Middle East symbolism and their meanings

Submitted by John 8:32 (United States), Apr 13, 2006 at 22:43

Marco Polo reported a real-life individual named Aladdin, who was chief of the secret brotherhood of assassins, the hashishim, in the fortified valley of Alamut near Kazvin. Over time, several chieftains in turn adopted the name of Aladdin. This sect worshiped the moon as a symbol of the Goddess, as a Vessel Of Light. The Vessel was simultaneously Aladdin's lamp (source of a genie), and the moon (source of all souls).

Eye Of Horus also known as the ALL SEEING EYE some also call eye of Lucifer

This old Egyptian symbol actually appears on the Great Seal of the United States, and on every United States dollar bill. The reason is because the original designers of the Great Seal were influenced by Freemasonry, which had adopted a number of Egyptian religious symbols, including this one.

The eye within a pyramid originally represented the god enclosed, during his "dead" period, awaiting rebirth. He was entombed in the underworld. Nevertheless, his soul remained alive and watchful, as indicated by the open eye.
When Horus battled Set for the right to the throne, Set snatched away his eye and threw it into the celestial ocean. Thoth then recovered it. It was this eye which Horus used to revive his sleeping father Osiris (whom Set had killed) so that Osiris could be resurrected to rule the underworld. In an alternative version of this story, Horus' eye was torn into fragments by Set, whereupon Thoth restored it completely.
IN ISLAM

According to Islamic sources the effect of an evil eye exists. Imam al-Bukhari reported on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "The effect of an evil eye is a fact." However, the evil eye can never harm unless Allah wills so.

Genie
The word genie came from Arabic djinni, meaning "begetter", an ancestral spirit in the male line. The word "genius" came from this root. In Islam, the djinn were viewed as pagan semi-demons because of their association with the old pre-Islamic religion.

Hand Of Fatima

Fatima was the moon goddess in pre-Islamic Arabia. Her name means The Creatress. She was also known as (Source Of The Sun), Tree Of Paradise, the Moon, and Fate. She existed from the beginning of the material world.

Shamrock

Huh? What is the shamrock doing on a list of ancient Middle Eastern symbols???

According to the Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths And Secrets, the three-lobed trefoil that we now call a shamrock originated in the East. Pre-Islamic Arabs called it shamrakh, the three-lobed lily or lotus flower of the ancient Moon-goddess's trinity consisting of Al-Lat, Kore (or Q're) the Virgin, and Al-Uzza, the Powerful One. Together, this triple goddess was known as Manat, the Threefold Moon. To the ancient Arabs, the shamrakh represented a design of three yonis, and it appeared on artifacts of the ancient Indus Valley civilization, as well as on stone, pottery, and woodwork in Mesopotamia, Crete, and Egypt between 2300 and 1300 B.C.

Sphinx

The image of the sphinx is usually associated with the Egyptian goddess Hathor in her role as the lioness / destroyer.

As the sun god Ra grew older, he became fearful of his enemies and asked Hathor to help him. She took on the job with a vengeance and seemed to enjoy the (killing). <------( Islam link)

Reading many of the ancient Egyptian and Arabic moon goddesses, sun worship,sacrifice killing and all seeing evil eye it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure this puzzle out.....I show it to my 10th grader and she said it looked very obvious to her.......All this stuff is alive and well within Islam....
Symbols and rituals tell the true story...Sun-moon-star...Bottom line its just a (kill the jew and christian) anti-semitic cult veiled.(Their own prophet said that).......Lift the veil....I see Lucifer ....I surely hope the rest of you good people do......

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