Editing Swastika (section)

====New religious movements====
Besides its use as a religious symbol in [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]], which can be traced back to pre-modern traditions, the swastika was also incorporated into a large number of [[new religious movements]] which were established in the West in the modern period.

In the 1880s, the U.S.-origined [[Theosophical Society]] adopted a swastika as part of its seal, along with an [[Om]], a hexagram or [[star of David]], an [[Ankh]], and an [[Ouroboros]]. Unlike the much more recent [[Raëlian movement]], the Theosophical Society symbol has been free from controversy, and the seal is still used. The current seal also includes the text "There is no religion higher than truth."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ts-adyar.org/content/emblem-or-seal|title=Emblem or the Seal &#124; TS Adyar|website=www.ts-adyar.org}}</ref>

The [[Raëlism|Raëlian Movement]], whose adherents believe extraterrestrials created all life on earth, use a symbol that is often the source of considerable controversy: an interlaced [[star of David]] and a swastika. The Raëlians say the Star of David represents infinity in space whereas the swastika represents infinity in time{{snd}}no beginning and no end in time, and everything being cyclic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.proswastika.org |title=Pro-Swastika |publisher=Pro-Swastika |access-date=2 March 2010}}</ref> In 1991, the symbol was changed to remove the swastika, out of respect to the victims of [[the Holocaust]], but as of 2007 it has been restored to its original form.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://raelianews.org/news.php?item.206.3 |title=The Official Raelian Symbol gets its swastika back |publisher=Raelianews |date=17 January 2007 |access-date=2 March 2010}}</ref>

The swastika is a holy symbol in [[neopaganism|neopagan]] [[Heathenry (new religious movement)|Germanic Heathenry]], along with the [[Mjölnir|hammer of Thor]] and [[runes]]. This tradition{{snd}}which is found in Scandinavia, Germany, and elsewhere{{snd}}considers the swastika to be derived from a Norse symbol for the sun. Their use of the symbol has led people to accuse them of being a neo-Nazi group.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra|author2=Brian P. Levack|author3=Roy Porter|title=Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6: The Twentieth Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IurTAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |date=1999|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-485-89105-8|pages=111–114}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Stefanie von Schnurbein|title=Norse Revival: Transformations of Germanic Neopaganism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrdejgEACAAJ|date=2016|publisher= Brill Academic|isbn=978-90-04-29435-6}}</ref>{{sfnp|Mees|2008|pp=141, 193–194, 210–211, 226–227}}

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File:Emb logo.png|The seal of the Theosophical society
File:Raelian_symbol.svg|The Raëlian symbol with the swastika
File:Raelian_symbol_alternate.svg|The alternative Raëlian with the spiral
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