Help:Creating Symbol Pages

for a page on a symbol to be cohesive, it is recommended to have these basic elements:


 * A simply worded, obective-style description. That is to say, a clear first-reflection of the symbolized that is meaningful to as many readers as possible. Though the description will likely reflect the author(s)'s belief system, an intersubjectively agreed upon by other editors and readers can be the motivational goal for the author(s), and it's likely that these initial symbol descriptions can be held to a standard of consensus. These should be less personal than the free-association-like technique, "alien description" technique, where one looking to unfold a dream symbol enacts a psychodrama wherein they act as though they are explaining the symbol to an extra-terrestrial who knows nothing about the symbol. A experience like this scenario can posisbly happen to someone writing the basic description, because it inherently displays one's immediate symantic ties with a symbol, but the description would likely benefit from editing beyond this point to achieve a more impersonal reflection. More personal, detailed, and entangled descriptions come farther down the page.


 * The following section(s) are interpretive ones. These can come from all schools of thought and belief systems, as long as they're from a culturally related source. Please do not submit any interpretations that claim to be from one culture with authors from another, unless the subheading is about that particular author and explains their background (for example ==Carlos Casteneda's Interpretation== when reality of Don Juan Matus the Yaqui spiritual guide is debated and it is the commonly accepted truth that Casteneda was a living person who authored books[1]). Cite all sources in a ==References== section using a #Numbered list, though it seems the template for references lists is different on Wikia then Wikipedia [Citation Needed ;)] and [I] have yet to find a way to incorperate suprascript links. As many symbolic interpretations as possible would add to the richness of the symbol page and allow for a greater amplification, though it is advisable to keep in mind that a symbol will always have a subjective/personal meaning or meaning in addition to the myriad of cultural ones.


 * Dreams containing the symbol are placed near the bottom of the page, before the additional information segments under the header ==DreamsΨLinked== . The greek letter Ψ(Psi)[2] is chosen in solidarity with psi researchers and practitioners.


 * Related symbols section and/or ==See Also== section. For instance, the reader has read this page and wants to continue to branch into related material, they could see a list of aditional pages (on the site and off) with further relevant information that is not a part of the referenced material:


 * 1) ["The Nature of Categories and Concepts"] lecture by Douglas Hofstadter 2014
 * 2) http://www.new-wisdom.org/cultural_history1/02-archetypes/symbolism.htm Dr. Finkelstein, Honora M. "Three Types of Symbolism"


 * References pages will be in their own section, as stated above, under the header ==References==, as a numbered list which correspond with the numbers in the above text:


 * 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda#Reception
 * 2) http://noetic.org/research/psi-research