the egg that is the axis mundi

Celtic symbols

following its own logic

the center of the world

and the central cobweb that hearkens back to the story of Robert the Bruce taking inspiration from a spider's perseverance while he was imprisoned

Spirals Shandwick Stone Celtic Tattoo Design eagle the egg that is theAn amazingly complex spiral panel from the Shandwick Stone, in Easter Ross Shire, Scotland. The magnificent Clach a' Charridh Stone is a Class II Pictish stone located near Shandwick on the Tarbat peninsula. This pattern is adapted from an intricate carved circle of spirals on the landward side of the stone slab. The spiral is the signature decorative ornament used in Celtic art, and it was the special genius of the Celts to perfect the method of