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5. Another tidbit from history - the Kaaba stone in Mecca is a fragment left from the meteorite
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 02:47 PM
Oct 2012

that was worshiped in Cybele's cave. It was brought to Mecca about 1,000 years ago and was chipped away until all that is left is like a 12 x 12 piece of the meteorite. Interesting that Muslim's kiss a piece of women's history.

Swastika's - Named from the Sanskrit "so be it," or "amen," the swastika has been a religious emblem of worldwide occurrence since at least 10,000 B.C.E....
A swastika with arms pointing clockwise was generally regarded as a solar emblem. a counterclockwise (sauvastika) represented the moon, night and the feminine principle.

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