Blood of the Pure - Chapter Six - Solar Cross

Solar Cross

(Odin's cross, Wheel of Taranis)

The solar cross is probably the most ancient spiritual symbol in the world, appearing in Asian, American, European, and Indian religious art from the dawn of history.

Composed of a equal armed cross within a circle, it represents the solar calendar- the movements of the sun, marked by the solstices. Sometimes the equinoxes are marked as well, giving an eight armed wheel. (The swastika is also a form of Solar cross, emphasizing movement.)

The cross in its most simplified form (shown above) is known in Northern Europe as Odin's cross, after the Chief God of the Norse pantheon. It is often used as an emblem by Asatruar, followers of the Norse religion. 

Blood of the Pure - Chapter Five - Hourglass

Hourglass

The hourglass is an emblem of time, although hidden within is the promise of life- because the hourglass is reversible, it holds within a promise of resurrection – as it is seen by the Freemasons and Rosicrucians who grasped its true ancient meaning.

Unlike most other methods of measuring time, the hourglass concretely represents the present as being between the past and the future, and this has made it an enduring symbol of time itself.

The hourglass, sometimes with the addition of metaphorical wings, is often depicted as a symbol that human existence is fleeting, and that the "sands of time" will run out for every human life. It was thus used on pirate flags, to strike fear into the hearts of the pirates' victims. In England, hourglasses were sometimes placed in coffins and they have graced gravestones for centuries. The hourglass was also used in alchemy as a symbol for hour.

Blood of the Pure - Chapter Four - Man in the Maze

Man in the Maze

This symbol is said to represent a person's journey through life. Although the design appears to be a maze, it is actually a unicursal figure with many twists and turns; these are said to represent choices made in life. The center is dark, as the journey is one from darkness to light.

It is also the symbol of Iʼitoi or Iʼithi, who is, in the cosmology of the O'odham peoples, the mischievous creator god who resides in a cave below the peak of Baboquivari Mountain, part of the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Visitors to the cave are asked to bring a gift to ensure their safe return from the depths. O'odham oral history tells that I'itoi brought the Hohokam people to this earth from the underworld. Hohokam are ancestors of both the Tohono O'odham and the Akimel O'odham (Pima people). He is also responsible for the gift of the Himdag, a series of commandments guiding people to remain in balance with the world and interact with it as intended.