Phallic Worship

204 Pages·2008·1.05 MB·English

by  R. A. Campbell

THE HAND OF ILLUMINATION — THE DIVINE HAND;
The Shadow of which is Error and Impurity—The Devil
PREFACE.
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THE aim of this work is simply to present a popular
sketch of the history, customs, and symbolism of
Phallic Worship — past and present — written in plain
English.
Most of the facts and illustrations given are already
in print. Some of them have come down by tradition
from the remote past. Many are taken from modern,
and some from recent, publications. Without using
quotation marks, or announcing special credits in detail,
the author desires to say that he has quoted a truth,
culled a fact, borrowed an illustration, and adopted an
interpretation wherever found or by whomsoever before
stated — and often in nearly, or even exactly, the words
of the earlier writer. Those who are familiar with
Higgins’ Anacalypsis and his Celtic Druids, Payne
Knight’s Worship of Priapus and his Symbolic Lan-
gunge, Forlong’s Rivers of Life, Inman’s Ancient
Faiths and his other kindred works, Lajard’s Culte de
Venus, Dulaure’s Divinités Génératrices chez les An-
ciens et les Modernes, Hargrave Jennings’ Rosicrucians
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and his Phallicism, etc., will readily recognize the
sources from which much in this work has been culled.
All these works, while of the highest merit as to
scholarship and reliability, are not popular; for they are
redundant with masses of minutia which, while impor-
tant and of essential necessity to the student making
an exhaustive examination of the subject, are burden-
some and confusing to the general reader. These
works, too, are plentifully interlarded with multitudin-
ous quotations, descriptions, and suggestions in foreign
or dead languages — thus veiling from all but the ac-
complished linguist much of interest and of importance
to a fair understanding of this subject.
This work is intended, then, for the honorable and in-
telligent general reader who desires a fairly fall outline
of this interesting and important department of relig-
ious, social, and political knowledge — in English —
and without the constant veiling of socially tabooed
ideas, organs, and operations in other languages.
This work is not meant for the instruction of the
erudite and exhaustive student who wants a complete
catalogue of facts, dates, and names. Such readers are
referred to the works named above.
Nor is this book meant for the young, the ignorant,
or the evil-minded; for it necessarily treats very fully,
and in very plain English, upon topics and natural
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operations that — in this day — are denied discussion in
a promiscuous assembly.
As to the importance and dignity of the theme, and
hence the propriety of its treatment — which some may
question; and as to its purity, which many will ques–
tion — the author simply quotes Hargrave Jennings —
whose learrning and purity no one who knows him
will question — and whose extensive and patient study
of this and kindred subjects renders his opinion valu-
able. He says: —
“It may be boldly asserted that there is not a relig-
ion that does not spring from the sexual distinction.
There is not a form, an idea, a gmce, a sentiment, a
felicity in art which is not owing, in one form or another,
to Phallicism, and its means of indication, which, at
one time, in the monuments — statuesque or architect-
ural — covered the whole earth. All this has been ig-
nored — averted from — carefully concealed (together
with the philosophy which went with it) because it was
judged indecent. As if anything seriously resting in
nature, and being notoriously everything in nature and
art (everything, at least, that is grand and beautiful),
could be — apart from the mind making it so — inde-
cent.”

CONTENTS.
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Page.
PREFACE, . . . . . . . . 5
DEFINITIONS, . . . . . . . 13
INTRODUCTION, . . . . . . . 21
CHAPTER I.
THE FIVE GREAT SYMBOLS.
The Pillar, . . . . . . . 49
The Triad, . . . . . . . 56
The Triangle, . . . . . . . 62
The Cross, . . . . . . . 69
The Serpent, . . . . . . . 76
CHAPTER II.
GENERAL DIFFUSION AND MODIFIED FORMS OF
PHALLIC SYMBOLS..
The Pillar, . . . . . . . 81
The Cross, . . . . . . . 91
Serpent Symbols, . . . . . . 101
Miscellaneous Emblems, . . . . . 106
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CHAPTER III.
PHALLIC CULTS AND CEREMONIES.
Page
Phallism in India, . . . . . . 121
Phallism in Egypt, . . . . . . . 141
Phallism in Assyria, Phœnicia, Syria, Babylon and Phrygia, . 151
Phallism among the Jews, . . . . . 167
Greek and Roman Phallism, . . . . . 174
Non-Phallic Zoroasterism, . . . . . 191
Middle Age and Modern Phallism, . . . . 193
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Figure. Pages
Frontispiece.
2–9, Pillar and Triadic Symbols, . . . 61
10–19. Yonic Symbols, . . . . . 66, 67
20–31. LINGA-Yoni Symbols . . . . 67
32–43. YONI-Linga Symbols, . . . . 68
44–49. LINGA-YONI Symbols, . . . . 69
50–57. Linga-in-Yoni Symbols . . . . 71, 72
58, The Cross, . . . . . . 73
59, The Cobra de Capella, . . . . 78
60. Stonehenge, England, . . . . 82
61–63. Irish Round Towers, . . . . 82
64–65. Newton Stone, Scotland, . . . . 82
66. Rude Stone, England, . . . . 83
67. Innis Mura Stone, Ireland, . . . . 83
68. Pillar, Kerry County, Ireland, . . 83
69–71. Phallic Monuments, Pompeii, . . . 83
72. Parthian Linga, . . . . . 84
73–74. Linga and Sun-stone, Figi Islands, . . 84
75. Sivaic Shrine, India, . . . . 84
76–77. Linga-Yoni Temples, India, . . . 85
78. Menhir Temple, Petrea, . . . 85
79. Rude Linga-in-Yoni, Gothland, . . . 85
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Figure. Pages
80. Sacred Hill, Karnak, Egypt, . . . 85
81. Linga-Yoni Picture, Rome, . . . 86
82. Linga and Yoni Stones, Gozo, . . 86
83. Phallic Column, Cuzco, . . . 87
84–85. Phallic Shrines, Mexico, . . . . 87
86–87. TA-AROA and Ta-Rao, Polynesia, . . 89
88. The Cross, . . . . . 91
89–94. Crux Ansata, . . . . . 92
95–96. Egyptian Crosses, . . . . . 93
97. Hindu Cross — simple, . . . 93
98. Xaca Cross, . . . . . 93
99–100. Assyrian Crosses, . . . . 93
101. Ancient Cross, Egypt, . . . . 93
102. Ezekiel’s Tau, . . . . . 94
103. Thor’s Harrmer, Norsland, . . . 94
104. Original Greek Cross, . . . . 94
105. Maltese Cross — Triadic, . . . . 95
106. Greek Cross — Triadic, . . . 95
107. Latin Cross — Triadic, . . . . 95
108. Templar’s Cross . . . . . 95
109. Linga-Yoni Cross — elaborate, . . . 96
110-113. Linga-Yoni Crosses, . . . . 96, 97
114. Hindu Cross, Ancient, . . . . 97
115. Cross and Crescent, Greek Church, . . 97
116. Middle Age Cross, . . . . . 97
117–118. Hindu Crosses, . . . . . 98
119–141. Linga-in-Yoni Symbols, India, . . 98-100
142. Impregnation of Mary — Catholic, . . 100
143. The Serpent, . . . . . 101
144. Eternity, . . . . . 102
145. Wisdom, . . . . . . 102
146. Rod of Life, . . . . . 102
147. Roman Standard . . . . . 103
148. Tree of Life and Serpent, . . . 103
149. Staff of Salvation, . . . . . 103
150. Trident of Jupiter, . . . . 103
151. Fire Pillar, . . . . . . 103
152. The Temptation, . . . . 104
153. Serpent Goddess — or Witch, . . . 104
154. Serpent, Sun and Moon — Gem, . . 104
155. Serpent and Pillar — Gem, . . . 106
156. Serpent, Tree, Pillar and Ark — Gem, . 106
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Figure. Pages
157–161. Crozier — five forms, . . . . 107
162. Divining Rode, . . . . . 107
163. Indian Amulet, . . . . . 107
164. The “Great Four” Emblem, . . . 107
165. Staff of Isis, . . . . . 107
166. The Arrow, . . . . . 107
167. The Steering Oar, . . . . . 107
168. The Hammer, . . . . . 109
169. The Staff in the Ring, . . . . 109
170–171. The Sun and Moon, . . . . 109
172. The Crescent Moon, . . . . 109
173–177. Phallic Triads, . . . . . 111
178–182. Phallic Triads — India, . . . . 111
183. Masculine Hand, . . . . 111
184. Triadic-Yonic Hand, . . . . 112
185. Horseshoe, . . . . . 114
186. Vescia Piscis — Hindu, . . . . 114
187. Another Form of same, . . . . 114
188. Vesica Piscis — Catholic Picture, . . . 115
189. Vesica Piscis — Catholic Medal, . . 116
190. Yoni Worship, . . . . . 116
191–192. Concha Veneris, . . . . 116
193. Cornucopia, . . . . . 116
194. Feminine Hand, . . . . 116
195–196. The Eye, . . . . . . 117
197. Shekel, Seven-branched Palm, Jewish, . 120
198. Time and Truth Worshiping Siva, India, . . 124
199. Maia Worshiping the Linga, India, . . 125
200. Temple of Peace, Thibet, . . . . 125
201. The Masculine Hand, India, . . . 126
202. The Yonic Charm Hand, India, . . . 129
203–205. Linga-in-Yoni, India, . . . . 131
206. Ardanari-Iswari, India, . . . . 133
207. Addha-Nari, India, . . . . 135
208–209. The Tortoise, India, . . . . 136
210. Isis and Horus, Egypt, . . . . 149
211–213. The Sistrum of Isis, Egypt . . . . 150
214. The Grove, . . . . . 159
215. The Worship of the Grove, . . . 160
216. The Royal Collar . . . . . 162
217. Triune Design, . . . . . 163
218. Babylonian Gem, . . . . 163
219. Ancient Gem, . . . . . 165