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nehushtan into pieces to prevent its worship. 1321 We saw in Chapter 17
how the Rosicrucians adopted the nehushtan as their symbol of the
Greater Mysteries.
Moses' renowned staff had an equally miraculous history. Seth
took it from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. Moses turned
it into a serpent to overcome the magicians of the Pharaoh and used it to
part the Red Sea. He also brought forth water from a rock at Kadesh in
the wilderness of Zin. 1322 It then reputedly became a structural beam in
King Solomon's Temple.
A serpent on a tree often symbolizes the crucifixion of Jesus,
which derives from the Revelation to John of Patmos: 1323
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of Man be lifted up.
Inanna, Jesus, St George and Lucifer are all impaled on a staff or
tree. As incongruous as it seems, Jesus is Inanna as Love impaled on a
staff. After three days, he receives the gifts of Wisdom, Love and
resurrection. Jesus is also the serpent of Wisdom on Moses' staff, as
Lucifer is the serpent on the Tree of Life. The morning star of Inanna or
Venus that rises before the Sun represents either Jesus or Lucifer:
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you
about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we
were eye-witnesses of his majesty … And we have the word of the
prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention
to it, as a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and
the morning star rises in your hearts.
2 Peter 1:19 has a similar verse:
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do
well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,
until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts
However stark and confronting, the comparison of Jesus with
Lucifer and Inanna depends very much on religious context, as we saw in
Chapter 13. For example, the Roman Catholic Paschal Praeconium of
Easter Holy Week refers to the two co-existing lights of Jesus and Inanna
or Venus. The first is the candle of Christ as Wisdom dispelling the
Luminous Night and second is the morning star of knowledge that rises
from the netherworld:
We beseech thee therefore, O Lord, that this candle, consecrated
in the honour of thy Name, may continue to dispel the darkness of
this night. And being accepted as a sweet savor, may it be united
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