symbolism

Symbolism

The word symbol derives from the Greek verb symballein-to throw together, and its noun symbolon-mark, emblem, token or sign. It is an object, which represents or stands for something else. Symbolism is a relatively straight forward concept on its surface. Is a visible object or action that suggests some further meaning in addition to itself, it is the most ancient and fundamental method of expression.
First of all, let us say that at the level of archaic societies, symbolism is, or at least was a religious symbolism. Symbols reveal a modality of the real or a deep structure of the world, and in the spiritual horizon of primitive man, the real mingles with the sacred and the world is considered the creation of gods. According to Professor Whitehead a symbol certainly, means something presented to the senses or the imagination usually to the sense which stands for something else. Symbolism in that way runs through the whole of life. Every moment w...