by schizotypal » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:30 pm
The origin of the symbol may be related to the Cathars.<br>It seems that the Dragon/serpent is not eating but spitting the man.<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://imageevent.com/firesat/symbolsandlofos;jsessionid=q9zu9n1yc1.zebra_s?p=124&n=1&m=-1&c=4&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2"><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4040/catharsdragon638copymb6.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>The Cathars believed that Hell was this world, and that we were trapped inside this bodies, which were created by the "Devil" aka the Dragon. So that's why it is spitting man.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr> In the beginning there were two principles: Good and Evil. The God of Light made all the ideal and spiritual things, while the God of Darkness, the Devil, made all shadows and some of the angels, who were to act as messengers between the two Gods. The Devil and the angels he made, however, tricked Lucifer and his angels, who were beings of the God of Light. Lucifer and his angels fell from Heaven.<br> One of the Good angels with some of his followers traveled into the shadows to recover Lucifer and his fallen friends. The Devil, the Great Dragon, had bid he and Lucifer create a New World for them, to be lost in, and they made it in six days. The God of Light permitted them to do so. They then seized the good angel and his followers and took from them their crowns and jeweled wings, tore them to shreds, and with them made the stars in the firmament.<br> They then placed the spirit of the captured Angel into the body of a man: Adam. The Devil wished Adam to be immortal, but Lucifer refused, and man was given the escape of mortality. Later Lucifer repented, begging God's forgiveness, and with His permission preserved Noah and his flock.<br> The Devil, however, had the Tower of Babel constructed, and scattered the many peoples into many languages, so that if any emissary from Heaven came into the world, the celestial could not preach to all men, for only a few would understand. Then Lucifer summoned Abraham, Issac and Jacob, showing them the God of Light, and so was handed down The Law and they were saved.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Cathar"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>source</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=schizotypal@rigorousintuition>schizotypal</A> at: 8/1/06 5:35 pm<br></i>
