Any one in the Know

[truebastard]

I have walked past this drinking fountain for many years and have never noticed the symbol before now.

The story of the fountain is as follows, when the local library was being built (1900) they discovered the remains of a Saxon Church called St.Mary. A large piece of stone work was made into a drinking fountain for passing travellers which I surmise is when the symbol was carved.

This area has very strong Masonic and Knights Templar connections, is this one of their symbols?

[lookfar]

Hi TB

That is interesting symbology for a fountain. Where abouts is it? I wonder if it's on or near female energy lines or something...???

[truebastard]

Hi lookfar,

It's in Hertford town center in Hertfordshire (England) at a place called Old Cross.

[lumukanda]

i had a chat with my girlfriend last night about that symbol, it's kind of her hobby symbolism, but mainly from an alchemical perspective.
she gave me a book to look through, true to form i had to find it myself 'or i'll never learn', so i'll be looking through it.
it's a composite symbol, the horseshoe should be easy enough to look up, but that weird triangle i dunno if i've ever seen it before, it kind of looks like and 'A' doesn't it.
the horseshoe is not the good luck one, it's the wrong way round, but i'll look a bit more.

[umbrex]

Originally Posted by lumukanda

i had a chat with my girlfriend last night about that symbol, it's kind of her hobby symbolism, but mainly from an alchemical perspective.
she gave me a book to look through, true to form i had to find it myself 'or i'll never learn', so i'll be looking through it.
it's a composite symbol, the horseshoe should be easy enough to look up, but that weird triangle i dunno if i've ever seen it before, it kind of looks like and 'A' doesn't it.
the horseshoe is not the good luck one, it's the wrong way round, but i'll look a bit more.

Am i the only one thinking omega ?

[lumukanda]

of ffs of course! the alpha and the omega, and coming from the cornerstone of a church too!
well done, i think you've cracked it my friend.

[i_am]

Originally Posted by umbrex

Am i the only one thinking omega ?

Well Done !!

GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA

GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA

Put them together and you have:

I am the Alpha and the Omega, I am the beginning and the end.

[masonic3]

Originally Posted by truebastard

I have walked past this drinking fountain for many years and have never noticed the symbol before now.

The story of the fountain is as follows, when the local library was being built (1900) they discovered the remains of a Saxon Church called St.Mary. A large piece of stone work was made into a drinking fountain for passing travellers which I surmise is when the symbol was carved.

This area has very strong Masonic and Knights Templar connections, is this one of their symbols?

Its from "Mark-Masonry" it means "Love to all"

[i_am]

As a Christian symbol, the Alpha and Omega represent the eternal nature of Jesus Christ. Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. The symbol recalls a line in the Book of Revelation:

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord."

The alpha and omega as symbols of eternity pre-existed Christianity, the letters are commonly found in similar context in the pagan mysteries. The omega itself is an ancient symbol of the goddess Ishtar, and originally represented her head-dress (and later that of the goddess Hathor), while the alpha is derived from the ox-horn headdress ascribed to a series of male deities and divine kings.
The Alpha and Omega are included also in the name IAO, a Greco-Roman rendition of the Hebrew tetragrammaton which was also used as a sacred name of Bacchus/Dionysus and as "Iao Sabaoth" represented the Gnostic demiurge.

[truebastard]

Wow, thanks everyone, your all first class