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The Meaning Of Double-Headed Eagle Holds Many Secrets

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The double-headed eagle is one of the significant symbols you will encounter in history. Thousands of years ago, it was used by Turks, Romans, and many other empires as a sign of power and dominion. The meaning of double-headed eagle holds many secrets and has a forgotten story. What is the double-headed eagle then? Which secret meanings does it keep?

I will not linger and unveil its hidden meaning right away because it will require an in-depth explanation anyway. In short, it symbolizes the Representative of God on Earth.

The double-headed eagle is a bird believed to transmit the messages it received from God in the sky to the kings and people on Earth by traveling back and forth in the Tree of Life, which was the path between the heavens and Earth.

It was believed to serve as the representative and messenger of the Holy Creator, the source of everything in the universe. According to the belief systems with a Sky Deity, the Double-Headed Eagle was the entity with the greatest spiritual power after God, as God’s archangel.

Being double-headed is an indication of dualistic thinking. In all doctrines and belief systems of Eastern origin, everything in the universe is believed to have a dualistic nature. It is the polarity that gives birth to movement in every field imaginable.

The existence relies on the interdependence and intertwinement of the opposites. In Heavenly Religions, everything except God is of dualistic nature, and this rule applies even to the representative of God. The Almighty God is One and All without a beginning and an end.

The Double-Headed Eagle symbolizes both material and spiritual powers working together. One of the heads symbolizes the material world; in other words, the real physical power, The other head symbolizes the spiritual, divine protective power. Two heads are also believed to be the symbols of power and justice.

According to the Sky Deity belief, the Double-Headed Eagle was also the symbol of domination of the kings and khans. The source of their legitimacy was believed to come from God. Therefore, it was believed, or expected, that they should rule people with power and justice.

The Double-Headed Eagle, originally the representative of God, was also believed to save good people from difficult situations and help them. It could disguise in many forms and knew the secret of everything.

Since most of the Turks converted to Islam, they did not embrace this symbol of their old shamanic religion. Yes, Turks come from a shamanic origin with a monotheistic belief — Tengrism. The double-headed eagle`s real meaning was almost forgotten in time and mostly remembered as the Seljuk Empire’s symbol and flag. In fact, the Seljuks had used it in their ancestors’ lineage, who had used the symbol long before the Eastern Roman Empire.

Some knights who visited the Middle East with the Crusaders who saw the Double-Headed Eagle symbol used by the Seljuk Turks during the Crusades took him to Europe. The knights used it as their official crest or flag motif.

Besides, Byzantine or Eastern Roman Emperors also started to see and use the Double-Headed Eagle symbol of the Seljuk Turks. Emperor Theodore Laskaris also made it an Eastern Roman imperial symbol in the 1250s.

Some countries that later claimed to be the heir to this empire chose the Double-Headed Eagle symbol. Also, the Masons, who learned it from the Knight Templars, used it after a few changes. It represents the new higher degrees created after the unification of the two Grand Masonic Lodges.

Double Headed Eagle, today used in a different sense in the world and Turkey. Yet, the original meaning still remains the same — it symbolizes the Representative of God on Earth.

With love, Kenan

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