Guest guest Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 I grew up in Pennsylvania in the 40’s and 50’s. One of my paternal great-grandfathers was Amish. I also had Amish ancestors on my mother’s side but by the time I was growing up it had been about 100 years since anyone knew for sure who they were or what the relationship was. We know of them only via hearsay and the presence of Amish artifacts in an attic. I knew of a tiny bit of Amish magic firsthand, and a bit more second hand. It never occurred to me growing up to doubt the efficacy of hex signs. One of the most exciting trips of my life was in 1948, when my parents drove me to the eastern end of the state, where the "real" Amish were, and where their hex signs were not only to be seen but to be seen in action. These hex signs were for real. I never forgot them. Over the years I’ve learned a bit about the esotericism behind them: For a start draw a vertical line. Intersect it with an "X" such that the resultant six-armed star forms six equal 60 degree angles. Connect the arms of the star. You will have drawn a 3-dimensional cube (air, fire, water, earth); you will also have drawn all 24 of the Nordic runes, all appearing in one figure. This figure is the "complete" form of the "H" rune, whose function is precisely that of a hex sign – to ward off unwonted influences. The same six-armed star appears in every snowflake we have ever seen, and is the basic structure of the quartz crystal as well. "Crystal" = holy ice. Our northern predecessors saw the universe, not as yin and yang, but as ice and fire, which today we think of as matter and energy, and their hex signs were and, I think, still are an attempt to express the union of manifestation (matter, crystal) and energy (fire, light). This thought is preserved is one of Einstein’s later, unpublished theories to the effect that matter is condensed light. When one deals with a hex sign, and the runes, which, I insist, must be treated with the same respect accorded to the Sanscrit and Hebrew alphabets if their magic is to be tapped into, we must understand: we have walked upon sacred ground, we have entered a sacred energy field. What has this to do with Ganesha? I say, plenty. If Ganesh is the Lord of Speech, he presides over the runes as well as every other alphabet that might appear. I am mulling the notion that each rune is an expression of an aspect of Ganesh. Hagal would express "Obstacle Queller", and the hex sign, so unrelated at first glance, might then be viewed as a mandala of Ganesh in his warding off evil aspect. A yantra, if you will. Perhaps all this is off the wall. I hope so. I’ve found the deepest truths in my life when I’ve looked off the wall. Scott New DSL Internet Access from SBC & To from this group, send an email to:-http://www.geocities.com/aumganesh/ Your use of is subject to the New DSL Internet Access from SBC &; Attachment: (image/pjpeg) x.jpg [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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