Keltic Priest Stone Slab Monument
Late Fourth Century A.D.
Found on a Mountainside in Southern Ireland
This
is an ancient Celtic stone slab memorial rock, it is a
monument to a Keltic Christian Priest. The Stone
Monument with the Keltic inscriptions was placed on a
mountainside in Southern Ireland around the end of the
Fourth Century A.D.
Take
special note of the fact that this Celtic Christian
Monument is topped with a White Greek Cross inside of a
White Circle*.
Below the Greek Cross these early Christians etched two
White Swastikas, one on either side of a White Arrow
pointing upwards to the White Cross which looks
remarkable like an Iron Cross or Knights Cross. The
Swastikas were and are traditional symbols of Divine
Power that date back to prehistoric times. The meaning
of the monument is very clear and easy to understand.
The Swastikas which symbolized Divine Power to the
Ancient Celts with the White Arrow pointing to the White
Cross proclaim that the Cross of Jesus Christ and
thereby Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour is Divine
Power. In other words this ancient Keltic Christian
monument proclaims the Deity of Jesus the Christ. Some
dark minds have interpreted this otherwise and foolishly
proclaimed that the early Keltic Christians were simply
hedging their bets and did not want to offend their old
pagan gods and thereby included the Swastikas as a
precaution and imprecation to the old false gods. No
doubt such double-minded men existed back in the fourth
century A.D. Even as they do today; none the less it is
abundantly clear that the message of this monument is to
boldly proclaim that Jesus Christ is the One True and
Living God. This inclusion of the Swastika with the
Greek Cross rather destroys the lame arguments that
Christians should not in any way use the Swastika! The
Swastika is a Celtic Christian Symbol, like it or not
that is an established fact!
It is
also important to note that the one White Greek Cross of
Jesus Christ and the two Swastikas add up to three
crosses or symbols and thereby comprise a trinity. This
is no doubt the reason that two Swastikas were used on
this monument rather than just one, so that the three
crosses proclaim the Holy Trinity of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. These Celts were Christians
indeed, not two faced and double minded pretenders! This
Ancient Celtic Christian Stone Monument is exceedingly
rich and wonderful in it's symbolism and profound in
it's proclamations!
The
inscribed long and short notches down either side of the
Stone Slab below the White Cross, White Circle, White
Swastikas, and the White Arrow are an inscription in
Ogam, an ancient Irish Script. Another example of an
Ogam Inscription is found on this web page, towards the
top of the page there are two brown and gold Celtic
Crosses flanking either side of a small photo of the
Keltic Priest Stone Slab Monument. The Celtic Cross on
the left has written with it the words "Hold Fast" in
Ancient Keltic Ogam. The Celtic Cross upon the right has
"Hold Fast" written in Ancient Germanic and Scandinavian
Runes besides the Cross. Both of these Celtic Crosses
also contain Trinity Knots.
(*White
Circle: the white circle is rather faded and faint yet
can still be clearly seen. The photograph I
scanned for this web page and have closely studied of
this particular monument are of better quality than the
one posted here and the White Circle can be more clearly
seen. A careful examination of this photo even on this
web page none the less clearly shows a White Circle
around the White Cross and was no doubt more clearly
visible and quite striking when first inscribed. The
meaning of the Circle to the Celts is a
deep and rich subject which would require many pages to
adequately explore and expound upon. Suffice it to say
at this time that the Circle is a symbol of
infinity and/or eternity, also the "Family
Circle", a "Circle of Friends",
and the Circle is also a symbol of the Clan which
is after all simply a large extended family. The
White Circle is clearly a symbol of Kith (friends), Kin
and Clan to the Celts, and this monument proclaims that
Jesus Christ and the Christian Faith are at the heart
and center of Kith, Kin, and Klan. These Kelts were
ancient Israelites of the so-called "Lost Tribes of
Israel"! To learn more read,
The Quest for Israelite Identity.
A Photo of this Keltic
Christian Priest Stone Slab Monument
is found on page
141 of THE CELTS by Duncan Norton-Taylor
and the Editors of Time-Life Books (1974). The book is
part of The Emergence of Man series of books
edited by Time-Life books, and is well worth reading and
studying.
