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Excerpt from The Lost Language of Symbolism, Vol. 1: An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies The Globe and Cross- The Messiah- Communism of The Romance of the Rose- The Peasants' War- The "Evangelical Christian Brotherhood"- The Siege of Miinster- "By Peace Plenty and by Wisdom Peace"- The Standard of Righteousness- The Renaissance- The "Forerunner of Pleasant Phoebus"- The Portals of the Sky- The Ibis, the Bird of Morning- The Baboon, the Hailer of the Dawn. Monotheism of the Ancients- The Tetragrammaton- The AlephTau- Alpha and Omega- The Compasses- The Sphere- The Scarabseus- The Double-headed Eagle- The Thunder Bird- The Three Circles- The Clover Leaf- The Quadrifoil- The Figure Four- The Svastika- Solomon's Knots- The Eye of Heaven- The Watcher- The Panther's Breath- The BuUroarer- The Bad Serpent- The Mystic Tie- Jupiter's Chain- The Collar of Ss- The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg- The "Silly Sheep"- The Good Shepherd- The Sacred Kine- Honey and Milk- The Milk Pail- Orpheus- Osiris- The Sacred Bull- The Moon "an Instrument of the Armies Above" The Night "Christ's Knocking Time"- The Awakening Moon- The Stars- Thoth, the Moon-God- The Threatening Moonface- The Zigzag of Effulgence- The Contest between Light and Darkness- Merodach, "Troubier of the Evil Ones- Indra, the Lord of Stars- Ormuz- ApOLLO- Horus- The Hawk of Gold- The Great Bear, a Symbol of the Selfexistent- The Horn of the Spirit- Jack the Giantkiller- The Fiery Cross and the Gathering of the Clans- The Awakening Bell- The Cock, "the Native Bellman of the Night"- Chanticler and the Rising Sun. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Excerpt from The Lost Language of Symbolism, Vol. 1: An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies There, can be no question that an enormous number of these water marks had a religious significance, but we are asked to believe, on the ground that the same symbol was used contemporaneously in various parts of Europe, that these symbols formed a means of intercommunication and spiritual encouragement between all those who had been admitted to the secrets of the sect. The suggestion has many points to recommend it, but it requires a prolonged and scholarly analysis before it can rank as an acceptable hypothesis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
