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Comments on: Spirit http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/06/30/spirit/ At the Crossroads of Sound and Meaning Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworder http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/06/30/spirit/#comment-94 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworder Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:57:37 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/06/30/spirit/#comment-94 Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Patricia Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Patricia

]]> By: Jeff Lilly http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/06/30/spirit/#comment-88 Jeff Lilly Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:11:40 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/06/30/spirit/#comment-88 That is an <i>awesome</i> insight, Patricia! Here's what I know: A mainstream researcher in the history of languages would say that this Proto Indo European word is completely unrelated to the Christian fish symbol. When Christianity was born, the words for 'fish' and 'spirit' were about 6,000 years separated; and besides, Jesus and his followers spoke Aramaic, an unrelated language. I tend to agree that it's extremely unlikely that there's a historical connection here. But that doesn't mean that there isn't a deeper <i>spiritual</i> connection between 'spirit' and 'fish' -- a connection that was picked up on by both the Christians and the ancient Indo Europeans. As far as I know, Christianity is associated with the fish particularly because of what you mention -- that some of Jesus's followers were fisherman, and there is a famous scene in Matthew 4:19, when Jesus encounters the fishermen Simon, Peter, and Andrew, and says, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." They follow him; and immediately afterwards he meets two other fishers, James and John, who follow him as well. I have also heard it said that Christianity's fish symbolism is appropriate for the Age of Pisces, which began right around Jesus's time and is ending now. That is an awesome insight, Patricia!

Here’s what I know:

A mainstream researcher in the history of languages would say that this Proto Indo European word is completely unrelated to the Christian fish symbol. When Christianity was born, the words for ‘fish’ and ’spirit’ were about 6,000 years separated; and besides, Jesus and his followers spoke Aramaic, an unrelated language. I tend to agree that it’s extremely unlikely that there’s a historical connection here. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a deeper spiritual connection between ’spirit’ and ‘fish’ — a connection that was picked up on by both the Christians and the ancient Indo Europeans.

As far as I know, Christianity is associated with the fish particularly because of what you mention — that some of Jesus’s followers were fisherman, and there is a famous scene in Matthew 4:19, when Jesus encounters the fishermen Simon, Peter, and Andrew, and says, “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They follow him; and immediately afterwards he meets two other fishers, James and John, who follow him as well.

I have also heard it said that Christianity’s fish symbolism is appropriate for the Age of Pisces, which began right around Jesus’s time and is ending now.

]]> By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworder http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/06/30/spirit/#comment-85 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworder Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:12:34 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/06/30/spirit/#comment-85 Jeff, I wonder if this "fish" is where earlier Christianity got the symbol of the fish that they used to represent themselves from? I have always wondered about that. Also, just a thought, some of Jesus's followers were fishermen. Have a glorious day. Patricia Jeff, I wonder if this “fish” is where earlier Christianity got the symbol of the fish that they used to represent themselves from? I have always wondered about that. Also, just a thought, some of Jesus’s followers were fishermen. Have a glorious day. Patricia

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