I have come to the conclusion that much of the symbolism in the BIBLE is
based on time . The shaft or DAIL POST of MOSES helps to define time .
When holding or placing a stick in the ground and marking time ,say
12:00 , at the end of one year you will have two snakes or the sign of
infiity ,or the sign of CHRIST etc etc . The staff of GOD is also
represented in the days of cross equinox MATIN ,MATTEW ,LUKE and JOHN .
If you were to write a UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE the use of the sun rising east
to west could be unterstood anywhere in the UNIVERSE as GOD'S planets
revolve around the life giving force the fire of his SUN.
Therefore it becomes appropriate to build devine places of GOD i.e
TEMPLES,CATHEDRALS to this principal to be able to tell time of day and
year and coordinate ritual with the BIBLE and history .
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> Moses throws his staff on the ground and it turns into a snake, but turns
> back into a staff when he picks it up again. For the caduceus carried by
> Mercury, two snakes (not one) are wrapped around a cross.
>
> Two distinctly different images. But sufficiently similar that an artist
> might conflate them.
>
> pat sloane
>
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> In a message dated 97-11-25 06:45:59 EST, you write:
>
> > I know, I was saying that in the light of Kerenyi, etc., and the connection
> > between Egypt and Greece in the realm of medicine. If you look at the
> > sculpture you'll see it is shown as a caduceus. What was the story on the
> > lovely ivory cross at the Cloisters, was it fake or is it genuine, which
> > also uses this motif, in the crucifix itself?
> >
> > At 08.47 25/11/97 +0100, you wrote:
> > >At 06:45 24/11/97 +0100, you wrote:
> > >>There's an especially fine one from St Mary's Abbey, York, I think now
> in
> > >>the York Museum where he is not only horned but carries the caduceus,
> the
> > >>rod twined with serpents.
> > >>
> > >>__
> > >>Julia Bolton Holloway, [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Julia:
> > >
> > > It is not the caduceus -which would be a very odd motif for
> Moses-
> > >but an allusion to the brazen serpent, interpreted as a symbol of
> Christ's
> > >passion.
> > >
> > > Carlos
> > >
> >
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