This is so great! I’m going to keep coming back to this article, as it nicely sums it up across cultures! I’ve also come across hand signs/ gestures used by indigenous North American tribes to communicate with as I had stumbled upon a research paper comparing those hand gestures to hand gestures found on stone pillars in Gobekli Tepe in Turkey
Yes! I did keep a copy of the article, as downloaded it from some research gate site or one of those! Let me find it and send you a Dropbox link in DMs
Hi! Just wanted to mention something i forgot to let you know during the natal chart reading. The placement of both Venus and Mars within the thumb is perfect. I find the thumb to be both the most aggressive finger (the action of gouging someone’s eyes out or chocking someone out majoritarily involves the lower thumbs force.) As well as the most loving and sensual ( when you rub or caress a loved ones cheek or other body part you primarily use the thumb.) Thus, the notion of “hurting the ones you love” is poetically placed within the way our very hands are designed. How quickly loves turns to hate when fear is involved. How there is always a way to turn an aggressive grip of the thumb into a caress.
Interesting insight! I had a similar thought: the part of the thumb marked by Venus is associated with when the hand is open for a handshake, the part marked by Mars is when the hand is closed to form a fist.
Fr Alexander Schmemann said something like Christianity had a continuity of practices with a discontinuity of meaning. In other words, spiritual ‘tech’ that is seen similarly in other cultures wasn’t ’invented’ by Christians but the meaning we ascribe to these IS. As all creation was made new in Christ.
This is so great! I’m going to keep coming back to this article, as it nicely sums it up across cultures! I’ve also come across hand signs/ gestures used by indigenous North American tribes to communicate with as I had stumbled upon a research paper comparing those hand gestures to hand gestures found on stone pillars in Gobekli Tepe in Turkey
Now THIS is super fascinating! I would love to know more about that, do you have any sources you could point me to?
Also, thank you so much for reading! I always appreciate the kind words
Yes! I did keep a copy of the article, as downloaded it from some research gate site or one of those! Let me find it and send you a Dropbox link in DMs
Sounds good, thank you!!
I sent you in direct messages although some links wouldn’t let me send
Hi! Just wanted to mention something i forgot to let you know during the natal chart reading. The placement of both Venus and Mars within the thumb is perfect. I find the thumb to be both the most aggressive finger (the action of gouging someone’s eyes out or chocking someone out majoritarily involves the lower thumbs force.) As well as the most loving and sensual ( when you rub or caress a loved ones cheek or other body part you primarily use the thumb.) Thus, the notion of “hurting the ones you love” is poetically placed within the way our very hands are designed. How quickly loves turns to hate when fear is involved. How there is always a way to turn an aggressive grip of the thumb into a caress.
Interesting insight! I had a similar thought: the part of the thumb marked by Venus is associated with when the hand is open for a handshake, the part marked by Mars is when the hand is closed to form a fist.
Fr Alexander Schmemann said something like Christianity had a continuity of practices with a discontinuity of meaning. In other words, spiritual ‘tech’ that is seen similarly in other cultures wasn’t ’invented’ by Christians but the meaning we ascribe to these IS. As all creation was made new in Christ.
Cool post. God bless ☦️
Very fascinating insight, thank you! I appreciate you reading, God bless
really enjoyed this post. fascinating, fresh information. thanks.
Glad I could provide some food for thought!
Have you come across the use of hands in mnemonics and as memory palaces? https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/handy-mnemonics/
Ancient memory techniques are really facinating - the hand ones especially because they are pocket sized!
Yes, the Benedictio! Sign used by Jupiter Sabazios! He_comes!
Technically, it's not the same sign because the one associated with Sabazios has an open thumb
Ermmm symbolically It has the same purposes and sacrality as It also was used to carry speech by the speaker holding the item in a staff ☝🏻
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