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The Swastika

January 5th 2007 01:20

Does this staircase actually have anything to do with Naz's?

I was going to Chinatown one day when I stopped and stared at a can of Vegetarian Soy Sauce. Not that the product itself seemed unusual… just the fact that on either side of the label, sat a little Swastika.

‘Wow’ I thought, ‘those Chinese Vegetarians are pretty scary.’ The thought, though, that Vegetarian Soy Sauce had any real link to Nazi ideology, was banished pretty quickly.
It occurred to me it wasn’t the first Swastika I’d found out of place. We have one in our home, Chinese (I think), pre WWII. I remember asking Mum about it, and her explaining it was a ‘peace symbol’.
This isn’t too far from the truth. The term ‘Swastika’ is derived from Sanskrit, and means good fortune or well being. It is considered a sacred symbol in the religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Odinism.
So how does a good little symbol get mixed up with a big bad political party like the Nazis? The story goes along with a bloke called Heinrich Schliemann, who found a couple of Swastikas in the ruins of Troy. His extensive research seemed to confirm the symbol as a specifically Euro-Indian symbol. This is pretty much what suggested to Hitler and his crew that it was a symbol used by the Aryan race, the forefathers of the German people – the perfect symbol of an aggressively patriotic party.

So next time you see some rednecks scrawled a Swastika over the wall, smile, and embrace the message of well being and good fortune it embodies, and say “Mate – you don’t even know what you’re saying.”

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Comment by Lilla

January 6th 2007 09:24

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Hi Brenton,

Welcome back ... no post on Woodford? awww. I heard it was good?

Yes, Swastika's all over India too, very religious symbol, but wasn't Hitler a religious nut, Like Ghenkis Khan - a lover of magic and power?

Hmmm, talking of which ... the magic of orble. I am blown away by the synchronicity of post topics sometimes and this is another one that has got me going today. I was just talking and thinking about swastika's and Hitler's manipulation of said sign with my 10-year-old daughter a couple of days ago...

*cue twighlight zone music*

*lol*

nice post...

Lilla

Comment by Brenton

January 6th 2007 10:25

Dr Spin
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Haha, thank you.

I'd love to reclaim the image.

Woodford post coming soon. It was great.

Comment by Damo

January 7th 2007 02:37

I wrote a post about this subject some months ago. Swastikas are all over Asia and in Sri Lanka they feature on Buddhist headstones. There is a Swastika brand for herbal medicine.

More incrediable is the movement to win back the Swastika as a symbol of good. They have a web site and cover much of the history before it was usurped by the Nazis.

Comment by Jacinda

January 8th 2007 12:30

One thing you neglected though.

Look at your image in the railings of the 'swastika' then look (on google or wherever else) at a german swastika.

Notice anything?

The germans reversed the way it rotates as such. So the symbols are actually different, but only just.

Comment by Brenton

January 9th 2007 01:50

Dr Spin
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Mmm... from what I've gathered, for the traditionalo swastical, it doesn't matter which wayt it is, although it's usually the opposite way. Hoever, the Nazi one MUST be backwards and tilted at a slight angle.