Adjustable Gold-Tone Heart Ring

Adjustable Heart Ring

Adjustable gold-tone ring

Love, soothing...

The source presents the heart as a long-standing symbol of life, health, love, will, intelligence, intuition and emotions, with meanings that vary according to religions, cultures, geographical regions and periods.

It recounts that Aristotle, in the 4th century BC, gave the heart a central role as the seat of the soul and breath, in contrast to Hippocrates, whom the source presents as assigning emotions and feelings solely to the brain.

The source also describes the heart’s central place in biblical tradition and religious imagery, including the Sacred Heart, and discusses the Irish Claddagh heart symbol and interpretations involving Celtic and Christian figures.

In the account of Chinese medicine given by the source, the heart is associated with mental and emotional activities, the spirit, fire and summer.

The source also discusses the Egyptian heart symbol “Leb”, the role attributed to the heart in Egyptian religion and the weighing of the heart against the feather of Ma’at in the “Book of the Dead” as part of the judgement associated with the afterlife.

These descriptions reflect the historical, religious and cultural framing of the source; symbolic meanings vary among traditions.