A New World Monument to Mithras - Old News documentary

The name Bel, and the position of the cube containing the name both indicate the
personage they label as the god of the waxing sun sitting on the line of the equinox.
As a star map the cube is superimposed over the Charioteer constellation. Is this
also an image of Perseus riding in his Chariot of the Sun?
The cube is thought to represent the earth according to Plato (1971:77) and
Danielou tells us in India the square represented the earth (1964:352). Thus the Anubis
Cave sun god rules over the earth and the shadow of the thumb pointer traces the path
from the earth (cube) to the guide of the souls (canine figure) who will take them back to
their place in the starry sky.
The concept of the cube and its association with the earth can be traced back to
Sumeria and the ark of Utnapishtim (de Santillana 1969:219). From this reference we
can see that it was also related to the world axis. The cube was closely tied to Saturn
and as an axis, we are told, it should be properly viewed as a cube sitting inside an
armillary sphere with its attendant equinoctial and solsticial colures. “The cube was
Saturn’s figure...” (de Santillana 1969: 222, 232-233). Again, the earth is referred to has
being square and having four points (de Santillana 1969:235). When we get to the
section on the seven grade symbols we will see the tie between the sun god, Mithras
and Saturn and their control of the rotation of the heavens.
Setting Sun:
The image of the
Setting Sun is the partner to
the Rising Sun. There is
often a light or torch on
either side of Mithras. The
light on the left refers to the
rising sun, light, spring
equinox, North and winter
solstice. The light or torch
on the right, represents
dark, setting sun, fall
equinox, South and
summer solstice (Ulansey,
1989:64-65). Mithras stands
between them on the line of
the celestial equator, as it
appeared a few thousand
y e a r s a g o ( G o r d o n
1 9 7 5 : 2 3 2 ; U l a n s e y
1989:53).
Figure 15. At the moment of sunset. the Thumb Pointer slightly
overshoots the junction of the Setting Sun and the Dangling Moon, because
the moment of equinox was 14 hours previous. the head of the sun god is
just eclipsed and the Anubis figure is just now fully revealed. Photo by Bill
McGlone.
Altar:
In the center of the Setting Sun is the outline of the top and upper pedestal of an
altar. Gods are often illustrated standing around an altar (Ulansey, 1989:101, 104).
But, in one special case there is a horse associated with an altar.
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