Symbolism Of Water In Religion

In the realm of the religious world of humanity, water plays an important role; “The water symbolize the universal sum of virtualities; they are fons et origo, spring and origin, the reservoir of all the possibilities of existence; they precede every form and support every creation”. Also, “symbolism plays a decisive part in the religious life of humanity; it is through symbols that the world becomes transparent and is able to show the transcendent” ; things that are beyond of our natural eyes to see.

Thus we see water is very important in a natural sense, but it also has a huge significance in the spiritual sense; for almost every religion, ancient and modern, all tribes and cultures have something to do with water. In the Christian sense,