Albert Churchward's opinion about the Star of David

NotGuilty as Charged

Anexample of a kind of nasty attacks against the Star of David is an article titled "TheSix-Pointed Star, The Mark Of The Beast, Part II, History Of The Six-Pointed Star",where the author quotes selectively from "Signs and Symbols of PrimordialMan, being an explanation of the Evolution of Religious Doctrines from theEschatology of the Ancient Egyptians" (1910) By Albert Churchward (1852-1925). 

Quote:"Six Triangles...is the Egyptian hieroglyphic for the ...Land of theSpirits." (Churchward, p. 177)

In the original text the Six Triangles do not comprise a Star of David, as you may have assumed by thetitle of the article – they are illustrated as 3 pairs of hourglasses. 

3 pairs of hourglasses

Quote:  "Ancient Egyptian Seal of Solomon"(Churchward, p. 188)

The original text is: 

"and has by some been named Seal ofSolomon (see origin of triangles. 

The illustration on the left of this sentence is marked as Figure 85. It  shows not a Star of David, or a Seal of Solomon (which is another name for thesix pointed star) but a rhomb surrounded by four triangles). 

A rhomb surrounded by four triangles

Quote: "This (6-pointed star) was the first sign or hieroglyphic ofAmsu" (p. 65)

The words (6-pointedstar) are an addition of the author. The original phrase is:

"This, as far as we can trace, was the first sign or hieroglyphicof Amsu"

More than that: on page 314 Churchward wrote that the shape of the first two triangles mentioned above as 3 pairs of hourglasses "is  much more ancient than the latter" (marked as Fig. 85)

and we can not find any reason for Brother Gould calling it "Solomon's Seal". Solomon was not born when this was first used as a sacred sign, and as far as our researches go we have not been able to trace any facts or reasons to support the assertion that Solomon ever used it as a seal". 

This quote does not appear in the Watch.Pair article mentioned above...

Jew Watch

 Jew Watch is the most famous anti semitic website 
 It's Logo includes a colorful star of David above Hammer and Sickle 

the former USSR Coat of Arms 

hinting that Jews were behind the invention of Communism

Anti semitic Russiam postcard

Star of David on an old Anti semitic Russiam postcard

Courtesy of Stephanie Comfort 

(c) 

Algeria banning a Koran because it has a Star of David on it

David referred me to a news story about Algeria banning a Koran because it has a Star of David on it

and added  that

Comment number 9 is interesting, it says: They will have to demolish the Dome of the rock because it has Stars of David all over.Comment 8 says the Star of David is common in Islamic art

Thanks 

David 

Barbed wire Star of David on an Iranian anti occupation stamp

2008 Barbed wire Star of David

on an Iranian anti occupation stamp

Courtesy of stephanie Comfort (C)

Anti Semitic Attack

The star of David makes it easy for anti- Semites to identify Jewish targets. In this case we see a burnt tombstone at Undercliffe Cemetery (founded in 1854) North of England

Picture is courtesy of lant_70 from Flickr

Defaced Symbol of Salah El-Din

A hexagram on a lintel at Salah El-Din citadel in Sadr, Sinai, was defaced and the name Allah was chiseled instead- reported Tareq M.G. Abdel Hamid in his Unpublished M.A. Thesis, The American University in Cairo, 2005.

From: Islamic history through coins: an analysis and catalogue of tenth-century Ikhshidid coinage by Jere L. Bacharach‏, American Univ. in Cairo Press ‏, 2006

ISBN 9774249305 p. 160

Anti-Israelism-2

Swastika symbol versus the Star of David symbol on a sign at a protest in Melbourne against the Israel attacks on Lebanon, 2006. Picture is courtesy of "swaroopm" from Flickr

Anti-Israelism-1

"Swastika = Star of David" on a sign at a demonstration in Melbourne for the Palestinians of Gaza in 18 Jan 2009
Picture is Courtesy of Takver from Flickr  

This is one of the most popular signs at Anti-Israeli demonstrations around the world.

Anti-Semitic Yugoslavian stamp 1941

Yugoslavian Postal Services under Nazi occupation issued in 22.10.1941 a series of anti-Jewish stamps and posters to mark the opening of the "Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition" in Belgrade [22.10.1941- 19.01.1942]. In this stamp we see the hand of a Nazi strangling “the Jewish snake”, which caries numerous stars of David.
Courtesy of Stephanie Comfort from Flickr.

Intolerance

In Lesnovo Monastery (the Church of St. Archangel Gabriel), Macedonia, there are three circles. Rugs cover two of them, and in the picture we see the third, which is uncovered. The local monk told Rossitza Olson while she visited there that the Star of David is uncovered so that Christian visitors would have the opportunity to step on it and by that to reject Judaism.

This issue of stepping on the emblem of Judaism is quite popular and “jumps” each time one sees the six-pointed star on the floor, like in the Temple Mount at the 7th century C.E. Dome of the Chain, or in the case of Vans shoes. Anyhow Anti-Semitism is no news…

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