Letter Y
Symbol for: the merger of the polar energies, inner oneness / the sacred marriage
Alchemy
The REBIS, or Hermaphrodite, represents the SACRED MARRIAGE: the masculine and feminine energies (the polar energies) are fused. The LETTER Y also refers to this. With his left hand the Rebis makes the sign of the sacred marriage (2=1). (Engraving from Michael Maier’s Symbola Aureae Mensae, 1617)
Examples from Christian art
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Throughout the ages there have always been initiates, artists and mystics who knew that Jesus was not born as ‘the Son of God’, but had experienced a kundalini awakening, after which he was one with his Divine Father. The Gospel writers have hidden this spiritual truth in their texts in inventive ways, including the use of symbolism and wordplay (see my books). Because of the rigid attitude of the church, the truth could not be spoken aloud, but underground, through esoteric groups such as the Freemasons, it found its way onto the canvas.
THE SIGN OF THE SACRED MARRIAGE (two fingers together: 2=1) is incorporated in many paintings, in one form or another, often in combination with other esoteric symbolism. This hand gesture refers to a fusion of the polar energies/duality, and with this to a process of kundalini awakening.
Crucifijo Church, 14th century.
Jan Mostaert.The colors BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW AND RED of Jesus’ clothing are a reference to the MAGNUM OPUS (click here) of the alchemist. The man on the right points to his head: the beating takes place INSIDE the head and is part of the kundalini process (opening of the 7th chakra).
Jan Gossart, 1527.
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti). Read about the deeper meaning of the BAPTISM of Jesus in my book ‘John the Baptist who became Jesus the Christ’.
Lucas van Leyden
Anton Van Dyck
Pedro García de Benabarre. The colors BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW AND RED of the shield refer to the MAGNUM OPUS (click here). The staff refers to the kundalini symbol the EIGHT-POINTED MORNING STAR (click here).
Rueland Frueauf de Oudere. BLACK, WHITE AND RED represent the phases nigredo, albedo and rubedo of the MAGNUM OPUS (click here).
Boccaccio Boccaccino, before 1523. Joseph has placed his Y-shaped STAFF (click here) at the PELVIS of Jesus, the abode of the kundalini. Jesus points to his SPINE.
Circle of Bonaventura Berlinghieri, circa 1230. Read more about the symbolism in the crucifixion story of Jesus in my book “Mary Magdalene, the disciple whom Jesus loved.”
Cross in the Church of St. Lamberti in Coesfeld
Bartolomeo Passarotti
Annibale Carracci
Gerard van Honthorst, ca. 1622.
Cathedral Larino
Gerard van Honthorst
Master of Apollo and Daphne, circa 1500.
Dirck van Baburen. The colors BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW AND RED are a reference to the MAGNUM OPUS (click here) of the alchemist.
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti). The colors BLACK, WHITE AND RED of the LOINCLOTHS of the three crucified men refer to the phases nigredo, albedo and rubedo of the MAGNUM OPUS (click here). The pattern on the ORANGE ROBE refers to the CADUCEUS (click here): the classic symbol for a kundalini awakening. Read about Mary Magdalene’s own spiritual process in my book “Mary Magdalene, the disciple whom Jesus loved.”
Caduceus