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The lost language of symbolism : an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologies (1912)

Bayley, Harold · New York : Barnes & Noble · leaf 150

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on form the Face of fig.359. The Heart of fig. 360 is the symbol of Love, and if KING SOLOMON ^3S fig. 361 be turned upside down, there is revealed the signof the cross. The S of Spiritus is attached to fig. 361 and this S alsoappears in the centres of figs. 362, 364 and 2^^. Into theface of fig.… … The centre of fig. 367 is not the conventional I HS, butreads Y H S, Y being the initial of Yesha, an equivalent ofJesous. This letter Y is sometimes found in the form ofa separate symbol and is of vast antiquity. It is reverencedin China, where it is known as the Great Unit or the GreatTerm, and…

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