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naturally opposed elsewhere flourish together. Walnuts, grapes, figs and
palms produce fruit all year around.
As one of the many rewards for their successful revolution, the
Maccabean-Hasmonaeans received the exquisite Plain of Gennesaret on
the West side of Lake Gennesaret in Galilee. 1082 Thereafter it became the
heartland of Jewish royalist resistance to the Romans.
Finally, Jericho, at the approach to the Dead Sea, is renowned for
its fertility. It is rich in palms and balsam. 1083 Cleopatra coveted the
Jericho palm grove for its richness and finally received it as a gift from
Antony. 1084
The Greek shrine to Pan gives Paneas its name as the legendary
source of the marvelous Jordan River. It marks the site of transformation
of man from the lowest earthly to the highest celestial form. Sir Francis
Bacon was to write that what we know as the Church of Christ, was once
the Brotherhood of Pan. 1085
Pan is the anthropomorphic or archetypal image of the evolution
of the Spirit of Man. The waters of Pan are therefore an agent of
evolution or regeneration. John the Baptist conducted his baptism rituals
in the Jordan and even today people of some religions return there to
immerse themselves in its waters for extraordinarily long periods, even to
the point of almost drowning.
The Nile and the Jordan River are similar in more than fine fish
and fertile floodplains. The renowned alchemist, Zosimus of Panopolis,
was to write: 1086
Go to the waters of the Nile; there you will find a stone which has
a spirit; take it, cut it in two; put your hand in its interior and
draw out its heart: because its soul is in its heart.
There is a purpose for the forgoing description of the bounty of
the Jordan River. This is to outline that the fertility of the river’s valley is
quite possibly due to an exceptionally high level of gold and other
regenerative elements. Its waters yield these metals by precipitation with
sodium hydroxide, as shown in Appendix 3.
With the Nile and Jordan Rivers, we just are beginning to
understand the volcanic vent, riverbed and seabed sources of the
Philosophers’ Stone, which we shall return to in Chapter 19. The author
is indeed indebted to a certain thirty-third degree freemason who grew
dog roses in his front garden and many years ago related his excitement
about the unusual topic of Jordan River water.
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