Even scrawled on a wooden fence or abandoned building's wall, a swastika freezes the heart. For most Americans, it's an instinctive reminder of hatred and a historic horror. But centuries before the ...

We often walk past temples, visit homes, or attend ceremonies in India and see beautiful, often mysterious symbols. From the spiraling Om on prayer beads to the geometric Yantras in rituals — they’re ...

The swastika symbol is now irredeemably tainted by its use by the Nazis in World War II. But it is also one of the oldest symbols in the world and, for most of history, it's had entirely different ...