The circle is the most used geometrical symbol and its shape reminds the shape of the Sun and the Moon.
For ancient philosophers, such as Plato, the circle represents the perfect shape. It is said that the Temple of Apollo in the land of Hyperborean had a circular shape – which reminds the shape of Stonehenge in South England as well as Plato’s description of the island of Atlantis.
Mystical systems represent God as a circle that has a center everywhere and the circumference is nowhere – proof that God’s perfection is unattainable to man.
The Egyptian symbol of eternity was a string closed by a buckle, in other cultures infinity would be depicted as a serpent biting its own tail (Ouroboros).
Now you take the floor: what do you associate with the circle?
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what is the earth souronded by ?
truth or something else…..
Life. We never will fully die, because even in heaven we will have our spirit still alive. The circle never ends, only evolves. Just like the periodic table; it isn’t flat, but circular. Life=Circle.
‘Joining hands in a circle of abundance and love’ a line from a song by Louise L Hay-I used to sing this song on the way to school with my children ‘we are blessed and we prosper where ever we turn” ..
Love
Breda
I loved the drop on water comment -one of the most magical things I saw recently -was gentle rain falling onto a pond and there were numerous circles forming consecutively on the water-it was facinating
Love,
Breda
Life
OH I love Zorba the Greek! Mirela, nice association.
love
lily
BEAUTYFUL ALCHIMISTS…P+P!!!
YES!
love,
Mirela(the woman in elevator)
WOW!!!
Savita,you are a great MEDICINE WOMAN!PLEASE join us more often with your KNOWLEDGE and SYMBOLS!
LOVE<and GRATITUDE
Mirela(the woman in elevator)
…And sorry forgett! THE MEMBRAN is permeable,which mean a continue contact to the outside and inside,through transport of substances, with the HELP of a very mercyful ELEMENT WATTER!!!
LOVE,
Mirela(the woman in elevator)
I hope ,because I’m still in Romania and no dictionarry with me,and no idea how to use google for it ,to have written corectly CELL!AND I mean the smallest LIFE FORM ,which is capabel to divide and grow because the outside membran is flexible so long the organismus is alive!
SOLVA E COAGULA!
LOVE<
MIRELA(the woman in elevator)
P.S.Beautyful song ZORBA,and a very sexy man I will never forgett:Anthony Quin!
Hi Petru Simion,
I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free.
Nikos Kazantzakis.
As you may know I am Greek Cypriot. Nicos Kazantzakis is a big writer/philosopher, having a special place in my heart. The director of the film Michalis Cacoyiannis was born in Limassol Cyprus. The film and Theodorakis’ music, a masterpiece.
LOVE,
Thelma.
Paulo, para mim o círculo representa o Universo.O infinito,não tem princípio e não tem fim…Pode até representar Deus.
MAD yes.
Free …. I am trying to .. break the circle :-)
Yes,Petru Simion…Are you…?I know your nationality…Take care.
Hi Thelma,
I was born and lived quite a while :-) in Romania.
I have no idea of what other streams are in my blood, but I think I must be a little bit Greek when I feel my stomach shrinking at the sound of Greek music …
What I wanted to say by posting the link to the Zorba movie, was to point to the message of the movie, that is expressed by Zorba, saying, a man has to have a little madness. Otherwise it can not break the rope .. AND BECOME FREE.
Zorba the Greek (novel) and Zorba (musical).
Zorba the Greek
original movie poster
Directed by Michael Cacoyannis
Produced by Michael Cacoyannis
Anthony Quinn
Written by Michael Cacoyannis,
Nikos Kazantzakis (Novel)
Starring Anthony Quinn
Alan Bates
Irene Papas
Lila Kedrova
Sotiris Moustakas
Anna Kyriakou
Music by Mikis Theodorakis
Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date(s) 1964
Running time 142 min.
Language English, Greek
Zorba the Greek (originally titled Alexis Zorbas) is a 1964 film based on the novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. The film was directed by Michael Cacoyannis and the title character was played by Anthony Quinn. The supporting cast includes Alan Bates, Lila Kedrova, Irene Papas, and Sotiris Moustakas.
Thank you Petru Simion!! Are you … Greek?? I am proud for everybody who has put his … stone and created Zorba!!
The re-connection with our roots, our world, the joining of hands in a Universal circle.
Petru – thank you.. for your insightful thoughts ;o)
“walking in circles” …. destination without hope!
I associate eternity, neverendig feelings or things.
At the same time is an equal shape, no point is higher or different from the others (i.e. the round table).
Perfection of the egyptian “Ra” the god-sun (round like a cirle).
love Chris
The circle in my culture is the essence of life. It is a symbol of continuity, has no beginning or end. Both architecture and art in my traditional society was based on the circular form. The circle to me is LIFE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUGlSfV3xJs
Dear Savita, I looked at some links,and saw keltic design,but no comment. Is it real,or a pattern and the drawing is new? I would like to know if is the ancient model,original. Really interesting indeed. Thanks anyways,have a nice time,bye
Love,Alexandra
I associate the circle area with a confined space.
A prison.
A space that one wants to get out of.
Another version, the circle as a line, is more or less the same thing.
Therefore the expression walking in circles.
Actually, the circle is one of the most boring geometrical shapes.
It is nothing polygon with many, many, facets, that are now so small that are lost, each in a dot.
This is why the archer attempts to send the arrow in the center circle. To release what is imprisoned inside that shape.
:-)
Unicycle , the perfect circle, marshmallows, ripples
LOL Alexandra!
Now,feeling hungry,a circle should be a pie,or doughnut…or any kind of round cake…cookies.ha ha
the hands of a clock going around
the four seasons
saturn’s ring
the iris and pupil of the eye
Beautiful picture Luce!
It also reminds me of what is inside of an egg
Drops f rain on the calm surface of the sea !
hello Paulo and friends,
i associate the circle with marriage. it is a unification and also it looks like a marriage band. thank you. love
Maybe the Monade .
I would say at this point of my life, the circle is personally symbolized as a sacred association for my love of People: My Bond. And those who i allow to come within my circle ( bond ) are those very special to me because they pose as themselves, revealing their love for me. I noticed that all that stand in my circle have some of the same characteristics, like candor, and humor and the will to live with no boundaries, which is my total aspiration.
Thank you,
Paulo
A CELL which contains all the informations to be a individual LIFE FORM and which is allthough a small part of a bigger COMPLETE Sructurated LIFE FORM.
Love,
Mirela(the woman in elevator)
O útero da Mãe Terra, que nos sustenta enquanto vivemos; tambor; dança; lua; roda medicinal; movimento; mudança; unidade; pensamento de Deus; chacra da terceira visão; olhos de Santa Sarah.
Beijos!
Fica com Deus e na paz!
The phrase: “closing the circle.”
The creation or demarcation of a “sacred space.”
Stanza from poem by Edwin Markham:
“He drew a circle that shut me out –
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In!”
Love is a circle, never a square, boxy, heavy, like a prison cell.
The Sun.
The Self, at the center of which is the “still-point
of the spinning world.”
(As Paulo mentions:)
“God is an intelligible sphere whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.” Alain de Lille (12th century theologian) borrowing from the “Curpus Hermeticum” (3rd c.).
“..God (is) beyond good and evil, just as much dwelling in myself as everywhere else: Deus est circulus cuius centrum est ubique, cuis circumferentia vero nusquam.” [God is a circle whose center is everywhere, but whose circumference is nowhere.]
Carl Gustav Jung, quoting from the “Liber XXIV Philosophorum.”
Card XXI, The World, whose central figure is almost always depicted inside the bounds of a circle:
http://gorillaartfare.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/taros.jpg
http://www.mysticgames.com/images/tdbigcards/tdworld.jpg
http://moonroommuse.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/tarot-card-the-world.jpg
The Mandala, which, for Jung, was “a representation of the unconscious self.” Common to many cultures – a map to the Divine:
http://aviewfromacarpark.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/death_by_washingline.jpg
http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/size:large/view:main/1522982-3-mandala-harvest.jpg
http://www.crystalinks.com/celticmandala.jpg
http://www.kelticdesigns.com/Media/GalleryPics/TreeL.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RJ5Jx24GWbU/SaM_YQqZZTI/AAAAAAAAA3w/GpRjwsABHAE/s400/mycross2.gif
http://i.pbase.com/o6/09/268309/1/21634345.xR2INtLk.38RosewindowChartres.jpg
http://www.wallpapergate.com/data/media/1578/Leon_Cathedral_Window_002.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/85875693_80bd86562f.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/141586260_7abade0638.jpg?v=0
http://walsoriginals.com/radiating%20love%20mandala.jpg
Card X: Wheel of Fortune/Wheel of Fate/Wheel of Destiny:
http://www.tarotbyarwen.com/images/tarot/wheeloffortune.jpg
http://www.alistra.com/lightbox_assets/images/tarot/10-WheelOfFortune.jpg
http://z.about.com/d/paganwiccan/1/0/W/0/-/-/10WheelRiderWaite.jpg
“closing the circle”
The circle.
Today I tried to find a friend on Facebook who I have not seen for 29 years.
I found her. Her photo was of her hanging in the air inside a big circular hoop.
I realised that this year 2009 is 30 years since we first met each other.
So, she is inside a circular hoop, and we have both travelled our paths for 30 years to meet again. FULL CIRCLE. I LOVE GOD’S SIGNS.
Blessings everyone
Karen xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxPs PAUL FROM AUSTRIA – TEXT ME PAUL OR RING SOON, FOR YOUR GIFT.
I associate the circle with nirvana. The origins of this are derived from the Sikh religion, where one of the fundamental aspects they believe in is the neverending circle of life. Followers of this faith wear a single bangle, often silver or steel, representing their belief in this concept of nirvana.
The circle is a representation of the idea that our souls continue to be reborn depending on the good or bad karma that surrounds our existence. There is no beginning and there is no end. There is just the continous cycle of individual souls being reborn, seeking enlightenment.
I love it, especialy if it is mulicoloured, it reminds me of
- sun
- happiness
- joy
- love
- Earth
but most of all
paintings of Ivan Rabuzin, so full of life, colours, nature and all of it in maze of multicoloured circles !
Love
Luce
Circle-common shape,no corners,going in circles,time passing,ring
Patterns, cycles, repetition. Your book The Alchemist is a perfect example of a circle.
Hula Hoop… childhood fun.
Prtfection=to reach 10.
- Halo around the head
- Circle of Fiths (in music) “the clockwise arrangement of the 12 keys in order of ascending fifths” -
- Circle of Willis (in the brain)
- circle schools (Moslem school)
- The Circle of Fire (Prayers book by Miguel Ruiz)
- Sitting in a circle in a round table
- the Circle of Life
The golden circle where souls return
Protection
Eclipse
Time
Wholeness
Eternity
Is also related to the sphere, which is a symbol for the feared complete being, the Androgin. Here we can see an example of coincidentia oppositorum, “one of the most archaic of the ways in which it was explained the paradhox of the divine reality”(Eliade).Very close the symbol of Ying and Yang.Omphalos. Well, always the circle is a sign of a complete thing, something closed, a possible “eternal retour’.Is a possible microcosmos, we can see as a center, a logos, so on and so forth. Sure, not to forget the Saint Hallos .
First association is the Alchymist. Boy makes his journey – then comes back to the place where he started out – and finds his treasure. For some reason this history feels circular to me. (And then he has to go to find his girlfriend who can send him kisses with the wind.)
2 pi R = forumla for a perimeter of a circle..
and pi R squared… for establishing the area of a circle.
How I used to have foreboding in early Maths classes when trying to come to terms with this concept of measuring something beyond the four walls of a square ;o))
perhaps as in trying to imagine infinity… the edge of the universe.
The Sun!
aah… the beauty of perfection ;o)
“coming full circle” – the process of something in its entirety.. from start to finish successfully.
such as the circle of life.
a circle of friends – friendship, sharing, support, unity.
The letter ‘O’ … authority in its perfection, symmetry and simplicity.. transparent and obvious, committed and dutiful, innocence and evolution.
A wedding ring…. eternal.
The olympic rings : diversity unified.
Venn diagrams: overlapping circles.
[The sun, the moon and planets.]
Polkadots in today’s fashion ;o)
Of course… Stonehenge: stone circles… and one would also add crop circles ;o)
mysterious yet possessing wisdom.
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