In my previous post, The Hopi Chariot Puzzle, I centered on the mystifying petroglyph that the Hopi hold dear: a 3,000 year old Tartessian chariot. In Tartessos in America, I highlight how, at the same time and alongside the chariot, they also honor the likeness of the Lady of Elche, an ancient Iberian statue of mysterious identity.
What if I told you that the Tartessian chariot and the Iberian Lady are one and the same? And not only that… Would you believe me if I told you she is also the Face of God?
Before you conclude I’ve gone mad, please let me explain… It will all make sense at the end and it is truly fascinating!
THE ENIGMATIC LADY-CHARIOTS OF SPAIN
What if I told you that the Tartessian chariot and the Iberian Lady are one and the same? And not only that… Would you believe me if I told you she is also the Face of God?
Before you conclude I’ve gone mad, please let me explain… It will all make sense at the end and it is truly fascinating!
THE ENIGMATIC LADY-CHARIOTS OF SPAIN
| The Lady of Elche is a limestone bust found in 1897 in Elche, Murcia, thus her name. Since she was the first of her kind at the time, she became somewhat of a sensation and has since remained an archaeological icon. Subsequently, more “ladies” have been recovered, but all continue to be shrouded in mystery, for no one knows with certainty “what” or “who” they represent. This is not to say there are no educated guesses based on their dating, style and associated elements. |  |
The problem is that these elements, though common and extended throughout the Mediterranean during the first millennia B.C., make no sense combined as they appear with these statutes.
Let’s take a quick look at them, because each one is a clue toward their identity. We’ll start with the one conspicuous element that tipped me off.
Let’s take a quick look at them, because each one is a clue toward their identity. We’ll start with the one conspicuous element that tipped me off.
 | In the picture on the left is the Lady of Guardamar. She was found in 1987 in Guardamar, Alicante, not far from Elche, and appeared badly damaged —hammered to pieces and burnt. It would seem there was a concerted effort around 2,400 years ago to destroy these beautiful statutes. It may explain why the Lady of Elche appeared buried in an odd spot as if someone had tried to save her from a similar fate. Luckily s/he succeeded. I imagine you’ve spotted the clue. It’s a little more obvious in this case. Yes, wheels. That’s what the whorls are, which beckons the question, why are these ladies wearing wheels in such an awkward fashion —one on each side like that— on their heads? |
The answer is quite simple, really, and if you bear with me through the necessary explanations, it might even blow your mind.
In The Hopi Chariot Puzzle I explain that several thousand years ago war chariots were regarded highly symbolic artifacts associated with gods, leaders and heroes. On reliefs and rock art, its wheel alone came to represent the whole (as we saw in Utah, Tartessos in America). And in some funerary contexts, the chariot became a divine vehicle that carried the deceased safely to the afterlife escorted by the protective supervision of a goddess.
In The Hopi Chariot Puzzle I explain that several thousand years ago war chariots were regarded highly symbolic artifacts associated with gods, leaders and heroes. On reliefs and rock art, its wheel alone came to represent the whole (as we saw in Utah, Tartessos in America). And in some funerary contexts, the chariot became a divine vehicle that carried the deceased safely to the afterlife escorted by the protective supervision of a goddess.
| With this in mind, let’s now turn back to our Spanish Ladies. They were all found in a funerary context, meaning in a grave or necropolis, and some, like our Lady of Elche, had a cavity in their back to hold ashes. (Tests confirm she held human ashes at some point.) Now, if we combine the funerary context, with the highly symbolic chariot wheels they wear, and the fact that they are themselves containers for ashes (as the protective guardians they are), we get the personification of the divine chariot. That’s right, our lovely ladies are chariots, Lady-Chariots as I like to refer to them. |  |
Consequently, the Hopi Chariot and the Lady of Elche are in fact one and the same, that is, both are symbolic of a divine chariot, which adds more fire to the burning question we left hanging in the previous post: Why? Why would the Hopi pay homage to a chariot —and in a dual form— for so long? It turns out there is a need for such duality, for each symbolic representation holds a clue of its own. That of the Lady-Chariot provides the answer to her identity, which I will reveal in this entry. As for the Hopi Chariot, a hint about its secret will be provided in my next post Solomon's Table Decoded.
WHO IS THE LADY-CHARIOT
I advanced in the introduction that I believe she is the Face of God. In order to prove this to you, I need to clarify something very important first: The Bible was not written in English. More precisely, the Old Testament, which holds the key to our ladies’ true identity, was a collection of texts written in a form of archaic Hebrew compiled and edited around the 6th century B.C. Also, please remember that until Gutenberg (15th century A.D.) there were no printing machines (or copiers for that matter) to keep all copies identical and consistent. This means that the Bible you read today (if you do at all) is one of many versions (Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox…), and was translated into English from Latin, which in turn was translated from Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew, all the while it was edited, adapted and re-adapted over thousands of years to suit the personal touch, liking, bias and point of view of the relevant scribe. Luckily, many ancient texts have survived that allow us to have a glimpse of the original wording. And some modern-day versions of the Bible are reintroducing them.
One of the text corruptions that occurred over the two millennia has to do precisely with our traditional understanding of what God looks like.
The Judeo-Christian God is in reality unknowable; He is infinite, has no physical form and therefore no discernible gender. However, when interacting with us mere humans, for our benefit God takes on a more accessible presence, anywhere from light or brilliance to fire or a cloud form, that is, until the Prophet Ezekiel came along. He was granted the exclusive privilege to see God come to him in the likeness of a man, and thus the father figure stuck:
“…and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.” --Ezekiel 1:26 (King James Bible).
The thing is, when you consult the original text, Ezekiel never said he saw a “man”. Today, this error has been somewhat corrected in a few updated Bible versions like the English Standard or the International Standard, where “man” is replaced with “human”. Yet this is not entirely correct either. In the original Hebrew version, the term employed was kavod, a word difficult to translate. It seems to mean something like ‘heavy’ in the sense of ‘worthy of respect or honor’. Thus, picky scholars champion “glory” as a more fitting translation:
“… and upon the likeness of the throne, was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh.”
The point is that the Old Testament does not say anywhere that God appears to be male; if anything, according to ancient Jewish tradition, God’s “divine presence” among us is in fact female. Don’t take my word for it; it’s the Jewish sages who say so.
You see, the word kavod merely describes an attribute of God —“Its” manifestation is “heavy” in the sense of “respect worthy” and “honorable”—, but it does not define the “divine presence” per se.
Therefore, in the 1st century, Jewish sages struggled to interpret this aspect of the sacred texts and resolved to coin a term themselves: Shekinah. While kavod is a descriptor of an attribute, Shekinah was meant to be understood as an integral part of God, “Its” divine presences as “It” dwells among “Its” people (usually in relation to the Tabernacle or Temple). You should know that for the Jews, Hebrew is a sacred language and nothing in it happens by chance. They have a whole esoteric branch, Kabbalah, which revolves around studying the inner mystical secrets of the language. The point is that the word Shekinah is feminine and it was chosen on purpose by the sages to honor a longstanding tradition: While the infinite God is both masculine and feminine, it is “Its” feminine side that we “see”. The Old Testament implies as much but you wouldn’t know it due to another term corruption: Asherah.
Asherah, a Canaanite mother goddess, was worshiped as the Face or feminine side of Yahweh in Jerusalem until the 6th century more or less. Hundreds of Asherah figurines dug up in archaeological sites across the region attest to it. And according to the Bible, her image was present in Solomon’s Temple. But then, in the 6th century, Jerusalem was invaded by the Babylonians, the Temple destroyed and the priests exiled to Babylon. Among them was Ezekiel, a patriarch rabbi who believed along with the other fathers of the Old Testament that Jerusalem was being punished for worshiping other gods. Since Asherah was the most popular, she received the full brunt of their wrath, and was portrayed as an abdominal idol in what came to be the Old Testament as we know today. To further her disregard, over time her name was eliminated from the Bible all together. If you are curious, look up 2 Kings 23:6*: One of Asherah's symbols was the Tree of Life referred to as the asherah pole or simply the asherah. In the King James’ Bible this tree or pole is referenced as a “grove”, while updated versions, like the New American Standard, have reinstated her name.
*On a side note: Patriarch devotees were called to eliminate Asherah by burning her image or smashing it into pieces as stated precisely in 2 Kings 23:6. Sound familiar?
SO WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE SPANISH LADIES?
Everything! It was Ezekiel himself who made the connection when describing the vision of God coming to him (Ezekiel 1). In short, he describes how God appears upon a peculiar chariot the likeness of a throne preceded by four winged beings (cherubim), each with four faces (that of a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle), while the wheels of the chariot —for some reason detached from it— move in step with the cherubim, one on each side.
All these elements converge on our Lady-Chariots:
WHO IS THE LADY-CHARIOT
I advanced in the introduction that I believe she is the Face of God. In order to prove this to you, I need to clarify something very important first: The Bible was not written in English. More precisely, the Old Testament, which holds the key to our ladies’ true identity, was a collection of texts written in a form of archaic Hebrew compiled and edited around the 6th century B.C. Also, please remember that until Gutenberg (15th century A.D.) there were no printing machines (or copiers for that matter) to keep all copies identical and consistent. This means that the Bible you read today (if you do at all) is one of many versions (Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox…), and was translated into English from Latin, which in turn was translated from Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew, all the while it was edited, adapted and re-adapted over thousands of years to suit the personal touch, liking, bias and point of view of the relevant scribe. Luckily, many ancient texts have survived that allow us to have a glimpse of the original wording. And some modern-day versions of the Bible are reintroducing them.
One of the text corruptions that occurred over the two millennia has to do precisely with our traditional understanding of what God looks like.
The Judeo-Christian God is in reality unknowable; He is infinite, has no physical form and therefore no discernible gender. However, when interacting with us mere humans, for our benefit God takes on a more accessible presence, anywhere from light or brilliance to fire or a cloud form, that is, until the Prophet Ezekiel came along. He was granted the exclusive privilege to see God come to him in the likeness of a man, and thus the father figure stuck:
“…and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.” --Ezekiel 1:26 (King James Bible).
The thing is, when you consult the original text, Ezekiel never said he saw a “man”. Today, this error has been somewhat corrected in a few updated Bible versions like the English Standard or the International Standard, where “man” is replaced with “human”. Yet this is not entirely correct either. In the original Hebrew version, the term employed was kavod, a word difficult to translate. It seems to mean something like ‘heavy’ in the sense of ‘worthy of respect or honor’. Thus, picky scholars champion “glory” as a more fitting translation:
“… and upon the likeness of the throne, was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh.”
The point is that the Old Testament does not say anywhere that God appears to be male; if anything, according to ancient Jewish tradition, God’s “divine presence” among us is in fact female. Don’t take my word for it; it’s the Jewish sages who say so.
You see, the word kavod merely describes an attribute of God —“Its” manifestation is “heavy” in the sense of “respect worthy” and “honorable”—, but it does not define the “divine presence” per se.
Therefore, in the 1st century, Jewish sages struggled to interpret this aspect of the sacred texts and resolved to coin a term themselves: Shekinah. While kavod is a descriptor of an attribute, Shekinah was meant to be understood as an integral part of God, “Its” divine presences as “It” dwells among “Its” people (usually in relation to the Tabernacle or Temple). You should know that for the Jews, Hebrew is a sacred language and nothing in it happens by chance. They have a whole esoteric branch, Kabbalah, which revolves around studying the inner mystical secrets of the language. The point is that the word Shekinah is feminine and it was chosen on purpose by the sages to honor a longstanding tradition: While the infinite God is both masculine and feminine, it is “Its” feminine side that we “see”. The Old Testament implies as much but you wouldn’t know it due to another term corruption: Asherah.
Asherah, a Canaanite mother goddess, was worshiped as the Face or feminine side of Yahweh in Jerusalem until the 6th century more or less. Hundreds of Asherah figurines dug up in archaeological sites across the region attest to it. And according to the Bible, her image was present in Solomon’s Temple. But then, in the 6th century, Jerusalem was invaded by the Babylonians, the Temple destroyed and the priests exiled to Babylon. Among them was Ezekiel, a patriarch rabbi who believed along with the other fathers of the Old Testament that Jerusalem was being punished for worshiping other gods. Since Asherah was the most popular, she received the full brunt of their wrath, and was portrayed as an abdominal idol in what came to be the Old Testament as we know today. To further her disregard, over time her name was eliminated from the Bible all together. If you are curious, look up 2 Kings 23:6*: One of Asherah's symbols was the Tree of Life referred to as the asherah pole or simply the asherah. In the King James’ Bible this tree or pole is referenced as a “grove”, while updated versions, like the New American Standard, have reinstated her name.
*On a side note: Patriarch devotees were called to eliminate Asherah by burning her image or smashing it into pieces as stated precisely in 2 Kings 23:6. Sound familiar?
SO WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE SPANISH LADIES?
Everything! It was Ezekiel himself who made the connection when describing the vision of God coming to him (Ezekiel 1). In short, he describes how God appears upon a peculiar chariot the likeness of a throne preceded by four winged beings (cherubim), each with four faces (that of a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle), while the wheels of the chariot —for some reason detached from it— move in step with the cherubim, one on each side.
All these elements converge on our Lady-Chariots:
It is believed that the bust of the Lady of Elche originally sat on a throne, but was removed from it when buried. In fact, to support this, there is yet another lady, the Lady of Baza, who was found in 1971 intact on her “winged” throne. Please note, that though thrones and chariots were common features associated with kings, gods and warriors, when combined together they were identified with a Mother Goddess.
Then, alongside the Ladies, animals and mythological creatures akin to the four faces Ezekiel describes were also found: sphynx (human head, body of a lion), griffins, (half eagle, half lion), bulls and lions.
However, the argument could be made that since all this imagery was common and widespread, it is a stretch for me to imply that Ezekiel was describing specifically a Spanish Lady-Chariot. For one, only our Spanish Ladies have wheels —detached from a chariot— on each side of their heads that would presumably move in step with them. Yet beyond this exclusive detail, I make the connection because Ezekiel says so. To prove this, again we must revert to the original text:
“…and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone.” —Ezekiel 10:9 (New American Standard Bible.)
This is an updated version; others invariably refer to the strange stone as a beryl, jasper, a topaz and what not. Scribes probably did not know what a Tarshish gem was so chose one familiar to them when translating. Be as it may, the original Hebrew term was indeed “Tarshish”. And what is a Tarshish stone? It is a gem from Tarshish, and Tarshish is Hebrew for… Tartessos! That’s right; Ezekiel saw wheels from Tartessos, the same wheels that just so happen to be the most prominent feature of our Tartessian Lady-Chariots (along with everything else he saw that also define them).
Is it possible that what the prophet was trying to say is that God’s divine presence was coming to him from Tartessos? Yes, yes it is! And if you are not stunned yet, get ready…
WHAT IS GOD DOING IN SPAIN?
There is ample archaeological evidence that the Mediterranean Sea was a busy highway as far back as the Neolithic. It may not seem intuitive, but sailing dangerous waters was preferable to crossing dry land for many reasons: it was faster, more direct and perhaps more importantly it didn’t belong to anyone. Therefore, the far west (Tartessos), on the edge of the known world, was frequently visited, when not settled, by the eastern civilizations. For the Phoenicians, it was a trade mine; for the Greeks, it was the land of Gods and Atlantis; for the Egyptians, it was Paradise, and for the Assyrians, its control equated to power. This fascination for the distant land transpires in the Bible where Tartessos (Tarshish) is hailed the source of King Solomon’s gold, gems and other luxury items to the extent that he had a fleet of ships solely for this purpose, the Ships of Tarshish. Yet beyond the splendor, what the Old Testament seems to be fixated on is Tartessos’ quality as a safe haven for anyone trying to flee. Here are a couple of examples:
“But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” —Johan 1:3 (Any doubt where he was going? Why the rehashing?)
“Pass over to Tarshish; wail, inhabitants of the coastland.” —Isaiah 23:6 (Tyre, in Canaan, has been invaded by Assyria, so its people are fleeing to Tartessos.)
So it should be no surprise that when Jerusalem is invaded and the Temple destroyed that a sizable group would flee to Tartessos:
“… And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the South.” —Obadiah 1:20
Sepharad is the Iberian Peninsula, and Obadiah is prophesying the return of the exiles. I should point out that it was these Sephardi Jews who develop Judaism’s esoteric branch, Kabbalah, you know, the same sages that coined Shekinah. Coincidence? Regardless, there is definitely something special about them. Even Isaiah claims they will lead the return:
“…And the ships of Tarshish will come first, to bring your children from afar, their silver and their gold with them…” —Isaiah 60:9
Why would they lead the return? To answer this question, ask yourself: If Solomon’s Temple was destroyed when Jerusalem was invaded, where did God’s divine presence, Shekinah, dwell in the interim?
SOLOMON’S TEMPLE IN SPAIN
To recap, in the 6th century, Babylonia invades Jerusalem and destroys Solomon’s Temple. The Prophet Ezekiel, along with the other patriarch rabbis, is exiled to Babylon, while a sizable group of Jewish people flee to Tartessos, or so says the Bible. Then comes archaeology and finds a mysterious temple in Badajoz, Extremadura (Tartessos territory), built around that time or shortly thereafter. It’s known as the Sanctuary of Cancho Roano, and what I find truly remarkable about it is its uncanny resemblance to the description that Ezekiel lays out for the New Temple he claims will replace Solomon’s (Ezekiel 33-48):
Then, alongside the Ladies, animals and mythological creatures akin to the four faces Ezekiel describes were also found: sphynx (human head, body of a lion), griffins, (half eagle, half lion), bulls and lions.
However, the argument could be made that since all this imagery was common and widespread, it is a stretch for me to imply that Ezekiel was describing specifically a Spanish Lady-Chariot. For one, only our Spanish Ladies have wheels —detached from a chariot— on each side of their heads that would presumably move in step with them. Yet beyond this exclusive detail, I make the connection because Ezekiel says so. To prove this, again we must revert to the original text:
“…and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone.” —Ezekiel 10:9 (New American Standard Bible.)
This is an updated version; others invariably refer to the strange stone as a beryl, jasper, a topaz and what not. Scribes probably did not know what a Tarshish gem was so chose one familiar to them when translating. Be as it may, the original Hebrew term was indeed “Tarshish”. And what is a Tarshish stone? It is a gem from Tarshish, and Tarshish is Hebrew for… Tartessos! That’s right; Ezekiel saw wheels from Tartessos, the same wheels that just so happen to be the most prominent feature of our Tartessian Lady-Chariots (along with everything else he saw that also define them).
Is it possible that what the prophet was trying to say is that God’s divine presence was coming to him from Tartessos? Yes, yes it is! And if you are not stunned yet, get ready…
WHAT IS GOD DOING IN SPAIN?
There is ample archaeological evidence that the Mediterranean Sea was a busy highway as far back as the Neolithic. It may not seem intuitive, but sailing dangerous waters was preferable to crossing dry land for many reasons: it was faster, more direct and perhaps more importantly it didn’t belong to anyone. Therefore, the far west (Tartessos), on the edge of the known world, was frequently visited, when not settled, by the eastern civilizations. For the Phoenicians, it was a trade mine; for the Greeks, it was the land of Gods and Atlantis; for the Egyptians, it was Paradise, and for the Assyrians, its control equated to power. This fascination for the distant land transpires in the Bible where Tartessos (Tarshish) is hailed the source of King Solomon’s gold, gems and other luxury items to the extent that he had a fleet of ships solely for this purpose, the Ships of Tarshish. Yet beyond the splendor, what the Old Testament seems to be fixated on is Tartessos’ quality as a safe haven for anyone trying to flee. Here are a couple of examples:
“But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” —Johan 1:3 (Any doubt where he was going? Why the rehashing?)
“Pass over to Tarshish; wail, inhabitants of the coastland.” —Isaiah 23:6 (Tyre, in Canaan, has been invaded by Assyria, so its people are fleeing to Tartessos.)
So it should be no surprise that when Jerusalem is invaded and the Temple destroyed that a sizable group would flee to Tartessos:
“… And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the South.” —Obadiah 1:20
Sepharad is the Iberian Peninsula, and Obadiah is prophesying the return of the exiles. I should point out that it was these Sephardi Jews who develop Judaism’s esoteric branch, Kabbalah, you know, the same sages that coined Shekinah. Coincidence? Regardless, there is definitely something special about them. Even Isaiah claims they will lead the return:
“…And the ships of Tarshish will come first, to bring your children from afar, their silver and their gold with them…” —Isaiah 60:9
Why would they lead the return? To answer this question, ask yourself: If Solomon’s Temple was destroyed when Jerusalem was invaded, where did God’s divine presence, Shekinah, dwell in the interim?
SOLOMON’S TEMPLE IN SPAIN
To recap, in the 6th century, Babylonia invades Jerusalem and destroys Solomon’s Temple. The Prophet Ezekiel, along with the other patriarch rabbis, is exiled to Babylon, while a sizable group of Jewish people flee to Tartessos, or so says the Bible. Then comes archaeology and finds a mysterious temple in Badajoz, Extremadura (Tartessos territory), built around that time or shortly thereafter. It’s known as the Sanctuary of Cancho Roano, and what I find truly remarkable about it is its uncanny resemblance to the description that Ezekiel lays out for the New Temple he claims will replace Solomon’s (Ezekiel 33-48):
They are identical! Same layout, same orientation, same furnishings, same purpose for each room…
I wonder if Ezekiel, when describing his vision, is simply relaying what his exiled peers are reporting from Tartessos. The prophet’s description of the New Temple is extremely detailed down to the pavement of the halls, more than would seem reasonable for a vision. I even wonder if he visited the place for himself. In any case, if indeed a makeshift temple of sorts was built in Tartessos by the exiled Jewish community, it naturally follows that Ezekiel’s God would be “dwelling” in Tartessos as well. Could this explain why suddenly Lady-Throne-Chariots started to proliferate across the south of the Iberian Peninsula “coincidently” around the same time?
To round it all off, allow me to share one last piece of interesting evidence. While researching the Sanctuary Cancho Roano, I came across a peculiar administrative stamp found there. It is a cube and its four engraved sides unite in one place all four symbolic elements discussed above: Ezekiel’s dream, Asherah, Solomon’s Temple, and the Lady Chariots.
I wonder if Ezekiel, when describing his vision, is simply relaying what his exiled peers are reporting from Tartessos. The prophet’s description of the New Temple is extremely detailed down to the pavement of the halls, more than would seem reasonable for a vision. I even wonder if he visited the place for himself. In any case, if indeed a makeshift temple of sorts was built in Tartessos by the exiled Jewish community, it naturally follows that Ezekiel’s God would be “dwelling” in Tartessos as well. Could this explain why suddenly Lady-Throne-Chariots started to proliferate across the south of the Iberian Peninsula “coincidently” around the same time?
To round it all off, allow me to share one last piece of interesting evidence. While researching the Sanctuary Cancho Roano, I came across a peculiar administrative stamp found there. It is a cube and its four engraved sides unite in one place all four symbolic elements discussed above: Ezekiel’s dream, Asherah, Solomon’s Temple, and the Lady Chariots.
The first face on the left depicts an ox, a bird (eagle?), a man (its body part makes it clear), and two lions with long necks, serpopards, frequently depicted (for example, in Egyptian art) with the necks intertwined. These match the four faces of the cherubim in Ezekiel’s throne-chariot vision.
The second smaller face of the cube shows two facing goats, somewhat rampant, symbolic of Asherah and her sacred Tree of Life. Usually, the two rampant goats would have their front legs leaning on the tree.
On the third side we see two cherubim facing each other with their wings pointing to the center as they were said to appear on the Arc of the Covenant, and are thus symbolic of King Solomon’s Temple.
Finally, the fourth face, highlighted again below the others, presents a scene with a funerary chariot carrying an urn of ashes escorted by a goddess (clearly a woman – I find myself having to clarify this because the book I got the image from seems to think it is a man).
So there you have it, pretty “heavy” stuff, wouldn’t you agree?
Now, one final question: If Cancho Roano came to replace Solomon’s Temple in exile, could it have harbored some of the relics too? A possible answer is provided in Mary’s Apostles… Meanwhile, onto my next post Solomon’s Table Decoded which will contain a crucial clue to the Hopi Chariot’s secret…
The second smaller face of the cube shows two facing goats, somewhat rampant, symbolic of Asherah and her sacred Tree of Life. Usually, the two rampant goats would have their front legs leaning on the tree.
On the third side we see two cherubim facing each other with their wings pointing to the center as they were said to appear on the Arc of the Covenant, and are thus symbolic of King Solomon’s Temple.
Finally, the fourth face, highlighted again below the others, presents a scene with a funerary chariot carrying an urn of ashes escorted by a goddess (clearly a woman – I find myself having to clarify this because the book I got the image from seems to think it is a man).
So there you have it, pretty “heavy” stuff, wouldn’t you agree?
Now, one final question: If Cancho Roano came to replace Solomon’s Temple in exile, could it have harbored some of the relics too? A possible answer is provided in Mary’s Apostles… Meanwhile, onto my next post Solomon’s Table Decoded which will contain a crucial clue to the Hopi Chariot’s secret…
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