[acidhead]

I'll tell you mine...

-it has six points. Six regions.. and one central point... that makes seven.

... i apologize.... wrong forum.

This post has been edited by acidhead: 05 November 2009 - 07:21 AM

[el midgetron]

Ah man, you know this thread is doomed to some kind of topical banishment.

One esoteric theory I have heard is that its symbolic for "as above so below" (one arrow up one arrow down). Depicting mans efforts to recreate the principals of "heaven" or the realm of the gods, here on earth.

Another half way unrelated thing I have heard (and will probably catch alot of flack for mentioning) is that "Starbucks" (the coffee people) is some kind of Israeli front or funder of some sort. "star" as in the star of david and "bucks" and in money, "starbucks". I am not claiming thats true, just throwing it out there (tear it to shreads, not me please).

[Cybele]

Did you want to discuss the symbol only as it pertains to Judaism? The Star of David is also called hexagram. It has been used by quite a few other religions to symbolize a number of different things.

[MedicTJ]

acidhead, on 05 November 2009 - 07:59 AM, said:

I'll tell you mine...

-it has six points. Six regions.. and one central point... that makes seven.

... i apologize.... wrong forum.

Weren't there 12 original tribes of Israel?

I'm okay with the symbolism, but I fail to understand how the Star of David represents all of Judaism with 6 points.

[Tiggs]

Moved for now to Spirituality, Religion and Beliefs. PM me if you believe it belongs somewhere else.

Tiggs
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[Milka86]

Check this out.
http://en.wikipedia....i/Star_of_David
There are some explanations about this. Also, we have Shield of David. However, in my church, this was sewn on banner or flag and some banner dancers use it to dance.

[Psykonos777]

It's called the Hexagram and represents the 4 basic elements bound together in perfection in the teachings of classical Alchemy.
I think that it also symbolizes equality in a spiritual sense.

[mklsgl]

...from Judaism 101; http://www.jewfaq.org/signs.htm




Magein David
The Magen David (Shield of David, or as it is more commonly known, the Star of David) is the symbol most commonly associated with Judaism today, but it is actually a relatively new Jewish symbol. It is supposed to represent the shape of King David's shield (or perhaps the emblem on it), but there is really no support for that claim in any early rabbinic literature. The symbol is not mentioned in rabbinic literature until the middle ages, and is so rare in early Jewish literature and artwork that art dealers suspect forgery if they find the symbol in early Jewish works.

Scholars such as Franz Rosenzweig have attributed deep theological significance to the symbol. For example, some note that the top triangle strives upward, toward G-d, while the lower triangle strives downward, toward the real world. Some note that the intertwining makes the triangles inseparable, like the Jewish people. Some say that the three sides represent the three types of Jews: Kohanim, Levites and Israel. Some note that there are actually 12 sides (3 exterior and 3 interior on each triangle), representing the 12 tribes. While these theories are theologically interesting, they have little basis in historical fact.

The symbol of intertwined equilateral triangles is a common one in the Middle East and North Africa, and is thought to bring good luck. It appears occasionally in early Jewish artwork, but never as an exclusively Jewish symbol. The nearest thing to an "official" Jewish symbol at the time was the menorah.

In the middle ages, Jews often were required to wear badges to identify themselves as Jews, much as they were in Nazi Germany, but these Jewish badges were not always the familiar Magen David. For example, a fifteenth century painting by Nuno Goncalves features a rabbi wearing a six-pointed badge that looks more or less like an asterisk.

In the 17th century, it became a popular practice to put Magen Davids on the outside of synagogues, to identify them as Jewish houses of worship in much the same way that a cross identified a Christian house of worship; however, I have never seen any explanation of why this symbol was chosen, rather than some other symbol.

The Magen David gained popularity as a symbol of Judaism when it was adopted as the emblem of the Zionist movement in 1897, but the symbol continued to be controversial for many years afterward. When the modern state of Israel was founded, there was much debate over whether this symbol should be used on the flag.

Today, the Magen David is the universally recognized symbol of Jewry. It appears on the flag of the state of Israel, and the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross is known as the Red Magen David.

[archangel_josh]

acidhead, on 05 November 2009 - 05:59 PM, said:

I'll tell you mine...

-it has six points. Six regions.. and one central point... that makes seven.

... i apologize.... wrong forum.

We Raelians believe that there is no God and that the 'God' in the Bible is actually a group of people from another planet who created all life on Earth.

They have a religion called 'The Infinite' where they can feel one with the universe. Their symbol is a swastika inside a star of David and this symbol represents the universe and their religion.

The Star of David is 2 triangle locked together. One pointing up and one pointing down. This represents infinity in space. The triangle pointing down means that every single atom contains galaxies with planets and life on them and you can keep going down for infinity. The triangle pointing up means that outside of our galaxy we make up a huge atom along with other galaxies and this atom makes up something that is on a planet that is in a galaxy etc. on and on for infinity. 'As above so below'.

The swastika represents infinity in time, meaning that everything changes and transforms and is never destroyed.

THat's what I believe the Star of David truly represents.

-Josh

[acidhead]

archangel_josh, on 05 November 2009 - 07:44 PM, said:

We Raelians believe that there is no God and that the 'God' in the Bible is actually a group of people from another planet who created all life on Earth.

They have a religion called 'The Infinite' where they can feel one with the universe. Their symbol is a swastika inside a star of David and this symbol represents the universe and their religion.

The Star of David is 2 triangle locked together. One pointing up and one pointing down. This represents infinity in space. The triangle pointing down means that every single atom contains galaxies with planets and life on them and you can keep going down for infinity. The triangle pointing up means that outside of our galaxy we make up a huge atom along with other galaxies and this atom makes up something that is on a planet that is in a galaxy etc. on and on for infinity. 'As above so below'.

The swastika represents infinity in time, meaning that everything changes and transforms and is never destroyed.

THat's what I believe the Star of David truly represents.

-Josh

interesting information!

[Rosewin]

The star of David is really the seal of Solomon and in some schools of magic is the most powerful symbol.

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In Medieval Jewish, Christian and Islamic legends, the Seal of Solomon was a magical signet ring said to have been possessed by King Solomon, which variously gave him the power to command demons, genies (or jinni), or to speak with animals.

In legend

In one of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, an evil jinn is described as being imprisoned in a copper bottle for 1,800 years by a lead seal stamped by the ring. Other, later books (Pseudomonarchia Daemonum) manage to fit far more demons in the bottle.

In some versions of the story, the ring was made of brass and iron, carved with the Name of God, and set with four jewels. In later versions the ring simply bore the symbol now called the Star of David (hexagram), often within a circle, usually with the two triangles interlaced (hence chiral) rather than intersecting. Often the gaps are filled with dots or other symbols. Other versions have it as a pentagram or other more complicated figures. Works on demonology typically depict the pattern of the seal as being two concentric circles, with a number of mystical sigils between the inner and outer circles, and various more-or-less complex geometric shapes within the inner circle.

In one Arabic story[1] it is claimed that the demon Sakhr deceived one of Solomon's sisters into giving him the ring. Sakhr then ruled in his stead for forty days (or years, in some versions) while Solomon wandered the country in poverty. However eventually Sakhr threw the ring into the sea, where it was swallowed by a fish, caught by a fisherman, and served to Solomon. Ecclesiates 9:12 may be a reference to the sudden change from king to pauper.

Alchemy

In alchemy, the combination of the fire and water symbols (up and down triangles) is known as the Seal of Solomon. The symbol is representative of the combination of opposites and transmutation.

http://en.wikipedia....Seal_of_solomon

This post has been edited by Rosewin: 06 November 2009 - 11:09 AM

[SevenofZero]

The Star of David is actually made up of the letters which form the word DAVID arranged in a rotation. It is the seal of Solomon and is also the base plan for a pyramid. It is called a Star Tetrahedron and is what the mystics call the chariot of ascension - the Merkabah.

View this video for further info.



And maybe this one too.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ja2xTepk-V0

[mklsgl]

Rosewin, on 06 November 2009 - 06:07 AM, said:

The star of David is really the seal of Solomon and in some schools of magic is the most powerful symbol.



http://en.wikipedia....Seal_of_solomon

The Star/Shield of David predates the Seal of Solomon.

[mklsgl]

SevenofZero, on 07 November 2009 - 01:42 PM, said:

The Star of David is actually made up of the letters which form the word DAVID arranged in a rotation. It is the seal of Solomon and is also the base plan for a pyramid. It is called a Star Tetrahedron and is what the mystics call the chariot of ascension - the Merkabah.

View this video for further info.



And maybe this one too.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ja2xTepk-V0

David is written as Dalet, Vav, Dalet. In Hebrew that is דוד.

[SevenofZero]

It's aramaic.