The Baybayin Oracle Cards were created circa 2002 by Rhodora “Bing” Veloso. By meditation and contempation, understanding the sounds in words in various Philippine languages, and applying metaphorical sight or talinghaga, Bing worked on interpreting the various baybayin symbols over time. This work of interpreting the symbols is also much like dream interpretation. Here is the matrix of Bing’s symbols...
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The Baybayin Oracle is meant by B. Veloso to enjoin many, especially Filipinos, in finding beauty, goodness and truth in baybayin’s ancient treasures. This is the second part of The Deeper Meaning of Baybayin Symbols. Click here for part one. Bing Veloso took time to study the baybayin symbols on an esoteric level by way of meditation and contemplation. The interpretation of the baybayin symbols can be...
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It is not uncommon for letters, pictographs and symbols to have deep hidden meanings—even magical power, for cultures around the world have rich histories and stories connected to symbols, letters and written words. Other countries and cultures too have symbols and writing systems that were multi-dimensional, that is, their writing systems in application could not only be read as words and every day messages or chronicles, but...
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Before it was even released, I featured this book a couple of times at this blog. I finally got a copy last month and read it for most of the day that I was home, in bed with the flu. I noted that the cover and paper are top quality and the book, in its fresh print run, even smells wonderful. Filipino Tattoos: Ancient to Modern by Lane Wilcken. A book review at amazon.com. Uncovers the beauty of Filipino ancient indigenous...
Read MoreIt is not uncommon for letters, pictographs and symbols to have deep hidden meanings—even magical power, for cultures around the world have rich histories and stories connected to symbols, letters and written words. Other countries and cultures too have symbols and writing systems that were multi-dimensional, that is, their writing systems in application could not only be read as words and every day messages or chronicles, but...
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We have to go back to prehistoric times to know how our culture developed to appreciate our cultural heritage as a people and rekindle the Filipino diwa (spirit) to guide us along the pathways of the 21st century. — Jocano To understand why Filipinos perceive meanings within baybayin symbols we need to understand too, that ancient Filipinos were animists, thus they believed everything has a spirit, everything has a soul and...
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