Wanted to share this Mutya article by Grace Odal, first published online at www.urduja.com, the baybayin jewelry site. Grace’s article talks a little about the syllable of “ba” as an indicator of the Feminine Principle. (Also see post Baybayin Alive: Fertility Symbols, Feminine Principle and BA) Mutya By: Grace Odal This article reflects on Filipino contemplative processes which according to the author is...
Read MoreRabbi Mark Sameth unveils a mystery of the Hebrew letters that spell God. I found an article written by Gary Stern, in the Journal News • july 21, 2008. Here is the online version: Rabbi unveils a secret of God. The Rabbi’s theological exploration is about the tetragrammaton of “YHWH”, the four-letter, too-holy-to-speak name of God handed down by the ancient Israelites. According to Rabbi Sameth, the Hebrew letters...
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Please check out the Ebru TV interview of Baybayin artist Ameurfina Nazario. Click on: Blank Canvas, 1/05 Nazario and Zubeide at the following link: http://www.ebru.tv/en/p.fullepisode.html?prg_id=156%C2%A0 Ameurfina interprets the deeper significance of various names, such as “Bathala” and “America,” by rendering them in baybayin and then interpreting the forms’ various meanings...
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The Bathala baybayin symbols are important to Filipinos up to today. The logo of the Institute of Spirituality in Asia has the Bathala baybayin symbols incorporated within it. (baybayin symbols by Raymond...
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The Babae Pendant (2002) “Woman” or Babae After Mary Ann Ubaldo(Urduja.com) taught me about baybayin, I collaborated with her and together we designed this pendant together. Each is custom-made, and as of this day, we probably only created 15 of them. The baybayin symbols of this pendant are Ba at the outer shape, another Ba in the negative space, and the E carved in it. So for me...
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