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 182
ttire. Hence the use of thechemise, etc. Even the tonsured head, adopted from thepriests of the Egyptian Isis, represents V anneau; so thaton head, shoulders, breast and body, we may see on Christianpriests the relics of the worship of Venus, and the adorationof woman ! How horrible all this would… … Figure 172. as well as civilisation teaches us to conceal, would be simplydisgusting, but when all is said to be mysterious and connected with hidden signification, almost everybody toleratesand many eulogise or admire it! 107 APPENDIX. THE ASSYEIAN GROVE AND OTHER EMBLEMS, BY JOHN NEWTON, M. R. C.…
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