Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1922)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.M.C.B.E · New York, Peter Eckler publishing company · leaf 115
ch is said to have tempted Eve. When a male donsthe pallium in worship, he becomes the representative of thetrinity in the unity, the arba, or mystic four. See AncientFaiths^ second edition. Vol. ii., pp. 915-918. I take this opportunity to quote here a pregnant page ofKings Gnostics and their… … Figure 72. Figare 78. a wheatsheaf, with the legend . . . Immaculate isour lady Isis, the very terms applied afterwards to thatpersonage who succeeded to her form (the Black Virgins,so highly reverenced in certain French Cathedrals during themiddle ages, proved, when examined critically, basalt…
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