Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 32. Figure 31. the creso^nt moon inverted. It is not exclusively Egyptian, 89 as it has been found in conjunction with other emblems onan Assyrian obelise of Phallic form. Figures 29, 30, 31, 32, represent the various trianglesand their union, which have been adopted in 29 i^said to represent fire, which amongst the ancientPersians was depicted as a cone, whilst the figure invertedrepresents water. Figure 33 is an ancient Hindoo emblem, called Sri. sw lantra. The circle represents the world, in which the livingexist; the tria
Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism . Figure 32. Figure 31. the creso^nt moon inverted. It is not exclusively Egyptian, 89 as it has been found in conjunction with other emblems onan Assyrian obelise of Phallic form. Figures 29, 30, 31, 32, represent the various trianglesand their union, which have been adopted in 29 i^said to represent fire, which amongst the ancientPersians was depicted as a cone, whilst the figure invertedrepresents water. Figure 33 is an ancient Hindoo emblem, called Sri. sw lantra. The circle represents the world, in which the livingexist; the triangle pointing upwards shows the male creator;and the triangle with the apex downwards the female; dis-tinct, yet united. These have a world within themselves, inwhich the male is uppermost. In the central circle the imageto be worshipped is placed. When used, the figure is placedon the ground, with Brahma to the east, and Laksmi to the
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