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November 25, 2015 at 8:01 pm
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about “Yantra”
According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Yantra (यन्त्र) is the Sanskrit word for a mystical diagram, especially diagrams or amulets supposed to possess occult powers in astrological or magical benefits in the Tantric traditions of the Indian religions. Traditionally such symbols are used in Eastern mysticism to balance the mind or focus it on spiritual concepts. The act of wearing, depicting, enacting and/or concentrating on a yantra is held to have spiritual or astrological or magical benefits in the Tantric traditions of the Indian religions.
Perhaps the most famous Yantra is “Sri Yantra”:

Some specific Ancient Egyptian Yantras are pictured below


Here is a ancient Egyptian standard image of an ATON Yantra:
In the case of Amun-Ra-Ptah the yantra is hieroglyphic and can appear in any directions left to right, right to left, top to bottom