History of the Swastika

[MatTheCat]

I know this post is a bit dated but I am still going to have to get my tuppence worth in here.

The Nazi's were not the first to use the so-called 'inverted' swastika. There are many archaelogical artifacts throughout Europe that provide examples of 'inverted' swastikas. Anyone who doesn't believe me can check out the ancient Romano-Celtic mosaic floors in the ancient baths of Bath. I believe that the swastika is an example of what Carl Jung would refer to as an archetypal image belonging to the collective unconscious. I believe that the Germanic interpretation/understanding of the swastika was that it represented the lightning bolts of Thors hammer which was the spiritual tool that could mall out and alter destiny, hence the swastika was a symbol that implied higher evolutionary/spiritual development. Whilst i realise that in Hindu tradition, the swastika's arms tail off in opposite direction from the version used by the Nazi's. However, although I will put my hands up and admit to not being an expert, I can think of plenty examples of so-called 'inverted' swastika's being in use at a time predating the Nazi era..... not least of all its use amongst the Germanic 'Volkish' pagan resurgences that emerged from the 1850's onwards. Could it perhaps be that the 'inverted' swastika has always been the symbol used by the germanic tribes of Europe?

For what it is worth, I adhere to pagan beliefs and also indulge in hallucinogenic substances from time to time. One of the recurring images that comes to my mind when on my subliminal adventures is indeed that of a turning 'swastika'. Since maths is the universal language, could there be an argument that the structure of our thought patterns could be deciphered down into mathematical equations? If anyone who has bothered reading this far thinks that they may agree with that statement in theory, then consider the swastikas rough assemblence to the shape and movement of a double helix, the double helix being the geometry of evolution, hence the swastika being a simplifed or romantic version of that evolutionary geometry. Well, that is what I think anyway....