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Traditional symbolic markings at a doorway or threshold used to mark and protect a domestic or sacred boundary

Primarily Symbolic/Cultural

Why Do Protective Symbols Mark Doors and Bodies?

Hands, eyes, crosses, yantras, knots and painted marks frequently guard thresholds or bodies. Tradivior will compare how visible symbols define boundaries and reduce anxiety without assuming that they exert physical…