Sexual Metaphor
Phallicism Phallicism is an anthropological term applied to that form of nature worship in which ritual adoration is paid to the generative power as symbolized by the sex organs or the act of sexual intercourse. That is, in it's purer form, phallicism refers to the worship of the generative principle in abstracto, and not the veneration of the male and female sex organs, or the physical act, per se; of the Creator and not the creation or creature. In Hargrave Jennings book "Phallicism" p xvii we read "The phallic ideas will be discovered to be the foundations of all religions." p xx "There is not a religion that does not spring from the sexual distinction, and the primitive worship of the creative principle." pxix "The modern times owe everything to the ancient, there is not a form, an idea in art which is not owing, in one form or another to the Phallicism." People have always been in awe of the ability of natural objects, vegetable and animal, to be able to reproduce themselves. An understanding of the mechanics of the reproductive processes in both plants and animals, which led to the ability to domesticate and selectively breed these, is what has made modern civil society possible, since the surplus which agriculture produces is what allows us leisure time. As agrarian civilization frees up labor power it allows for greater expression in the realms of art, architecture, philosophy and religion, and as you can well imagine, the themes that would have been dealt with initially would center around the sky, the yearly vegetation cycle, annual animal reproductive scheduels, the duality and the union of the sexes. Worshipping the creation/creature Reasoning from below to above (instead of above to below), we fall into the error of assigning attributes of physical human nature to the celestial beings and formative powers of the cosmos (anthropomorphizing). The result is the degradation of sacred symbols, from being emblems of spiritual generation to ones of physical procreation, while physical procreation itself, once thought of in purity and with reverence, acquires associations of sin, and shame. (Golden Bough) Otherwise no one today would think twice when reading the following: The absolute darkest part of the heart and soul of the Invisible, Inner Fraternity is Phallicism, worshipping the erect Male Sex Organ. The obelisk is the major symbol for this worship, which is why you see obelisks everywhere associated with Freemasonry! Note that they are invoking a narrow interpretation of phallicism. The reason that you see obelisks associated with Freemasonry is that they have embraced Egytian architecture as a a symbolic theme; you see pyramids associated with Freemasonry as well. Obelisks and Pyramids Looking at HJ's book "Phallicism" (p23) we see: "The two influences, Male and Female, are conspicuous in certain differences in the Phallic monuments... Obelisks, Towers and Steeples represent and figure forth the Male principle. Pyramids, Rhomboidal or Serpentine shapes denote the female power." Obelisks are male and pyramids are female symbols. "But all are alike Phallic, and mean the same thing, that is the natural motivated power which causes and directs the world, which is the world, in fact." Obelisks and Pyramid. So it seems that the masonic symbolism entails a bit more than just the erect male organ. And how about this one: "The union of male and female organs is symbolized in witchcraft as a point within a circle, and also as two triangles uniting to make a Hexagram better known today as the Star of David." This begs the question, if witches define the sexual union symbolically one way and the Hebrews another, how is it that Christians symbolize it? Perhaps the most explicit form is the Celtic Cross (with circle), while the most subtil is the vesica piscis, which is the foundation of all Christian architecture, whether we know it or not. Continue

Sexual Metaphor

Phallicism
Phallicism is an anthropological term applied to that form of nature worship in which ritual adoration is paid to the generative power as symbolized by the sex organs or the act of sexual intercourse. That is, in it's purer form, phallicism refers to the worship of the generative principle in abstracto, and not the veneration of the male and female sex organs, or the physical act, per se; of the Creator and not the creation or creature.
In Hargrave Jennings book "Phallicism" p xvii we read "The phallic ideas will be discovered to be the foundations of all religions."
p xx "There is not a religion that does not spring from the sexual distinction, and the primitive worship of the creative principle."
pxix "The modern times owe everything to the ancient, there is not a form, an idea in art which is not owing, in one form or another to the Phallicism."
People have always been in awe of the ability of natural objects, vegetable and animal, to be able to reproduce themselves. An understanding of the mechanics of the reproductive processes in both plants and animals, which led to the ability to domesticate and selectively breed these, is what has made modern civil society possible, since the surplus which agriculture produces is what allows us leisure time.
As agrarian civilization frees up labor power it allows for greater expression in the realms of art, architecture, philosophy and religion, and as you can well imagine, the themes that would have been dealt with initially would center around the sky, the yearly vegetation cycle, annual animal reproductive scheduels, the duality and the union of the sexes.

Worshipping the creation/creature
Reasoning from below to above (instead of above to below), we fall into the error of assigning attributes of physical human nature to the celestial beings and formative powers of the cosmos (anthropomorphizing). The result is the degradation of sacred symbols, from being emblems of spiritual generation to ones of physical procreation, while physical procreation itself, once thought of in purity and with reverence, acquires associations of sin, and shame. (Golden Bough)
Otherwise no one today would think twice when reading the following:
The absolute darkest part of the heart and soul of the Invisible, Inner Fraternity is Phallicism, worshipping the erect Male Sex Organ.
The obelisk is the major symbol for this worship, which is why you see obelisks everywhere associated with Freemasonry!
Note that they are invoking a narrow interpretation of phallicism. The reason that you see obelisks associated with Freemasonry is that they have embraced Egytian architecture as a a symbolic theme; you see pyramids associated with Freemasonry as well.

Obelisks and Pyramids
Looking at HJ's book "Phallicism" (p23) we see:
"The two influences, Male and Female, are conspicuous in certain differences in the Phallic monuments... Obelisks, Towers and Steeples represent and figure forth the Male principle. Pyramids, Rhomboidal or Serpentine shapes denote the female power."
Obelisks are male and pyramids are female symbols.
"But all are alike Phallic, and mean the same thing, that is the natural motivated power which causes and directs the world, which is the world, in fact."
Obelisks and Pyramid. So it seems that the masonic symbolism entails a bit more than just the erect male organ.
And how about this one:
"The union of male and female organs is symbolized in witchcraft as a point within a circle, and also as two triangles uniting to make a Hexagram better known today as the Star of David."
This begs the question, if witches define the sexual union symbolically one way and the Hebrews another, how is it that Christians symbolize it?
Perhaps the most explicit form is the Celtic Cross (with circle), while the most subtil is the vesica piscis, which is the foundation of all Christian architecture, whether we know it or not.

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