The Swastika:What It Means
This is a very short explanation.I will try to follow it up later on with an extended version.
Firstly the Swastika,contrary to popular belief,was not invented by the Nazis.Adolf Hitler took what was a holy symbol derived from Hindu mythology and scriptures,and tilted it slightly and transformed it into a symbol of horror and tyranny.And worst of all he called it his own.Fucker.(Adolf,if you're rolling in your grave,please read the Disclaimer and kindly fuck off.Also it is recommended you watch "Schindler's List".)
Anyways,the Swastika has a lot of interpretations even within Hindu mythology.Some people look at it as a symbol of peace and harmony.But the one explanation which seemed to me to be the most practical,sensible and specific of them all was that the Swastika symbolized the "cycle of time".
According to Hindu mythology,Time is divided into 4 equal quadrants or "Yugs".The Satyug,Dwaparyug,Tretayug and Kalyug in direct sequence.The quantum of good and evil shifts balances through these ages or "Yugs".The good is taken over slowly but surely by the evil,starting from the first Yug,the Satyug,when vice and immorality are the weakest to the last Yug,the Kalyug,when they have risen to great strengths and rule human minds like kings.
But the scriptures foretell that it is then that the Almighty God in the form of a destroyer(Shiva?)shall Himself come down to earth to vanquish the evil.The earth will be plagued by great floods,famines,earthquakes and storms all at the same time.He shall annihilate the greatest of the sinners and take back what good is left in His children back with him.There will be absolute total inhabitation of the earth for several years before God,in the form of the Restorer,sends His children down to earth again,cleansed of all evil and immorality;and once again will begin the great cycle of time.
Notes and References:
Shi·va also Si·va (shv, s-)
n. Hinduism
One of the principal Hindu deities, worshiped as the destroyer and restorer of worlds and in numerous other forms. Shiva is often conceived as a member of the triad also including Brahma and Vishnu.
The song "Swastika" is set in the time period when the Destroyer is said to walk the earth.
Firstly the Swastika,contrary to popular belief,was not invented by the Nazis.Adolf Hitler took what was a holy symbol derived from Hindu mythology and scriptures,and tilted it slightly and transformed it into a symbol of horror and tyranny.And worst of all he called it his own.Fucker.(Adolf,if you're rolling in your grave,please read the Disclaimer and kindly fuck off.Also it is recommended you watch "Schindler's List".)
Anyways,the Swastika has a lot of interpretations even within Hindu mythology.Some people look at it as a symbol of peace and harmony.But the one explanation which seemed to me to be the most practical,sensible and specific of them all was that the Swastika symbolized the "cycle of time".
According to Hindu mythology,Time is divided into 4 equal quadrants or "Yugs".The Satyug,Dwaparyug,Tretayug and Kalyug in direct sequence.The quantum of good and evil shifts balances through these ages or "Yugs".The good is taken over slowly but surely by the evil,starting from the first Yug,the Satyug,when vice and immorality are the weakest to the last Yug,the Kalyug,when they have risen to great strengths and rule human minds like kings.
But the scriptures foretell that it is then that the Almighty God in the form of a destroyer(Shiva?)shall Himself come down to earth to vanquish the evil.The earth will be plagued by great floods,famines,earthquakes and storms all at the same time.He shall annihilate the greatest of the sinners and take back what good is left in His children back with him.There will be absolute total inhabitation of the earth for several years before God,in the form of the Restorer,sends His children down to earth again,cleansed of all evil and immorality;and once again will begin the great cycle of time.
Notes and References:
Shi·va also Si·va (shv, s-)
n. Hinduism
One of the principal Hindu deities, worshiped as the destroyer and restorer of worlds and in numerous other forms. Shiva is often conceived as a member of the triad also including Brahma and Vishnu.
The song "Swastika" is set in the time period when the Destroyer is said to walk the earth.
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