Buddhism in Christendom, or, Jesus, the Essene . reliefs. We seeher here standing on the kos-mical lily or lotus (Fig. 15).She is the Bride of theApocalypse. In the Indian religion itwas feigned that the ecliptic, orcircle of the year, was a greatserpent with his tail in hismouth—Ananta, the Endless. This serpent was supposed y[„_ 15. to be cut in half, and to become two serpents which represented Summer, or the period of life,and Winter, or the period of death. These two serpents, asKetu and Rahu, also represented good and evil with theBuddhists and Brahmins. The word union is the keystone of
Buddhism in Christendom, or, Jesus, the Essene . reliefs. We seeher here standing on the kos-mical lily or lotus (Fig. 15).She is the Bride of theApocalypse. In the Indian religion itwas feigned that the ecliptic, orcircle of the year, was a greatserpent with his tail in hismouth—Ananta, the Endless. This serpent was supposed y[„_ 15. to be cut in half, and to become two serpents which represented Summer, or the period of life,and Winter, or the period of death. These two serpents, asKetu and Rahu, also represented good and evil with theBuddhists and Brahmins. The word union is the keystone of all ancient myste-ries. With the Brahmins this was yoga. With the Buddhistsit was sangha. In early Christianity it was the mysticmarriage. Buddha (heaven, spirit, the universal father)was allied to Dharma (earth, matter, the universal mother),and from the union was born the mystic child. The favourite way of representing these two mystic ser-pents was as twined round the Rod of Hermes (Fig. 2,1 Chap. vii. v. 25, ci seq. 1 Chap. viii. v. Plate VIII. Fig. 1.
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