HAPPINESS
THE STELE OF HAPPINESS
For the ancients, the stele could have many purposes, among which was that of bringing magic into the lives of men.
Almost always a bas-relief, the magic stele had apotropaic purposes, to prevent the "ugly" and the negative and to allow healing.
For the ancients, the stele could have many purposes, among which was that of bringing magic into the lives of men.
Almost always a bas-relief, the magic stele had apotropaic purposes, to prevent the "ugly" and the negative and to allow healing.
The Symbols, the first signs.
When we want to give meaning to a symbol we must observe how what it represents behaves in nature. How history has represented and used it. The two things together give us wonderful indications on how that symbol can belong to us.