The Black Zia symbol is a cross of two symbols, the Zia Sun symbol and the Circle-A symbol that has become forever linked to Anarchy.
The Zia Sun Symbol
It consists of a circle, the sun, with four sets of rays emanating from it at right angles pointing to the four directions, north, south, east and west, and is hallowed to the Zias. They believe that the Giver of all good gifts uses the number four. There are four directions, four seasons, and four divisions of life, childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The circle shape stands for everything bound together, the circle of life and love without beginning or end.
It promotes brotherhood among all things; it requires man to develop four aspects of his being, a strong body, purity of spirit, a clear mind and devotion to his tribe’s welfare. This Pantheistic view means that nature, the Universe, and God are bound together and are one, God being more abstract than personal. It teaches the harmony of all things.
The Circle-A
The Circle-A is a monogram that consists of the capital letter “A” surrounded by the capital letter”O”. The letter “A” is derived from the first letter of “anarchy” or “anarchism” in most European languages and is the same in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts. The “O” stands for order. Together they stand for “Anarchy is Order,” the first part of a Proudhon quote.
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