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APPENDIX : M. M. NINAN<br />
APPENDIX IV<br />
The Threefold Aspect <strong>of</strong> Goddess<br />
The Virgin, The Mother and the Crone<br />
The Mother<br />
This idea <strong>of</strong> the Goddess or maternal womb is embedded in<br />
history. It was and is symbolized by the ceremonial bowl. When<br />
used in the Egyptian temples as the temple basin it was called<br />
the shi. In Biblical times it became the brass sea in Solomon's<br />
temple (1 Kings 7:23-26). Such bowls or vassals were used for<br />
illustrations, baptisms and various purification ceremonies.<br />
Although the Christians <strong>of</strong>ten fail to disclose that the holy water<br />
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