Peru CHACANA color magnet

Chacana An ancient symbol chakana (also spelled chacana, or the "Inca Cross" or "stepped") is an ancient symbol widely used in today's Peruvian Incas to understand and target their universe. It symbolizes the main constellation in the Southern Hemisphere equivalent position of Polaris in the Northern Hemisphere again. Southern Cross is used for navigation and astronomy, they also use chakana to locate and to build the entire Inca empire places of worship, including Macchu Picchu. Chakana (or Inca Cross) symbolizes the Inca mythology, the World Tree or Tree of Life, and so-called other myth. . The three levels of existence Hana Pacha (God), Kay Pacha (we kept the everyday world) and Ucu or Urin Pacha (the ancestors of the deceased and various gods). Transit through the center bore axis by means of a shaman to cross the universe to another level. It also represents Cuzco, and the Southern Cross constellation. chakana life is a symbol of rebirth, and initiation stage of life journey of a lifetime must be chakana was able to complete. Each point represents the four cardinal directions (south, west, north and east). Each direction has a theme of time, energy, life associated with it: the South - to characterize the beginning of the road to seek personal or spiritual development of the West - a journey into the darkness of the soul, and self-discovery trial. North wisdom ancestors. East -, the spirit of the end of life, is born. Material: Ceramic Size: 6x6 Origin / manufacturing methods Peru