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fcbedr degeneration &^ $ g e ^ There is another symbol of ^ wlii ^ sp ^ ffifejffe
isdthin the circle . JBvei ^^ syell acquainted y ^ ^ 0 told that & l ^ nnda ^ line of his duty to G ^ the two p ^^ epdicu & p pm ^ lfel line s the
well for the expteric d ^^^ Seduced l ^ a 1 ^ § tt < estion now isfWhat ^ ftnd hoAv should it be read as b sacr ^ the true philosc ^
to tho Bhallas ^ i & t $ k ^ £ ^ worship naurder x )^ G ^
destruction or deprivati < m of the ^ ^^^ S the synlbol of nature , in the se # A the parts except the organs of generation , Bynibolic of the fact that the Suit having set , its fecundating and invigorating power ita > d ceased . The Bhiallas , therefore , as the symbol of the male generative principle , was very universally venerated am ong the ancients , & nd
that too as a religious rite , without the slightest reference to any impure or lascivious application . He is the god mentioned nndei ? the name of Baal Phegor , in the 25 ± h chapter of lumbers , as having been worshipped by the idolatrous Moabites . Among the eastern nations of India , the same symbol was prevalent under the name of Lingam ; but this was only the male generative principle ,
To ° perfect the cycle of creation , it is necessary to advance one step further . Accordingly we find in the Cteis of the Greeks , and the Toni of the Indians , a symbol of the female generative principle of co-extensive prevalence with the former . This was precisely in accordance with the whole system of ancient mythology , which was founded upon a worship of the prolific powers of nature . All the
deities of pagan antiquity , however numerous they might be , can always be reduced to two different forms of the generative principle , the active , or male , and the passive , or female . Hence the gods were always arranged in pairs ; as , Jupiter and Juno , Bacchus and
Venus , Osiris and Isis , But they went further . Believing that the prolific and productive powers of nature might be conceived to exist in the same individual , they made the older of their deities hermaphrodite , and used the term appevodr /^ ug , or man-mrgm , to denote the union of the two sexes in one divine person .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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fcbedr degeneration &^ $ g e ^ There is another symbol of ^ wlii ^ sp ^ ffifejffe
isdthin the circle . JBvei ^^ syell acquainted y ^ ^ 0 told that & l ^ nnda ^ line of his duty to G ^ the two p ^^ epdicu & p pm ^ lfel line s the
well for the expteric d ^^^ Seduced l ^ a 1 ^ § tt < estion now isfWhat ^ ftnd hoAv should it be read as b sacr ^ the true philosc ^
to tho Bhallas ^ i & t $ k ^ £ ^ worship naurder x )^ G ^
destruction or deprivati < m of the ^ ^^^ S the synlbol of nature , in the se # A the parts except the organs of generation , Bynibolic of the fact that the Suit having set , its fecundating and invigorating power ita > d ceased . The Bhiallas , therefore , as the symbol of the male generative principle , was very universally venerated am ong the ancients , & nd
that too as a religious rite , without the slightest reference to any impure or lascivious application . He is the god mentioned nndei ? the name of Baal Phegor , in the 25 ± h chapter of lumbers , as having been worshipped by the idolatrous Moabites . Among the eastern nations of India , the same symbol was prevalent under the name of Lingam ; but this was only the male generative principle ,
To ° perfect the cycle of creation , it is necessary to advance one step further . Accordingly we find in the Cteis of the Greeks , and the Toni of the Indians , a symbol of the female generative principle of co-extensive prevalence with the former . This was precisely in accordance with the whole system of ancient mythology , which was founded upon a worship of the prolific powers of nature . All the
deities of pagan antiquity , however numerous they might be , can always be reduced to two different forms of the generative principle , the active , or male , and the passive , or female . Hence the gods were always arranged in pairs ; as , Jupiter and Juno , Bacchus and
Venus , Osiris and Isis , But they went further . Believing that the prolific and productive powers of nature might be conceived to exist in the same individual , they made the older of their deities hermaphrodite , and used the term appevodr /^ ug , or man-mrgm , to denote the union of the two sexes in one divine person .