A new study shows that symbols are more memorable than words with the same meaning, thanks to our brain's knack for recalling graphic symbols and logos. Symbols provide concrete visuals for abstract ideas, while words can have multiple meanings and synonyms. The study could help improve visual communication and design by using symbols to convey complex or abstract concepts. #symbols #memory #design https://neurosciencenews.com/world-symbol-preference-23808/

Kyiv, Moscow’s opposing attitudes toward Soviet past shape two different futures

The decision to remove the Soviet statue’s symbols is a watershed moment in Kyiv’s years-long de-communization program: a movement that has seen Ukraine purposely distance itself from old Soviet ties to reclaim and reassert its independent culture, identity, and future.

https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-moscows-opposing-attitudes-toward-soviet-past-shape-two-different-futures/

#Ukraine #Russia #USSR #SovietUnion #Soviet #culture #symbols #Kremlin

Pleased to share my article on the #history of #California's state #symbols, now out in the Southern California Quarterly: “‘No Cause for Celebration’: the White Supremacist Message of California’s Bear Flag and Seal.” https://fog.ccsf.edu/~abrick/works/bearflag.pdf

Arithmetic has a biological origin. Arithmetic is not a human invention but a natural phenomenon that emerges from how our brains perceive and process sensory information. Our brains use symbols, such as numbers, to represent and manipulate the patterns and structures of reality. Arithmetic could be a universal language that connects us with other intelligent beings.

#Arithmetic #Biology #Symbols

https://theconversation.com/arithmetic-has-a-biological-origin-its-an-expression-in-symbols-of-the-deep-structure-of-our-perception-211337?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

symbole électrique / symbole politique 3/n

#symbols

19th century Europeans popularized the notion that pentagrams mean something "different" based on how they are drawn, and that this difference is somehow “ethical” in nature. They insisted that one-point-up pentagrams are “upright,” representing “goodness and light,” while two-point-up pentagrams are “inverted,” representing “darkness and evil.”

The so-called “inverted” pentagram with a goat’s head goes back to the French occultist Stanislas de Guaita in 1897, and it was later adopted by Anton LaVey as the Sigil of Baphomet in 1966. This has led people to assume that any pentagram with two points up is “satanic,” which actually isn’t true by a long shot.

This symbol is held sacred and drawn differently in many traditions, and it means something unique to each one. Within the LV-426 Tradition of Setianism, we do not consider the two-point-up pentagram to be “inverted” at all. We consider it to be exactly the way it should be: right-side up. Whenever we see a pentagram displayed with only one point up, it actually looks "upside down" to us! But that’s OK, we just chalk the difference up to personal preference. A pentagram is still a pentagram, no matter which of its points are facing up or down, and since it is circular, there is really no correct “This End Up” position. Think of it as a wheel: does it really matter which direction the spokes are pointing, as long as the wheel keeps turning?

Since we LV-426ers do not agree that the "inverted" pentagram is really "inverted" at all, we recommend a somewhat different terminology. When a pentagram is displayed with one point up, we call it a "standing pentagram," because it resembles a person doing aerobics, with their arms and legs outstretched. And when a pentagram is displayed with two points up, we call it a "horned pentagram," because it resembles the head of a goat, an antelope, or some other horned member of the Artiodactyla family.

Neither the standing nor the horned pentagram represents anything “bad” or “evil,” and whether you prefer one or the other is simply a question of aesthetics. There is absolutely nothing to stop a Setian from wearing a standing pentagram if it pleases her to do so; and there are also British Traditional Witchraft covens that use horned pentagrams to represent some of their initiatory degrees. So things are not so clear-cut between the two pentagrams as certain “experts” have been insisting since the 1890s or so - and they never were.

Sometimes people ask me why I have (horned) pentagrams all over me if I do not identify as a "Satanist." I can't speak for other Setians as to why the symbol might resonate with them; but for me at least, I imagine an antelope whenever I see it myself, which always makes me think of Set in His form as the White Oryx. (I prefer my horned pentagrams to be drawn "empty," with no animals heads; you can imagine the horned animal of your preference that way.) It also reminds me of Set's Imperishable Ones, the circumpolar stars of the northern sky. I've always felt Set looking back at me whenever I look into the horned pentagram, as well. So while it is not a symbol that "belongs" just to Set, I always link it with Him first and foremost in my mind. I like to wear a horned pentagram at all times to help keep me mindful of His presence in my life, as well.

#pentagram #satanism #paganism #witchcraft #setianism #sutekh #kemetic #egyptian #occult #symbols

For the Jungian in you! #psychoanalysis #Freud #Jung #psychology #psychotherapy #symbols #introvert #extrovert #academicmastodon #academia

Basalt stela of Nabonidus
🔗 https://BritishMuseum.org/collection/image/387201001
🔗 https://BritishMuseum.org/collection/object/W_1825-0503-99
The British Museum

"…rounded at the top, and bearing on its #obverse the figure of a king and #astronomical #symbols (the star of Ishtar-Venus, the winged disc of the #SunGod Shamash and the crescent of the #MoonGod Sin; the latter is the largest, showing supremity)…"

🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabonidus
#AncientStone #Nabonidus #Moon #Time & #Timelessness

iii/vi • улов за два дня #antiwargraffiti #notowar #symbols #Zamoskvorechye #MW

During my brief foray into the world of #ELA #education, I found it helpful to give my students a breakdown of some of the most common #metaphors and #similes which easily grow into #symbols and hint at #theme.

So, a few years later, I decided to write about it - because why not?

"Raining in the Dark Cave of My Winter Car (Part One)" - https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/raining-in-the-dark-cave-of-my-winter-car-part-one/

"Raining in the Dark Cave of My Winter Car (Part Two)" - https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/raining-in-the-dark-cave-of-my-winter-car-part-two/

#LiteraryDevices #education #teacher #language #writing

#Comics #Marvel #Symbols #BlackPanther

Global Extremist Symbols Database - https://globalextremism.org/global-extremist-symbols-database is a first-of-its-kind online resource compiling hate and #extremist #symbols from across the globe. #FarRight #extremism is a #transnational movement w groups learning from & sharing w similar groups in other countries, co-opting hateful #narratives, #tactical playbooks & logo #symbols. The directory is a tool for identifying where far-right actors r active, the narratives they are pushing, combating far-right hate, extremist violence

The #Punisher, a comic book character, is now a symbol of defiance used by both police and rioters (2021 article) #symbols #iconography

https://archive.is/2022.02.22-161745/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2021/02/12/the-punisher-a-comic-book-character-is-now-a-symbol-of-defiance-used-by-both-police-and-rioters/

#Ban #Nazi #symbols

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/australian-government-announces-ban-on-nazi-symbols/224323

The oldest #human #burial may be 100k years older than we previously thought, and it may not even be human https://lnkd.in/gmVD6shM

#paleoanthropology #archaeology #engravings #symbols #art #symbology #fire #naledi #hominin #anthropology

Ever notice how the #evangelicals, #charismatics and #dominionists scream the loudest about #religious #freedom, yet these are the same ppl who what to name #America as a #christian nation and put christian #symbols in #schools and other public places. See the hypocrisy? I do not know how we are going to fix our #country and return it to a place where all #religions or no religion is accepted?

#Ownership:

#CulturalExpressions, including #images, #symbols, and #practices, are #taonga (#treasures) that are passed down through generations and hold sacred meaning.

Removing the ownership of an image of an #indigenous person from the group that they represent is #theft.

#JeffreyKaplan - The famous #ChineseRoom #ThoughtExperiment - #JohnSearle (1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBE06SdgzwM&ab_channel=JeffreyKaplan

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #TheoryOfMind #TheoriesOfMind #Mind #Consciousness #Computing #Symbol #Symbols #StrongAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Dualism #Behaviourism #Functionalism #IdentityTheory #Syntax #Semantics

$5 book: Signs, #Symbols, and Sacred Geometry: The Ultimate Guide to the Spiritual Meaning of Angelic Sigils, Totems, Various Shapes, and Symbols - Kindle edition by Silva, Mari.
https://www.amazon.com/Signs-Symbols-Sacred-Geometry-Spiritual-ebook/dp/B0BNDKNLPK/ref=mp_s_a_1_2325

#sacredgeometry

#Linux #typography #symbols using the AltGraph and Compose keys

https://bit.ly/linux-typo-symbols