The Lost Language of Symbolism An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-tales, Folklore, and Mythologies – Harold Bayley Koop Vandaag

There has existed since the 13th century in Europe a coherent and unbroken chain of emblems that were used as trademarks and decorative devices. These emblems, according to Harold Bayley, are actually thought-fossils or thought-crystals in which lie enshrined the aspirations and traditions of the numerous mystic and puritanic sects by which Europe was overrun in the Middle Ages. These heresies, though nominally stamped out by the Vatican, existed secretly for several centuries after their disappearance from…