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Article ANCIENT SYMBOLISM ILLUSTRATED. ← Page 4 of 6 →
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Ancient Symbolism Illustrated.
wards on a world renewed ; while the serpent raised above the whole is the emblem of the regenerative power . This copy , from a picture found in Herculaneum , is a decisive
ril 0 . ll llEllCI . 'EAN'EUlI . evidence that the serpent was the genius of a place , for so reads the inscription : — " Genius hujus loci ; " and if the following word , wliich is nearly effaced in the ori ginal , be " Montis , " it agrees with ideas elsewhere recorded of mountain serpents which delighted in high situations .
The mysterious trunk , coffer , or basket , may justly be reckoned among the most remarkable and sacred instruments of worship , wliich formed part of the pomp of the processional ceremonies of the heathen world . This was held so sacred thafc the fully initiated only were permitted to see it , One of tlie medals shows a serpent entering into its coffer ,
SACIIED SEIU'ENT . the other a serpent quitting this residence ; it must needs be si . sacred serpent , the Agathos diamon of Socrates . Calniet states ifc to be the opinion of the learned that ifc represents the good spirit or regenerative attribute , and is allusive to the patriarch Noah the regenerator , in the acts of entering
and quitting his ark . "This then was the god thoy worshipped , " as Daniel exclaimed when he had destroyed the serpent—the idol of Babylon . Like all other symbols of idolatrous polytheism , the serpent lias been sometimes worshipped in conjunction wifch other emblems , as in this rough sketch from Kcempl ' er . The circle
or disk of the sun is formed by the cycle of the serpent , tho wings of which denote ifc to have been of the species Saraph , and the figure represents Noah or Osiris , as he is called when
si : iir . E > 'T . v :-n > corrEii .
I'ROU KO ? . JirFEB . worshipped in conjunction with fche sun . This Chinese device shows the connection between the serpent and the
CHINESE lAEVIOE . circle ; this also from the ruins of Naki ftustau ; these
TROJl ENAKT HlIS'l'AN . also from the Isiac fables in the Museum at Turin ; and this
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ancient Symbolism Illustrated.
wards on a world renewed ; while the serpent raised above the whole is the emblem of the regenerative power . This copy , from a picture found in Herculaneum , is a decisive
ril 0 . ll llEllCI . 'EAN'EUlI . evidence that the serpent was the genius of a place , for so reads the inscription : — " Genius hujus loci ; " and if the following word , wliich is nearly effaced in the ori ginal , be " Montis , " it agrees with ideas elsewhere recorded of mountain serpents which delighted in high situations .
The mysterious trunk , coffer , or basket , may justly be reckoned among the most remarkable and sacred instruments of worship , wliich formed part of the pomp of the processional ceremonies of the heathen world . This was held so sacred thafc the fully initiated only were permitted to see it , One of tlie medals shows a serpent entering into its coffer ,
SACIIED SEIU'ENT . the other a serpent quitting this residence ; it must needs be si . sacred serpent , the Agathos diamon of Socrates . Calniet states ifc to be the opinion of the learned that ifc represents the good spirit or regenerative attribute , and is allusive to the patriarch Noah the regenerator , in the acts of entering
and quitting his ark . "This then was the god thoy worshipped , " as Daniel exclaimed when he had destroyed the serpent—the idol of Babylon . Like all other symbols of idolatrous polytheism , the serpent lias been sometimes worshipped in conjunction wifch other emblems , as in this rough sketch from Kcempl ' er . The circle
or disk of the sun is formed by the cycle of the serpent , tho wings of which denote ifc to have been of the species Saraph , and the figure represents Noah or Osiris , as he is called when
si : iir . E > 'T . v :-n > corrEii .
I'ROU KO ? . JirFEB . worshipped in conjunction with fche sun . This Chinese device shows the connection between the serpent and the
CHINESE lAEVIOE . circle ; this also from the ruins of Naki ftustau ; these
TROJl ENAKT HlIS'l'AN . also from the Isiac fables in the Museum at Turin ; and this