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		<title>Symbols don&#8217;t lie</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The portal of the St. Marx cemetery (Friedhof St. Marx) shows a hexagram, well known as Star of David. Yet, I was told that this hexagram was (and still is) not meant as a Jewish symbol. Interestingly, a number of gravestones there show six-pointed stars which some consider variations of hexagrams. Though, I found one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" title="See my gallery for more of it" href="http://sewer.schamanek.net/gallery/v/miscelly/st_marx_cemetery/st_marx_tor_davidstern.jpg.html"><img align="right" alt="Hexagram of St. Marx cemetery's portal" title="Hexagram of St. Marx cemetery's portal" style="margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 1em" src="/pix/st_marx_portal_hexagram.jpg" /></a>The portal of the <a target="_blank" title="Wikipedia's entry about St. Marx cemetery" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marx_cemetery">St. Marx cemetery</a> (<a target="_blank" title="German Wikipedia's entry of Friedhof St. Marx" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Marxer_Friedhof">Friedhof St. Marx</a>) shows a <a target="_blank" title="Wikipedia on Hexagram" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagram">hexagram</a>, well known as <a target="_blank" title="Wikipedia on the Star of David" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_David">Star of David</a>. Yet, I was told that this hexagram was (and still is) not meant as a Jewish symbol.</p>
<p>Interestingly, a number of <a target="_blank" title="Some photos of gravestones of St. Marx" href="http://sewer.schamanek.net/gallery/v/miscelly/st_marx_cemetery/">gravestones there</a> show six-pointed stars which some consider variations of hexagrams. Though, I found one engraving showing a <a target="_blank" title="Gravestone with hexagram and 6-star" href="http://sewer.schamanek.net/gallery/v/miscelly/st_marx_cemetery/grabstein_davidstern.jpg.html">six-pointed star within a hexagram</a>.</p>
<p>What is part of a symbol?</p>
<p>One of Heinz von Foerster&#8217;s favorite symbols was the <a target="_blank" title="Wikipedia on Ouroboros" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a>. (Von Foerster often used a variation where <a target="_blank" title="Photo of 2 Ouroboros by SeanO" href="http://ouroboros.tribe.net/photos/0e928534-4a30-47b0-b3f0-92db90020b28">2 snakes devour each other&#8217;s tail</a>.)</p>
<p><img align="left" style="margin: 0pt 2em 1em 0pt" alt="Ouroboros as used by Heinz von Foerster" title="Ouroboros as used by Heinz von Foerster" src="/pix/ouroboros_hvf.png" />At the St. Marx cemetery some <a target="_blank" title="Gravestone with Ouroboros, photo by Andreas Schamanek" href="http://sewer.schamanek.net/gallery/v/miscelly/st_marx_cemetery/gravestone_ouroboros.jpg.html">gravestones carry Ouroboros</a>, many with an <a target="_blank" title="Ouroboros with arrow (an a gravestone)" href="http://sewer.schamanek.net/gallery/v/miscelly/st_marx_cemetery/gravestone_ouroboros_arrow.jpg.html">arrow</a> pointing from left to right.</p>
<p>Are symbols just symbols?</p>
<p>I vividly feel as if I was an <a title="Ouroboros on fire, by rattus rattus" href="/120/ouroboros" target="_self">Ouroboros on fire</a>.</p>
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