Ivan Hoyt speaks about the history of the barn stars (hex signs) in South Eastern Pennsylvania and his career as a folk artist. Interview by Dr. Michael Werner (2015)
I love Ivans' Hex signs! My daughter, Angela & Husband ,John collect Ivans work & just love them & so do I. They have gifted me several of Ivans wonderfully colorful and original Hex signs. I treasure his art. Thanks, Ivan & God Bless you & your family. Maybe I will meet you this summer at The Festival in Kutzown. Until then, "Keep on Hexing."
From what I read years ago - The arches above the windows and doors were called "Devil Doors" & "Witch Windows". The arches were painted above the doors and windows to ward off bad spirits, the spirits would try to enter what they thought was the door or window, and they would hit their heads on the upper part of the building and not make it in.
Very interesting… that “rosette” is the same shape as the “germ of life” - see also the flower of life, and seed of life geometric symbols which are thousands of years old.
Excellent presentation. This art appeared everywhere there was a German settlement. In the "Dutch Fork" of central South Carolina the signs were most often inside the family dwelling and often on Furniture. For an example, see the 1830s pie safe at the Lexington country museum in Lexington, S.C.
These are painted prayers dating back to the earliest Christian catacombs! Christians were a minority and being murdered. This was a way to have public prayer, fellowship and kinship under the eyes of the persecutioners. Later to hide from the roman Catholic church! The tulip with the 3 petals is the Trinity. My goodness, I could go on.., bc the entire sign has sacred christain meaning from the circle ...even the colors. What a evil deed to have been done, when outsiders ignorantly named them HEX signs. The Pagans/Druid went wild and now its a bastardized dark magic monster. Pa Dutch here -
Christians or Gnostics? Yea, im confused why they are called hex signs when they are the opposite of a hex lol. Mabey called that because they are used to opposition to hexes so therefore "hex sign"? Not sure
Hex probably came from the design? As in a hexagon or bc of the designs were done with 6 pedals. From what I've read they are a blessing to the earth to provide a good harvest. A lot of designs have a compass shape depicting the seasons, amongst other things no doubt. And most of that knowledge came from the pagans in Germany. Although most ppl of Deutch ancestry are Christian, they still retain a lot of "old world" knowledge in the form of pagan traditions. Like the Xmas tree, mistletoe, Yule... its nothing to be ashamed of, it's just history.
@@sulfereyes666 those signs are on early Christian burial graves in Greece and even earlier Jewish tombs in Israel dating back 1000s of yrs. They were never called hex signs. It was only until the migration into lands full of witchcraft that towns people christain or not felt like they too needed protection against curses, hallowed ground and evil eyes. Energetic issues. Lol I know this bc my people were who others came to when they needed help with such matters. Lol Nowadays they can mean anything you want them to mean. Its all about intention anyway. My issue becomes when theyre being used and marketed as a token or trinket without understanding just gow lovely they really are. Druids never held the market on sacred geometry lol even though they were attuned to many aspects regarding metaphysical properties in this realm. One could also say the same about the ancient myans, incas, egyptians.. etc etc. Im just saying what these beautifully simplistic prayers are. Every single scallop, bird, color.. everything on the signs have a very specific spirituality Holy meaning to and for our Creator. No different than the numbering of the hairs on our head, thoughts in our brains or cells in our body. It will all be accounted for. 🙏 *+++* 🙏
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Thank you for this information!! I'm learning more of my family history 🥰
Beautiful, thank you
I love Ivans' Hex signs! My daughter, Angela & Husband ,John collect Ivans work & just love them & so do I. They have gifted me several of Ivans wonderfully colorful and original Hex signs. I treasure his art. Thanks, Ivan & God Bless you & your family. Maybe I will meet you this summer at The Festival in Kutzown. Until then, "Keep on Hexing."
From what I read years ago - The arches above the windows and doors were called "Devil Doors" & "Witch Windows". The arches were painted above the doors and windows to ward off bad spirits, the spirits would try to enter what they thought was the door or window, and they would hit their heads on the upper part of the building and not make it in.
Very interesting… that “rosette” is the same shape as the “germ of life” - see also the flower of life, and seed of life geometric symbols which are thousands of years old.
Excellent presentation. This art appeared everywhere there was a German settlement. In the "Dutch Fork" of central South Carolina the signs were most often inside the family dwelling and often on Furniture. For an example, see the 1830s pie safe at the Lexington country museum in Lexington, S.C.
These are painted prayers dating back to the earliest Christian catacombs! Christians were a minority and being murdered. This was a way to have public prayer, fellowship and kinship under the eyes of the persecutioners. Later to hide from the roman Catholic church! The tulip with the 3 petals is the Trinity. My goodness, I could go on.., bc the entire sign has sacred christain meaning from the circle ...even the colors. What a evil deed to have been done, when outsiders ignorantly named them HEX signs. The Pagans/Druid went wild and now its a bastardized dark magic monster.
Pa Dutch here -
Christians or Gnostics? Yea, im confused why they are called hex signs when they are the opposite of a hex lol. Mabey called that because they are used to opposition to hexes so therefore "hex sign"? Not sure
Hex probably came from the design? As in a hexagon or bc of the designs were done with 6 pedals. From what I've read they are a blessing to the earth to provide a good harvest. A lot of designs have a compass shape depicting the seasons, amongst other things no doubt. And most of that knowledge came from the pagans in Germany. Although most ppl of Deutch ancestry are Christian, they still retain a lot of "old world" knowledge in the form of pagan traditions. Like the Xmas tree, mistletoe, Yule... its nothing to be ashamed of, it's just history.
@@sulfereyes666 those signs are on early Christian burial graves in Greece and even earlier Jewish tombs in Israel dating back 1000s of yrs. They were never called hex signs. It was only until the migration into lands full of witchcraft that towns people christain or not felt like they too needed protection against curses, hallowed ground and evil eyes. Energetic issues. Lol I know this bc my people were who others came to when they needed help with such matters. Lol Nowadays they can mean anything you want them to mean. Its all about intention anyway. My issue becomes when theyre being used and marketed as a token or trinket without understanding just gow lovely they really are. Druids never held the market on sacred geometry lol even though they were attuned to many aspects regarding metaphysical properties in this realm. One could also say the same about the ancient myans, incas, egyptians.. etc etc. Im just saying what these beautifully simplistic prayers are. Every single scallop, bird, color.. everything on the signs have a very specific spirituality Holy meaning to and for our Creator. No different than the numbering of the hairs on our head, thoughts in our brains or cells in our body. It will all be accounted for.
🙏 *+++* 🙏
Top one, seed of life
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Would you care to elaborate on who held the market for Sacred Geometry?
Let me guess it was the Rabbi
What an oversimplified view of how the culture incorporated omens and arcane sciences. Just as well...
Mac, looking forward to your video that explains this in greater detail.