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One reason why symbols are used by all religions is that they ----.
A symbol is a term or a picture that may be familiar in
daily life, yet possessing specific connotations in
addition to its obvious meaning. It implies something
vague or hidden from us. Thus, a word or an image is
symbolic when it implies something more than its
immediate meaning. It has a wider “unconscious”
aspect that is never precisely defined or fully explained.
As the mind explores the symbol, it is led to ideas that
lie beyond the grasp of reason. Since there are many
things beyond the range of human understanding, we
use symbolic terms to represent concepts that we
cannot define or fully comprehend. This is one reason
why historically all religions have employed symbolic
language or images. However, this conscious use of
symbols is only one aspect of a psychological fact of
great importance. Man also produces symbols
unconsciously and spontaneously, in the form of
dreams. It is not easy to grasp this point, but we must if
we are to know more about the ways in which the
human mind works.