An source to compair similarities between various religious icons

THE Crooked Crosier

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Crooked Crosier

• The Greek Goddess of wisdom and war, Athena, holds the serpent crosier, a symbol of power.

 

 

 

 


 

OTHER ANCIENT EXAMPLES


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• King Tut holds the crooked augur in his hand.

 

Mesopotamian demi-god holding a crooked divining staff, representing the serpent or lightning bolt.

 

 

 

OMODERN EXAMPLES

 

Big Image• The Catholic Church states that the crosier represents the shepherd's crook. This may be what it represents today, however its similarity with the staff or augur of the pontifex maximus of ancient Rome brings its origin into question. The images below are steps in the pathway of the serpent crosier that lead all the way back to Babylon.

 

 



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• Serpent crosiers were commonly carried by bishopsand high Catholic Church officials during the middle ages.

 

 

 

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Religious Icon Main Page

ImageMother and Child worhsip under many different names. All styled after the original Semmerimus and Tammuz.
ImageThe Moon Crest. A dual symbol for sun and moon worship, representing tammuz being reborn.
ImageThe Fish God represented Nimrod being reborn in the waters of the deep. The waters represented the womb.
ImageThe Sun Wheel was the common symbol for the sun, which evolved from 4 pointed depiction of the sun.
Image The Sun face. When Nimrod died, his spirit became the Sun and was reincarnated as the son of Semmirimus.
ImageThe Crooked Crosier. Shaped like a serpant, the staff was reffered to as divining staff representing a serpant ora lightning bolt.
Image The Serpant was refered to as the "Life Giving" serpant,the "Divining Serpant," and carried souls to the next life.
ImagePrayer beads have always had the same use in every religion, as a tool for counting prayers or chants.
Image The two fingered hand signal, representing the sign of the trident was used to bless followers.
ImageThe Globe represented the universe and was often placed in the hands of the god representing their control.
ImageThe Pinecone, generally placed on the staff wielded by a god, is a symbol of fertility or the power of regeneration.
ImageThe Trident usually had curvy and straight lines. curvy represented female and straight represented male.
Image Other various similarities in world religions such as Deities, Titles, Saints, Nuns, Friars,food and Rituals.
ImageA look at the origin of traditional holidays we celebrate today, and the history behind their true meanings.
ImageStar Wars! Discover the amazing parallel between the history of Nimrod and the story line of Star Wars

 

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