The picture book of Symbols
- Author(s): Ernst Lehner
- Category: Books, Paper & Magazines
- Publisher: Wm. Penn Publishing Corporation
- Publish year: 1956
- ISBN: 9678000018397
- Number of Pages: 100
Symbols, as a form of human communication, started out as plain scratches on stone and bark made by primeval men to leave messages for their fellowhunters. These symbols developed into a primitive writing system covering the few simple needs for information of these aborigines. The rise of the population over the milleniums from families to group settlements, from tribes to nations resulted in a continually widening scope of information to be communicated within these steadily growing groups of people, and between the rulers, leaders, officials and priests of the various neighboring lands. Picture and hieroglyphic writing systems, using distinctive drawings and sigils representing single words and expressions, were developed to cover these rising needs.
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Cover
Contents
Introduction
Arts and Sciences
Astronomy
Astrology
Mythology
Beliefs and Religions
Oriental Philosophies
Feasts and Holidays
Qualities and Virtues
Good Luck
Safe Travel
Love
Gnosticism
Divinations
Magic
Hermetic Magic
Tarot Cards
Life and Death
Time and Seasons
Conditions and States
Effort, Success, Failure
Peace and War
Danger and Safety
Emblems and Devices
Personifications
Power and Politics
Calendar