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 86
made to represent a deity. Thesolar orb between the horns, and the serpent round the body,indicate the union with the male; sin incongruous conjunc-tion with the emblem of the sacred Virgin, nevertheless avery common one. In some of the coins pictured by R. P.Knight, in Worship of Priapus, etc., a… … 24 Figures 3, 4, are taken from Ginsburgs Kahhalah, andillustrate that in the arrangement of potencies two unite,like parents, to form a third. Sometimes we see also how,three such male attributes as splendour, firmness, andsolidity join with beauty to form the mystic arha, the trinityand unity.
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