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Identifier: ancientpaganmode00inma (find matches)
Title: Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E
Subjects: Symbolism Christian art and symbolism
Publisher: New York : P. Eckler
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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11 sins sprung. One fat priest, nude as our risen bodies mustbe, is being savagely pulled to hell by the part symbolisedby tree and serpent, whilst she whom he has adored andvainly sought to disgrace, is rising to take her place amongstthe blest. It is not those of the sex of Eve alone that areinveigled to destruction by the serpent. PLATE X. Contains pagan symbols of the trinity or linga, with orwithout the unity or yoni. Fig. 1 represents a symbol frequently met with in ancientarchitecture, etc. It represents the male and female ele-ments, the pillar and the half moon. Fig. 2 represents the mystic letters said to have beenplaced on the portal of the oracle of Delphi. By some it isproposed to read the two letters as signifying he or she is;by others the letters are taken to be symbolic of-the triadand the unit. If they be, the pillar is a very unusual formfor the yoni. An ingenious friend of mine regards theupright portion as a slit, but I cannot wholly agree withhim, for in Fig. 1 t

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