Sorry...I've got to stop drinking absynthe and staying 
up late; reverse what I said about which symbol was 
which (unless the sun starts rising in the West...duh!). 
This also goes to show how stupid the Nazis were, they 
couldn't even pick the symbol that accurately depicts 
the sun's behaviour.....heh.

dewa dewa


> Anyway, the original Aryans and others in the Indian and Asian
> areas used both styles of swastika as a sun-symbol. The one favored
> and made infamous by the Nazis is actually the "real" sun-symbol:
> the circle rotates counterclockwise, from left to right; or,
> *from East to West*, as the sun does. Even if it was a "Germanic
> rune" that saw Teutonic or Gothic usage before the Nazis, the real
> derivation or basis of origin was still from the East. The mirror 
> symbol meant the same thing (maybe used by rebellious kids facing 
> south? =^o^=)
> 
> Point is, both symbols are the same meaning, same exact origin,
> etc. One just has very very bad connotation as a result of its
> usage by the Germans under the National Socialist party; it was
> in fact an intelligent choice of icon for a group claiming descent
> from the original Aryan race (although a bizarre claim as the
> Aryans were most likely more Indian than Caucasian in racial makeup)
> 
> Whether the Aryans got it from Asia or Asia from India is
> pretty immaterial....
> 
> dewa dewa
> 
> > Here's what my two bits : The DH tells us that the symbol used by Manji (hero

> > of the story) is a buddhist symbol, being counterclockwise. It should
> > represent health or sumthing like that. The clockwise symbol is a german rune

> > meaning sun and represents strength and power. This is the symbol the nazis
> > took as their own. What are the ancients you refer to ? Ancient europeans ?
> > Asians ?
> > 
> > ..and yes, scientists have the knack of making plausible implausible - take a

> > look at the quantum physics, for example ! ^_^;
> > 
> > Mahoujin
> 
> -- 
> Rei
> 96 VTEC "In dis country, fust jou get da sugah,
> den jou get da powah, den jou get da wimmin."
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Rei
96 VTEC "In dis country, fust jou get da sugah,
den jou get da powah, den jou get da wimmin."
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