| Celtic Crosses - An Ancient and Powerful | | | | interweaving thread, actually interviewing |
| Symbol | | | | figures of eight, which symbolize chaos, |
| | | | death, order and rebirth. As you can see, |
| 03rd May 2007 | | | | four again which is such an important number |
| | | | with the Celts. |
| Author: Martin Mallett | | | | |
| | | | The symbol, in some form or another, actually |
| The cross of the Celts and Celtic | | | | dates back long-long before Christianity. The |
| Christianity is a symbol of beauty and also a | | | | reason is, that a cross has arms facing four |
| possessor of many meanings. It resembles a | | | | directions. This could mean four elements, |
| traditional Christian cross, with a circle | | | | four navigational directions, and so on. The |
| drawn around the joints of the two arms of | | | | circle is another ancient symbol, associated |
| the cross. It is regularly referred to as the | | | | with perfection, even the ancient Egyptians |
| Irish Cross or the Cross of Iona (both an | | | | have used it. |
| island and a Gaelic name). | | | | |
| | | | Regretfully, in these modern times, the |
| One feasible meaning of the cross is the | | | | ancient symbol has been abused and used by |
| unity of two types of belief systems. The | | | | some extremely radical political parties. |
| cross symbolizes Christian belief, while the | | | | Usually they simplify the cross and circle |
| circle symbolizes a pagan moon Goddess. This | | | | design by just drawing a circle with a plus |
| coincides with the Irish legend, that St. | | | | sign inside, extending outward (regularly |
| Patrick introduced this symbol when trying to | | | | referred to as the sun cross). The link |
| convert the pagan people of the Emerald Isle. | | | | between the symbol and radical factions have |
| Some say that the circle actually represents | | | | become so firm that in Italy they have even |
| the Sun, another powerful symbol in the pagan | | | | banned it from being publicly shown in |
| belief system. | | | | stadiums. |
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| Many times the cross and circle design is | | | | Martin Mallett is the co-owner of - a family |
| only just part of the picture. Complex | | | | run online store with a new and exciting |
| designs and carvings are prominent on Celtic | | | | range of Celtic jewellery especially |
| crosses. One such common motif is of an | | | | beautiful Celtic bangles. |