Rod & Ring, An Initiation Into A Mesopotamian Mystery Tradition (Softcover) default-HIDE originally published as a monograph

originally published as a monograph in 2013

Though it works fast

dedicated wholly unto the manifest contemplation of Her Mystery

Author: Albert Bjorn

this book presents a complete system of practice utilizing ritual

Rod & Ring, An Initiation Into A Mesopotamian Mystery Tradition (Softcover) default-HIDE originally published as a monographAuthor: Samuel David In Mesopotamian art, the rod and ring, like the horned helm or crown, are indicators of the depicted beings divine status. The most famous depiction being that of Shamash, the solar god of justice holding both divine symbols of power before Hammurabi the king on the Code of Hammurabi stele. The depiction of a deity presenting these items of power to a human indicates the conferring of some divine measure, be it benediction or