ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF PLANTS. ACACIA.—In the deserts of Arabia the finest tree is the Acacia Seyal, which is reputed to be the Shittah tree of the Old Testament. The timber of this tree was termed Shittim, translated by some as “incorruptible wood.” In Exodus xxv. it is recorded that the Ark of the Lord was made of Shittim wood, overlaid within…
Category: #Bible Stories
Plants Associated with Witches, Wickedness, & the Devil
In the above video, it is suggested that Eve may have been based on the goddess Asherah Ras Shamra (Ugarit), Syria: Asherah Asherah, detail from an ivory box from Mīna al-Bayḍā near Ras Shamra (Ugarit), Syria, c. 1300 bce; in the Louvre, Paris “Asherah, ancient West Semitic goddess, consort of the supreme god. Her principal epithet was probably…
Plants of the Christian Church
Plants of the Christian Church. “After Rome Pagan became Rome Christian, the priests of the Church of Christ recognised the importance of utilising the connexion which existed between plants and the old pagan worship, and bringing the floral world into active co-operation with the Christian Church by the institution of a floral symbolism which should be…
The Moon – Its Mystery and Its Myths
MOONLIGHT. “The light of the moon and the changes of the moon were probably the first phenomena which led men to study the motions of the heavenly bodies. In our times, when most men live where artificial illumination is used at night, we can scarcely appreciate the full value of moonlight to men who cannot obtain…
Christianity – Ancient Religions
The Origins and Spread of Christianity “Christianity was founded by Jesus, a man who lived from about 6 B.C.E to about 30 C.E. “The New Testament of the Christian Bible tells that Jesus was put to death by crucifixion, a form of execution in which a person is tied or nailed to a cross. “Christians…
Islam – Ancient Religions
Image Credit: History Alive Textbook “Muhammad was born around 570 C.E. He taught the faith called Islam, which became one of the major religions of the world.” History Alive Textbook But Islam began centuries before that, when Abraham rejected and expelled his older son Ishmael, who relocated west of the Israelits. His descendants became the…
Judaism – Ancient Religions
“The people who became the Jews originally lived in Mesopotamia. Image Credit: History Alive Textbook [Sumer was in the area shaded yellow–down in the southern part of Mesopotamia. The Father of the Israelites, Abraham, was born in the City of Ur–which is located in the yellow section on the above map. The people in Ur…
The Sons of Abraham: Looking at Ancient Bible History to Try to Understand the Conflict with Israel – Over the Land of Canaan – The Gaza Strip
Most scholars agree that God created the Garden of Eden in Mesopotamia — the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers–and that he placed the first people there–Adam and Eve. Image Credit: Detail of a Map from the Student Bible Atlas by Tim Dowley: On the above map, Mesopotamia is the upper area that is colored dark…
The Chaldean Story of the Deluge or the Great Flood
Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from an intaglio in the British Museum. “After the death of Alôros, his son Alaparos ruled for three sari, after which Amillaros, of the city of Pantibibla, reigned thirteen sari. It was under him that there issued from the Bed Sea a second Annedôtos, resembling Oannes in his semi-divine shape, half man…
Mesopotamia – Between the Tigris and Euprates Rivers – The Cradle of Civilization
The area between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers is called Mesopotamia. Most Biblical scholars believe that this is the region where the Garden of Eden was–the land of Adam and Eve. But most scholars of Chaldean Paganism also believe that this area is where the Chaldean Pagan Story of Creation began. “Like the Egyptian…