The link between weaving and the cosmos

In many ancient cultures, weaving symbolized for many how the cosmos and life were composed. Weaving is the work of creation, of creation. When a weave was clash, the weaver sipped the thread and expressed her blessing. This is similar to the midwife who cuts the umbilical cord after birth. Or the life course of people who always know an end. This symbolism itself is still used in some contemporary cultures.

Weft and warp

The warp on a loom stands for the vertical drawn thread, which can be compared with the levels of existence and the connection between. The warp thus stands for the eternal and immutable, the forma .

The weft is the horizontal line, or the one that is woven. These lines represent time and space, the causal and temporary, or the matter .

Weft and warp make a cross movement with each thread, which in turn stands for the uniting of opposing parts. The gathering of form and matter, the female and the male. Similarly, the colors used in the weaving can also be symbolized. Colors always find their origin in the four elements, which in turn also represent a more feminine or masculine energy. On a cosmological level, weaving stands for connecting or uniting different realities or layers of consciousness.

Expids insight

When we relate weaving to faith, we often see that (divine) weavers are also often the ones who get drunk prophetic gifts. Thus it were the Greek fates who spun and weaved everyone's thread of life into what was meant to represent a life for each.. In Norwegian mythology, a similar concept was known to the Greeks, called Norns. Another species was known in Albania, where they were called birth fairies, think of the three fairies from the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. They also came along with future prophecies, which they weaved with the newborns.