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Hard call. Since every Aspect and Essence has a symbol (or ought to) I'd say the most common symbol would be the most common Aspect I involve myself with. Which is Star/Radiance.




...it completely slipped my mind to make a symbol for my tradition. *facepalm*



Blades or Water, both have interesting forms.



Less a specific symbol and more an admiration for some of the simple yet entirely expressive strokes of some of the Norse runes.

I do my best to emulate that simple expression to express as much about a given Aspect or Essence in as few strokes as possible.



Pretty much everything in Etherism is made by me.
They operate as a focus point to concentrate the efforts of the channeler to the energies of the Aspect, Essence or source in question as well as an aid to psychodrama.



Not sure what you mean here.



Unless I read this wrong, technically all of the symbols in Etherism contain mysteries that are employed in their use, because the actual step by step means to channeling in Etherism has been pushed to mystery status due to my own concerns regarding misuse by outsiders and those unable to follow the philosophy. The methodologies of these mysteries are not in the pathways thread and never were actually (as I was uncomfortable with presenting them at the time).

The Cross or an Oroboros. It depends on how much the gnostic sect is trying to distance themselves from Christianity. My sect recognizes itself as a branch of Christian so hence uses the Cross.
For my sect it is the cross.
The symbol for Scorpio.
I like the aunk, the yin-yang, and the five pointed star.

Not really clear on this one? Do you mean unique version an existing symbols or like new symbols all together?
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The Eucharist is a big one. The previous symbol I've posted holds a significance because I did a tarot meditation using a card layout inspired by this symbol and it was during the first meditation using this layout when I was called to my path.

A personal glyph or rune that says "Me". I tried to have mine tattooed on me when I came of age, but it got messed up by the artist. stare

The five pointed star has a role in Christendom too. Often it represents the five wounds of Christ and from a Gnostic perspective can also reflect humanity reaching towards the Divine.

"The perfection of the ability to sense the world in order to transcend Rex Mundi" is the verbiage I recall from a friend. Often the man inscribed within the Pentagram is the full expression of the symbol.

Poe, I love how you're not automatically the Grand Master of your own religion.

Hmmm. Common symbols for the Kemetic side include the ankh, the udjat and the djed pillar as ARI said, as well as the was-scepter, the lotus flower, the feather of Ma'at, the scarab, the sistrum, the shen... The Egyptians loved their symbols alright. xp For the UUs, hands down it's the flaming chalice.

Probably the ankh or the udjat. Someone wearing one of these symbols is probably less likely to be pagan than even someone wearing a pentacle though, so it doesn't generally help me spot others. razz Someone with a UU chalice on almost 100% has some connection to the religion though; it's not a common "looks cool" or "I'm so okkult" symbol.

For the UUs, I prefer the chalice that is off-center in a double ring, although the one with the chalice centered and a rainbow where the rings overlap is cool too (generally denotes a welcoming congregation). Otherwise, I'm partial to the ankh; when I was a kid I would make ankhs out of gimp (that plastic lanyard weaving stuff) at camp. I'm planning eventually to get a tattoo of a was-scepter on my spine (ow). I also like the five-pointed star (I can't find a good image; it's not a pentagram, looks more like a sea star) and the pet (looks kind of like a bench, in this image shown supported by two was-scepters) which are symbols of Nut & the night sky, and another tattoo idea is some kind of arrangement of stars on my chest (again, ow).

I like the Thor's hammer symbol, the Dharma wheel, the FSM fish, and the circle with the cross in it that Wikipedia calls a "sun cross."

I wish. I think about creating symbols every so often but have never really gotten around to it. I'm sure I made up languages when I was a kid but they're gone now.

Again, I wish. I can't even get my signature to look the same way twice. I have vague memories of personal glyphs from childhood, but nothing that stuck with me. A few years ago I was signing Gaia furry art commissions with "K E E" in Tolkien's Cirth runes, but totally wrong since Tolkien's scripts were generally phonetic instead of alphabetic. Anyway, I think it would be difficult for me to actually come up with a symbol that would continue to represent me through my different phases.

I don't think so? I'll have to think about that.

Well... and really, who knows how old that tradition is?

The Ouroborus isn't a dragon. confused

Hey had Doreen though...