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Dozens of symbols relating to religion, magick, mysticism, and mythology. Click on an entry for a picture and the uses and meaning of the symbol. Some entries have multiple keywords.

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A

A.A. (Astrum Argentum)
Adar
Adinkra Symbols
Agnus Dei
Akua’ba (akwaba)
Alchemical salt
Alexamenos

Allah
All seeing eye
Anchor cross
Ankh
Asclepius wand
Aten
Atlantis cross
Awen
Axe

B

Ba bird
Babalon Star
Ba'gua
Bahai star, ringstone

Baphomet
Beckoning cat
Birdman of rapanui
Bob Dobbs
Brighid’s cross
Buddha’s eyes

C

Cadeceus
Cagliostro's Seal
calumet
Cancer
Capricorn
Capricornus
Cauldron
Celtic tree of life
Cerne Abbas Giant
Cernunnos
Chakras
Chakra tree
Chanupa

Chaos star/chaos wheel
 Chi-Ro
Chiwara
Claddagh
Cicada
Cloud mountains, Hopi
Clover
Chnoubis
Conch
Crescent moon
Crucified Donkey
Crucified snake
Crux Satanas
Cups
Cross

D

Dancing sorcerer of trois Freres
Dancing Shiva
Death knot
Dee's Holy Table
Digug

 Diwali
Djed
Dorje
Druid symbols
Druid tree
Druze star

E

Eckankar
Eck Onkar
elemental air
Elf cross

Elven star
Endless knot
Enneagram
enso
Eye of Horus
Eyes of Buddha

F-G

Faravahar
Fasces
Fish with menorah
Fitchy cross
fleur de lis
Garuda
Gemini

Ghanta
Girdle of Isis
Goat of Mendes (goat with pentacle)
Goddess figure
Golden dawn cross
Gorgon's head
Green Man
Gungnir

H-J

Halo
Hamsa
Hand of Eris
Heartline deer
Hecate's wheel
Hexagram
Hieroglyphic monad

Hrungnir's heart
Horns of Odin
Horned god
Hunab ku
I ching hexagram
Infinity symbol
Irminsul
Inuksuk
Jain hand
Jupiter

K-L

Kalachakra
kalash
Kartika
Khanda
Kolam
Kokopelli
Khanda
Knot of Isis
Knot of the slain
Kolam

Labarum
Labrynth
Labrys
Lauburu
lead
lily
Lion of Judah
Lithuanian Cross
Lotus
Lotus, egyptian
Luther's seal (Luther's rose)

M

Ma'at feather
Magen David
Mala
Man in the maze
Mandorla
Mandrake lady
Manaia
Maneki Neko
Manji
Mars
Martinist Order
masonic square and compass

Mendes Goat
Menorah
Mercury
Messianic Seal
Messianic star
Methodist
Mistress of animals
Mjolnir
Mogen David
Monad
Moon
"Moonies"
Moon Goddess
Mu
Mudra

N-O

Naga
Necronomicon
neo-nazi triskelle
neptune

Odin's cross
Odin's horn
Om
Omphalos
Omkar
Orphic egg
Ouroboros

P-R

Pa K'ua
Parasol
Peace pipe
Pentagram (pentacle)

Phurba
Pisces
Pontos Riscados
 Raelian star
Right turning conch
Romany chakra
Romuva

S

Sacred chao
Salt
Saturn
Scarab
Scorpion
Seal of Cagliostro Seax emblem
Sefer Yetzirah (order of creation)
Septagram
Shamash
Shatkona
Shen
Shiva Dancing
Scientology cross
Sephiroth
Sigil

Sikh Khanda
Sleipnir
Square and compass
Snake Goddess
Solar cross/wheels
Spirals
Star and crescent
Star of Auseklas
Star of David
Star of Ishtar
Star symbols
Stupa
Sufi Order
Sulfur
Swastika
Sword cross  

T

Tattwas
Tanit
Taurus
Tetragrammaton
Theosophical emblem
Thor's hammer
Throne of Isis
Thunder cloud (Hopi)
Tibetan bell
Tilaka
Tiratana
Tomoe
Torii gate

 Tools of magick
Tree of life (Celtic)
Tree of Life (kabbalistic)
Trinacria
Triple horn
Triple moon/crescent
Triple yin yang
Triqueta
Triquetra
Triratna
Triskele
Trisula (trishula)
Troll cross
Triskele
Tyet

U-Z

Unicursal hexagram
Unitarians
Uraeus
Uranus
Unification Church
Vajra
Valknut
Venus
Vesica Pisces
Veve
Virgo

Winged disk
Winged Heart
Wisdom eyes
Witch's sign
World Tree
Wreath and staves
Xnoubis
Yantra
Ygdrasil
YHVH
Yin/yang
Zodiac
Zoroastrian
Zoso
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