Limbus Major

A term used by Paracelsus to denote primunliiil ' nli'lietiiieal) matter; "Adam's earth". 176 tiii:()8u1'111«.:al Linga or Limjum (^k.). A sipru or a symhol of al).stract crfatioii. Forcf bi'conR's the organ of j)roerfation only on this earth. In India there are 12 jrreat Lingams of Siva, some of whieh anon nionntains and rocks, and also in temples. Such is the Kcih'insa in the Himalaya, a hufTo and shapeless mass of roek. In its origin the Lingam had never the gross meaning eonnecteil with the phallus, an idea which is altogether of a later date. The symhol in India has the same meaning which it had in Egypt, which is simply tiiat the creativtor procrentive Force is divine. It also denotes who was the dual Creator — male and fenude. Siva and his Saliti. Tiie gross and immodest idea connected with the phallus is not Indian but Greek and pre-eminently Jewish. The Biblical Brthrls were real priapic stones, the "Beth-el" (phallus) wherein God dwells. The same symbol was concealed wuthin the ark of the Covenant, the "Holy of Holies". Therefore the "Lingam" even as a phallus is not "a .symbol of Siva" only, but that of every "Creator" or creative god in every nation, including the Israelities and their "God of Abraham and Jacob".