Side Flows Up and Down: Polarity and Magnetic Flux Symbolism

Dr. Steven B Halls | September 2026

This material was originally posted to Facebook on 2025-06-18 - view original post.

The symbolism pattern of one side flow going up, the other side going down. Image A just came along, I couldn't resist.

Sidebar off-topic. There was a StarTrek episode about people at war because one side of their body was white, the other black versus the opposite. "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" (Season 3, Episode 15). There could have been a similar episode about people having those image A hats.

Images read as energy-flow symbolism: The symbolism pattern of one side flow going up, the other side going

Polarity in symbolism paraphrased: What direction is the North outflow going? The side staff of image B is the only thing I agree with (but the S should not have spikes). The head as a U shaped bar magnet, seems weird. ( but as a downward bulge symbol it's ok).

The solenoid coil in the mid chest is ok for an analogy, and the open horizontal plane loops near the shoulders and arms, also seems ok. But putting it entirely above the waistband seems weird.

More up/down examples, (also up/bidirectional) in this collection: https://ca.pinterest.com/stevenbhalls/up-and-down/

It's clear that plenty of people know this pattern, but they may not realize the topic is about high-density magnetic flux and its direction (and sometimes loops).

Although "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down" may apply in some professions, I'm getting along fine and similar realizations are happening worldwide. "The willow bends with the wind but does not break."