Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 12^; female creators, arranged in throe pairs. Above arc theheavenly symbols of the sun and moon. Below are the male 81 palm tree, and the barred htsk, identical in meaning with thesistrum, i. e., virgo intacta. Next come the male emblem,the cone, and the female symbol, the lozenge or yoni. Figure 121 represents also a worshipper before the barredfemale symbol, surmounted by the seven-rayed star, emblem. Figure 121. of the male potency, and of the sun or the heavens. It willbe noticed—and the matter is significant—that the handwhich is rais
Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 12^; female creators, arranged in throe pairs. Above arc theheavenly symbols of the sun and moon. Below are the male 81 palm tree, and the barred htsk, identical in meaning with thesistrum, i. e., virgo intacta. Next come the male emblem,the cone, and the female symbol, the lozenge or yoni. Figure 121 represents also a worshipper before the barredfemale symbol, surmounted by the seven-rayed star, emblem. Figure 121. of the male potency, and of the sun or the heavens. It willbe noticed—and the matter is significant—that the handwhich is raised in adoration is exactly opposite the conjunc-tion of the two. Compare this with Fig. 95, where thefemale alone is the object of reverence. Lajard and others state that homage, such as is heredepicted, is actually paid in some parts of Palestine andIndia to the living symbol; the worshipper on bended kneesofiering to it, la louche inferieure, with or without a silentprayer, his food before he eats it. A corresponding homageis paid by female devotees to the masculine emblem of anyvery peculiarly holy fakir, one of whose peculiarities is, thatno amount of excitement stimulates the organ into what maybe called creative energy. It has long been a problem howspch a state of apathy is brought about, but modern observa-Moi has proved that it is by the habitual use of weights.^n,»h homage is depicted in Picarts Religious Ceremonies F 82 of all the Pe
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