The Bear animal symbol is the sixth spirit totem on the Amerindian shamans' Wheel of Life. It corresponds to the end of summer and to our western astrological sign of Virgo, to which it can bring ...

Letter: Find another symbol of peace. By Geri Combs, Vancouver Published: June 3, 2025 ... Releasing doves is animal cruelty because it risks the injury, suffering and death of the birds used.

Balloons, not doves, were released as a gesture of peace Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, a year after an attack by a seagull and a crow on the symbolic birds sparked protests by animal rights groups.

Asian faiths try to save sacred swastika, a symbol of peace corrupted by Hitler As Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism grow in North America, so too have calls to reclaim an emblem that for millennia ...

It is a symbol of peace.” On Saturday, practicing Hindus will continue their Diwali celebrations, heralding the start of a new year in the Hindu calendar on the biggest day of the five-day ...

For a younger generation, the once-powerful protest symbol packs about as much of a punch as a smiley face. Once the powerful logo of nuclear disarmament, the peace sign became so overused it lost ...