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And leaves him to base briars.
The dog rose, Rosa caninae is associated with the Dog Star
Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky. It represents the love of
Venus, Ishtar and Isis. The five white petals are symbols of virginity.
They are also the pentagon traced out in the night sky by the planet Venus
in its eight-year cycle. In Zoroastrian tradition, the dog rose also stands
for the illumination of love. 998 In contrast, a red rose represents the
womb, its menstrual blood and the ardor of carnal love. It symbolizes the
bloom of puberty.
The Egyptians knew the constellation of Sirius as Apes, meaning
the Head. Sirius was the Hawk, or sign of Horus. Chapter 14 showed
Horus was a Christ-soul that fights the evil serpent and conquers it. 999
Professors Giorgio de Santillana of Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Hertha von Dechend of Frankfurt University have shown
in Hamlet’s Mill that astronomical events provide the source of many
ancient myths. 1000
The rising and setting of Sirius and the constellation of Orion are
particularly fertile sources of myth. One of the most intriguing and
prevalent ancient beliefs is that there is a star gate at each end of the
Milky Way. The southern gateway is near Spica at the tail of Sagittarius.
The northern gate is close to the shake-hands position above Orion in
Gemini.
In the tradition of the African Dogon tribe, Sirius is Nommo. 1001
Nommo is also the name of the three Great Initiates or happy astronomers
of the Christ Brotherhood of Sirius. One of these is the prophet Idris or
Enoch. This inseparable trio of honorable sages is reminiscent of the
Three Principals in Royal Arch Freemasonry. 1002
The importance of the Three Great Initiates can best be
understood by analogy with the three great Indo-Hittite Principles of
Creation and Truth (Brahmâ), All Pervading Light (Vishnu) and
Transformation, Destruction and Regeneration (Shiva). Sir John Dee
employed this early Indo-Hittite symbolism in his 1577 freemasonic tract
General and Rare Memorials pertayning to the Perfect Arte of
Navigation.
The three Great Initiates of Sirius supposedly came to earth
eighteen million years ago, bearing the threefold Light of Love. 1003 They
inhabited Hyperborea, the fabled land of rebirth beyond the North Wind.
These creatures from Sirius were amphibious men giving Sirius the
soubriquet of the Land of the Fish.
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