Secrets of Earth and Sea

by Sir E. Ray Lankester

CHAPTER XIX

THE TOMOYE AND THE SWASTIKA

Fig. 54.—The "Tomoye"—the Japanese badge of triumph.

Fig. 55.—Symbols of the history of the universe used by the ancient Chinese philosopher Chu-Hsi. A, The original "void." B, The great monad. C, The monad divides into two, male and female. D, The halves in rotatory movement, suggested by the S-like bending of the dividing line or diameter of the circle.