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 119
, in Genesis xxx, Leah isrepresented as purchasing her husbands .company for a nightby means of mandrakes, the result being the birth ofIssachar; and in the well-known story of the Creation we findthat the apple gives birth to desire, as shown in the recogni-tion for the first time of the… … Figure 82. The gem is of unknown origin, but is apparently Babylo-nish ; it represents the male and female in conjunction :each appears to be holding the symbol of the triad in muchrespect, whilst the curious cross suggests a new readingto an ancient symbol. I have of late heard it asserted, by a…
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