The Ancient Tradition Who is God? -A Father/Mother of a Divine Family
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Oct 21, 2025 Dive into the fascinating world of ancient beliefs about God and the divine family. Explore how deities were seen as corporeal beings, with male and female representations in sacred unions. Discover the creative myths of gods and humans born from divine parents across various cultures. Examining rituals, Jack reveals how human practices mirrored heavenly order. Uncover the parallels between Egyptian kingship and divine lineage, and learn how ancient traditions emphasized the procreative nature of the divine.
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God As Procreative, Corporeal Being
- Ancient cultures consistently taught that gods are corporeal, sexed, and married beings who beget literal offspring.
- This recurring theogony suggests a shared ancient source and frames gods as progenitors of divine families.
Bull Symbolism Emphasizes Divine Fatherhood
- The image of a bull ubiquitously symbolizes divine virility and procreative power across ancient Near Eastern cultures.
- Emphasizing fatherhood/motherhood made divine parenthood central to ancient theologies and kingship.
Heavenly Pattern Shapes Earthly Ritual
- The hermetic maxim 'as above, so below' guided ancient ritual, architecture, and social order to mirror heavenly marriage and fertility.
- Sacred marriage rituals on earth replicated divine unions to secure prosperity and cosmic order.
