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* Various notes:
* Various notes:
** The pine cone, on the [[w:Tree of life|tree of life]], '''slowly [[w:Ripening|ripens]]''' the conifer's female seeds, and in the later stages '''the cone opens up''' to release its matured seeds. This process '''symbolizes the expansion of consciousness''' (see also: [[w:Enlightenment (concept)|Enlightenment]], [[w:Gnosis|Gnosis]]), together with its technological and cultural seeding effect on society. Note how eg. the pine cone statue at the Vatican (see below) is unopened and immature (green color) - just the way they want it!
** The pine cone, on the [[w:Tree of life|tree of life]], '''slowly [[w:Ripening|ripens]]''' the conifer's female seeds, and in the later stages '''the cone opens up''' to release its matured seeds. This process '''symbolizes the expansion of consciousness''' (see also: [[w:Enlightenment (concept)|Enlightenment]], [[w:Gnosis|Gnosis]]).
** '''The shape of the [[911:Primal_eye|Pineal gland]] (or "Primal eye") resembles a [[911:Occult_symbolism_XI#Pine_cone|Pine cone]]. This tiny gland located at the center of our brain is involved in the production of a variety of important [[911:Primal_eye#Neurotransmitter_production|neurotransmitters]]. It can be called our "[[911:Primal_eye|Primal Eye]]" due to its importance in [[911:Primal_eye#Functions|various life functions]] and for facilitating [[911:Primal_eye#Cultural_activation|altered states of awareness]].''' The pineal gland is the only brain site that is not paired but single.
** See also:
*** '''[[911:Primal_eye#Cultural_references|Primal eye: Cultural references]]'''
*** '''[[911:Occult_symbolism#All-seeing_Eye|Occult symbolism: All-seeing Eye]]'''
*** '''[[911:Geometry#Spirals|Geometry: Spirals]]'''




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Pine cone

  • Various notes:
    • The pine cone, on the tree of life, slowly ripens the conifer's female seeds, and in the later stages the cone opens up to release its matured seeds. This process symbolizes the expansion of consciousness (see also: Enlightenment, Gnosis).


  • Ancient depictions:
  • PINEEG~1.jpg

    Osiris pine cone staff. Egyptian Museum, Turino, Italy.

  • Assyrian winged God (name?) holding a pine cone.

  • Thyrsus staff from Greek mythology [1]

    See also: Primal eye: Greek

  • The Ancient greco God Dionysus, seen here carrying the pine cone staff as a symbol of fertility.

  • Bacchus, Roman-Greek God of drunkeness & revelry.jpg

    Bacchus, Roman-Greek God of drunkenness and revelry, with a pine cone staff.

  • Bronze hand of the Roman mystery cult of Sabazios/Dionysus (see also the Ancient Greece mystery schools: Dionysian Mysteries and the later Eleusinian Mysteries and Orphic Mysteries).

    It dates from the late Roman Empire, when all forms of divination from scrying to astrology, flourished.

    Note: the serpent/dragon/lizard head, the reverse awen handsign, the cow/bull above the altar, and something that resembles a human in a pupa.

  • Pigna ("pine-cone") refers to a famous bronze sculpture of roman origin, in the shape of a huge pine-cone. According to a popular mediaeval legend, it once stood on top of the Pantheon, as a lid for the round opening in the center of the building's vault. Instead, the sculpture is likely to have been used as a fountain in the Baths of Agrippa, Rome's earliest ones (late 1st century BC), which stood just behind the Pantheon's site. In the early Middle Ages the pine-cone was moved to the old St.Peter's basilica, and placed in the court before the church, to be used again as a fountain.

  • (see previous)

  • Angkor Wat - a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia

    To research: conifer species in this region (in history), or was this symbolism imported from other cultures? If both fail, its a strong case against the "pine cone" symbolism theory here.

  • (see previous)

    Scaled model of the complex.


  • Roman Catholic:

  • The largest pinecone statue in the world - flanked by two peacocks - near the Vatican courtyard (Court of the Pine Cone) (larger image).

    Note: that the pine cone is unopened and therefore immature and unenlightened!

  • (see previous)

    Note: the black sarcophagus in front of the pinecone statue.

  • Papal pine cone staff

  • (see previous)

  • Roman Catholic pine cone candle holder.

    Pinecones are common in Roman Catholic architectyre and sacred decorations.

  • (see previous)

  • "The Fountain of the Pine-cone" (1927)

    This fountain sits in front of San Marco church, one of Rome's oldest churches (4th century).

  • Pine cone statue in front of one of the the oldest churches in Bristol, UK (video) (Todo: church name?)

  • (see previous) [2]


  • Various:

  • Inlay of Hitler's desk depicting two crossed staffs each with a pine cone on the top.

  • (see previous)

  • Nazi era symbolism: Flag pole top in the shape of pine cone, and eagle chest with a pine cone pattern (outline and hatching).

  • A crest showing a pine tree branch with pine cones. On a gate outside a masonic lodge in central London.

  • Obelisk with a pine cone on top. Located in London on Lambeth bridge, Lambeth road.

    Supposedly (needs confirmation) close to the MI5 and MI6 secret service buildings.

  • Massachusetts State House dome, which is topped by a pine cone.

    Note: the golden dome sun symbolism.


  • Completed in 2004

  • (see previous)

  • (see previous)

  • Notice the cross-thatch pattern consistent with that of an unopened pine cone.

Lily

Sacred blue lily

  • Various notes:
    • Various names: Nymphaea caerulea, Egyptian blue lily, Sacred blue lily.
    • This is an entheogenic plant (see also this video).
      • "It was considered extremely significant in Egyptian mythology, since it was said to rise and fall with the Sun. Consequently, due to its colourings, it was identified, in some beliefs, as having been the original container, in a similar manner to an egg, of Atum, and in similar beliefs Ra, both solar deities. As such, its properties form the origin of the lotus variant of the Ogdoad cosmogeny. It was the symbol of the Egyptian deity Nefertem." [11]
      • "The blue lily does have psychoactive effects, but in my experience it is not a trip like acid or peyote, and instead is very mild, more so than marijuana. It is however a very powerful aphrodisiac." [12]

  • "Ancient Egyptian funerary stele of a man named Ba (seated, sniffing a sacred lotus while receiving libations). Ba's son Mes and wife Iny are also seated. The identity of the libation bearer is unspecified. New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, c. 1550-1292 BC." [3]

  • Nefertem (or: Nefertum, Nefer-Tem, Nefer-Temu) [4]

  • (origin?) [5]

  • (origin?) [6]

    See also: Orgy

Fleur-de-lis

  • Various notes:
  • (todo)

Lotus

  • Company logo's:

Sacred Lotus

  • Various notes:
    • Other names: Nelumbo nucifera, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, sacred water-lily.

Nymphaea lotus

  • Various notes:
    • Alternative names: Tiger Lotus, Egyptian White Water-lily.
    • It grows in various parts of East Africa and Southeast Asia, and is known to flower at night and close in the morning and remains of the flower have been found in the burial tomb of Ramesses II.

Rose

  • Various notes:
    • To research: Is it true that all flowers originated from the rose?
  • 5-pedaled rose, rose cross:

Acacia

  • "The Acacia Fraternity is not the oldest, or largest, or most famous college fraternity, but its origin is distinctive and its record distinguished. With nearly 46,000 initiates since its founding in 1904 and with chapters spread across the United States and Canada, the Acacia Fraternity stands out among its peer collegiate Greek-letter fraternities as being the only college fraternity that uses a Greek word as its name in place of a series of Greek letters and was founded solely by members of the Masonic Fraternity." [10]

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