tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891114758163865289.post4813486364958161830..comments2024-03-28T10:11:40.572-04:00Comments on VISUP: The Head That Keeps GivingReclusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13510266038933358020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891114758163865289.post-66621871806108521942012-04-02T21:13:41.138-04:002012-04-02T21:13:41.138-04:00St. John the Baptist is the patron saint of Freema...St. John the Baptist is the patron saint of Freemasonry. His head is supposedly contained in the Damascus Shrine, in Syria. He is prefigured by Osiris, whose severed head reposed in Memphis, the city of the Egyptian kings. According to Hoffman, Memphis, Tennessee was "established by the Masonic Rite of Memphis and Mizraim."<br /><br />-SDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891114758163865289.post-9469212084900025212010-12-01T16:50:06.148-05:002010-12-01T16:50:06.148-05:00The apron from this post is from the Memphis-Misra...The apron from this post is from the Memphis-Misraim lodge for their ninth degree. The Scottish Rite design is very close -It can viewed here:<br />http://www.masonicsupplyshop.com/products/Scottish-Rite-9th-Degree-Degree.html<br /><br />The images of an arm holding a dagger and another arm holding a severed head are the same ones that appear in my copy of "Morals and Dogmas." The main difference seems to be in the weapon -the Memphis-Misraim has an almost Shriner-style short sword while the Scottish rite is clearly a dagger.<br /><br />In general I've found finding reliable information on the meaning of the frequent decapitation/severed head symbolism in Masonry, as well as other esoteric outfits like the Templars and the Skull and Bones, most difficult to come by. It appears frequently but is rarely explained. <br /><br />The best I've been able to come by is that it represents some kind of transference from one person/institution to another. <br /><br />It's interesting that you commented on this old post at this time as I just finished watching Jodorowsky's "Holy Mountain" a few nights ago which is loaded with esoteric symbolism -In fact, I doubt anyone not familiar with these signs would even be able to understand it. <br /><br />There's a scene toward the end featuring a decapitation that comes to mind. A guru (played by Jodorowsky himself) informs his disciples that they've learned all that he has to teach and that they are now masters. He then asks one of his pupils to behead him with a Shriner-style sword as a kind of passing-of-the-torch to his former pupils. I tried to find the scene for you, but nothing is coming up at present.:( <br /><br />Anyway, thanks very much for you interest.:) <br /><br /><br />-RecluseReclusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510266038933358020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891114758163865289.post-4655596294848681852010-12-01T07:05:19.986-05:002010-12-01T07:05:19.986-05:00I would say that your description of what the behe...I would say that your description of what the beheading picture on the apron illustrates is a VERY long stretch. To be honest, I'd want to know where the apron came from because its design is NOT typical Freemasonic design. The "9" against the sword in the upper part of the Apron is very atypical and this ..might.. indicate some irregularity of the Lodge.. though it might also just indicate a more free artistic interpretation.Davidg8089noreply@blogger.com