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The PWO logo incorporates Roerich’s peace emblem of 1929 which originally consisted of a red circle containing three smaller, solid red circles on a white background. The Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich founded the Pax Cultura (or Peace through Culture) movement and pact to protect cultural artefacts both in times of peace and war. According to the Roerich Museum in Moscow “the banner of peace symbol has ancient origins. Perhaps its earliest known example appears on Stone Age amulets: three dots without the enclosing circle”.
Roerich came across numerous later examples in various parts of the world and knew that it represented a deep and sophisticated understanding of the triune nature of existence. But for the purpose of the banner and pact Roerich described the circle as representing the totality of culture, with the three dots being Art, Science and Religion, three of the most embracing of human cultural activities. He also described the circle as representing the eternity of time, encompassing the past, present and future. The sacred origins of the symbol, as an illustration of the trinities fundamental to all religions, remains central to the meaning of the Pact and Banner today.”
From the Roerich Pact, Wikipedia. Consulted 22/10/2015
The PWO logo incorporates Roerich’s peace emblem of 1929 which originally consisted of a red circle containing three smaller, solid red circles on a white background. The Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich founded the Pax Cultura (or Peace through Culture) movement and pact to protect cultural artefacts both in times of peace and war. According to the Roerich Museum in Moscow “the banner of peace symbol has ancient origins. Perhaps its earliest known example appears on Stone Age amulets: three dots without the enclosing circle”.
Roerich came across numerous later examples in various parts of the world and knew that it represented a deep and sophisticated understanding of the triune nature of existence. But for the purpose of the banner and pact Roerich described the circle as representing the totality of culture, with the three dots being Art, Science and Religion, three of the most embracing of human cultural activities. He also described the circle as representing the eternity of time, encompassing the past, present and future. The sacred origins of the symbol, as an illustration of the trinities fundamental to all religions, remains central to the meaning of the Pact and Banner today.”
From the Roerich Pact, Wikipedia. Consulted 22/10/2015