Question:
What geometric symbol could be used to represent a paradigm for human
wholeness?
I'm
not sure why one might need such a symbol... however: A paradigm is
that which provides a pattern or model. I believe that the paradigm
for human wholeness involves three elements:
- the integration of masculine and feminine attributes within each individual,
- the integrated partnership of men and women,
- and the integration of humanity with the Divine.
To
achieve these three will require lots of work of reconciliation, and,
very importantly, the development of our consciousness beyond the
currently predominant dualist models.
The
geometric symbol often used to represent wholeness is the hexagram,
which combines the symbol of the feminine V (the vessel) with the
symbol of the masculine Λ
(the blade).
However,
there seems to me to no reason why only 'the feminine' can be a
vessel and 'the masculine' be a blade: allowing for the sliding scale
of our personal femininity/masculinity, it is possible for men to be
vessels (albeit not in the sense of becoming physically pregnant -
but there are other ways of giving birth to creations other than
babies) and for women to be blades, to be a dynamic, life-giving
force.
While
researching other possible symbols, I discovered a lovely "Flower
of Aphrodite" symbol:
But
to represent that elusive paradigm of human wholeness, my preference
is for this, the encircled unicursal hexagram:
Any better ideas anyone?
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