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Originally Posted by Seaver
Not to sidetrack, but why does Jewy McJewson have a Hand of Fatima as his avatar?
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A number of different religions have the upraised hand as a symbol or motif. The Muslims call it the Hand of Fatima. Among the Jews, we call it a Hamsa (Judeo-Arabic for "five," it is neither the hand of Moses or Miriam, but generally perceived as a representation of an angelic hand, and considered a protective symbol). The Jains say it is a symbol of Ahimsa. I believe certain sects of Buddhism also use it as a symbol, but I don't know what they call it.
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Dull sublunary lovers love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
That thing which elemented it.
(From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)
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