(08-08-2012, 11:44 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: sheesh Clad. i can see why the ancients may have ascribed magical attributes to an innocent fruit. figs are lush and sweet and sensual and warm from the sun and one of my FAVORITE things in the world! damn you!



they are also uterine-shaped , heavy and the interior is like the rich fertile interior of a womb.

"Behold the FIG-TREE, and learn her parable. When the branch thereof shall become tender, and her buds appear, know that the day of God is upon you."



Wherefore, then, saith the Lord that the budding of the fig-tree shall foretell the end?

Because the fig-tree is the symbol of the divine woman, as the vine of the divine man.

The fig is the similitude of the matrix, containing inward buds, bearing blossoms on its placenta, and bringing forth fruit in darkness. It is the cup of life, and its flesh is the seed-ground of new births.

The stems of the fig-tree run with milk: her leaves are as human hands, like the leaves of her brother the vine.

And when the fig-tree shall bear figs, then shall be the second advent, the new sign of the man bearing water, and the manifestation of the virgin-mother crowned.

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Clad: Because the fig-tree is the symbol of the divine woman


see? my inner goddess knew that instinctively!

(08-08-2012, 12:23 PM)Lady Cop Wrote: Clad: Because the fig-tree is the symbol of the divine woman


see? my inner goddess knew that instinctively!

Well, duh.

Apropos of nothing in particular I believe the scarab beetle came to represent eternal life because someone from Mendez (north of Cairo) observed that an individual dung beetle lived from year to year in the feces of the animals eating the figs. Just as these people were down to earth even Goddesses today are as much a part of the real world as beetles.

I sure hope I said that right.

Figs are certainly sexy. There's a Nova episode about the tree that is exceedingly interesting. The process for the tree to grow fruit is very complicated and the fruit is unique in a couple of ways. It also requires a type of wasp that only serves to help the fruit develop and some sort of worm but I forget much of it right now.

The tenders of this tree in ancient Egypt were all women and were known as "Priestess of the Sycamore". I believe that in addition to maximizing fruit output they tried to force the tree to grow a specific shape so the hollow trunk could be used as a device to aim the geyser and called a "djed". The word djed means stable and enduring and it's function was to keep the geyser aimed properly and as stable as possible for as long as possible.

Adam covered his junk with fig leaves

(08-08-2012, 04:16 PM)pspence Wrote: Adam covered his junk with fig leaves

From the King James ver. no?

And Adam did covereth his junk.

(08-08-2012, 05:26 PM)Riotgear Wrote:

(08-08-2012, 04:16 PM)pspence Wrote: Adam covered his junk with fig leaves

From the King James ver. no?

And Adam did covereth his junk.

...And didst concealeth his nuts in the fruit of the loam.

(08-09-2012, 03:46 PM)cladking Wrote:

(08-08-2012, 05:26 PM)Riotgear Wrote:

(08-08-2012, 04:16 PM)pspence Wrote: Adam covered his junk with fig leaves

From the King James ver. no?

And Adam did covereth his junk.

...And didst concealeth his nuts in the fruit of the loam.

(08-08-2012, 11:28 AM)ESAD Wrote:

(08-08-2012, 06:22 AM)Duchess Wrote:

My figs will be ripe soon.

are you ovulating?

what if the shape of the ears were similiar to figs?

What was the next sin?

^
The unoriginal one.

Posers and fakers alike.
Can't come up with their own sin so they replicate what others have done.

The Romans did it right.
The Germans were copycats.

Which is why I will eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

If I can find that rooty old shrub that is.

(08-10-2012, 01:46 AM)Riotgear Wrote: Which is why I will eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

If I can find that rooty old shrub that is.

If only Adam had you as a confidant.

I'd have told him to drop a set, quit listening to chicks and snakes and eat what the fuck he wanted.

There were a lot of dumb fuckers in the bible. Job. Noah. Joseph. Saul.

Dumb dudes and crafty bitches/whores.

(08-09-2012, 10:05 PM)OnBendedKnee Wrote: The Romans did it right.
The Germans were copycats.

surely you mock...that's kind of creepy!

^
I do.
(It was a long day and sometimes then the dark-side of me oozes out in my post(s).)

Some would argue that's the best side. Certainly the most interesting.

Others would argue against it.

(Gear: meet my spouse. . .)

Heh. Maybe we shouldn't ask mine.