tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post4578060721193167136..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Symbol clashGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-34161180720803164892012-06-08T20:11:55.241-07:002012-06-08T20:11:55.241-07:00What I have found interesting is not that similar ...What I have found interesting is not that similar symbols show up in different ancient cultures with different meanings associated with them, but how occasionally the opposite occurs. The same symbol showing up in different cultures with the same meaning associated with it. The only example that I can think of at the moment is the symbol that was modified by the Nazis to make the swastika. In cultures as distant as the Western Native Americans and parts of Asia, it represented a star, probably a falling star. Does this mean there was a sharing of an idea between these cultures through trade, etc.? Or was it the result of what Freud called "archaic remnants” and Jung called the “collective unconscious”, that part of the unconscious that possesses the shared experiences of the entire human race that allowed for a sharing of an common assigned meaning for a symbol? It’s just one of those things that make me go hmmm?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-81664086051063186052012-06-08T05:42:31.141-07:002012-06-08T05:42:31.141-07:00Of course, the occult symbol of the Christian fish...Of course, the occult symbol of the Christian fish is frequently used in advertising with full knowledge and expectation that the target audience will understand its meaning -- that they're a God-friendly merchant. Rather tasteless, in my opinion. Though not as much so as the store in my home town that would put up on its movable sign sayings such as, "Shop here, saith the Lord."Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com