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Category : Phallicism
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Ophiolatreia
Author: The Worship of the Serpent Traced Throughout the World, and Its Traditions Referred to the Events in Paradise
Author: John Bathurst DeanePublisher:
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Category : Serpent worship
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Ophiolatreia
Author: Edward SellonPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Ophiolatreia is a work by Edward Sellon. It provides an account of the rituals and mysteries associated with the origin, spread, and development of serpent devotion in different parts of the world.
The Sun and the Serpent
Author: Charles Frederick OldhamPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Sun and the Serpent: A Contribution to the History of Serpent-Worship by Charles Frederick Oldham, first published in 1905, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
The Origin of Serpent Worship
Author: C. Staniland WakePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3744890473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The subject to be discussed in the present chapter is one of the most fascinating that can engage the attention of anthropologists. It is remarkable, however, that although so much has been written in relation to it, we are still almost in the dark as to the origin of the superstition in question. The student of mythology knows that certain ideas were associated by the peoples of antiquity with the serpent, and that it was the favourite symbol of particular deities; but why that animal rather than any other was chosen for the purpose is yet uncertain. The facts being well known, however, I shall dwell on them only so far as may be necessary to support the conclusions based upon them. We are indebted to Mr. Fergusson for bringing together a large array of facts, showing the extraordinary range which serpent-worship had among ancient nations. It is true that he supposes it not to have been adopted by any nation belonging to the Semitic or Aryan stock; the serpent-worship of India and Greece originating, as he believes, with older peoples. However this may be, the superstition was certainly not unknown to either Aryans or Semites. The brazen serpent of the Hebrew exodus was destroyed in the reign of Hezekiah, owing to the idolatry to which it gave rise. In the mythology of the Chaldeans, from whom the Assyrians seem to have sprung, the serpent occupied a most important position. Among the allied Phoenicians and Egyptians it was one of the most divine symbols. In Greece, Hercules was said "to have been the progenitor of the whole race of serpent-worshipping Scythians, through his intercourse with the serpent Echidna;" and when Minerva planted the sacred olive on the Acropolis of Athens, she placed it under the care of the serpent-deity Erechthonios.
Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions
Author: James BonwickPublisher:
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Category : Druids and Druidism
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This book offers an ethnological study on the Druids and their religion.
Nature Worship
Author: Hargrave JenningsPublisher:
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Category : Gnosticism
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Phallic Worship: A Description of The Mysteries of The Sex Worship of The Ancients With The History of The Masculine Cross
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465516891
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Sex Worship has prevailed among all peoples of ancient times, sometimes contemporaneous and often mixed with Star, Serpent, and Tree Worship. The powers of nature were sexualised and endowed with the same feelings, passions, and performing the same functions as human beings. Among the ancients, whether the Sun, the Serpent, or the Phallic Emblem was worshipped, the idea was the same—the veneration of the generative principle. Thus we find a close relationship between the various mythologies of the ancient nations, and by a comparison of the creeds, ideas, and symbols, can see that they spring from the same source, namely, the worship of the forces and operations of nature, the original of which was doubtless Sun worship. It is not necessary to prove that in primitive times the Sun must have been worshipped under various names, and venerated as the Creator, Light, Source of Life, and the Giver of Food. In the earliest times the worship of the generative power was of the most simple and pure character, rude in manner, primitive in form, pure in idea, the homage of man to the supreme power, the Author of life. Afterwards the worship became more depraved, a religion of feeling, sensuous bliss, corrupted by a priesthood who were not slow to take advantage of this state of affairs, and inculcated with it profligate and mysterious ceremonies, union of gods with women, religious prostitution and other degrading rites. Thus it was not long before the emblems lost their pure and simple meaning and became licentious statues and debased objects. Hence we have the depraved ceremonies at the worship of Bacchus, who became, not only the representative of the creative power, but the God of pleasure and licentiousness. The corrupted religion always found eager votaries, willing to be captives to a pleasant bondage by the impulse of physical bliss, as was the case in India and Egypt, and among the Phœnicians, Babylonians, Jews and other nations. Sex worship once personified became the supreme and governing deity, enthroned as the ruling God over all; dissent therefrom was impious and punished. The priests of the worship compelled obedience; monarchs complied to the prevailing faith and became willing devotees to the shrines of Isis and Venus on the one hand, and of Bacchus and Priapus on the other, by appealing to the most animating passion of nature.
OPHIOLATREIA, OR SERPENT WORSHIP
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471084752
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The worship of serpent deities is present in several old cultures, particularly in religion and mythology, where snakes were seen as entities of strength and renewal.
The Encircled Serpent
Author: M. Oldfield HoweyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781856520591
Category : Animals, Mythical
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
1900. An illuminating account of the most widespread, comprehensive, persistent, and oldest of all Symbols ever conceived by man. A classic in the field, The Encircled Serpent, offers, in readable and accessible form, esoteric information unobtainable elsewhere. A must read for students and research workers in all fields, particularly the Occult, Psychiatry, Symbolism, Folklore, Religion and History, and for the general reader. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.