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The Patent Cross,
or Templar Cross, is a simple solar cross with the addition of four
lines perpendicular to extremes: gradually from this base has reached
more complex representations and artistically more elaborate. However,
this symbol has been primarily associated with Jesus Christ: all
depictions of the gods portray him with a patent cross over the
head. The meaning is simple: divinity linked to the sun and then
to life, the power generating. Indeed, as in the case of the swastika,
it recalls the cycle of equinoxes and solstices of the Earth around
the Sun, and also a symbol of natural order in the universe. It
is not by chance that in ancient times was attributed to Mitra,
god similar to Christ. In medieval times instead the patent cross
became a symbol of Templar Knights , who were banned from traditional
Christian cross to adopt one of this type, red on white mantle.
With the fall in disgrace symbol of the Templars lost strength and
remained confined in esoteric environments, even disappearing from
churches and chapels. But according to some occultists, the patent
cross is cleverly concealed in a very powerful recalls that temple
(which could be an continued): the International Red Cross.
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