A fascinating insight into the origins of ancient signs and symbols and how to harness their power to benefit your life.

This wide-ranging compendium traces symbolism to its ancient roots, examining a vast variety of symbolic images.

Harness the power of these ancient signs and symbols to benefit your life. Many ancient signs and symbols surround us, but do we know what they mean and how can we use them? Kirsten Riddle helps you discover the origins behind ancient signs and symbols from all around the world. She gives practical tips and suggests simple charms that you can use to tap into their power and transform any aspect of your life, including relationships, career, health and finances. The symbols range from the famous Celtic Triquetra and Egyptian Ankh, to lesser known but equally powerful signs such as the Slavic Lunitsa and the Norse Jormungand. Use the opening quiz to help you discover which set of symbols you most closely identify with. Kirsten also shows you how to create a personal power symbol. By using a personal symbol both at home and in the workplace you will encourage the flow of positive energy and create your own good-luck charm! Harnessing the Power of Signs & Symbols is a fantastic new edition of the previously published Discovering Signs and Symbols.

"Archaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger looks past the horses, bison, ibex, and faceless humans in the ancient paintings and instead focuses on the abstract geometric images that accompany them. She offers her research on the terse symbols that appear more often than any other kinds of figures--signs that have never really been studied or explained until now"--

Imagine the dangerous life of an early Christian. You've embraced your newfound faith in Christ but fear the risk of persecution or death at the hands of the pagans living around you. Then a trusted friend tells you about some of Jesus' followers who secretly meet. He whispers into your ear, "Look for a fish carved in a paving stone" by a certain home on the Via Tiburtina. You smile in gratitude. Still today, modern society recognizes those Christian symbols that kept the early Christians safely connected: they appear on churches, bumper stickers, mugs -- even mints and stuffed animals. Yet we are often ignorant of the rich meaning of these symbols: their origins in Scripture, in ancient culture, and in the preaching of the Church Fathers. In this book, noted author Mike Aquilina conducts an intriguing and insightful tour of the symbols that expressed the life and devotion of the Church through the first four centuries of its existence. He explains how Christians freely borrowed pagan and Jewish symbols, giving them new, distinctly Christian meanings. Recover the zeal of our spiritual ancestors as you learn to read their symbolic language -- and discover the impact the symbols still have on your life today. More than a hundred illustrations, reproduced by artist Lea Marie Ravotti from the ancient originals, beautifully complement the text. View a mulitmedia presentation and listen to an interview of the author here.

Harness the power of these ancient signs and symbols to benefit your life. Many ancient signs and symbols surround us, but do we know what they mean and how can we use them? Kirsten Riddle helps you discover the origins behind ancient signs and symbols from all around the world. She gives practical tips and suggests simple charms that you can use to tap into their power and transform any aspect of your life, including relationships, career, health, and finances. The symbols range from the famous Celtic Triquetra and Egyptian Ankh, to lesser known but equally powerful signs such as the Slavic Lunitsa and the Norse Jormungand. Use the opening quiz to help you discover which set of symbols you most closely identify with. Kirsten also shows you how to create a personal power symbol. By using a personal symbol both at home and in the workplace you will encourage the flow of positive energy and create your own good-luck charm!

This fascinating guide to the history and mythology of woman-related symbols features: Unique organization by shape of symbol or type of sacred object 21 different sections including Round and Oval Motifs, Sacred Objects, Secular-Sacred Objects, Rituals, Deities' Signs, Supernaturals, Body Parts, Nature, Birds, Plants, Minerals, Stones and Shells, and more Introductory essays for each section 753 entries and 636 illustrations Alphabetical index for easy reference Three-Rayed Sun The sun suspended in heaven by three powers, perhaps the Triple Goddess who gave birth to it (see Three-Way Motifs). Corn Dolly An embodiment of the harvest to be set in the center of the harvest dance, or fed to the cattle to `make them thrive year round' (see Secular-Sacred Objects). Tongue In Asia, the extended tongue was a sign of life-force as the tongue between the lips imitated the sacred lingam-yoni: male within female genital. Sticking out the tongue is still a polite sign of greeting in northern India and Tibet (see Body Parts). Cosmic Egg In ancient times the primeval universe-or the Great Mother-took the form of an egg. It carried all numbers and letters within an ellipse, to show that everything is contained within one form at the beginning (see Round and Oval Motifs).