"Well, in that neck of the world, if you ask 5 people, you'll get 8 opinions."
Sounds like some one has been there! Jillaine, the third and last PDF you posted would be challenging ( at least to me!) but beautiful. I'm fascinated by the Hamsa hand images: I've worked with several mid-Eastern women and at least one of them wore a necklace like that. I wish I had known.