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The Four Winds Celtic Knot

The KelticDead Music initiative uses an ancient Celtic knot design

as its logo. It is often referred to as the “Four Winds of Life.”

Upon examination one sees that this Celtic knot has a continuous

flow around a center space (or a dot). Each "direction" of the path

around the center represents forces (or winds) that are aspects of

the four "elemental" powers that exist in our universe, and each

path affects us continuously throughout our lives. In the symbol we

are the purple dot located in the center of the design.

This continuous knot design is believed to be the oldest Celtic knot

known, and some folk estimate that the origins of the design may

have come before the Sumerian and Tartarian civilizations. It is also

the most powerful Celtic knot design in what it represents for each

us as we journey through life ... and beyond.

The four "elements" are generally described as “gases (or Air),"

“liquids (or Water)," "solids (or Earth)," and “energy (or Fire)." The

four directions or "ayrts" (also spelled as "airts“ and means “4 points

of a compass”) can be described as being directions for forward and

behind, or to our left and to our right. They can also represent what

is above and below, or to our future and to our past. The symbol

can represent those things in which we can understand, and those

things for which we cannot.

Some have mistakenly described this symbol as a "Celtic cross,"

and while it has a similar basis for what the cross stands for in a

spiritual sense, it is far more than that. The Celts have long shown

this symbol on their bodies by crossing a hand over their heart with

their fingers to their head, to their middle (or core), to their left arm,

and then to their right arm. The center of the symbol is the "fifth"

element which is our heart and represents us.

The green color of the paths represents and honors all those who

have died to make our lives possible, and the purple dot is the

compliment color of green which is also the color most often used

by royalty. Many in the Celtic cultures refer to this knot as a

"navigation" symbol, and I use it in my salute for all my endeavors.

This phrase is ...

To the Four Airts to Guide Us; and

For the Four Winds to get us there.

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