Divine Twins...
In Feri Tradition, the world began with the Star Goddess, who brought the world into being through her lust. She is God Herself, neither male nor female, but both and something beyond.
The Star Goddess gave birth to twins. They are her consort, her son, her husband. They are one with her yet separate. They are one, but two, brothers, lovers, enemies, allies. They are male and male, male and female, female and female, female and male, and yet still male and male. Ever changing, ever moving. They are the lemniscate gods, six gods male and female, an infinitium of gods and goddesses, six, infinity, two, one. Ever changing, ever moving.
The Divine Twins can be seen as a snake and a bird, a serpent and a white dove. Together they are Quetzacoatl, the winged serpent of the Aztecs. They are seen in the eagle holding a snake, marking the location for the Aztecs to build their city. In Christianity, Jesus says to be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.
The serpent is seen twice in two different contexts in the Jewish Tanakh. First, the serpent is who tempts Eve and thereby Adam into eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Jewish and Christian belief shows this as the fall of man. Other groups see this as the rise of man to an enlightened state. The second serpent is the golden serpent, raised up in the wilderness to protect the people of Israel. In the Christian New Testiment, Jesus is equated with the golden serpent.
In the Tanakh, we first see the dove when Noah sends the dove out to find dry land. The dove represents hope here. In the New Testiment, the Holy Spirit comes on Jesus as a dove. The Shekhinah, the feminine presence of G-d equates to the Holy Spirit. In many Middle Eastern belief systems, the spirit of the gods comes upon the prophet in the form of a dove.
So, we can see Jesus and the Holy Spirit, or Moshiach (Messiah) and Shekhinah, can be seen as the serpent and the dove, as the Divine Twins.
FFF
~Muninn's Kiss
The Star Goddess gave birth to twins. They are her consort, her son, her husband. They are one with her yet separate. They are one, but two, brothers, lovers, enemies, allies. They are male and male, male and female, female and female, female and male, and yet still male and male. Ever changing, ever moving. They are the lemniscate gods, six gods male and female, an infinitium of gods and goddesses, six, infinity, two, one. Ever changing, ever moving.
The Divine Twins can be seen as a snake and a bird, a serpent and a white dove. Together they are Quetzacoatl, the winged serpent of the Aztecs. They are seen in the eagle holding a snake, marking the location for the Aztecs to build their city. In Christianity, Jesus says to be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.
The serpent is seen twice in two different contexts in the Jewish Tanakh. First, the serpent is who tempts Eve and thereby Adam into eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Jewish and Christian belief shows this as the fall of man. Other groups see this as the rise of man to an enlightened state. The second serpent is the golden serpent, raised up in the wilderness to protect the people of Israel. In the Christian New Testiment, Jesus is equated with the golden serpent.
In the Tanakh, we first see the dove when Noah sends the dove out to find dry land. The dove represents hope here. In the New Testiment, the Holy Spirit comes on Jesus as a dove. The Shekhinah, the feminine presence of G-d equates to the Holy Spirit. In many Middle Eastern belief systems, the spirit of the gods comes upon the prophet in the form of a dove.
So, we can see Jesus and the Holy Spirit, or Moshiach (Messiah) and Shekhinah, can be seen as the serpent and the dove, as the Divine Twins.
FFF
~Muninn's Kiss