Rabbit Hole Part 14: The SECRET Pine Cone Mystery of Symbolism
Work in Progress – I am going to cover more of this in the coming weeks.
I am collecting pictures for this part if anyone has any to share I would like them. I have some other answers to in the other blogs. Well here it goes. One of the most amazing discoveries I found was the city of Budapest, Hungary is full of Pine Cone symbolism and astrology surrounding the Calvinistic Church and the Danube river front for almost a mile on both sides the fence has pinecones as the feature piece for MILES.
Strange huh.?
So I have covered a lot of items here for you to ponder.
This is the hidden light that all the prophets, gurus, and masters taught about this is the secret key to the creator.
Just look at all the churches in the following clips to see the trail of breadcrumbs.
Here lies example one of the pine cone ‘pineal’ gateway. This is inside the Mosque / Masjid of Muhammad pbuh. In Medina.
This is a Turkish addition during the Ottoman Empire.
You will find this a common piece all over Europe’s old churches.
Pineal Gland =
Pine Cone Mystery of Symbolism for seekers of wisdom
Is it really a coincidence that these two only function together as the final missing piece to the mystery of life that many are searching for? Yes it is a coincidence it was known since the dawn of man we have a sacred connection to the universe none of us are without this function. In part 12 I will add some to the end of this blog to summarize the meaning of all this. Sorry I will have to add the pictures later.
Here is now an example of churches pine cones
Vatican
Real Name is Courtyard of the Pine Cone
800px-Aachen_-_Pine_cone CHARLAMAIGNE
Hitler’s Desk
Look at the top inlay
Look at the actual inlay design inside the circles
450px-Purification_stone_lambeth_brige
467px-Bristol_UK_pine_cone_01
Bacchus,_Roman-Greek_God_of_drunkeness_&_revelry
Dionysus_Pine_cone
Pinecone_Thyrsus_003
Sumerian Kings
Maenadthyrsus
Thyrus
Angkor Wat - Cambodia
Other Pine cones
Massachusetts_State_House_dome_pine_cone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophites
The Ophites (also called Ophians or Serpentinians) (from Greek ὄφιανοι > ὄφις = snake) were members of numerous Gnostic sects in Syria and Egypt about 100 AD. The Ophite sects revered the serpent of Genesis as a symbol of gnosis, which the tyrant Yaldabaoth tried to hide from Adam and Eve. As John 3:14 tells that "as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up," the Ophites felt perfectly justified in their position,
and Christian heresiologists took particular offense at turning their
view of the serpent on its head.
Irenaeus wrote a history of heresy toward the end of the second century from which our principal mythos is derived; Clement of Alexandria (Stromata, vii. 17, § 108) mentions beside the "Cainists" the "Ophians" (Οφιανοί),
saying that their name is derived from the object of their worship. Philaster, an author of the fourth century, places the Ophites, the Cainites, and the Sethians at the head of all heresies (ch. 1-3), because he holds that they owed their origin to the serpent (the Devil).
In Clement and Origen
Clement of Alexandria incidentally mentions Cainites and Ophites (Strom. vii. 17, p. 900), but gives no explanation of their tenets. Nor do we
suppose that there is any reason to connect with this sect his
reprobation of the use of serpent ornaments by women (Paed. ii. 13, p. 245).
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NOTICE THESE ARE THE CHAKRAS????
Reconstruction from Histoire critique du Gnosticisme; Jacques Matter, 1826, Vol. III, Plate I, D.
Origen is led to speak of the Ophites (Contra Celsum. vi. 28 sqq.) by an accusation of Celsus that the Christians counted seven heavens, and spoke of the Creator as
an accursed divinity, inasmuch as he was worthy of execration for
cursing the serpent who introduced the first human beings to the
knowledge of good and evil.
Origen replies that Celsus had mixed up
matters, and had confounded with the Christians the Ophites, who so far
from being Christians would not hear the name of Jesus, nor own him to
have been so much as a wise and virtuous man, nor would admit anyone
into their assembly until he had cursed Jesus.
It may be doubted whether Origen has not here been misinformed about a sect of which he
intimates that he knows but little. According to all other authorities
the Ophites claimed to be Christians. Elsewhere (Comm. in St. Matt. iii. 852) Origen classes the Ophites as heretics of the graver sort with the followers of Marcion, Valentinus, Basilides, and Apelles.
The identity of the nomenclature proves that these Ophites of Origen
are a branch of the sect described by Irenaeus, and therefore justifies
our application of the name Ophite to that sect.
[edit] Hebdomad
The names of the seven princes of the Hebdomad, as given by Origen, agree completely with the list of Irenaeus. Origen also gives the names
of the seven demons. Irenaeus only gives the name of their chief, but
that one is enough to establish a more than accidental coincidence,
since it is a name we should not have expected to find as the name of a
demon, namely, Michael.
The name Prunikos is also found in the report of Origen.
Origen gives what must have been one of the valuable secrets of this sect, viz. the
formula to be addressed by an ascending soul to each of the princes of
the hebdomad in order to propitiate him to grant a passage through his
dominions.
Perhaps the secret would have been more jealously guarded if it were not that in addition to the use of the formula, it seems to
hare been necessary to produce at each gate a certain symbol. These
would only be in the possession of the initiated, and we may imagine
that they were buried with them. He gives the formulae in the inverse
order; i.e. first the formula to be used by a soul which has passed
through the highest heaven and desires to enter the Ogdoad; next the
formula to be used in order to gain admission to the highest heaven,
and so on.
Sahasrara: The Crown Chakra
Sahasrara is generally considered to be the chakra of pure consciousness. Its role may be envisioned somewhat similarly to that of thepituitary gland, which secretes emanuel hormones to communicate to the rest of the endocrine system and also connects to thecentral nervous system via the hypothalamus. The thalamus is thought to have a key role in the physical basis of consciousness. Symbolized by a lotus with one thousand petals, it is located at the crown of the head. Sahasrara is represented by the colour violet and it
involves such issues as inner wisdom and the death of the body.
Sahasrara's inner aspect deals with the release of karma, physical
action with meditation, mental action with universal consciousness and
unity, and emotional action with "beingness".[31]
Chakra (derived from the Sanskrit cakraṃ चक्रं ([ˈtʃəkrə̃]), pronounced[ˈtʃəkrə] in Hindi; Pali: ॰हक्क chakka, Chinese: 轮, Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ་; khorlo) is aSanskrit word that translates as "wheel" or "turning".[1]
WHEEL?? YOU MEAN THIS WHEEL FOUND IN MANY MANY DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES??
The Dharmacakra (Sanskrit: धर्मचक्) or Dhammacakka (Pāli), Tibetan chos kyi 'khor lo (འཀོར་ལོ།), Chinese fălún 法輪, "Wheel of Dharma" or "Wheel of Law" is a symbol that has represented dharma, the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment, since the early period of Indian Buddhism.[1]
It is also sometimes translated as wheel of doctrine or wheel of law. A similar symbol is also in use in Jainism. It is one of the AshtamangalaSymbols
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmachakra
In Buddhism—according to the Pali Canon, Vinayapitaka, Khandhaka,Mahavagga, Dhammacakkappavattanasutta—number of spokes of the Dharmacakra represent various meanings:
• 8 spokes representing the Noble Eightfold Path (Ariya magga).
• 12 spokes representing the Twelve Laws of Dependent Origination (Paticcasamuppāda).
• 24 spokes representing the Twelve Laws of Dependent Origination and the Twelve Laws of Dependent Termination(Paticcasamuppāda).
• 31 spokes representing 31 realms of existence (11 realms of desire, 16 realms of form and 4 realms of formlessness).
In Buddhism, Parts of the Dharmacakra also representing:
• Its overall shape is that of a circle (cakra), representing the perfection of the dharma teaching
• The hub stands for discipline, which is the essential core ofmeditation practice
• The rim, which holds the spokes, refers to mindfulness orsamādhi which holds everything together
The corresponding mudrā, or symbolic hand gesture, is known as theDharmacakra Mudrā.
The Dharmacakra is one of the eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism.
The dharma wheel can refer to the dissemination of the dharma teaching from country to country. In this sense the dharma wheel began rolling inIndia, carried on to Central Asia, and then arrived in South East Asia andEast Asia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_auspicious_symbols
Ashtamangala are a sacred suite of Eight Auspicious Signs endemic to a number of Dharmic Traditions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, andSikhism. The symbols or 'symbolic attributes' (Tibetan: ཕྱག་མཚན; Wylie: phyag mtshan) are yidam and teaching tools. Not only do these attributes, these energetic signatures, point to qualities of enlightened mindstream, but they are the investiture that ornaments these enlightened 'qualities' (Sanskrit:guna; Tibetan: ཡོན་ཏན; Wylie: yon tan). Many cultural enumerations and variations of the Ashtamangala are extant.
Groupings of eight auspicious symbols were originally used in India at ceremonies such as an investiture or coronation of a king. An early grouping of symbols included: throne, swastika, handprint, hooked knot,
vase of jewels, water libation flask, pair of fishes, lidded bowl. In
Buddhism, these eight symbols of good fortune represent the offerings
made by the gods to Shakyamuni Buddha immediately after he gained
enlightenment.[1]
Wheel
Wheel of Law
The Wheel of Law (Sanskrit: Dharmacakra; Tibetan: ཁོར་ལོ; Wylie: khor lo), sometimes representing Sakyamuni Buddha and the Dharma teaching; also representing the mandala and chakra. This symbol is commonly used by Tibetan Buddhists where it sometimes also includes an inner wheel of theGankyil (Tibetan), but in Nepal the Wheel of Law is not used by Nepalese Buddhists in the eight auspicious symbols. Instead of the Dharma wheel, aFly Whisk may be used as one of the ashtamangala symbolizing Tantric manifestations and is made of a yak's tail attached to a silver staff and used during ritual recitation and fanning the deities in an auspicious religious ceremony (puja);
another guise of the Dharmacakra which unites the functionality of the
yak's tail with the doctrinal aspect of the "Wheel of Law" is the Mani wheel. The Sudarshana Chakra is a Hindu wheel-symbol.
CHAKRAS???
Chakras are ultimately as real or unreal as the nerve plexuses
and endocrine glands to which they correspond, but, in ultimate
truth, anything with a form, whether perceptible to the human
eye or the third eye, is but symbolic of a function of spirit,
or definitionless awareness.
WHOAAAAAAAAA..
THE EGYPTIAN ANKH ///// CHAKRAS?????
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Kirlian photography first gained publicity in the 60s, when a
group of Russian scientists discovered that, just as with a
psychic perceiving auras, anomalies in the photographs were
predictive of physical conditions which had not yet manifested
in the body. The development of Kirlian photography is discussed
on this page on the website of Rubellus Petrinus:
WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN??? YOU ASK/// WE AS HUMANS ARE VERY POWERFUL ENERGY FORCE.
THAT IS NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD YET.
I AM ON A ROLL LOOK AT THIS..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_Mundi
The axis mundi (also cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, columna cerului, center of the world) is a ubiquitous symbol that crosses human cultures. The image expresses
a point of connection between sky and earth where the four compass
directions meet.
At this point travel and correspondence is made
between higher and lower realms.[1]
Communication from lower realms may ascend to higher ones and blessings
from higher realms may descend to lower ones and be disseminated to all.[2]The spot functions as the omphalos (navel), the world's point of beginning.[3][4]
Shamanic function
A common shamanic concept, and a universally told story, is that of the healer traversing the axis mundi to bring back knowledge from the other world. It may be
seen in the stories from Odin and the World Ash Tree to the Garden of Edenand Jacob's Ladder to Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel. It is the essence of the journey described in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
The epic poem relates its hero's descent and ascent through a series of spiral structures that take him from through the core of the earth,
from the depths of Hell to celestial Paradise. It is also a central
tenet in the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.[21]
Anyone or anything suspended on the axis between heaven and earth becomes a repository of potential knowledge. A special status accrues to the thing suspended: a serpent, a victim of crucifixion or hanging, a rod, a fruit,mistletoe.
Derivations of this idea find form in the Rod of Asclepius, an emblem of the medical profession, and in the caduceus, an emblem of correspondence and commercial professions. The staff in these emblems represents the axis mundi while the serpents act as guardians of, or guides to, knowledge.[22]
Places
Because the axis mundi is an idea that unites a number of concrete images, no contradiction exists in regarding multiple spots as "the center of the world." The symbol can operate in a number of locales at
once.[6] The ancient Greeks regarded several sites as places of earth'somphalos (navel) stone, notably the oracle at Delphi, while still maintaining a belief in a cosmic world tree and in Mount Olympus as the abode of the gods. Judaism has the Temple Mount and Mount Sinai, Christianity has the Mount of Olives and Calvary, Islam has Mecca, said to be the place on earth that was created first, and the Temple Mount (Dome of the Rock). In addition to Kun-Lun the ancient Chinese recognized four mountains as pillars of the world.[11]
Sacred places constitute world centers (omphalos) with the altar or place of prayer as the axis. Altars, incense sticks, candles and torches form the axis by sending a column of smoke, and prayer, toward
heaven. The architecture of sacred places often reflects this role.
"Every temple or palace--and by extension, every sacred city or royal
residence--is a Sacred Mountain, thus becoming a Centre.
"[12] The stupa of Hinduism, and later Buddhism, reflects Mount Meru.
Cathedrals are laid out in the form of a cross, with the vertical bar representing the union of earth and heaven as the horizontal bars represent union of people to one another, with the
altar at the intersection. Pagoda structures in Asian temples take the form of a stairway linking earth and heaven. A steeple in a church or a minaret in a mosque also serve as connections of earth and heaven.
Structures such as the maypole, derived from the Saxons' Irminsul, and thetotem pole among indigenous peoples of the Americas also represent world axes. The calumet, or sacred pipe, represents a column of smoke (the soul) rising form a world center.[13] A mandala creates a world center within the boundaries of its two-dimensional space analogous to that created in three-dimensional space by a shrine.[14]
This image exemplifies the blend of art and science during the Renaissanceand provides the perfect example of Leonardo's keen interest in proportion. In addition, this picture represents a cornerstone of Leonardo's attempts to relate man to nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica online states, "Leonardo envisaged the great picture chart of the human body he had produced through his anatomical drawings and Vitruvian Man as a cosmografia del minor mondo (cosmography of the microcosm). He believed the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the universe."
According to Leonardo's preview in the accompanying text, written in mirror writing, it was made as a study of the proportions of the (male) human body as described in Vitruvius:
• "palmus autem habet quattuor digitos"
• a palm is the width of four fingers
• a foot is the width of four palms (i.e., 12 inches)
• a cubit is the width of six palms
• a pace is four cubits
• a man's height is four cubits (and thus 24 palms)
• "erit eaque mensura ad manas pansas,"
• the length of a man's outspread arms (arm span) is equal to his height
• the distance from the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of a man's height
• the distance from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin is one-eighth of a man's height
• the distance from the bottom of the neck to the hairline is one-sixth of a man's height
• the maximum width of the shoulders is a quarter of a man's height
• the distance from the middle of the chest to the top of the head is a quarter of a man's height
• the distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand is a quarter of a man's height
• the distance from the elbow to the armpit is one-eighth of a man's height
• the length of the hand is one-tenth of a man's height
• the distance from the bottom of the chin to the nose is one-third of the length of the head
• the distance from the hairline to the eyebrows is one-third of the length of the face
• the length of the ear is one-third of the length of the face
• the length of a man's foot is one-sixth of his height
Leonardo is clearly illustrating Vitruvius' De architectura 3.1.2-3 which reads:
SNAKE WORSHIPERS??? NO PARIETAL EYE GOD WORSHIPING ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_eye
A parietal eye, also known as a parietal organ or third-eye, is a part of theepithalamus present in some animal species. The eye may be photoreceptive and is usually associated with the pineal gland, regulatingcircadian rhythmicity and hormone production for thermoregulation.[1]
The parietal eye (very small grey oval between the regular eyes) of a juvenile bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Adult carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) clearly showing the parietal eye (small grey/clear oval) at the top of its head.
Among fish, lampreys retain two functional "third" eyes, one developed from the parietal gland, and the other from the pineal gland. These are located one behind the other in the centre of the upper
surface of the braincase. Because lampreys are amongst the most
primitive of all living vertebrates, it is possible that this was the
original condition among vertebrates, and may have allowed
bottom-dwelling species to sense threats from above.[6]
[edit] Diagrams
Main article: Ophite Diagrams
SEE BELOW
Origen also gives a description of an Ophite diagram, which Celsus likewise had met with, consisting of an outer circle, named Leviathan, denoting the soul of all things, with ten internal circles, variously
coloured, the diagram containing also the figures and names of the
seven demons.
Many have attempted to reproduce the figure from Origen's
description, but in truth Origen has not given us particulars enough to
enable us to make a restoration with confidence, or even to enable us
to understand what was intended to be represented. Origen names
Euphrates as the introducer of the doctrine of the sect which he
describes, and the sect may have been that branch of the Ophites who
are called Peratae.
WHAT ANOTHER GNOSTIC SECT. THIS IS AT LEAST 30- 40 NOW. IN THIS BLOG. DO YOU SEE WHAT I AM TRYING TO SHOW YOU READ THIS... ..IS THE GNOSTIC SECRET I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR. ...
See also
• The Ophites
• The Naassenes
• The Sethians
• The Mandaeans
• The Borborites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perates
Physiology
Unique in this Gnostic system is the insight it gives us into esoteric physiological gnosis:
The cerebellum, by an ineffable and inscrutable process, attracts through the pineal gland the spiritual and life-giving essence from the vaulted chamber. And on receiving this, the cerebellum [also] in an ineffable manner imparts
the 'ideas,' just as the Son does, to Matter; or, in other words, the
seeds and the genera of things produced according to the flesh flow
along into the spinal marrow.
IMPORTANT NEWS BREAK
ALDOUS HUXLEY WROTE BRAVE NEW WORLD. ABOUT EUGENICS AND DRUG ADDICTIONS. AND BIG BROTHER THEN. WHAT??? YOU GUESSED IT HE SAID THIS WAS THE FUTURE PLAN FOR THE WORLD .. HE WAS RELATED TO ???
Tapp E, Huxley M. The weight and degree of calcification of the
pineal gland. J Pathol 1971;105:31–39
YOU MIGHT BE AWARE OF THIS BUT.. FLUORIDE CAUSES THE CALCIFICATION ALSO NOT USING YOUR PINEAL GLAND IE. 7TH CHAKRA ALSO DOES THIS .. SO WHY SHOULD YOU WORRY YOU ASK.
THIS IS EXPLAINED IN NOTE 12 ..
ABOUT EUGENICS AND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PITUITARY RACISTS.
http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/17/2/233.pdf
Tapp
and Huxley (5, 6) have found that the weight of
the pineal gland increases gradually from puberty
to old age.
Although we know that the
percentage of calcification does not change after
the age of 30 years, no autopsy-based studies
have revealed information about the evolving
size of the pineal gland during development.
MR imaging has provided a marked improvement
in the ability to locate and characterize
tissue.
For instance, small noncalcified structures
that cannot be detected with computed
tomography are seen clearly on MR images,
especially in the midline on sagittal sections
(7).
In the pineal region, where a variety of
tumors occur, including germ cell tumors and
pinealomas (8, 9), knowledge of the normal size
of the developing gland can help to distinguish
healthy tissue from tumor.
On T1- and T2-
weighted images, tumors of the pineal region
are usually similar in signal intensity to the
gland itself (8, 9). In addition, the lack of a
blood-brain barrier in the normal pineal gland
results in an inability to separate a normal gland
from a neoplasm on the basis of enhancement
characteristics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland
The pineal gland (also called the pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis or the "third eye") is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain.
The pineal gland is a midline structure, and is often seen in plain skull X-rays, as it is often calcified.
It is sensitive to different levels of light and is essential to the functioning of an animal's biological clock. In many animals, including humans, the pineal gland synthesizes a hormone called melatonin in
periods of darkness.
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Melatonin synthesis is halted when light hits the retina of the eye, sending impulses to the gland via the optic nerve. Besides influencing daily, or circadian, rhythms such those of as sleep
and temperature, the pineal gland and melatonin appear to direct annual
rhythms and seasonal changes in animals. ??????????
The pineal gland and melatonin are now being studied for their roles in sleep, reproduction, aging, and seasonal affective disorder . In humans the pineal gland begins to produce melatonin at age 3 months; production falls steadily from puberty on.
Redemption
For the redemption of this world below, Christ was made to descend in the days of Herod, from the region of the unbegotten, a man himself threefold, having in himself powers from the three parts of the world, "for in Him the whole
Pleroma
was pleased to dwell bodily," and in Him was the whole Godhead. His
mission is in order that those elements which descended from, above may
by him be enabled to return, while those elements which plotted against
the higher ones shall be separated and left for punishment.
• When it is said "the Son of Man came not to destroy the world, but that the world through Him might be saved," by "the world" is meant the two superior parts, to agenneton and to autogenneton.
• When the Scripture says "that we should not be condemned with the world," by the world is meant the third part or the kosmos idikos; for that part must be destroyed, but the two superior parts freed from destruction.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophite_Diagrams
The Ophite Diagrams are ritual and esoteric diagrams used by the Ophite Gnostic sect, who revered the serpent from the Garden of Eden as a symbol of wisdom, which the malevolent Demiurge tried to hide from Adam and Eve.
Celsus and his opponent Origen (Contra Celsum, vi. §§ 24-38) both describe the diagrams, though not in the same way.
Celsus describes them as ten separate circles, circumscribed by one
circle, the world-soul, Leviathan, divided by a thick black line, Tartarus, together with a square, with words said at the gates of Paradise. Further to this, the Ophites are said by Celsus to add the sayings of prophets,
and circles upon circles, with some things written within the two great
cosmological circles representing God the Father, and God the Son.
Origen maintains that there were two concentric circles, across the diameter of which were inscribed the words ΠΑΤΗΡ ("father") and ΥΙΟC
("son"); a smaller circle hung from the larger one, with the words
ΑΓΑΠΗ ("love"). A wall divides the realm of light from the middle
realm. Two other concentric circles, one light and one dark, represent
light and shadow.
Hanging from this double circle was a circle with the inscription ΖΩΗ ("life"), and this enclosed two other circles which
intersected each other and formed a rhomboid. In the common field were
the words ΣΟΦΙΑC ΦΥCΙC ("the nature of wisdom"), above ΓΝΩCΙC
("knowledge"), and below ΣΟΦΙΑ ("wisdom"); in the rhomboid was ΣΟΦΙΑC
ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑ ("the providence of wisdom"). There were altogether seven
circles, with the names of seven archons:
* Michael, in the form of a lion
* Suriel, of a bull
* Raphael, of a dragon
* Gabriel, of an eagle
* Thauthabaoth ("Tohu wa-Bohu"), of a bear's head
* Erataoth, of a dog's head
* Onoel or Thartharaoth, of an ass's head
The archons are perhaps identical with the seven generations of Yaldabaoth. They signify the corporeal world, which follows the middle realm, and with which the dominion of Sophia ends. The Sephirot of the Jewish Kabbalah may be in some way connected with this diagram. But the serpent as
symbol is found likewise in connection with the mysteries of Egypt, Greece, Phoenicia, Syria, and even Babylonia and India
the big suprise now.. comes 2012 THE GRAND DHARMACHAKRA. ASTROLOGICAL MYSTERY.
DID YOU THINK THIS WAS ALL A COINCIDENCE NO IT IS NOT.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus
Ophiuchus is a large constellation located around the celestial equator. Its name is Greek (Ὀφιοῦχος) for 'snake-holder', and it is commonly represented as a man grasping the snake that is represented by the constellation Serpens.
Ophiuchus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It was formerly referred to as Serpentarius (/ˌsɜrpənˈtɛəriəs/), a Latin word meaning the same as its current name.
DID YOU KNOW ???
THIS IS KIND OF STRANGE IS IT NOT???
A 1992 survey of American health organizations found that 62% of professional associations used the rod of Asclepius, whereas in commercial organizations, 76% used the caduceus.[21]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius
The rod of Asclepius (⚕; sometimes also spelled Asklepios orAesculapius), also known as the asklepian,[1] is an ancient symbol associated with astrology, the Greek god Asclepius and with medicine andhealing. It consists of a serpent entwined around a staff. The name of the symbol derives from its early and widespread association with Asclepius, the son of Apollo, who was a practitioner of medicine in ancient Greek mythology.
His attributes, the snake and the staff, sometimes depicted separately in antiquity, are combined in this symbol.[2] The Rod of Asclepius also represents the constellation Ophiuchus (or Ophiuchus Serpentarius), considered by some to be the thirteenth sign of the sidereal zodiac.Hippocrates himself was a worshipper of Asclepius.[3]
WHOA WAIT A SNAKE BITE AND GOD MAGIC TRICK AT MOUNT NEBO JORDAN. THERE IS SOMETHING MORE TO THIS OBVIOUSLY
The U.S. Army Medical Corps Branch Plaque. The 1902 adoption of the caduceus for U.S. Army medical officer uniforms erroneously popularized the symbol throughout the medical field in the US.
The Canadian Forces Medical Service crest, with a rod of Asclepius
The EMS Star of Life features a rod of Asclepius
Biblical
A similar symbol, Nehushtan, is mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Numbers (Numbers 21:6).
Then the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD to take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD
said to Moses, "Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and
everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live." So Moses made a
serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit
someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.[13]
