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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I just found Akopito’s Sulat Bisaya pages. “Sulat Bisaya” translates to “Visayan writing.” There’s great art and sulat bisaya imagery but what intrigues me the most is Akopito’s theories on the origin of the Bisaya characters & the story behind the ‘Ka’ character. Very interesting. Here is a click glimpse of the interpretations and you can click through to their site with...
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Tessie Obusan has been writing and publishing many years on Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Filipino spirituality and mysticism, pamamaraan, pakikipagkapwa, and leadership. She has spoken and done seminars and workshops on these topics on many occasions at universities, seminaries and at the Institute of Filipino Spirituality. She has been a teacher, mentor and inspiration to many modern-day Philippine culture bearers. I have read many of...
Read MoreThere is a small but growing number of Filipinos that believe that the symbols of the baybayin writing system have deeper meanings. 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...
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Why do Filipinos, along with the Hebrews, Nords, Tibetans and other cultures, give writing symbols spiritual and cosmological meanings? If we learn a little more about Filipino tattoos and how they have such meanings deep from the past, then maybe we can understand this tendency in ancient and modern Filipinos better. Lane Wilcken is publishing “Filipino Tattoos Ancient to Modern” and I and many people are hoping it will...
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The Babaylan Mandala II.I, is a red version of the mandala fine art print series and is on the cover I created for Leny Mendoza Strobel’s new anthology “Babaylan: Filipinos and the Call of the Indigenous.” 14 essays by 14 authors are shared in this book: Sr. Mary John Mananzan, Teresita Obusan, Katrin DeGuia, Karen M. Villanueva, Venedel Herbito, Maina Minahal, Michelle Bautista, Tera Maxwell and more. The golden...
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