WHO WE ARE
Oneness Symbol Story
Oneness Symbol was created by the late artist Isaac Soltes as
a beautiful statement for harmony and understanding among the
world's great religions and spiritual traditions. His inspired
design weaves together the symbols of ancient Egypt, Hinduism,
Judaism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.
In 1967, Isaac Soltes made his first piece of jewelry and spent
years developing a universal symbol of peace, a statement of unity
in diversity, a demonstration of his belief that all people everywhere,
for all time, are equal in the eyes of One God. Isaac had researched
the world’s great religions and worked on perfecting a meaningful
design. When finished with his creation, he christened it "Oneness."
He wanted the world's religions to respect their differences,
to recognize and honor the inner spark that unites us all.
Isaac began making Oneness jewelry in his garage. Originally each
piece was made by hand. The peace symbol found its way, as a sort
of poster, into a locker room at a ministerial school where two
ministers-in-training (Faith and Michael Moran) saw it and immediately
grasped its relevance to their fledgling ministry. Their work
together was to be based on the concept “One God –
Many Paths.” Faith ordered the Oneness Symbol for Michael
for his graduation (he was a year ahead of her) and Michael presented
Faith with hers the following year.
As their ministry grew, they began placing more orders with Isaac
for members of their congregation. One day he called them and
wanted to know just who was ordering so many of his symbols of
peace. The long distance relationship began between Isaac, Faith
and Michael Moran. Although they never met, before Isaac died
he entrusted his peace message into their care with instructions
to oversee its spread into the hands of a waiting world.
To read the entire story of the creation of the Oneness Symbol,
visit www.onenessjewelry.com.
Oneness Symbol is dedicated to bringing the "Peace Symbol
for the 21st Century" to the world. It is a separate corporation
from Spiritual Life Center; however, like SLC, it is organized
exclusively to promote the furtherance of tolerance and respect
for all religions and spiritual traditions. Primarily the corporation
engages in educational and commercial efforts such as the sale
and distribution of Oneness jewelry and Oneness products to achieve
this goal.
All profits from the sale of Oneness products are contributed
to Spiritual Life Center for the growth and development of its
programs.
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