The Open Palm

The infamous 'open palm' gesture suddenly starts to make an appearance after 1967 starts and whenever it does appear the gesture is always made over Paul's head.

But what does it mean? Well, the common misconception is that it's an Indian symbol for death but this is purely a myth. No such Indian sign exists. Also, the Beatles did not visit India until quite late on in 1967.

It has however been suggested that it is the hand gesture made by priests over a body to bless it before before it is inturred. This would make more sense and would be more believable than an Indian hand sign.

Instances where Paul has had an open palm held above his head...

>	On the front cover of Revolver.
>	On the front cover of Sgt. Pepper, being held up by Steven Crane.
>	On page 18 of the Magical Mystery Tour booklet on the bottom half of the page.
>	On page 24 of the Magical Mystery Tour booklet.
>	On both the front and back cover of the original Yellow submarine album.
>	In the sequence for "I Am The Walrus" in the Magical Mystery Tour movie, John does it twice as he jumps up from the piano.
>	In the Yellow Submarine movie press pack a photo was included that showed the hand from the cartoon cutout of John being held above Paul's head.
>	In the sequence for "Nowhere Man" in the Yellow Submarine movie George continually holds his palm over Paul's head as they're walking forwards, then again as they're walking backwards.

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