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Pictorial parable: infant Christ in arms of Virgin Mary
Christians and even non-Christians all over the world are familiar with images of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ in her arms. This is the most popular image known about the virgin, the woman or the teenager-girl who gave birth to Christ!
It is a fact that every mother, no matter her race and creed, holds her baby in her arms. A woman holding a baby is symbolic or emblematic of motherhood. But there are mothers and mothers: biological mothers, foster mothers, and surrogate mothers, step mothers, god-mothers, divine or spiritual mothers.
The Virgin Mary is that special woman chosen by the Spirit to play a special role. She is widely accepted and believed to have given birth to Christ, the son of God!
In a book often quoted by this writer, the virgin says: < in my arms, I bear the lion made a lamb; the Almighty became weak; the invincible subdued. (Divine Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, page 45) Is what she is carrying God himself or his son?
Now, to the main point of this article: the picture of the virgin holding an infant, be what it may, is a pictorial parable. The picture goes beyond ordinary understanding and should not be taken literally or at face value. What is a parable? A parable is defined as a story that goes beyond understanding; an illustration of something presented in a way so as to cover the actual fact.
Like an allegory, it is a story told under the guise of another. For further clarification, read the parables of Christ in the New Testament (Mt 13:16-52; Luke 8:15, 16, and 18)
Certain writers have been able to trace the mother and child story to ancient myths. In the book< The Jesus mysteries> the writers say: Christian representation of the Madonna and baby Jesus were based on ancient pagan images of the miraculous child Osiris-Dionysus (The wine God) and his divine mother.
The Chinese Buddhist goddess of mercy carried an infant on her lap. (pg 33, Mankind's search for God) The Virgin Mary is also referred to as mother of mercy; she also carries an infant. And so who at all is this mysterious woman?
The ancient roman mythists represented the story as the Mother goddess and her son known as Mars or Jupiter. Their symbol was the double ax, known in their language Latin as < Labrys>. A double ax looks like the letter T also shaped like a balance, the conventional balance which has 2 plates, symbol of Justice.
The Tau-cross (T) was the same as Crux Commissa'a person entrusted with power or authority to act or a group of people working together. It was supposed to be the cross of St Anthony, patron saint of Rome. T, Tau, Tao, Ta, Tha, Theos, share the same meaning. From "tha" is derived the word "theos" which means God- double natured, moving from side to side, changing like the letter T.
In ancient south East Asia, the mystical Tao, was the Great spirit from which sprang the male-female principles which give rise to all the many manifestations of Great Nature (see pages 47 masters of wisdom, J.G.Bennett)
Observe nature and the evidence is there, loud and clear. The two principles of male and female, the positive and the negative work together for sustaining and maintaining the world. The mother and child image represents the union of these two principles- spirit and matter, superior and inferior energies.
The ancients represented the inferior energy by "woman" who represented the human race .Ancient mystery writers deliberately turned the facts upside down simply to confuse and to make understanding difficult. This was done to keep their secrets unto themselves and to prevent common people from knowing the truth. They did not < cast their pearls before the swine.> or, as one writer put it < not all true things are to be said to all men.>How can any human being give birth to God?
The woman in question never gave birth to any child; she was a co-worker with God, this may explain why the Greek word "parthenos" was translated as "virgin"; from the same source comes the English word "partner". She was that woman who carried the spirit in her body; her body was used for divine purposes by the indwelling Spirit.
We read from other sources beyond the Bible that < Mary was filled by spirit.> that< she was the representative and instrument of Divine Power on earth.> that < she was a powerful intercessor and advocate >, that < the Lord was made flesh in her bridal chamber. (Read pages 26, 60, 61,157 etc, Divine Mysteries of the Holy Rosary)
This is a book that betrays the secrets mixed with falsities. If these statements are untrue, why confuse the reading public? But I dare say that they are true from extensive search done by this writer. The Virgin Mary was simply known historically as the Mother or the Great Mother, the Visible Living counterpart of God the Spirit who remained Invisible within her.
