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 146
already given on page 46,is one of great value to the inquirer into the signification ofcertain symbols. It has been reintroduced here to show theidentification of the eye, fish, or oval shape, with the yoni,and of the fleur-de-lys with the lingam, which is recognisedby the respective positions of… … Figure 99. and the nearness to it of the crescent moon, seem to indicatethat the palm was a solar as well as a sexual emblem. The great similarity of the palm tree to the ancientround towers in Ireland and elsewhere will naturally strikethe observer. He will perhaps remember also that on…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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