{"collection":"Symbols","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot06_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot06_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_sym_bot_bot06_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/sym/bot/bot06.htm","summary":"The Tau Cross\u2014Aum Ma Ni Pad Me Hum\u2014Indian Talismans\u2014Ganesa the Elephant-headed\u2014Hangman the Monkey God\u2014The Eight Glorious Emblems of Buddha\u2014The Wheel of Life\u2014The Conch Shell\u2014The Two Fishes\u2014The Lucky Diagram\u2014The Lotus\u2014The Frog\u2014The Three Gems. OF the many and various Symbols and Talismans which have come down to us through the ages, the Tau Cross is one of the most ancient, and is undoubtedly the prototype of all modern crosses; it probably had its origin in the double-axe hieroglyphic used by\u2026","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Book of Talismans: Part I. Amulets and Talismans: Chapter III","tradition":"Symbols","translated_text":null,"word_count":2305}