Upward Flow Rings as Portals in Ancient Calligraphy

Dr. Steven B Halls | September 2026

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Upward flow ring, from Arabic calligraphy, image A. Just another piece of symbol vocabulary, but sheesh, these pieces are great hints about the overal meanings. Image B, the familiar long-neck-bird symbol, this one showing upward flow (without a loop-back).

Arabic calligraphy examples labelled A to H showing an upward flow ring as a portal, the long-neck-bird symbol doing upward flow, a round torus with gaps at top and bottom, a J marking upward flow into the torus with a horizontal barrier line, upward flow shapes with a C and a bent-back marking inflow toward the core, a battlement-like gap as a barrier between realities, and horizontal flow from a loop into an upward-flow-ring.

Image C has a round torus with gaps at the bottom and top. The "J" at the bottom shows upward flow into the torus, the horizontal black line is a barrier marker, and the upward flow ring seems to be another portal going even higher. Image D and E also have upward flow. The bottom "C" shape on image D and the bent-back at the bottom of of image E have the same meaning, of inflow toward the core, which will be upward.

Image F has the horizontal line in a gap that reminds me of castle battlements, which mean a barrier between realities, aka, a portal location. Image G and H are showing horizontal flow from the loop on the left to the upward-flow-ring on the right, and then the flow goes up. Image G is using the horizontal plane of the torus, which can be a portal (and a barrier) and image H is using the horizontal part as a barrier, with a gap for the vertical barrier penetration thick line.

There is useful ancient knowledge waiting to be decoded from Arabic calligraphy and so far it is a great match for similar meanings from other worldwide symbol use.

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