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sheep wrecked · (This post was last modified: 12-16-2009 02:35 PM by sheep wrecked.)

(12-16-2009 01:30 PM)YYZ Skinhead Wrote: sheep:
In looking at that logo, do you see anything with the sword and the two hands - the way they are positioned within the triangle that would connect it up with Eastern religions of any sort? I also wonder, why the triangle? The term "brotherhood" bugs me too - it does not have a good connotation, for the most part, afiak.

Quote:I am trying to figure out the significance of the flaming sword. "Magical" swords figure in a lot of occult symbolism: Wiccans, Masons and the Ku Klux Klan are some of the groups who use them. That particular flaming sword with the hand looks Masonic and resembles the Rider-Waite Tarot Ace of Swords.

The triangle is another Masonic symbol in the logo. When a triangle is surrounded by a circle (the yin-yang) it supposedly becomes more powerful. A flaming sword inside a triangle, inside a circular yin-yang. The logo combines Asian occult symbolism with Western occult symbolism. The word "brotherhood" has a non-occult meaning when used by bikers and servicemen, but it has a more ominous meaning when used by Masons and "The Great White Brotherhood", in fact there is a street "founded" by Masons in San Francisco called Brotherhood Way.

I wonder if this dude is a Mason (or just likes Masonic symbolism). That logo resembles something out of Cathy Burns' Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated.

This is excellent!! You reminded me that masonry is infused with kabbalah which is also a huge part of the Talmud. Hebrew Roots teachers are steeped in this stuff. In my opinion, but cannot document it, I believe that many of the HR teachers are masons and some have ties with Mormonism which was founded by Joseph Smith, a 33 degree mason.

So if there are masonic ties in FCS' logo, it's no big surprise. I am trying to figure out the connection with that style of martial arts as it comes from the Philippines - although I assume there would be eastern mysticism pervasive there as well, so maybe it's a blend of both "worlds"? I think that kabbalah, as ancient as it is, may be woven through many world religions.

Good discussion!!! First