The Hamsa Hand

Post Date: 16th Sep, 2005 - 11:43pm / Post ID: #

The Hamsa Hand

Hamsa Hand

Do you feel there is any power or mystical energy in 'The Hamsa Hand'?

The hamesh hand or hamsa hand is a symbol of blessing and protection within the Jewish tradition. There are also hamsa hands in other religions.

The Hamsa Hand (Hover)

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I believe that the Hamsa hand predates and even was what led to the creation of the Roman Catholic Powerful Hand. The website listed shows the hand facing up, but I thought that it was always facing down in places I had seen it. I had to look up a couple wesites to find more information, but it is all very interesting.

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An alternative Islamic name for this charm is the Hand of Fatima, in reference to the daughter of Mohammed. An alternative Jewish name for it is the Hand of Miriam, in reference to the sister of Moses and Aaron.

The same hand has been called the Hamesh Hand in addition to Hamsa Hand and the names listed above. The Hamsa Hand has been a staple of protection from the Evil Eye in both major semitic religions of Judaism and Islam for a long time.

Its original origins may actually stem back further than either religion.

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There is good archaeological evidence to suggest that the downward-pointing protective hamesh / hamsa hand predates both Judaism and Islam and that it refers to an ancient Middle Eastern goddess whose hand (or vulva, in other images) wards off the evil eye.

The Hamsa hand has also been encased in the Star of David and been surrounded by six all seeing eyes around the star. A more common found expression of the 'hand' has been with one all seeing eye in the middle of the hand.

https://www.luckymojo.com/hamsahand.html

Post Date: 23rd May, 2014 - 8:32pm / Post ID: #

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