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Iona Crossby ~rompus

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Celtic cross at the cemetery at the Gaelic chapel ruins in Cromarty on the Black Isle Scotland.

Just a bit of back ground on the Celtic Cross

Meaning of the Celtic Cross

Because of its antiquity, the Celtic Cross is popular with neo-Druids, occultists, neo-Pagans and New Age followers, who see the ring representing the thunder god Taranis and refer to the cross as a Taranis Wheel. Another interpretation is that the cross might be an astrological navigation instrument.

The most common Christian interpretations of the ring include:

* a symbol of eternity that emphasizes the everlasting life in Heaven for those who accept Christ

* the world, for which Christ died and the everlasting love of God, as shown through Christ's crucifixion.

* The circle has been linked to the idea of the Eucharist. Early Crosses in Scotland depicted round millstones used for grinding wheat that were hung in the centre of large Crosses.

* a crown of thorns
* the resurrection of Christ
* a halo

* the story of St. Patrick, living with some new Christian converts (formerly Druids). Patrick took one of their standing stones etched with a circle that symbolised their moon goddess, and scratched a Latin cross mark over the circle. This was to show that Christianity had replaced their pagan beliefs.

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