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It is said that symbols are a language that connects us to our hidden past; but is this a past worthy of remembrance? Especially in consideration that nearly every religious symbol which has endured till present day was created in honor of a pagan god or in representation of some aspect of nature. The Biblical Israelites were forbidden by God to create or worship any image or symbol graven by man. How then is it that many of these ancient symbols have found an enduring home in the Judeo-Christian traditions throughout the world? Most of the world would readily recognize and identify the Cross as the true symbol of Christianity. And for the nearly two billion Christians on the planet the Cross is a representation of the life, suffering and sacrifice of Jesus for the redemption of sins. But even Christianity’s most beloved and recognized symbol has origins steeped in witchcraft, divination, astrology and the worship of the heavenly bodies. Are symbols forever and intrinsically linked to their primordial origin?