This is an ancient Celtic stone slab memorial rock, it
is a monument to a Keltic Christian Priest. The Stone
Monument with the Keltic inscriptions was placed on a
mountainside in Southern Ireland around the end of the
Fourth Century A.D.
Take special note of the fact that this Celtic Christian
Monument is topped with a White Greek Cross inside of a
White Circle*.
Below the Greek Cross these early Christians etched two
White Swastikas, one on either side of a White Arrow
pointing upwards to the White Cross which looks
remarkable like an Iron Cross or Knights Cross. The Swastikas were
and are traditional symbols of Divine Power that date
back to prehistoric times. The meaning of the monument
is very clear and easy to understand. The Swastikas
which symbolized Divine Power to the Ancient Celts with
the White Arrow pointing to the White Cross proclaim
that the Cross of Jesus Christ and thereby Jesus Christ
our Lord and Saviour is Divine Power. In other words
this ancient Keltic Christian monument proclaims the
Deity of Jesus the Christ. Some dark minds have
interpreted this otherwise and foolishly proclaimed that
the early Keltic Christians were simply hedging their
bets and did not want to offend their old pagan gods and
thereby included the Swastikas as a precaution and
imprecation to the old false gods. No doubt such
double-minded men existed back in the fourth century
A.D. even as they do today; none the less it is
abundantly clear that the message of this monument is to
boldly proclaim that Jesus Christ is the One True and
Living God. This inclusion of the Swastika with the
Greek Cross rather destroys the lame arguments that
Christians should not in any way use the Swastika! The
Swastika is a Celtic Christian Symbol, like it or not
that is an established fact!
It
is also important to note that the one White Greek Cross
of Jesus Christ and the two Swastikas add up to three
crosses or symbols and thereby comprise a trinity. This
is no doubt the reason that two Swastikas were used on
this monument rather than just one, so that the three
crosses proclaim the Holy Trinity of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. These Celts were Christians
indeed, not two faced and double minded pretenders! This
Ancient Celtic Christian Stone Monument is exceedingly
rich and wonderful in it's symbolism and profound in
it's proclamations!
The inscribed long and short notches down either side of
the Stone Slab below the White Cross, White Circle,
White Swastikas, and the White Arrow are an inscription
in Ogam, an ancient Irish Script. Another example of an Ogam Inscription is found on this
web page, towards the top
of the page there are two brown and gold Celtic Crosses
flanking either side of a small photo of the Keltic
Priest Stone Slab Monument. The Celtic Cross on the left
has written with it the words "Hold Fast" in Ancient
Keltic Ogam. The Celtic Cross upon the right has "Hold
Fast" written in Ancient Germanic and Scandinavian Runes
besides the Cross. Both of these Celtic Crosses also
contain Trinity Knots.
(*White
Circle: the white circle is rather faded and faint yet
can still be clearly seen. The photograph I
scanned for this web page and have closely studied of
this particular monument are of better quality than the
one posted here and the White Circle can be more clearly
seen. A careful examination of this photo even on this
web page none the less clearly shows a White Circle
around the White Cross and was no doubt more clearly visible
and quite striking when first inscribed. The meaning of
the Circle to the Celts is a deep and rich
subject which would require many pages to adequately
explore and expound upon. Suffice it to say at this time
that the Circle is a symbol of infinity and/or
eternity, also the "Family Circle",
a "Circle of Friends", and the
Circle is also a symbol of the Clan which is after all
simply a large extended family. The White Circle
is clearly a symbol of Kith (friends), Kin and Clan to
the Celts, and this monument proclaims that Jesus Christ
and the Christian Faith are at the heart and center of
Kith, Kin, and Klan. These Kelts were ancient Israelites
of the so-called "Lost Tribes of Israel"! To learn more
read,
The Quest
for Israelite Identity.
A
Photo of this Keltic Christian Priest Stone Slab
Monument
is found on page 141
of THE CELTS by Duncan Norton-Taylor and
the Editors of Time-Life Books (1974). The book is part of
The Emergence of Man series of books edited by
Time-Life books, and is well worth reading and studying.
