Further Reading

Saturday, 30 June 2007

Wisdom in action

It is impossible to overstate the importance of hawk symbolism in Pagan religion. Hawks were wisdom symbols and action symbols in that religion. The Pagan religion is sometimes called "the wisdom religion." Wisdom was its primary virtue. Seeing is knowing. Vision was equated with wisdom. Hawks, buzzards, cats, and other animals with powerful eyesight were wisdom symbols in Pagan religion.The hawk's powerful eyesight, its prodigious powers of flight, and its prowess as a hunter made it the ideal symbol for wisdom in action.