Phallicism

Sexual Metaphors
Phallicism Phallicism is an anthropological term applied to that form of nature worship in which ritual adoration is paid to the generative power as symbolized by the sexual organs (male and female - -duality) or the act of sexual intercourse (union). That is, in it's purer form, phallicism refers to the worship of the generative principle in abstracto (the ability of natural objects, vegetable and animal, to be able to reproduce themselves), and not the veneration of the male and female sex organs, or the physical act, per se. Once the unmanifest One becomes the Duad, duality pervades the kosmos. Division, yields multiplicity and infinity. We call movement from the One to the Many analysis. The first "pair" is often represented as male and female, or as active and passive, spirit and matter, mind and body, positive and negative, you can't have one without the other and the ineraction of these two determines the course of the world. That is just the way things are here. For philosophers there is no end of the symbols utilized to express the notions of Unity and Dualism, and many of them are sexual in nature. If we reason from below to above (Hermes analogy model), we may easily fall into the error of assigning attributes of physical human nature to the celestial beings and formative powers of the kosmos, resulting in the the degradation of sacred symbols, from being emblems of spiritual generation to ones of physical procreation; Genesis while physical procreation itself, once thought of in purity and with reverence, has acquired associations of sin, and shame. (Golden Bough) Otherwise no one today would think twice when reading the following: The absolute darkest part of the heart and soul of the Invisible, Inner Fraternity is Phallicism, worshipping the erect Male Sex Organ. The obelisk is the major symbol for this worship, which is why you see obelisks everywhere associated with Freemasonry! Why is it, do you imagine, that we see steeples and crosses everywhere associated with Christianity, if phallic symbolism is to be avoided? Or how about this one: The union of male and female organs is symbolized in witchcraft as a point within a circle, and also as two triangles uniting to make a Hexagram better known today as the "Star of David." This begs the question, if witches define the sexual union symbolically one way and the Hebrews another, how is it that Christians symbolize it? Perhaps the most explicit form is the Celtic Cross (with circle, above), while the most subtil is the vesica piscis, which is the foundation of all Christian architecture, whether you know it or not. The vesica results from overlapping two identical circles such that the center of each lies on the circumference of the other. Adding a few lines produces the rhombus, (used interchangeably with the vesica) and the cross. The vesica piscis crops up a lot in sacred architecture, but perhaps its most obvious manifestation is the Gothic arch, bastion of so many spiritual buildings. The vesica piscis seems to have determined the main proportion of a cathedral plan- the interior length and width across the transepts-appears as an aureole around the figure of Christ in early representations. Less obvious manifestations of the vesica are in the floor plans of many churches and chapels where the vesica defines the dimensions of the rectangular layout. The Evil Eye Ironically, Vesica piscis was called evil eye, and in Rome the phallus was the most common amulet worn by children to avert the evil eye: If we rotate the vesica and trim a few lines, we get this fish image used by Christians. Adding a circle yields an eye. Adding another circle yields the CBS logo. --------------------------------------------------------- The blame is placed squarely on women in Genesis. Women and Feminine symbols become second class. Propoganda document. Read "When God Was a Woman". Although religious activities that involve sexuality or the symbolism of the male or female sexual organs are called phallic cults, there is no evidence that any cult is preeminently phallic (male oriented). http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9059567 this is completely opposite to what Hargrave writes in Phallicism: two cults. Obelisks and Pyrmaids. Female Principle These latter expressions are much to be preferred because of their lack of personal attributes. Synonyms for the female principle are root-matter, mulaprakriti, the eternal cosmic Virgin, Great Mother, womb of nature, cosmic ark, etc. Generally it should be observed that phallic worship is not specially or perhaps primarily paid to male deities, though commonly the more important deity is accompanied by a companion. of the other sex, or is itself androgynous, the two symbols being found together. Often the Hexagram is displayed as a symbol of the 7 planets that serpentine their way through the Zodiac. The Sun in the center is displayed in a circle with a point in its center.

Sexual Metaphors

Phallicism
Phallicism is an anthropological term applied to that form of nature worship in which ritual adoration is paid to the generative power as symbolized by the sexual organs (male and female - -duality) or the act of sexual intercourse (union). That is, in it's purer form, phallicism refers to the worship of the generative principle in abstracto (the ability of natural objects, vegetable and animal, to be able to reproduce themselves), and not the veneration of the male and female sex organs, or the physical act, per se.
Once the unmanifest One becomes the Duad, duality pervades the kosmos. Division, yields multiplicity and infinity. We call movement from the One to the Many analysis. The first "pair" is often represented as male and female, or as active and passive, spirit and matter, mind and body, positive and negative, you can't have one without the other and the ineraction of these two determines the course of the world. That is just the way things are here. For philosophers there is no end of the symbols utilized to express the notions of Unity and Dualism, and many of them are sexual in nature.
If we reason from below to above (Hermes analogy model), we may easily fall into the error of assigning attributes of physical human nature to the celestial beings and formative powers of the kosmos, resulting in the the degradation of sacred symbols, from being emblems of spiritual generation to ones of physical procreation;
Genesis
while physical procreation itself, once thought of in purity and with reverence, has acquired associations of sin, and shame. (Golden Bough)
Otherwise no one today would think twice when reading the following:
The absolute darkest part of the heart and soul of the Invisible, Inner Fraternity is Phallicism, worshipping the erect Male Sex Organ. The obelisk is the major symbol for this worship, which is why you see obelisks everywhere associated with Freemasonry!
Why is it, do you imagine, that we see steeples and crosses everywhere associated with Christianity, if phallic symbolism is to be avoided?
Or how about this one:
The union of male and female organs is symbolized in witchcraft as a point within a circle, and also as two triangles uniting to make a Hexagram better known today as the "Star of David."
This begs the question, if witches define the sexual union symbolically one way and the Hebrews another, how is it that Christians symbolize it?

Perhaps the most explicit form is the Celtic Cross (with circle, above), while the most subtil is the vesica piscis, which is the foundation of all Christian architecture, whether you know it or not.

The vesica results from overlapping two identical circles such that the center of each lies on the circumference of the other. Adding a few lines produces the rhombus, (used interchangeably with the vesica) and the cross.

The vesica piscis crops up a lot in sacred architecture, but perhaps its most obvious manifestation is the Gothic arch, bastion of so many spiritual buildings.

The vesica piscis seems to have determined the main proportion of a cathedral plan- the interior length and width across the transepts-appears as an aureole around the figure of Christ in early representations.

Less obvious manifestations of the vesica are in the floor plans of many churches and chapels where the vesica defines the dimensions of the rectangular layout.

The Evil Eye
Ironically, Vesica piscis was called evil eye, and in Rome the phallus was the most common amulet worn by children to avert the evil eye:

If we rotate the vesica and trim a few lines, we get this fish image used by Christians.

Adding a circle yields an eye. Adding another circle yields the CBS logo.

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The blame is placed squarely on women in Genesis. Women and Feminine symbols become second class. Propoganda document. Read "When God Was a Woman".
Although religious activities that involve sexuality or the symbolism of the male or female sexual organs are called phallic cults, there is no evidence that any cult is preeminently phallic (male oriented).
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9059567
this is completely opposite to what Hargrave writes in Phallicism: two cults.
Obelisks and Pyrmaids.
Female Principle
These latter expressions are much to be preferred because of their lack of personal attributes. Synonyms for the female principle are root-matter, mulaprakriti, the eternal cosmic Virgin, Great Mother, womb of nature, cosmic ark, etc.
Generally it should be observed that phallic worship is not specially or perhaps primarily paid to male deities, though commonly the more important deity is accompanied by a companion. of the other sex, or is itself androgynous, the two symbols being found together.
Often the Hexagram is displayed as a symbol of the 7 planets that serpentine their way through the Zodiac. The Sun in the center is displayed in a circle with a point in its center.