]> 2026-04-14T20:10:18+00:00 Calvary Cross 0 en Calvary Cross This form of cross does not date from Christianity. It was known and used for mystical purposes, thousands of years before our era. It formed part and parcel of the various Rituals, in Egypt and Greece, in Babylon and India, as well as in China, Mexico, and Peru. It is a cosmic, as well as a physiological (or ''phallic'') symbol. That it existed among all the “heathen” nations is testified to by Tertullian. “How doth the Athenian Minerva differ from the body of a cross?” he queries. “The origin of your gods is derived from figures moulded on a cross. All those rows of images on your standards are the appendages of crosses; those hangings on your banners are the robes of crosses.” And the fiery champion was right. The ''tau ''or '''T '''is the most ancient of all forms, and the cross or the ''tat (q.v.) ''as ancient. The ''crux ansata, ''the cross with a handle, is in the hands of almost every god, including Baal and the Phœnician Astarte. The ''croix cramponnée ''is the Indian ''Swastica''. It has been exhumed from the lowest foundations of the ancient site of Troy, and it appears on Etruscan and Chaldean relics of antiquity. As Mrs. Jamieson shows: “The ''ankh ''of Egypt was the crutch of St. Anthony and the cross of St. Philip. The ''Labarum ''of Constantine . . . was an emblem long before, in Etruria. Osiris had the ''Labarum ''for his sign; Horus appears sometimes with the long Latin cross. The Greek pectoral cross is Egyptian. It was called by the Fathers the devil’s invention before Christ . The ''crux ansata ''is upon the old coins of Tarsus, as the Maltese upon the breast of an Assyrian king ...The cross of Calvary, so common in Europe, occurs on the breasts of mummies. . . it was suspended round the necks of sacred Serpents in Egypt. . . . Strange Asiatic tribes bringing tribute in Egypt are noticed with garments studded with crosses, and Sir Gardner Wilkinson dates this picture B.C. 1500.” Finally, “Typhon, the Evil One, is chained by a cross”. ''(Eg. Belief and Mod. Thought).'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. This form of cross does not date from Christianity. It was known and used for mystical purposes, tho... Calvary Cross Calvary Cross Calvary Cross 2022-02-11T23:51:33Z 2459622.4941319 Calvary Cross