Around this symbol and the cult which it symbolized gathered
the first civilization of the human race, the first feeble aspirations
of savage humanity toward beauty, grace and unselfishness. For
the cross, in whatsoever land it be found—and it or some one of
its correlated emblems is reverenced in every civilized nation or
savage tribe yet met with upon the earth—is an old, old symbol
of the relation resulting from that mysterious attraction between
man and woman which is called sexual love. Read the rest of this excerpt »
The phallic symbolism of parenthood often takes the form of
what is known as “the phallic triad.” In this, the linga is flanked
or supported by two other symbols to represent the testicles. The
Tau-Cross is a conventional representation of this; and I have
already shown how it is possible this Tau-Cross may have evolved
from the looped or ankh-cross. Read the rest of this excerpt »
While the symbols of the male have claimed a worldwide
homage, the symbols of the female have by no means been
neglected, either by ancient Phallicism or by Christianity.
The usual and natural symbol of femininity is a doorway or
archway, suggestive of the vulva or external genitals. Read the rest of this excerpt »
A favorite symbol and accompaniment of the yoni is the dove.
“From the affectionate intercourse between the sexes, it was
sacred to Venus, and was her constant attendant.”
Inman however, seems to think that it is because the dove’s
“note, coa or coo has, in the Semitic, some resemblance to an
invitation to amorous gratification.” Read the rest of this excerpt »
I have already shown that Christianity was preeminently a
religion of male deities, and that in this, it differed from the old
phallic faiths which either recognized a female as the third person
in the trinity of Divine Powers or in some other way paid
homage to the feminine principle. Read the rest of this excerpt »