Symbolism in Kingdom's music videos. Issue #14
STONE is a natural symbol of certainty, stability, inviolability, immutability, strength.
"Black stones" in most cases are meteorites. Appearing from the heavenly space, they become symbols of a higher power.
In pre-Islamic times, the "black stone" was primarily a symbol of the male creative force of nature.
In a general sense, the stone is a symbol of stability, duration, immortality, inviolability, eternal, cohesion, indestructibility of the Highest Reality. Stone is a static life.
Stones are often adjacent to trees in sacred places. They either stand alone, marking a sacred place or event, or are associated with a tree in the structure of the sacred altar, where they symbolize the long-lasting, and the tree is transitory.
In primitive symbolism, stones can produce people and have parental potency; people can be turned into sacred stones.
Some stones have their own symbols: for example, the Kaaba, the black stone of Cybele, black jade or pearls sometimes have the symbolism of a Cosmic Egg.
Tall, vertically mounted stones or columns symbolize the earth's axis (the symbols of which are also a tree, a mountain, a tree on a mountain, a column with a tree growing on it) and indicate the supreme support of everything in the universe. They are also fixed points of the universe, or centers where a person can regain paradise or receive enlightenment.
Conical stones and pyramids made of stone have the same phallic symbolism as stones set vertically.
Cubic stones mean stability and static perfection and as such are often laid in the foundation of sacred buildings.
Spherical stones mean the moon, and therefore the feminine principle and moon goddesses.
A carved or polished stone symbolizes a character that has been processed, that is, perfected.
A broken stone or column means death, destruction and dismemberment.
Heavy stones or rocks hanging over a spring, stream or the entrance to a cave with treasures that prevent access to the waters of life flowing out from under the rock symbolize difficulties or conditions that must be overcome, understood or fulfilled before the waters of life can be found - esoteric, hidden knowledge.
The stone axe is a non-canonical expression of divinity or supernatural power.
Lapis exelis is a stone whose power gives life back to the Phoenix; sometimes it correlates with the Holy Grail cup and can grant eternal youth to those who serve it.
Thunderstones represent the forces of thunder, lightning and storms.
Betel stones are marking stones, they mark the place where the deity or the solar spirit resides, as well as the souls of the dead, this is the meeting place of Heaven and Earth, the sacred land. Betel stones are often endowed with prophetic properties, they are considered "talking stones" from which the voice of a deity or oracle emanates, such as, for example, the omphalos at Delphi. These stones are usually considered to have fallen from the sky, which means that they are divine.
For alchemists, the hidden stone is the primary matter. The Philosopher's stone, rebis, is the ultimate goal of the search, the "double being" of the hermetic androgyne, reconciliation of opposites, finding unity, returning to the center, perfection, absolute reality, spiritual, mental and moral unity of man, a liberated, whole Self.
In Egypt, the stone symbolizes truth ("heavy stones of Truth"), green stones symbolize youth and immortality. Hewn stone among the Egyptians means the material on which it is necessary to work in order to achieve perfection through creativity. A rough, untreated stone is a person who is not capable of rebirth. A processed stone is a spiritual and refined person.
In the Sumero-Semitic tradition, conical stones and columns are the main symbols and non-canonical images of Astarte and some other Semitic deities.
In the Greco-Roman tradition, the stones represent the "bones of Mother Earth" (Ovid).
The black stone is a symbol of Cybele, who, as the goddess of the mountain, is depicted in the form of a conical stone.
The square stone is an attribute of Aphrodite (Venus).
The stones are often associated with Kronos (Saturn) and with Apollo (omphalos in Delphi and a cube-shaped altar in Delos).
In Christianity, a stone is a reliable foundation, indestructibility, Saint Peter as the founder of the Church. The stones are emblems of Saints Alpezh and Stefan.
The Celts have stone rocks with prophetic abilities.
Among the Arabs of the pre-Islamic period, stones were worshipped as non-canonical images of the Manat, stones and trees were revered.
Among the peoples of West Africa, blue stones symbolize the power of the heavenly god.
Among Muslims, the black stone of the Kaaba has a cubic shape and is an omphalom or a place of communication between a person and God.
In Buddhism, black pebbles are bad deeds, white pebbles are good deeds; both are weighed at a posthumous trial.
In Hinduism, the stone represents stability and is at the heart of the temple and the altar.
The conical shaped stones (lingam) are a non-canonical form of the image of Shiva as the creator.
In China, the stone represents reliability and strength.
Stone bells symbolize fertility and avert trouble.
The Japanese have stones and rocks — sacred objects of Shintoism.
Among the peoples of Oceania, rocks gave birth to everything in the world.
Among all nomadic and hunting tribes, among American Indians, stones are also considered "bones of Mother Earth".
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