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the wife of Zebedee. Yet, this is not at all conclusive. Comparing the
Gospels of Mark and Luke shows Salome associated with Joanna. 988
The only other Salome is the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, the
tetrarch of Galilee and Perea. Salome performed the dance of the seven
veils, which is the lunar mystery of the seven days that the moon takes to
remove her veils. In return for her dance of the Mysteries, Salome
requested the head of John the Baptist. 989 This is the sign of a sacrifice to
a divinity. 990 While this Salome is not mentioned by name in the biblical
texts, Josephus does make mention of her. 991 The Romans later exiled
Herod Antipas to Vienne in France for his execution of John the Baptist.
Salome’s dance of the seven veils is reminiscent of Ishtar's
descent into the underworld. Ishtar’s journey to the Underworld required
her to remove an item of clothing at each of seven gates. Naked and
defenseless, she entered the realm of the dead to plead for the rebirth of
her lover Tammuz. While Ishtar is away from Earth, the crops fail, cattle
become sterile and men and women lose the ability to procreate. With her
plea granted, Ishtar returned to Earth and restored fertility to the land.
The legends of the Holy Grail repeat this ancient story. The land wastes
while Perceval struggles to answer the question: What is it the Grail has
served and what is it it serves? When he successfully answers this
question, Perceval’s earthly and heavenly spirits are reunited and the land
recovers its fertility.
Scholars have long recognized the theatrical nature of Jesus'
passion accounts, the Gospel of Mark in particular. 992 On the broad
sweep of Mark's stage, it is immediately apparent that he has introduced
Salome to reinforce the rose logic of Mary Magdalene through Salome's
role with John the Baptist. The Gospel of Thomas completes the triangle,
stating that Jesus’ wife was Salome.
The Virgin Mary is the goddess of birth and Mary Magdalene is
the goddess of carnal love. Salome completes the triad of the Triple or
Mother Goddess. Esoteric writers also placed her at Jesus’ crucifixion
and empty tomb to contribute the Hecate or Demeter aspect of the Triple
Goddess.
We can see the rose logic symbolism exquisitely carved in
Michelangelo's Pietà, originally sculptured in 1499CE for St Peters
Basilica in Rome. With breast exposed to suckle the newly born infant,
the Virgin Mary nurses the crucified Jesus. She represents the Church at
the precise moment of her transformation from the lover who has just
presided over his death, to the tender mother present at his birth.
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