Runes

Symbols are powerful.

They have come to public prominence lately with the Davinci Code and Angels and Demons among other venues.

They have always been with us.

We as humans, must find a way to express how we feel.

Captain Obvious will not attempt to encapsulate the extant history of mankind's endeavors here, merely a thought or two re what we see.

We see what we want to see.

Black, white, grey, red, etc are but a sample re color of this thought.

But more evocative are the written or drawn symbols of faith, behavior etc.

For instance, would it surprise you that there is a spiritual aspect to gangs as evidenced in their symbols?

The symbols are often warding signs that seal an area. Sure, you can see it as tagging (IE marking territories, boundaries etc) and it is. But below the surface the signs are meant to have an effect on people and places, as well as attract spirit. In our park nearby, there are gang sumbols on one side of a bridge and at the other. To some that is a claim on people as vassals as well asmaking the land their own aka marhings. If you pass over them, you are then under their influence etc.

Personally I reject this simply because it's just another extension of tyranny. I have a previous claim on me from God.

Santeria and other variants are rampant in countries south of the border. They come to play as it were here.

Some signs are appropriated that have significance to Christians and Jews as well. Crosses, six sided stars, circles etc appear in various forms.

You don't have to believe. Others do. And if the symbols mean something to them, it's all that matters.

Far as I'm concerned, they have no hold on me nor do I allow myself to be scared on any level by gangs.

I merely watch their movements and treat them as I do any other threat to Freedom.

Many a house has stars, and various Amish etal signs adorning them. Again they may be just decoration or something deeper depending on belief.

Such 'runes' (Originally alphabets used by Germanic peoples ca 3rd to 13th centuries), sigils (signets), and the previously mentioned symbols can be for weal or woe.

Like colors etc they can represent good or evil.

Or they can be simply decorations.

Many more have stars and stripes, eagles, arrows and olive branches etc.

As to what you all think, it's open to inclusion or exclusion, as we almost all have 'some' symbols, and colors are part of this, such as red white and blue, or even words vis a vis e pluribus unum etc.

My word on this is simply NOT to let anything stand in the way of Freedom.

Let things stand FOR Freedom. ;)

III