Analyzing Downward Flow Symbols Like Axes and Hammers

Dr. Steven B Halls | September 2026

This material was originally posted to Facebook on 2025-03-10 - view original post.

Axe, hammer, mace, handheld-cross are all downward flow symbols, the kind of flow that would come from a Luna style portal (but there are no Lunas in this post). An analogy is 'energy coming down from God to us'.

A common pattern of side flows is to have one side up, the other side down. Every image A to H has an upward symbol on the opposite side. Many examples of 'up and down' are here: https://ca.pinterest.com/stevenbhalls/up-and-down/

An exploration of how weapons and religious icons function as symbols for downward energy flow, balanced by opposing upward symbols to illustrate a co

Image A has "cone-shaped hair" being pulled. It's an upward flow symbol, and the bent leg is also upward flow into the core. Image B and C are also using cone-shaped hair. More smiting examples are here: https://ca.pinterest.com/stevenbhalls/smiting/ they all have a "story" about violence and a hidden code for us to learn.

Upward symbols are the trident on image D, the fruit cone on image E, the torch on image F, the spear on image G and the tongs on image H. I have separate collections for all of these and many more if anyone has questions or wishes more examples.

I'm hopefully teaching through repetition, this new language vocabulary of symbols. You can teach yourself just by looking through that 'up and down' link given above.