Note that the use of an inverted swastika is not such a rare occurrence: its image is found in ancient Greek culture, in pre-Christian Roman mosaics, medieval coats of arms and even Rudyard Kipling's logo.

An inverted swastika in the Bon monastery.

As for the Nazi swastika, it became the official emblem of Hitler’s fascist party in 1923, on the eve of the “Beer Hall Putsch” in Munich. Since September 1935, it has become the main state emblem of Hitler's Germany, included in its coat of arms and flag. And for ten years the swastika was directly associated with fascism, turning from a symbol of good and prosperity into a symbol of evil and inhumanity. It is not surprising that after 1945, all states, with the exception of Finland and Spain, where the swastika was in the symbolism until November 1975, refused to use this symbol as compromised by fascism.

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

The fact that the swastika - a gammatic cross - is an Aryan symbol, the majority modern people The planet became known, unfortunately, 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) killed 50 million people alone different nationalities and another 100 million people became 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.

Towel. Tarnogsky district of the Vologda region. Late XIX century.

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

Why the last one Russian Tsar had it with him, and ordinary Russians in the recent past 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 ancient clothing stored in the museum Orthodox priests. This museum is located in the Novodevichy Mother of God-Smolensk Monastery.

For me personally, this is the presence of swastikas on old clothes Russian clergy were a little surprised, puzzled and then pushed 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 adjective words 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 will 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 practical activities Jesus Christ and his disciples-apostles numbering 12 people.

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", who drew replaced the words graphic representation- 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 on Greek, depicts a feast scene (an allegory of the Eucharist). This chapel contains examples of early Christian art, including ancient image The Virgin Mary with a baby in her arms and the prophet Isaiah or Balaam, dating from 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 documentary film, telling about Christianity in the first 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 sort of “bricks” different directions rotation in projection - left-handed and right-handed.

If a simple flat swastika sign symbolizes some kind of rotation around its axis in one direction or another, then creating a similar volumetric image swastikas, ancient Orthodox artist tried to show something " spiritual movement"in the space in which one guessesspiral 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 physical meaning"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 only 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 didn't know about the real sacred sense swastikas when he took it as a symbol of Nazism and World War II?!

Do you think he didn't know that early Christianity was it 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 holy day 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 person understood it in his 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 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...

Perfidious in the sense that he used the symbol 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!"

August 21st, 2015 , 08:57 pm

Looking at this Tibetan yak, I noticed the swastika ornament. And I thought: the swastika is “fascist”!

I have come across many times attempts to divide the swastika into “right-handed” and “left-handed”. They say that "f The "ashist" swastika is "left-handed", it rotates to the left - "backward", i.e. counterclockwise in time.Slavic swastika- on the contrary - “right-handed”. If the swastika rotates clockwise ("right-handed" swastika), then this means an increase vital energy, if against (left-sided) - then this indicates a “suction” of vital energy to Navi, the afterlife dead.

michael101063 c A very ancient sacred symbol writes: "... you need to know that the swastika can be left-sided and right-sided. The left-sided one was associated with lunar cults, black magic of blood sacrifices and the downward spiral of involution. The right-sided one was associated with solar cults, white magic and the upward spiral of evolution .

It is no coincidence that the Nazis used and continue to use the left-handed swastika, just like the black sorcerers Bon-po in Tibet, to whom expeditions of the Nazi occult Institute Ahnenerbe went for sacred knowledge of antiquity.

It is no coincidence that there has always been close communication and cooperation between the Nazis and black sorcerers. And it is also not accidental that the Nazis massacred civilians, since in essence they are bloody sacrifices to the forces of darkness."

And so I look at this yak and I feel sorry for him: the stupid Tibetans have hung him all over with a “fascist” “left-handed” swastika, through which the Navy will suck out all his energy and he, poor fellow, will become hobbled and die.

Or maybe it’s not the Tibetans who are stupid, but those who divide it into the “malicious” left-sided side and the “beneficent” right-sided side? It is obvious that our distant ancestors did not know such a division. Here is an ancient Novgorod ring found by the expedition of Ak. Rybakova.

If you believe modern idle “reasoning”, then the owner of this ring was a mentally abnormal person, a withered evil spirit with a penis at half past six. This is of course complete nonsense. If this form of swastika was associated with something negative, neither animals nor (especially) people would wear it.

R. Bagdasarov, our main “expert” on swastikas, notes that there are no clear meanings for the “left” and “right” swastikas even in India, not to mention other cultures. In Christianity, for example, both versions of the swastika are used.

If we divide the swastika into “positive” and “negative”, then it turns out that the clergyman worships both God and the devil at the same time, which again looks like complete nonsense.

So there are no “right-handed” or “left-handed” swastikas. A swastika is a swastika.

In his autobiographical and ideological book Mein Kampf, Hitler stated that it was he who had the brilliant idea to make the swastika a symbol of the National Socialist movement. Probably, little Adolf first saw a swastika on the wall of a Catholic monastery near the town of Lambach.

The swastika sign - a cross with curved ends - has been popular since ancient times. He was present on the coins household items and coats of arms since the 8th millennium BC. The swastika symbolized life, sun, and prosperity. Hitler could have seen this archaic solar symbol in Vienna on the emblems of Austrian anti-Semitic organizations.

Having dubbed him a Hakenkreuz (Hakenkreuz is translated from German as a hook cross), Hitler appropriated the glory of the discoverer, although the swastika appeared as a political symbol in Germany even before him. In 1920, Hitler, who was, albeit unprofessional and untalented, but still an artist, allegedly independently developed the design of the party logo, which was a red flag with a white circle in the middle, in the center of which was a black swastika with predatory hooks.

The color red, according to the leader of the National Socialists, was chosen in imitation of the Marxists. Having seen a hundred and twenty thousand demonstration of leftist forces under scarlet banners, Hitler noted the active influence of the bloody color on common man. In the book Mein Kampf, the Fuhrer mentioned the "great psychological significance» symbols and their ability to powerfully influence a person. But it was precisely by controlling the emotions of the crowd that Hitler managed to introduce the ideology of his party to the masses in an unprecedented way.

By adding a swastika to the red color, Adolf gave a diametrically opposite meaning to the favorite color scheme of the socialists. By attracting the attention of workers with the familiar color of the posters, Hitler seemed to “recruit” them.

In Hitler's interpretation, the red color personified the idea of ​​movement, white - the sky and nationalism, the hoe-shaped swastika - labor and the anti-Semitic struggle of the Aryans. Creative work mysteriously interpreted as a sign of anti-Semitism.

In general, it is impossible to call Hitler the author of National Socialist symbols, contrary to his statements. He borrowed the color from the Marxists, the swastika and even the name of the party (slightly rearranging the letters) from the Viennese nationalists. The idea of ​​using symbolism is also plagiarism. It belongs to the oldest party member - a dentist named Friedrich Krohn, who submitted a memorandum to the party leadership back in 1919. However, the savvy dentist is not mentioned in the bible of National Socialism, Mein Kampf.

However, Kron put a different meaning into these symbols. The red color of the banner is love for the homeland, the white circle is innocence for the outbreak of the First World War, the black color of the cross is grief over losing the war.

In Hitler’s decoding, the swastika became a sign of the Aryan struggle against “subhumans.” The claws of the cross seem to be aimed at Jews, Slavs, and representatives of other peoples who do not belong to the race of “blond beasts.”

Unfortunately, the ancient positive sign was discredited by the National Socialists. The Nuremberg Tribunal in 1946 banned Nazi ideology and symbols. The swastika was also banned. IN Lately she has been somewhat rehabilitated. Roskomnadzor, for example, recognized in April 2015 that displaying this sign outside of a propaganda context is not an act of extremism. Although the “reprehensible past” cannot be erased, even today the swastika is used by some racist organizations.

It so happened that we arrived in the small, relatively secluded town of Rewalsar in the Himalayas quite late, so late that the small, sleepy and lazy provincial hotels had a hard time bothering with our check-in. The hotel owners shrugged their shoulders, shook their heads and waved their hands somewhere towards the night and slammed the doors in our faces. But we were willingly, although not free of charge, accepted to live in a guest house on the territory of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery on the shore of the lake.

As is often the case in Tibetan places, our meeting and accommodation were handled by a Hindu, since it is not appropriate for Tibetan monks to deal with monetary and worldly matters. In addition, the monastery had been immersed in the darkness of night for several hours, and the monks needed to get enough sleep so that tomorrow early in the morning they would have to go to meditation with a cheerful and pious face. The Indian who gave us the keys to the hotel room told us about this and other sorrows of the world, and in order to somehow console himself, he insistently recommended that we attend this event at seven in the morning.

The main topics are below: buses and trains, air tickets and visas, health and hygiene, safety, choosing a route, hotels, food, required budget. The relevance of this text is spring 2017.

Hotels

“Where will I live there?” - for some reason this question is very, simply terribly annoying for those who have not yet traveled to India. There is no such problem. There are a dime a dozen hotels there. The main thing is to choose. Further we're talking about about inexpensive, budget hotels.

In my experience, there are three main ways to find a hotel.

Spiral

Typically you will arrive at new town by bus or train. So there is almost always a great mass of hotels around them. Therefore, it is enough to move a little away from the place of arrival and start walking in a circle with an increasingly larger radius in order to come across many hotels. Inscriptions "Hotel" throughout large parts of India, it indicates a place where you can eat, so the main landmarks are signs "Guest house" And "Lounge".

In areas of mass idleness (Goa, the resorts of Kerala, the Himalayas), the private sector is developed, well, like we have on the Black Sea coast. There you can inquire about housing from the local population and follow the signs " Rent"In Buddhist places you can live in monasteries, in Hindu places in ashrams.

The further you move from the bus or railway station, the lower the prices, but hotels are becoming less and less common. So you look at several hotels that are acceptable in price and quality and return to the chosen one.

If you are traveling in a group, then you can send one or two people lightly to find a hotel while the rest wait at the station with their things.

If the hotel refuses and says that the hotel is only for Indians, then insisting on check-in is practically useless.

Ask a taxi driver

For those who have a lot of luggage or are simply too lazy to look. Or you want to settle near a landmark, for example, the Taj Mahal, and not near the train station. Also in major cities there are places where tourists traditionally gather: in Delhi it’s Main Bazaar, in Calcutta it’s Sader Street, in Bombay it’s also called something, but I forgot, that is, you have to go there anyway.

In this case, find an auto-rickshaw or taxi driver and set the task of where you want to live, in what conditions and for what approximately money. In this case, they can sometimes take you to the desired hotel for free, and even show you several places to choose from. It is clear that the price immediately increases; there is no point in haggling, since the taxi driver’s commission is already included in the price. But sometimes, when you are lazy or in the middle of the night, using this method can be very convenient.

Book online

This is for those who like certainty and guarantees, more comfort and less adventure.

Well, if you book in advance, then book hotels of higher quality and not too cheap (at least $30-40 per room), because otherwise there is no guarantee that in reality everything will be as wonderful as in the photographs. They also complained to me that sometimes they arrived at a booked hotel, and the rooms, despite the reservation, were already occupied. The hotel owners were not embarrassed, they said that a client came with money, and the client with cash did not have the willpower to refuse. The money was returned, of course, but it’s still a shame.

Finding, checking into and staying in budget Indian hotels can be an adventure in itself, a source of fun and sometimes not so fun memories. But there will be something to tell you at home later.

Settlement technology

• Free yourself from the presence of “Hindu assistants” and barkers, their presence automatically increases the cost of accommodation.
• Go to a hotel that seems worthy of you and ask how much it costs and decide whether it’s worth living there, at the same time you have time to evaluate the interior and helpfulness.
• Be sure to ask to see the room before checking in, show your dissatisfaction and indignation with all your appearance, ask to see another room, most likely it will be better. You can do this several times, achieving everything better conditions placement.

Those who are interested in the energy of Osho and Buddha, meditation and India, we invite you all on a journey to the places where the greatest mystic of the 20th century Osho was born, lived the first years of his life and gained enlightenment! In one trip we will combine the exoticism of India, meditation, and absorb the energy of Osho’s places!
The tour plan also includes visits to Varanasi, Bodhgaya and possibly Khajuraho (subject to availability of tickets)

Key travel destinations

Kuchvada

A small village in central India, where Osho was born and lived for the first seven years, surrounded and cared for by his loving grandparents. There is still a house in Kuchwad that remains exactly as it was during Osho’s lifetime. Also next to the house there is a pond, on the banks of which Osho loved to sit for hours and watch endless movement reeds in the wind, funny Games and the flights of herons over the surface of the water. You will be able to visit Osho's house, spend time on the banks of the pond, stroll through the village, and absorb that serene spirit of rural India, which undoubtedly had an initial influence on the formation of Osho.

In Kuchvad there is a fairly large and comfortable ashram under the patronage of sannyasins from Japan, where we will live and meditate.

A short video of the “emotional impression” of visiting Kuchvada and Osho’s house.

Gadarwara

At the age of 7, Osho and his grandmother moved to his parents in small town Gadarwara, where it is held school years. By the way, classroom, where Osho studied still exists, and there is even a desk where Osho sat. You can go into this class and sit at the desk where our beloved master spent so much time in his childhood. Unfortunately, getting into this class is a matter of chance and luck, depending on which teacher teaches in the class. But in any case, you can walk along the streets of Gadarvara, visit the primary and high school, the house where Osho lived, Osho’s favorite river...

And most importantly, on the outskirts of the city there is a quiet, small and cozy ashram, where there is a place where, at the age of 14, Osho experienced a deep experience of death.

Video from Osho Ashram in Gadarwara

Jabalpur

In Jabalpur we will live in a quiet and cozy ashram with a magnificent park.

Varanasi

Varanasi is famous for its cremation pyres, which burn day and night. But it also has a surprisingly pleasant promenade, famous temple Kashi Vishwanath, boat rides on the Ganges. Near Varanasi there is a small village called Sarnath. famous for that, that Buddha gave his first sermon there, and the first listeners were ordinary deer.

bodhgaya

Buddha's Enlightenment Place. In the main temple of the city, which is surrounded by a beautiful and vast park, a tree still grows in the shade of which Buddha gained enlightenment.

In addition, in Bodhgaya there are many different Buddhist temples erected by followers of Buddha from many countries: China, Japan, Tibet, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma... Each temple has its own unique architecture, decoration, and ceremonies.

Khajuraho

Khajuraho itself is not directly connected with Osho, except that Osho often mentioned the tantric temples of Khajuraho, and his grandmother was directly related to Khajuraho.