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| | Meridian Magazine : : What Fiery Flying Serpent Symbolized Christ? |
 | | Because the serpent in question represents the Savior, it would seem more likely that a serpent with this type of venom might be chosen to make the symbolism perfect in all details. | | | Nephi the son of Helaman explained further that "as many as should look upon that serpent should live, even so as many as should look upon the Son of God with faith, having a contrite spirit might live, even unto that life which is eternal" (Helaman 8:14). | | | The Bible states that "the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and much people of Israel died" (Numbers 21:6). |
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http://www.meridianmagazine.com/sci_rel/000609serpent.html
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| | Naga: The Serpent |
| | The symbolism of the seven serpents, usually cobras, are also on Masonic aprons of certain systems in the Buddhistic ruins of Cambodia (Ankhor) and Ceylon. | | | Of course, in Genesis the Serpent is a Naga who instructs the new infant (humanity) in what is called the Knowledge of Good and Evil. | | | The Chinese are even said to have originated with the Serpent demi-gods and even to speak their language, Naga-Krita. |
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http://www.thelema.net/ramsey/naga.html
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| | The Cross: Its Origin and Significance (No. 39) |
| | The use of the cross symbol by the Church is examined as is the development of the form in religious symbolism. | | | Perhaps this was the symbol of the god Quetzalcoatl (the feathered serpent), who himself also according to Réville, stands for a god of the wind (op. | | | The symbolism that arose from the cults was that of the cross, and the incidence of the propitiation of Hecate (Artemis, Rhea or the Mother Goddess) and Hermes at cross-roads was aimed specifically at the control of spirits of the dead. |
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http://www.logon.org/english/s/p039.html
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| | The History of Religions: Essays in Methodology |
| | In brief, while the research on symbols in general and religious symbolism in particular by specialists in other disciplines deserves his consideration, the historian of religions is obliged in the final analysis, to approach the subject with his own means of investigation and in his proper perspective. | | | The conjunction of the Serpent (or of another symbol of the chthonian darkness and of the non-manifest) and of the Eagle (symbol of solar light and of the manifest) express, in iconography or in myths, the mystery of the totality or of cosmic unity. | | | A study of the origin and diffusion of a symbol does not release the historian of religions from the obligation of understanding it; it is for him to restore to it all the meanings it has had during the course of its history. |
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http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=580&C=764
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| | Christian |
| | This is a legitimate method of symbolism, for to those able to realize the sacred significance of the threefold head a great mystery is revealed. | | | The Apostles whose symbols to not relate to their martyrdom are St. Peter, who carries two crossed keys, one gold and one silver; St. James the Great, who bears a pilgrim’s staff and an scallop shell; and St. John, who holds a cup from which the poison miraculously departed in the form of a serpent. | | | The golden halos around the heads of both pagan gods and Christian saints refers to their being bathed in the glory of the sun and also to the fact that a spiritual sun within their own natures is radiating its glow-ray and surrounding them with celestial splendor. |
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http://www.prs.org/gallery-chrst.htm
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| | Worship of the Serpent - Hidden Mysteries |
| | This book reveals the serpent's place in mythology and religion and how its symbolism varies from culture to culture. | | | To Bel, the Bayblonians consecrated, as we have seen, a living serpent ; and living serpents were also preserved in the Fane of Delphi, and in many other places where the deity Oph or Ob was worshipped. | | | The symbolical worship of the serpent was so common in Greece, that Justin Martyr accuses the Greeks of introducing it into the mysteries of all their gods... |
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http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/item200/item218.html
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| | According to universal symbolism the serpent can connect worlds and is taken to be a line to eternity. | | | The Chorti-Maya, known as the people of the serpent, called themselves chanes and their chief was calledhor chan, meaning, head of the serpent. | | | Their serpent represented a living bridge between the celestial and terrestrial worlds. |
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http://web.ukonline.co.uk/kathleen.rogers/viper/viperdescriptions.html
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| | Ouroboros |
| | Foremost is the symbolism of the serpent biting, devouring, eating its own tail. | | | The serpent biting its tail is found in other mythoi as well, including Norse myth, where the serpent's name is Jörmungandr, and in Hindu, where the dragon circles the tortoise which supports the four elephants that carry the world. | | | The Serpent biting its own tail is first seen as early as 1600 years BC in Egypt. |
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http://www.dragon.org/chris/ouroboros.html
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| | SATAN: JEHOVAH |
| | In the latest religion of all, Christianity, all the Combatants, gods and demons, adversaries in both the camps, are now transformed into Dragons and Satans, simply in order to connect evil personified with the Serpent of Genesis, and thus prove the new dogma. | | | We do not see that the Christian Church has so much improved on that exoteric idea of the Manicheans, for she calls God her King of Light, and Satan, the King of Darkness, to this day. | | | He belongs to the fifth kind or class of demons (of which there are nine according to mediæval demonology), and he is at the head of witches and sorcerers. |
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http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/christianity/Satan-Jehovah.html
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| | Fisher Kings |
| | Paradoxically all of the ancient symbols of the divine spirit that pervades the universe such as the goat and the serpent were transformed into the devil so it is almost impossible for us to get beyond Christian demonology to get to the truth.. | | | This sacrificial martyr is the symbol of the greatest of mysteries that have confounded writers since Ireaneus, Tertullian and the early Church. | | | and the symbol also of their divine source. |
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http://www.crosscircle.com/fisher_kings.htm
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| | Sommerland: Dragons of the Americas |
| | This symbolism is echoed in the Serpent Mountain of the Aztec people, situated in close proximity to the most important of Aztec cities (both physically and spiritually), Tenochtitlan (Hunt, 1999). | | | On top of this, the American dragons have a number of supernatural properties that contradict their streamlined, pared-down appearance (save for the feathered serpents or amphipteres that are famed throughout Mesoamerica for having iridescent feathers, wings and forelimbs). | | | From the magnificence of the horned serpent to the divine nature of the amphiptere, the dragons of the Americas are nature-based creatures which, essentially, are barely discernable from the ancestral serpent. |
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http://www.sommerland.org/ondragons/races/races_america.html
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| | Avebury and the Dark Star |
| | In both cases, the serpent seems to me to be the Cosmic Dragon, equivalent to the serpent deity Kematef in Egyptian mythology, the deity Chnoubis among early Hermeticists, and certainly with the Mithraic 'kosmokrator', or 'keeper of cosmic time' (9). | | | A third example of ancient trinity symbolism involving an anomalous, but all-powerful central deity, is that of the Ugaritic Bal of Canaan (10), here shown between the Sun and Moon, with its own 'Winged Disc' symbolism. | | | The parallels are even closer when you bear in mind the presence of the dragon, or serpent itself: |
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http://www.darkstar1.co.uk/avebury.html
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| | Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The: A reassessment of Hezekiah's reform in light of jar handles and iconographic evidence |
| | In addition, other types of seals attest the use of the symbol of the Uraeus cobra in Judah during the eighth century B.C.E. In light of this evidence, it is possible that the bronze serpent of 2 Kgs 18:4 may in fact have been the Egyptian royal symbol of the Uraeus cobra. | | | First, it is important to note that the lmlk seals, with their Egyptian symbolism, came to be replaced with a different type of seal impression, which did not include Egyptian symbolism. | | | Next, these scholars outlined seals and specialty crafts from Judah during this same period and found that, as in the northern kingdom, Egyptian symbolism was very prevalent, especially in the eighth century. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3679/is_200207/ai_n9115012/pg_2
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| | The Circle of the Dragon: Dragons of Fame: Egypt |
| | Symbolism: This creature is a part of the rising of the sun and the falling of the sun. | | | Symbolism: Her symbol is one of ruler ship, and it appears on the crown of Pharohs. | | | Symbolism: She was a shining symbol of warning: do well, or she will take your soul. |
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http://www.blackdrago.com/famous_egyptian.htm
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| | The Tail of the Dragon |
| | Every cometary apparition, taking its symbolism from the cosmic original, would then be considered a child of the primeval, flaming serpent or dragon remembered in the myths. | | | It was said of the great fire serpent Xiuhcoatl that it spewed forth comets. | | | But our appreciation for the symbolism changes dramatically once we entertain a new possibility that in earlier times mankind experienced a far more spectacular and devastating comet than ever experienced in more recent times, a cometary archetype that could fully account for the later symbols. |
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http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Sky_Signs/ss020.htm
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| | Skull (symbolism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Skull symbolism is the attachment of symbolic meaning to the skull, generally the human skull. | | | The serpent is a chthonic god of knowledge and of immortality, because he sloughs off his skin. | | | The serpent guards the Tree in the Greek Garden of the Hesperides and, not that much earlier, a Tree in the Garden of Eden. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_(symbolism)
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| | MacCulloch's Religion of the Ancient Celts: Gods of Gaul and the Continent |
| | In some cases Dispater may have outgrown the serpent symbolism, the serpent being regarded locally as his foe; this assumes that the god with the club is the same as the god with the hammer. | | | She may therefore be the goddess with the cornucopia, on monuments of the horned god, or Aeracura, consort of Dispater, or a goddess on a monument at Epinal holding a basket of fruit and a cornucopia, and accompanied by a ram's-headed serpent. | | | Dispater was a god of growth and fertility, and besides being lord of the underworld of the dead, not necessarily a dark region or the abode of "dark" gods as is so often assumed by writers on Celtic religion, he was ancestor of the living. |
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http://www.celtic-twilight.com/otherworld/druidism/macculloch/godsofgaul.htm
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| | An Analysis of the Inyo Animation |
| | Harold Bayley in "The Lost Language of Symbolism" chapter called "The Stone Hinge" suggested Stukley's rendition to be that of a serpent having consumed an egg. | | | His "Lost Language of Symbolism" is a treasure trove of mystic symbolisms and roots thereof. | | | Joseph Campbell, the mythologist and Harold Bayley, author of The Lost Language of Symbolism independently concluded there is a global root of ancient mythologies. |
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http://www.equinox-project.com/analy.htm
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| | Snake Handlers Hang On in Appalachian Churches |
| | For serpent-handling churches, these verses hold no symbolism—they are the literal words of the Lord that have inspired worshiping believers to handle poisonous snakes for a hundred years. | | | Copperheads are one of the snakes commonly used in serpent-handling religious ceremonies of Appalachia. | | | Serpent handling is always controversial and in many areas illegal, yet it shows no signs of disappearing from its traditional home in Appalachia, the mountainous regions of the Southeastern United States stretching from Georgia to Pennsylvania. |
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0407_030407_snakehandlers.html
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| | World Mysteries - Mystic Places - Stonehenge |
| | He claimed that Stonehenge and similar stone circles had been serpent temples, which he called "Dracontia." Could this serpent symbolism be related to eclipses? | | | British antiquarian Dr. William Stukeley, who in 1740 was the first to note the summer solstice alignment at Stonehenge, advanced the notion that the monument was built by Druids to worship the serpent. | | | It is not hard to imagine Stone Age people gathering at a "sacred place" at "sacred times" (such as solstices, equinoxes, and eclipses) to reaffirm their religious beliefs through ritual practices. |
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http://www.world-mysteries.com/mpl_4.htm
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| | Naga: The Serpent |
| | The symbolism of the seven serpents, usually cobras, are also on Masonic aprons of certain systems in the Buddhistic ruins of Cambodia (Ankhor) and Ceylon. | | | The Serpent's reputation for positive medicinal and/or life-preserving qualities have also contributed to the honors of the Serpent as STILL seen by the employment of the Caduceus. | | | She is known as a warrior Goddess as well as the Goddess of Wisdom; her symbol being the Serpent as displayed on her personal shield. |
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http://www.thelema.net/ramsey/naga.html
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| | Bernice Zamora (b. 1938) |
| | I recommend that Zamora's work be viewed from a feminist perspective, giving special attention to the serpent motif that is present throughout her work and relating the serpent motif to the symbolism associated with goddesses. | | | To make Zamora more accessible, translate Spanish phrases, refer students to outside reading that explains the religious beliefs of the Penitents, and encourage students to read poets--such as Robinson Jeffers, Gullivec, Shakespeare, and Hesse-- whose works serve as the intertextual basis for some of Zamora's poetry. | | | I indicate that Zamora's work was published and distributed by a Chicano publishing company and its audience was an ethnic audience, especially one that was well versed in American literature. |
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http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/zamora.html
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| | The Circle of the Dragon: Dragons of Fame: Oceania |
| | History: The Rainbow serpent was a god(dess) and was said to have horns and the body of a serpent. | | | Symbolism: Similar to Yin and Yang, she is a symbol of both life and death - both passive and active. | | | History: Kataore was one of the taniwha that lived within a cave. |
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http://www.blackdrago.com/famous_oceania.htm
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| | ds17 |
| | Its form includes symbolism clearly indicative of its celestial nature, linked with the First Decan of the Lion, and more generally with the Zodiac (6). | | | This strange image is connected with both Pagan and Early Christian imagery, being equivalent to the kosmokrator of the Roman cult of Mithras, of the Egyptian cosmic serpent Kematef, and the Hermetic deity Chnoubis. | | | It takes the form of a Gnostic gem showing a lion-headed serpent. |
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http://www.darkstar1.co.uk/ds17.html
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| | Annotated Bibliography: Zuni Rock Art |
| | Chapter four discusses Zuni cultural images found in contemporary forms of art that include wall murals, ceramics, and fetishes. The chapter addresses the cultural symbolism found in Zuni myth and how it may be represented in the rock-art of the area. | | | Chapter three focuses on Zuni Cosmology and Cultural Symbolism. The Zuni perception of direction, verbal art, and perceptions of space and time comprise this chapter. | | | by previous researchers. The Zuni refer to him as Kolowisi and he is almost always represented as a serpent in graphic art (Schaafsma 1980:238). |
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http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/swpottery/rockartbiblio/Zuni3.htm
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| | Quodlibet Online Journal: The Tree and The Serpent: hieros gamos of the Self - by Michael J Brabazon |
| | The alchemical symbolism of the adept's transformation towards the realisation of perfection is related in a vision of Zosimos of Panopolis, a third century Gnostic: | | | So Moses made a bronze serpent and erected it as a standard, so that when a snake had bitten a man, he could look at the bronze serpent and recover. | | | In short my friends, build a temple from a single stone, like to white lead, to alabaster, to Proconnesian marble, with neither end nor beginning in its construction. |
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http://www.quodlibet.net/brabazon-tree.shtml
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| | Ur |
| | Ur The aurochs being a majestic beast and although, as a species it must have had both male and female animals, it has a primal strong, powerful and virile male symbolism. | | | Ur is the bull skybellower that Thor used as bait when he fished for the World Serpent. | | | Among his children Loki has some of the strongest and most impressive animals of the myths, Sleipnir the fastest of all horses, Fenris the wolf who will bring down Odin and Jormungand, the serpent that surrounds Midgard. |
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| | The Winged Eye Symbol of Ancient Egyptian Religion |
| | clearly illustrates how total solar eclipses most probably inspired the winged eye symbols of ancient Egyptian religion, Mayan and Aztec religious iconography, and the religious symbolism and iconography of various other ancient civilizations. | | | The Egyptian religious myth of the cosmic battle between the solar falcon god Horus and the sun eating serpent god Set (or Apop) was also evidently inspired by the total eclipse of the sun as | | | that is dramatically manifested in the skies above our planet Earth during most total solar eclipses, with the |
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http://wingedeyesymbol.homestead.com
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| | The horned God in India and Europe |
| | In his left hand C ernunnos is holding a horned serpent which also appears on another two of the interior panels on the Gundestrup Cauldron, while in his right-hand he is holding a torque. | | | As the horns are a symbol of the moon and the Goddess, what is found then is the same symbolism, though expressed in a slightly different manner. | | | Deep in India's ancient past we find a God which could be the Horned God in his original form, preceding Cernunnos, Hu Gadern, Pan and Herne, that of the Horned God of the Indus Valley, Pashupati. |
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http://www.geocities.com/indianpaganism/hornedgod.html
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