XIII.-THE SWASTIKA
THE Swastika is a Sanskrit word composed of su good and asti being, with the suffix ka, and is the equivalent of "It is well," or "So be it."
It was reverenced in India three thousand years before the Christian era, and is stamped on archaic vases and pottery found in India, Persia, China, Italy, Greece, Cyprus; on ancient bronze ornaments in England, France, Etruria; on weapons and various ornaments in Germany and Scandinavia; on Celtic crosses in Ireland and Scotland; and in prehistoric burial grounds in Scandinavia, Mexico, Peru, Yucatan, Paraguay and the United States.
Apparently it was never adopted by the Phcenicians, Babylonians, Assyrians or Egyptians, although it has been found in Egypt, the inference being that it was brought there by the Greeks.
It was used before the Aryans commenced their migrations, and has been called the oldest Aryan symbol.
Wilson, the great authority on the swastika says: "Of the many forms of the cross, the swastika is the most ancient. Despite the theories and speculations of students its origin is unknown. It began before history and is properly classed as prehistoric."1
1 The Swastika, Thomas Wilson