Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism. With an essay on Baal worship, on the Assyrian sacred "grove" and other allied symbols by John Newton (1875)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York J.W. Bouton · leaf 131
e, entwines itself. The cross beam completes themystic four, symbolic alike of the sun and of androgeneity.The whole is a coverjuani^™ nf that union whifibjTrmltf! infecundity. It is^said by Christians to be the anchor ofthe soul, sureand steadfast. This it certainly cannot be,for alxml anchor will… … Figure 79. Figure 80 is copied from Godfrey Higgins Anacalypsis,vol. ii., fig. 27. It is drawn from Montfaugon, vol. ii.,pi. cxxxii., fig. 6. In his text, Higgins refers to two similar
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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