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Catherine Beyer

New World; New Symbols

By , About.com GuideMarch 11, 2010

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Most religious and magical symbols have been in use for a long time, so much so that a lot of people feel that appropriate symbols need to have some sort of historical validity to them.

However, the fact is this is the 21st century, and there are concepts and situations common to us that were largely or entirely unknown in ancient times.

Recently, a question was asked in the forum about historical symbols for sterility. I confessed I was not aware of any, in large part because sterility was generally something people wanted to avoid rather than attract.

I suppose one answer would be to use a fertility symbol and then deface it some way, whether by drawing an X over it or outright destroying the symbol. But a symbol specifically referencing sterility escapes me.

Comments
March 14, 2010 at 4:35 pm
(1) Safaraz says:

I would also say that inverting a fertility symbol could mean sterility.

March 24, 2010 at 9:47 pm
(2) Jamee says:

Good luck with that, all this person does is copy the symbol articles that used to be here.

March 25, 2010 at 11:24 pm
(3) Catherine Beyer says:

Jamee, you are very much mistaken. I do not have access to the previous guide’s articles, although I know a great many of the previous guide’s symbols did not have articles.

March 26, 2010 at 4:56 pm
(4) Jamee says:

That’s just a lie. They’re all online and in internet archives. I came here for years and all of those symbols had articles, and there were hundreds of them. Shame on you for stealing and for running down the person you stole from.

March 26, 2010 at 5:02 pm
(5) Catherine Beyer says:

By all means, post a link to an article I’ve stolen. Even better, post several, but I’m 100% confident you cannot post even one, because what you suggest never happened.

“Run down”? I’m sorry, I have no idea what you’re talking about. She quit, as people periodically do with jobs. They hired someone to fill that vacancy. That’s how the adult world works. Don’t know from where you’re getting your information.

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