Video from It Felt Like A Kiss and a message from the Mujahideen in Iraq. Audio from It Felt Like A Kiss and Crazy by Gnarles Barckly

The symbols used by groups of people to represent themselves and their identity or ideas have different values according to whether the group is perceived as powerful and oppressive or as powerless and oppressed. To attack the symbols of oppressors is a valid mode of civil disobedience whilst attacking the symbols of the oppressed is the action of a dictator or tyrant. The architect of the WTC, Minoru Tamasaki, said this about the building – “‘The World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a living representation of man’s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his belief in the cooperation of men, and through this cooperation his ability to find greatness.”

on my last video I touched briefly on symbols, I felt it’s a subject that doesn’t get enough attention

www.gnosticawakenings.com As the inquisition raged to eradicate groups deemed heretical, the Gnostics went underground and encoded their mysteries in symbols and allegories, such as the mysteries of alchemical transformation. In this last installment of “Secret Quest,” find out how the wisdom of the Christian Gnostics has kept reappearing – right up to the modern day… “Secret Quest I” is the first episode in a 3-part series on Christian Gnosticism which has been split into three parts to go on youtube. To purchase the whole series on DVD, go to Absolute Publishing Press www.absolutepublishingpress.com

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