Quotes:Symbolism

H. P. Blavatsky

Symbolism. The pictorial expression of an idea or a thought. Primordial writing had at first no characters, but a symbol generally stood for a whole phrase or sentence. A symbol is thus a recorded parable, and a parable a spoken symbol. The Chinese written language is nothing more than symbolical writing, each of its several thousand letters being‐a symbol.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Symbolism