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[D.B.Cooper]

OK, here's something for everyone. Could someone explain why this sumerian king or deity is wearing a Knights Templar pendant? have always wondered about it.

[+Noteverythingisaconspiracy]

The Indus civilisation, which is almost as old as Sumer, used swastikas. Does this mean that they were nazi's ?

The cross is a simple shape, so why is it mysterious that it was adopted long ago by someone else ?

[SolarPlexus]

OK, here's something for everyone. Could someone explain why this sumerian king or deity is wearing a Knights Templar pendant? have always wondered about it.

How does it look like ?

[regeneratia]

The Indus civilisation, which is almost as old as Sumer, used swastikas. Does this mean that they were nazi's ?

The cross is a simple shape, so why is it mysterious that it was adopted long ago by someone else ?

The Native americans used it too. It is my understanding that the Nazi swastika is spinning the reverse way from all other symbols of other ages and cultures. I don't know why they here in the photo are spinning both ways.

Edited December 1, 2014 by regeneratia

[regeneratia]

OK, here's something for everyone. Could someone explain why this sumerian king or deity is wearing a Knights Templar pendant? have always wondered about it.

I ihave a book on ancient symbols. It will take some time to dig it out. Give me some time to find the book and to find it in the book.

[Czero 101]

Well, that's actually the Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad V wearing the cross of Ninurta, as shown in the properly captioned image below:

Shamshi-Adad V reigned from 824-811 BC and Ninurta - an ancient Sumerian god - had been around for quite some time before that....

Knights Templar first appeared in the early 12th century, so about 2,000 years after Shamshi-Adad.

While the cross in the picture and the cross used by the Templars (or rather, one of the crosses) do resemble each other in a general way, it also resembles many MANY other crosses used as religious symbols throughout time.

Perhaps the better question is why did the Templars use the cross of Ninurta...?

Cz

[regeneratia]

OK, here's something for everyone. Could someone explain why this sumerian king or deity is wearing a Knights Templar pendant? have always wondered about it.

I think it is a version of the lux, as the cross is a version of the lux. It means light, not just to counter darkness but also as illumination and enlightenment. Even in science, it means illumination.

Um, there isn't much on it in THE LOST LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLISM, by Harold Baylay. But, while it is shown frequently in the book, it is added to alot of other symbols to nuance the meaning of the other symbol, where it is most generally at the top, above, either attached or hovering above.

Ascent is also a word used alot with the lux.

My thinking is that the upward motion of the lux is about spiritual ascent. But it must be combined with the knowledge of the world, the horizontal, to create the meeting place of the upright and horizontal to reach wisdom and enlightment, where from that center exudes the light, the illumination.

And if you think about it with any depth, it would take on a lot of meaning, in just about everything you do.

Looking at the cross of ninurta, and as I think about the conceptual illumination of the center circle, I wonder which is more bright and/or more illumined,... the bars as they extend out, or the large negative space between the bars going up and down, and then wonder how that applies to the concept.

It is also very interesting that today, speaking of light, that new research has hit the cyber curcuit.

http://www.eurekaler...o-the120114.php

Public Release: 1-Dec-2014

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The human eye can see 'invisible' infrared light

Science textbooks say we can't see infrared light. Like X-rays and radio waves, infrared light waves are longer than the light waves in the visual spectrum. But an international team of researchers has found that under certain conditions, the retina can sense infrared light after all.

NIH/National Eye Institute, NIH/National Institute on Aging, Research to Prevent Blindness, Norwegian Research Council, TEAM project

Perhaps we will be able to experience the meaning of the ninurta cross again, and soon.

Edited December 2, 2014 by regeneratia

[regeneratia]

Here is how I see it, as far as your questiuon goes.

In the times of Jewish exiles, the Jewish people borrowed lots of their mythology from the plethora of religions, myths and symbols in Babylon, a melting pot for all cultures, religions, myths and symbols. They took those myths and symbols back to Jerusalem and built temples using those symbols, either hidden or outright. When those temples were destroyed, buried beneath them were the treasures of symbols, myths, rituals, and so on. The Templars excavated those temple ruins, perhaps even living in the ruins. There the Templars found the lost symbols, myths, religions and rituals. The Templars then used them for their own myths, taking on the symbols and perhaps the meanings of those symbols.

The lux is the sun. It is sun worship, as I might add my own personal opinion, as we should worship the sun even today.

Edited December 2, 2014 by regeneratia

[ellapenella]

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@ regeneratia

That was an interesting read.

[ellapenella]

The Indus civilisation, which is almost as old as Sumer, used swastikas. Does this mean that they were nazi's ?

The cross is a simple shape, so why is it mysterious that it was adopted long ago by someone else ?

The cross also symbolically represents simple direction N .S .E. W