marks
- all 22
- christian 7
- daoist 2
- digital pilgrim 3
- greek 1
- judaism 2
- rastafari 2
- tarot 1
- vedic 2
- yoruba 2
22 marks
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ark of the covenant
two cherubim facing, and the empty space between them. the space is the point — that is where the meeting happened.
christian
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bata drums
three drums, two heads each, played together. they are not accompaniment. they are speech, and they expect an answer.
yoruba
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bloom
the lotus and the pilgrim bloom in meditation.
digital pilgrim
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chalice
the cup, and what is held above it.
christian
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christogram
jesus christ conquers, in four letters set at the four corners of the cross. the same mark is pressed into the bread.
christian
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dreidel
a top with a letter on each of its four sides, spun in the dark half of the year. together the letters say a great miracle happened here.
judaism
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ethiopian bible
eighty one books, which is more than any other canon keeps. boards, leather, and a cross cut into the cover.
christian
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ethiopian cross
pierced rather than solid, so the light comes through the arms.
christian
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flame
fire taken from the gods and handed down. the flame inside us all.
greek
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humble tree
the heart of the tree is pure humility.
digital pilgrim
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kundalini
coiled at the base of the spine. two currents cross on the way up, and there are seven places to stop.
vedic
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mandala
petals, then crossing triangles, then one point. you enter at the edge and finish in the middle.
vedic
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matins
the night office, said in the dark before first light. the star inside the arch is the last one of the night and not the first one of the morning.
christian
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mount zion
the promised land, and the road out of exile. the light is behind the mountain rather than over it.
rastafari
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pilgrim
one who is on the spiritual path, seated and cut out of the light rather than lit by it. a lotus opens underneath.
digital pilgrim
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seal of melchizedek
two squares laid across each other, and an eight pointed star appears that neither of them contains.
christian
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seven african powers
seven in a ring, and the one who opens the road is marked.
yoruba
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six point star
two triangles laid over each other, one reaching up and one down, and six points stand where they cross.
judaism
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the western pass
he wrote the book for the gatekeeper, rode out through the pass, and was not seen again.
daoist
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triple crown
three points for three titles held at once — king of kings, lord of lords, conquering lion of judah.
rastafari
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uncarved block
the world before anyone shaped it. name a piece of it and you have already begun carving.
daoist
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wheel of fortune
it turns whether or not you are ready. the hub is the only part that does not move.
tarot
