Ancient Psychedelia: Alien Gods & Mushroom Goddesses
Online Book - Chapter 2, Page 35
Back to Online Book Mainpage / Next Page (Chapter 2, Page 36)
| Pinecones and Pine Trees Pinecones are a common feature on stone engravings and glyphs from the ancient world. The pinecone symbolizes the fir trees, like the Oak, from which grow the A. muscaria mushrooms. The Pinecone would substitute for a rock in some Mithra sculptures. (41) In depictions on ancient steles of the Assyrians, Marduk can be seen offering a pinecone (21c), and the Apkallu (Seven Sages), also hold these pinecones in their hands as offerings from the gods (21d, e). Sometimes they are shown picking them off from the Tree of Life and placing them into a pail and sometimes they are offering them like Marduk appears to be. We also see the Babylonian fish-god Dagon/Oannes making the same offering while holding the same pail, called a situla (22h). Since the pinecone is related to the A. muscaria, it may be safe to assume the fruit of the Tree of Life is the mushroom. This would make the Tree of Knowledge or Tree of Life the pine or coniferous tree. Everything is symbolic and gently disguised, however, it’s not very complicated.  (21c) Bas-relief of Marduk. Louvre c. 860 BC |
  R: (21e) The Apkallu (Seven Sages) Have a look at the design of the pinecone temples at Ankgor Wat (27a), and the pinecone on display at the Vatican (27d). Are they telling us something here? They don’t appear to be hiding it from anyone who understands the true meaning.   R: (27d) Vatican, Rome  (27a) Angkor Wat Cambodia (41) Mushrooms, Myth and Mithras, p. 62-3; Konigstein: Hain, 1984), 100: Pinienzapfen |
Go Back to Page 34