Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

symbolize the maternal human body, wherein the candidate must enter to be born again. The uterus and vagina represent the porch of the Temple, the pillars of the porch represent the fallopian tubes, the network, the broad ligament with its accompanying blood vessels, the lily-work, the ampulla or fimbriated extremity of the tube, and the pomegranate, the ovary and its exuberant seeds, the ova cells. The winding stairway is represented by the three divisions of the intestine. The three steps are represented by the ascending, transverse and descending colon, the five steps by the coils of the ilium and the seven steps by the coils of the jejunum. The veil of the Temple represents the diaphragm, the shechinah and the altar represent the heart, which is the source of life, the first to live and the last to die. This is overshadowed by the wings of the cherubim, in the shape of the lungs. The seven-branched candlestick is represented by the arch of the aorta, the great artery of the chest, which is itself the sanctum sanctorum, while the abdomen was the holy place or Middle Chamber. The brain represents the Deity, which governs all things, and is the analogue of the Holy Royal Arch, whose ark contains the Ineffable Name of God.’ There are many other analogues which might be mentioned, which suggest themselves to the trained anatomist."

Knowing the meaning behind the pomegranate, isn’t it interesting to learn that Milenko Matanovic, a friend of David Spangler (who praises Lucifer), started an organization called the Pomegranate Foundation? Matanovic and Spangler worked on a musical play. Spangler explains: