Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day |
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... serpent . The ancient Hindus described the world as resting upon a serpent which bites its own tail ; the Phoenicians entwine the folds of a serpent around the cosmic egg ; * Siva was sometimes represented with serpents coiled around ...
... serpent . The ancient Hindus described the world as resting upon a serpent which bites its own tail ; the Phoenicians entwine the folds of a serpent around the cosmic egg ; * Siva was sometimes represented with serpents coiled around ...
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... serpent , which thus became the emblem of life and healing . In this capacity Moses set up the brazen serpent in the wilderness , in response to a command from God , that those of the Israelites who were victims of the plague might be ...
... serpent , which thus became the emblem of life and healing . In this capacity Moses set up the brazen serpent in the wilderness , in response to a command from God , that those of the Israelites who were victims of the plague might be ...
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... serpent - worship is preva- lent . ' 993 The egg in many instances , was associated with the serpent . In the Bacchic mysteries it was consecrated as the image of that which generated and contained all things in itself . The serpent was ...
... serpent - worship is preva- lent . ' 993 The egg in many instances , was associated with the serpent . In the Bacchic mysteries it was consecrated as the image of that which generated and contained all things in itself . The serpent was ...
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CHAP | 3 |
SUN MOON AND NATURE WORSHIP | 13 |
THE BIRTH OF PHALLICISM | 40 |
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