So, according to some, the most famous obelisk on Earth, because it now dominates st Peter's Square, must now be classed as a mere Pagan Egyptian ornament that has no history of being a phallic symbol or any such thing.
The history of the Egyptian cult consists of facts, mysteries and myths. Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1823) for example, the Augustinian nun, wrote:
‘Semiramis was very highly honoured in Egypt where, by her intrigues and diabolical arts, she greatly contributed to the spread of idolatry. I saw her in Memphis, where human sacrifices are common, plotting and practicing magic and astrology. It was Semiramis who here planned the first pyramid; it was built on the eastern bank of the Nile. The whole nation had to assist in its construction… This building was the centre of Egyptian idolatry, astrology, witchcraft, abominable impurity, astrologers and necromancers calling up spirits of the dead dwelt in the pyramid and there conjured up diabolical visions… ---Anne Catherine Emmerich
The Egyptians were led by a pharaoh. His function was to maintain the order of the universe, embracing not only the social and political structure of Egypt, but also the laws of nature, the movement of the heavenly bodies, the rotation of the seasons and the flood control of the River Nile. Two of the most prominent gods were Re and Anu, the sun gods. In Greece, cities such as Heliopolis ‘the City of the Sun,’ where the innocent Vatican obelisk came from, were built in the sun-god’s image. These places regularly contained temples; sun temples ‘that once formed the sacred heart of ancient Egyptian spirituality.’ The structure of such temples more often than not communicated a heliocentric system of six planets situated around a central fire that symbolised their sun. It was Bernini who built and shaped St Peter's Square to symbolise the heliocentric heresy, even shaping it as an elipse not a circle. Then there were the pyramids, built as a stairway to the gods of the sky, their ‘towers of Babel.’ Finally, the phallic obelisks [bel], built ten times higher than their width, were consecrated to the sun-god, which, according to the historian Pliny the Elder, is the meaning of the word in Egyptian.
Dr. Stuart R. Crane wrote: ‘In the succeeding centuries the rise of the Christian revolution swept away the surface observance of the old Mystery-religions in the Western world, and the Priest-Cults everywhere were forced to retire in disorder and to, in fact, go underground. But though the operations of the Ancient Religion have been overshadowed, in our minds, by the rise of Christianity, this religion did not die out. It continued to operate and to function and has remained the dominant religion in those lands and among those peoples who did not accept Christ. The Priestly Classes of this religion reformed its ranks and modified its tactics to respond to the Christian challenge. They adopted as their mode of operation the use of secrecy, deception, and the technique of infiltration, as methods in this struggle which they viewed as a Holy War against Christianity. The sɛҳuąƖ and fertility elements of the religions of Baal and of Isis and Osiris were continued but were concealed from the profane publicly under the doctrines of the worship of Platonic ideals such as the “Nobility of Mankind,” and “Humanity,” and of “The Brotherhood of Man.” “Human Reason” and the “Mechanism of Blind Nature” were put forth as the ultimate forces now operating in the universe. Secret societies of the “Learned” or “Wise Men” were formed and scientific inquiry was continued in the form of medieval Astronomy, Alchemy, and Sorcery. But, again, this was scientific inquiry not for the altruistic purpose of the development of pure learning, but a search for the secrets of nature which the Priestly Class could still employ as “magic;” secrets with which they could control the rest of humanity. The names and titles of the adepts and leaders of this Religion are familiar to us still though we, recently, have not taken them very seriously. They were called “All-Wise Ones” or “Wizards” or “Magicians” or “Scientists,” and those who dealt with the spirit world were, and still are, called “Witches,” “Warlocks,” and “Sorcerers.' Being a secret religious order, they adopted an elaborate symbology to be used as signs of recognition and communication between those who understood the secrets of the religion; they employed signs such as the sign of the Pyramid, Triangles, the Radiant Circle as the symbol of the Sun and of their god; Five pointed and six pointed stars, the sprig of the Acacia tree as a symbol of Life, and the Obelisk, and many other symbols plus secret signs and grips…. They spoke of the god of this Religion as being the “Original Life Force,” or as the “Divine Fire,” or as the “Prime Mover,” or as “The Great Architect of the Universe.” But finally, though these are the outward trappings of their god shown to the followers at the lower and middle levels, the leaders could not avoid the necessity of coming to conclusions when dealing with matters of the Deity. The more extreme leaders now adopted, if they had not originally done so, as the god of their worship, the Prince of this World, Satan and his Angels as their ultimate Lord and aid in this Holy War against Christ and His message. This organized group, whose ultimate god is Satan, existed in Ancient times, it existed in the Middle Ages, and it exists today.’--- Dr. Stuart R. Crane, lecturer supreme: The Other Religion, 1976.
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