Hex Signs and Ganesh

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Thank you for sharing your story and wisdoms. Read it with great interest.

Much admire & love Amish stuff - t'was when I was learning "folk-art" painting

yonks ago that enriched my awareness about them. Er....everyone, pls don't ask

me about painting 'cuz I'd thrown out the paints, brushes and works about 5

years ago.

Anytime ya wanta tell us more about Pennsylvania, I'm all ears.

Mighty big tas,

Sy

Scott Hutton wrote:

I grew up in Pennsylvania in the 40’s and 50’s. One of my paternal

great-grandfathers was Amish. I also had Amish ancestors on my mother’s side

but by the time I was growing up it had been about 100 years since anyone knew

for sure who they were or what the relationship was. We know of them only via

hearsay and the presence of Amish artifacts in an attic.

I knew of a tiny bit of Amish magic firsthand, and a bit more second hand. It

never occurred to me growing up to doubt the efficacy of hex signs. One of the

most exciting trips of my life was in 1948, when my parents drove me to the

eastern end of the state, where the "real" Amish were, and where their hex

signs were not only to be seen but to be seen in action. These hex signs were

for real. I never forgot them.

Over the years I’ve learned a bit about the esotericism behind them:

For a start draw a vertical line. Intersect it with an "X" such that the

resultant six-armed star forms six equal 60 degree angles. Connect the arms of

the star. You will have drawn a 3-dimensional cube (air, fire, water, earth);

you will also have drawn all 24 of the Nordic runes, all appearing in one

figure.

This figure is the "complete" form of the "H" rune, whose function is precisely

that of a hex sign – to ward off unwonted influences. The same six-armed star

appears in every snowflake we have ever seen, and is the basic structure of the

quartz crystal as well. "Crystal" = holy ice.

Our northern predecessors saw the universe, not as yin and yang, but as ice and

fire, which today we think of as matter and energy, and their hex signs were

and, I think, still are an attempt to express the union of manifestation

(matter, crystal) and energy (fire, light). This thought is preserved is one of

Einstein’s later, unpublished theories to the effect that matter is condensed

light.

When one deals with a hex sign, and the runes, which, I insist, must be treated

with the same respect accorded to the Sanscrit and Hebrew alphabets if their

magic is to be tapped into, we must understand: we have walked upon sacred

ground, we have entered a sacred energy field.

What has this to do with Ganesha? I say, plenty. If Ganesh is the Lord of

Speech, he presides over the runes as well as every other alphabet that might

appear. I am mulling the notion that each rune is an expression of an aspect of

Ganesh.

Hagal would express "Obstacle Queller", and the hex sign, so unrelated at first

glance, might then be viewed as a mandala of Ganesh in his warding off evil

aspect. A yantra, if you will.

Perhaps all this is off the wall. I hope so. I’ve found the deepest truths in my

life when I’ve looked off the wall.

Scott

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Well, here are two stories of Amish magick:

 

(1) This one I know first hand. When I was 5 or 6, I got a good

case of ringworm on my left elbow. In those days (the late 40's)

the doctor (who made housecalls in his old Ford) couldn't do much

except say wait for it to go away. Then Mrs. Gross came to

visit...and told my mother to paint a circle of black ink around it

and it would go away. My mother painted the circle; within hours

the parasite-colony had shrunk and was entirely gone in a few days.

 

(2) This one's a bit darker. The same lady told us that, if ever

we needed to get back at someone, to take a pail of clear water

outside on the night of a full moon. Also take a big knife. Look

into the water until the person's face appears; when it does, drop

knife into bucket. She confided that an uncle of hers had done this

recently, causing the man to have an barn accident in which his face

as slashed.

 

The Amish can be a contrary people. One of my paternal great

grandmothers came into a small inheritance, which she used for new

living room furniture and a fine new rug. My great grandfather

uttered not one word to her for 8 months, so furious was he that the

money was so frivously spent.

 

I don't know if the Amish know about the runes or use them. I would

be surprised if they did, because their religion is so laden with

Christian fundamentalism. But they keep usin them hex signs, and

therefore stay in touch with Hagal.

 

BTW, I saw a reference today to Ganesha as "Lord of Letters". As in

letters of an alphabet. Ha. I thought so. My rune thoughts aren't

so nuts after all.

 

All be well,

 

Scott

 

 

 

 

 

 

, SY Zenith <syzenith> wrote:

>

> Hi Scott,

> Thank you for sharing your story and wisdoms. Read it with great

interest.

> Much admire & love Amish stuff - t'was when I was learning "folk-

art" painting yonks ago that enriched my awareness about them.

Er....everyone, pls don't ask me about painting 'cuz I'd thrown out

the paints, brushes and works about 5 years ago.

> Anytime ya wanta tell us more about Pennsylvania, I'm all ears.

> Mighty big tas,

> Sy

> Scott Hutton wrote:

> I grew up in Pennsylvania in the 40's and 50's. One of my paternal

great-grandfathers was Amish. I also had Amish ancestors on my

mother's side but by the time I was growing up it had been about 100

years since anyone knew for sure who they were or what the

relationship was. We know of them only via hearsay and the presence

of Amish artifacts in an attic.

>

> I knew of a tiny bit of Amish magic firsthand, and a bit more

second hand. It never occurred to me growing up to doubt the

efficacy of hex signs. One of the most exciting trips of my life was

in 1948, when my parents drove me to the eastern end of the state,

where the "real" Amish were, and where their hex signs were not only

to be seen but to be seen in action. These hex signs were for real.

I never forgot them.

>

> Over the years I've learned a bit about the esotericism behind

them:

>

> For a start draw a vertical line. Intersect it with an "X" such

that the resultant six-armed star forms six equal 60 degree angles.

Connect the arms of the star. You will have drawn a 3-dimensional

cube (air, fire, water, earth); you will also have drawn all 24 of

the Nordic runes, all appearing in one figure.

>

> This figure is the "complete" form of the "H" rune, whose function

is precisely that of a hex sign – to ward off unwonted influences.

The same six-armed star appears in every snowflake we have ever

seen, and is the basic structure of the quartz crystal as

well. "Crystal" = holy ice.

>

> Our northern predecessors saw the universe, not as yin and yang,

but as ice and fire, which today we think of as matter and energy,

and their hex signs were and, I think, still are an attempt to

express the union of manifestation (matter, crystal) and energy

(fire, light). This thought is preserved is one of Einstein's later,

unpublished theories to the effect that matter is condensed light.

>

> When one deals with a hex sign, and the runes, which, I insist,

must be treated with the same respect accorded to the Sanscrit and

Hebrew alphabets if their magic is to be tapped into, we must

understand: we have walked upon sacred ground, we have entered a

sacred energy field.

>

> What has this to do with Ganesha? I say, plenty. If Ganesh is the

Lord of Speech, he presides over the runes as well as every other

alphabet that might appear. I am mulling the notion that each rune

is an expression of an aspect of Ganesh.

>

> Hagal would express "Obstacle Queller", and the hex sign, so

unrelated at first glance, might then be viewed as a mandala of

Ganesh in his warding off evil aspect. A yantra, if you will.

>

> Perhaps all this is off the wall. I hope so. I've found the

deepest truths in my life when I've looked off the wall.

>

> Scott

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