Iii. Unity : p. 38 III. UNITY. Fig. 12. Ardanari Iswari MANY are the efforts made to set forth to the eye the conception of Deity in one person. The idea has evidently been one of growth from the crude to the more acceptable; and the result attained denotes composite labor. Fig. 12 is a figure of this kind. It...
V. The Phallus In California : V. THE PHALLUS IN CALIFORNIA. SEX worship being the most natural, the most personal or self-relating, and ever associated with physical maturity, we may safely conclude it to have had spontaneous origin in widely separated localities. As it arose in India it may have likewise arisen elsewhere...
Iv. Phallic And Sun Worship : p. 58 IV. PHALLIC AND SUN WORSHIP. THE Sun was a majestic Deity, revered among many peoples. Volumes would be required to give the history of the Sun God and his worshipers. We here advert to him and speak of a act or two in order to show he has not been neglected, also to indicate his good...
I. Origin Of The Cross : p. 5 I. ORIGIN OF THE CROSS. FAR back in the twilight of the pictured history of the past, the cross is found on the borders of the river Nile. A horizontal piece of wood fastened to an upright beam indicated the hight of the water in flood. This formed a cross, the Nileometer. If the stream...
Title Page : THE MASCULINE CROSS AND ANCIENT SEX WORSHIP BY SHA ROCCO (PSEUDONYM OF ABISHA S. HUDSON) New York, A.K. Butts & Co. [1874] Scanned , June 2003. J.B. Hare, Redactor. This Text Is In The Public Domain. These Files May Be Used For Any Non-commercial Purpose, Provided This Statement Of Attribution Is...
Ii. Yoni : II. YONI. THERE: is in Hindostan an emblem of great sanctity, which is known as the Linga-Yoni. It consists of a simple pillar in the center of a figure resembling the outline of a conical ear-ring, or an old-fashioned wooden battledore. Dr. Inman says: Fig. 4. "As a Scholar, I had heard th...
Author's Afterword : p. 66 AUTHOR'S AFTERWORD SPEAKING to an educated woman of the ancient meaning and remarkable origin of the cross, she inquired, "What, the cross of Christ?" Her unconsciousness that it had any other relation than that pertaining to the crucifixion of Jesus illustrates a prevailing lack...
Untitled : THE MASCULINE CROSS AND ANCIENT SEX WORSHIP By Sha Rocco (pseudonym Of Hargrave Jennings) [1874] This short book on ancient 'Phallic worship', as the Victorians called it, contains much which is covered in the other entries in this literature. Jennings has a compelling thesis about the role...
