Rebis
Symbol for:
the merger of the polar energies, inner oneness / the sacred marriage (2=1)
Alchemy
The WATER BASIN and the TOWER symbolize the kundalini in the pelvis and spine. The red robe in the foreground belongs to the alchemist who completed the MAGNUM OPUS. (Les Métamorphoses, 1480)
Left: The REBIS, or Hermaphrodite, represents the consummated SACRED MARRIAGE (click here): the male and female energies (the polar energies) have merged. This transformation process is a result of a completed kundalini process: the KUNDALINI SERPENT is raised to the HEAD. The lower, animal nature has been conquered (GREEN LION, and standing on SERPENT). A ‘CHAKRA TREE’ is standing on the left of the rebis. The colors BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW AND RED of the clothing are a reference to the four phases of the MAGNUM OPUS (click here) of the alchemist. This process of rebirth is difficult and painful (PELICAN feeding its young with its own blood). (De alchimia opuscula complura veterum philosophorum 1550)
The REBIS, or Hermaphrodite, is purified by the KUNDALINI FIRE. Top right the conjunction of the SUN and MOON (duality: 2=1). (Emblem 33 from Mysteria atalante fugitive)
Next to the rebis, lying on the ground, stands the god MERCURIUS with his CADUCEUS (click here): the serpent staff, which is the universal symbol for a kundalini awakening. (Mylius version of ‘Rosarium’ series)
The male side of the rebis holds a MIRROR, a reference to the ‘KNOW YOURSELF’, while the female side holds the ‘PHILOSOPHICAL EGG’. The frame of the mirror is GOLD and SILVER: the polar energies in alchemy. The colors BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW AND RED are a reference to the four phases of the MAGNUM OPUS (click here). (Splendor Solis)
The fusion of the POLARITIES can also be expressed in other ways. Above, the merger of HEAVEN (the PRIEST) and EARTH (the KING). (Solidonius Philosophus, Nicolas Barnaud, circa 1710)
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 imagery 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.
Bronzino
Master of the Pietà from Villeneuf les Avignon. God points with two fingers (the sign of sacred marriage) to his HEAD, the place where the INNER crucifixion (ego death) takes place.
Jan Gossaert. The entire BIBLE, from cover to cover, refers to our potential for a KUNDALINI AWAKENING. Read about this in my book ‘Kundalini Awakening in the Bible’.
Giorgio Vasari, 1548. In alchemy, RED AND WHITE are the colors for the male and female energies: the SACRED MARRIAGE (click here).
Jacopo (di Parisati) da Montagnana
Antonio Allegri Correggio. Jesus and John the Baptist are one and the same person. Read about this in my book ‘John the Baptist who became Jesus the Christ’.
The Baptism of Christ, anonymous, Rijksmuseum, 1535. In the background a man points to a TREE that has the shape of a (kundalini) SERPENT (click here). Read about the deeper meaning of the BAPTISM of Jesus in my book ‘John the Baptist who became Jesus the Christ’.
Giuseppe Cesari. Jesus and John the Baptist are one and the same person. Read about this in my book ‘John the Baptist who became Jesus the Christ’.
Rusconi Benedetto
The Baptism of Christ, Rijksmuseum. There is a piece of cloth hanging around the arm of John the Baptist that resembles a (kundalini) SERPENT (click here). Jesus points to his SPINE. Standing on ONE LEG (click here) refers to the SACRED MARRIAGE (2=1). The two pairs express the SACRED MARRIAGE (click here), or REBIS: light-dark (left) and man-woman (right). Only ONE LEG of all four people is visible.
Sassetta, The burning of the heretic Jan Hus. The eight-pointed MORNING STAR (click here) is a kundalini symbol. The colors GOLD and SILVER, also on the shield, represent the polar energies in alchemy.
Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni, Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista, Urbino. The SCORPION (click here) symbolizes the death of the ego; the result of a kundalini process. Read more about the symbolism surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus in my book ‘Mary Magdalene, the disciple whom Jesus loved’.