PILGRIMAGE

Islamic Tradition
In the Islamic tradition, colour is primarily seen from a metaphysical viewpoint which allows the duality of light and shadow to be recognised as the continuous possibility pervading the universe. The number seven dominates the traditional palette of colours, which are arranged in groups of three and four (picture below), with the two systems being linked. One order is based on the three colours black, white and sandlewood (related to the colour of the earth), while the other is centred on the four colours red, yellow green and blue.

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Hebrew Tradition
During this time a Jewish mysticism and theosophy seems to have suddenly appeared from origins which remain a mystery, and are the subject of some research. The secret teaching with the appealing name “kabbalah” originates in the Mediaeval Judaism of the Provence and is, to the outsider, unusually fascinating. The 32 ways of the “kokma”, the wisdom of God, point not only to the 22 consonants of the Hebrew alphabet, but also to the sum of the ten so-called original numbers, the ten “sephiroth”. In the kabbalistic diagram shown, both sets of numbers have a chromatic role to play. Ten circles are connected by 22 lines to create seven planes which can be visualised, combined and passed through in various ways.

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Chinese Tradition
As far as tradition in China is concerned, there is no such thing as a colour system as a Western dictionary would define it. In the Western world, Aristotle, for example, had attempted to find a harmony of colours. The Chinese strove toward similar interpretations, and between the 4th and 2nd century oriented themselves on the same pentatonic scale that dominated their music. Accordingly, they accepted that in its entirety colour harmony comprised five basic colours: the four cardinal points are defined by red in the south, standing for summer and fowls and poultry; green lies to the east and represents spring, wood and the dragon; black is to the north and stands for winter, water and the tortoise; white is placed in the west and represents autumn and the tiger. Yellow, on the other hand, is allocated a special place and is therefore discussed in more detail.

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Hinduism ans Buddhism
In some Hindu and Buddhist forms, certain energetic centres of the body have an important role to play in occult physiological practices. Traditionally, there are a great number of chakras in the human body. A total of 88,000 are mentioned in literature, and of course nobody can know them all. In Hinduism, seven are of particular importance (in Buddhism there are four), and are associated with specific colours which, naturally, can vary from interpretation to interpretation. Known elements can also be assigned to the seven colours of the chakra ladder: earth, water, fire, air, sound, light, thought (existence), emotions, metabolism, love, creativity, imagination and understanding. Reality arises from their swirling interplay.

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Christentum

Bildquelle links: www.kathpedia.com; Bildquelle rechts: www.colorsystem.com; Farben wechseln im Laufe des Kirchenjahres je nach Art und Bedeutung der jeweiligen Zeit bzw. des jeweiligen Festtages. Mit dem Konzil von Trient wurde zum ersten mal ein verbindlicher Farbkanon festgelegt, mit der Liturgiereform des 2. Vatikanischen Konzils wurden die liturgischen Farben des Kirchenjahres geringfügig angepasst.