Symbols & Their Meanings

From Alexander Hislop's: THE TWO BABYLONS

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Bee:

In the Mysteries a symbol for the "seed of a woman." {SEE: Definitions / Dabar}

Boar’s Tusks:

The tusks of a boar are symbolic of Spiritual power.

Branch:

In the mysteries refers to the branch of Chus. [SEE: Symbols / Sacred Branch]

Bull:

The word for which in Hebrew, and Chaldean also signifies ruler or prince. In "Sanchuniathon" we read that "Astarte put on her own head a bull’s head as the ensign of royalty." (Eusebius)

Bulla:

A hollow, heart-shaped golden pendant worn in Ancient Rome by the very young. {SEE: Symbols / Cupid; Sacred Heart}

Christmas Tree:

Symbol of "the Branch", as in a family branch. In the mysteries symbolized the branch of the family of Cush / Nimrod / Ninus and the false resurrection of the deified Nimrod.

Circle:

(Or disk) A well known symbol in the East of the Sun-divinity. Also, of Pagan Rome. Apollo, as child of sun was often represented thus; goddesses that claimed kinship to the sun; etc.... Called nimbus, or aureola. "The luminous fluid which encircles the heads of the gods", came to symbolize "the seed" born again.

Cross:

In Scripture the cross is called "the accursed tree." The Apostle Paul does say, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ," referring to the Christ crucified, not to the cross.

Cup:

In the hand of Bacchus, young Chus, son of Chus, or Cush. {SEE: Definitions / Chaos; Cup}

Cupid:

To identify him with his father "the mighty hunter," he was equipped with "bow and arrows;" {SEE: Symbols / Bulla; Sacred Heart}

Disk:

(Or circle) Well known symbol in the East of the Sun-divinity. Also, of Pagan Rome. Apollo, as child of sun was often represented thus; goddesses that claimed kinship to the sun; etc.... Called nimbus, or aureola. "The luminous fluid which encircles the heads of the gods", came to symbolize "the seed" born again.

Dove:

Symbolic of The Holy Spirit, and blasphemously a symbol of Semiraimis, "the Queen of Heaven", or "mother goddess".

Egg:

Druidic emblem of their religious order. Symbolizes the ark of Noah’s flood. In perverse symbology is called the "mundane egg," became one of the symbols of Astarte.

Fish:

Symbolic of Noah.

Flowers:

{SEE: The Two Babylons / Clothing & Crowning of Images}

Goat:

Symbolic of Pan, also Adam.

Goose:

In hieroglyphics according to Wilkinson signified a child or son.

Horn:

Oriental emblem for power or might.

Horned and Winged Bull:

Nimrod. Symbolized not only his own authority but those "mighty ones" under his command. The wide expanded wings symbolized the great extent of his reach and power. Aristophanes, says that in the beginning "the birds" were fist created, then the "race of the blessed immortal gods." What may be meant by this is (if "the birds" are the same as the "winged ones") first men "began to be mighty on the earth," and then the leaders of "these mighty ones" were deified. Aristophanes also claims that the ancestor of "the birds" and of the gods was Cupid, the son of Venus, and that he made the "birds" and the "gods" by "mingling all things."

Ivy:

Same as branch. Emblem of the worship of Bacchus.

Kiss:

Token of pardon and reconciliation.

Mistletoe:

The token of man’s reconciliation to God.

Olive:

The Olive signifies the "annointed one." The Olive is the oil-tree.

Rainbow:

Well known symbol of the covenant of grace. In Persian monuments the child of Semiramis is portrayed as seated on the rainbow to blasphemously indicate that he was Mediator and head of the covenant of grace.

Rosary:

[MEXICO] Sacred instrument among ancient Mexicans according to Humbolt. [HINDUISM] Commonly used by Brahmins of Hindustan. Often referred to in Hindo sacred books. (Example:n "On hearing of this event Shiva fainted from grief, the, having recovered he hastened to the banks of the river of heaven, where he beheld lying the body of his beloved Sati, arrayed in white garments, holding a rosary in her hand, and glowing with splendour, bright as burnished gold." -Vaivashi Puran, Kennedy, p.332.) [Thibet] Use dates back to before remembered history. [Buddism] In China, rosary of 108 beads are a part of the ceremonial dress of the Lamas. The laity sometimes wear a small rosary of eighteen beads from the wrist, perfumed with musk. [Asiatic Greece} the rosary was commonly used (Example: the image of The Ephesian Diana.) [Pagan Rome] Necklaces worn by the Roman ladies called "Monile," meaning a "remembrancer." {SEE: Symbols / Sacred Heart}

Round Disk:

Symbolized the sun.

Sacred Heart:

In ancient Babylon, evidenced by its reverence in [Ancient Egypt] One of the sacred symbols of Osiris when he was born again in the arms of his mother Isis as the divine infant. He often is represented holding a heart, or the heart-shaped fruit of the Persea, in one of his hands. [Ancient Rome]{SEE: Symbols / Bulla; Cupid} [India} Vishnu, the Mediatorial god, sometimes wears a heart suspended from his neck.

Scorpion:

In Chaldee the name of a scorpion is akrab. Ak-rab, means "The Great Oppressor".

Spittle:

Was the mystical symbol of the "Spirit" in the Mysteries.

Spotted Clothing:

Symbolized Nimrod.

Spotted Fawn:

Nebros. Symbol of Bacchus, representing Nebrod, or Nimrod, "the mighty hunter".

"The Spotted One":

Nimrod was worshipped under this name in Babylon.

Tau:

"The sign of life", the cross of the ancient Chaldeans and Egyptians. At times joined with a circle to indicate Tammuz’s relationship to the sun. Sign was believed to have magical powers and worn as an amulet over the heart. Initiates into the mysteries may have been baptised with the sign of this cross. Bacchus, the Babylonian Messiah, wore a head-band covered with crosses. Symbol carried by Kings as a sign of authority. Hislop writes, "There is hardly a Pagan tribe where the cross has not been found, The cross was worshipped by the Pagan Celts long before the incarnation and death of Christ." and before this, "men as well as women wore earrings; and they frequently had a small cross suspended to a necklace, or to the collar of their dress." The cross was also known in ancient Mexico. It was also worn on a necklace by The Vestal virgins of Pagan Rome .

Three Horned Cap:

In Assyria, one of the "sacred emblems" idea being that the power connected with it was of celestial origin. The power of the trinity.

Thorns:

A symbol of the curse, from Genesis 3: 18.

Trefoil:

Also, known as the cloverleaf. In the Pagan system is a symbol of the Trinity.

Triangle:

In Babylon ,and Egypt signified their "triform divinity."

Tusk:

Is simply a horn in the mouth. Symbolizes "power in the mouth", or persuasion.

Wax Candles:

A Hieroglyhic, intended to exhibit the Babylonian god in one of the essential characters of the Great Mediator. {SEE: Definitions / Ouranos; Kronos} {SEE: Definitions / Dabar}

Wing:

Came to signified outspread might because of similarity between the Chaldean words Aber, and Abir. Therefore, "the winged one" symbolized "the lord of the mighty ones".

X:

In Greek the equivalent of "CH" and can be considered just the initial of the name of Christ. However, in Egypt the X was the symbol of the god Ham. It was often placed on the breast of his image.

Yule Log:

A Symbol of the dead body of Nimrod, deified as the sun-god but cut down by his enemies.

Zero:

A circle in Chaldee was zero, or zer. To the initiated this signified the seed.

Source of Symbols Explanations:

Hislop, Rev. Alexander. The Two Babylons; or the Papal Worship: Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife. Loizeaux Brothers: Neptune, New Jersey. 1959.

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