09/15/2025
Some of the most basic symbols that represent divine truth ....
⭕️The Circle
With no beginning and no end, the circle is the ultimate symbol of wholeness, unity, and eternity. It represents the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth, as well as the perfection and all-encompassing nature of the divine. In many traditions, God or the universe is conceptualized as a circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.
Examples: The sun and moon, the Buddhist/Hindu Mandala, the Celtic Trinity Knot, and the Ouroboros (a serpent eating its own tail).
☀️Light
Perhaps the most universal symbol for consciousness, enlightenment, and goodness. Light is synonymous with knowledge, truth, and the divine source itself, dispelling the darkness of ignorance and evil. The experience of sudden understanding is often described as a moment of "illumination."
Examples: The halos around holy figures in Christian art, the concept of prakasha (divine light) in Hinduism, and the universal metaphor of seeking "the light."
🔵The Point (or Seed)
The point represents the origin of all things—the singularity from which all of creation emerges. It is a symbol of unmanifest potential, the source, and the beginning of all journeys. Before the circle, the line, or any other form, there is the point. It embodies the profound idea that the entirety of the vast cosmos exists in potential within a single, dimensionless origin.
Examples: The dot in the centre of a mandala or a yin-yang symbol, representing the seed of the opposite within each half and the source from which they emerge.
💧Water
A fundamental symbol of purification, healing, and the flow of life. Water cleanses the physical and the spiritual. It represents the subconscious, emotion, and intuition. As it can exist as a solid, liquid, and gas, it also symbolizes transformation and the cycles of life.
Examples: The role of holy water and baptism in Christianity, the reverence for the Ganges River in Hinduism, and the use of water for ritual cleansing in Islam and Judaism.
🌳The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life, or World Tree, is a powerful symbol of the interconnectedness of all things. With its roots deep in the earth, its trunk in the physical world, and its branches reaching for the heavens, it connects all realms: the underworld, the earth, and the divine. It symbolizes growth, ancestry, life, and the unbreakable bond between the spiritual and the material.
Examples: The Norse Yggdrasil, the Kabbalistic Tree of Life in Jewish mysticism, the Bodhi Tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment, and its presence in the Book of Genesis.
These symbols, and others, represent both the fundamental starting points of inquiry (the Alpha) and the ultimate, often ineffable, truths that philosophy strives to reach (the Omega).
