THE PHALLIC SIVA LINGUM: HOW THE STONE SYMBOLIZES THE WATER
Interpretations of Shiva Lingam (Conjoined Phallus and Vagina)
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"The stone that was rejected by the masons ('a stone of stumbling'), is the
headstone of the corner. Upon this rock (stone, pietros) I build my Church"
(Tantra Sangha, Gnostic Monastic Commune). - Jesus in the Holy Bible. "Moses
brought water out of a rock." "Cows Conceived by drinking water from a trough
with (phallic) rods in it." - from the Old Testament. "Ye must be Born Again of
water and Spirit." - Jesus in the Biblical Gospels. "A seed (Genetic Efflux)
will serve Him (God)." - from the Biblical Old Testament.

This is the only permitted icon for iconoclasts, since it is a good symbol for
the practice of Rasa Tantra. Each morning, a ritual offering of water (like
Elijah's) is poured onto the "altar". The Sacred Water drips down the protruding
male phallic lingum and onto the female vagina, in the form of the base of the
table, where it passes out a spout, pouring down into the trough of Holy Water.
This again portrays the joining of male and female Rasa into one AdvaitAmrita.
We are (Re)Engendered by joining male and female.

Compare this with the flat Egyptian offering tables. I looked at some online,
but they were not as detailed as the ones I saw in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo,
Egypt. The Egyptian offering tables resemble the Hindu Siva Lingums, except
there are no protruding phalluses, although phallic symbols are often carved
into the flat surface of the table. The ones I saw portray two pools of water,
merging as one - the symbol of the Hindu Triveni. The Siva Lingum is the main
symbol in India and Nepal. Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha
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There are various interpretations on the origin and symbolism of the Shiva
lingam. While the Tantras and Puranas deem the Siva lingam a phallic symbol
representing the regenerative aspect of the material universe, the Agamas and
Shastras do not elaborate on this interpretation, and the Vedas fail altogether
to mention the Shiva Lingam.

Shiva Lingam as a Phallic symbol

Hinduism conceptualizes Brahman, the supreme power, as having three main roles:
that of God the Creator, God the Preserver and God the Destroyer. This trinity
is represented iconically by the deities Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva respectively.
Thus, it is Shiva, the destructive form of the Almighty, who is represented by
the Lingam or Phallus, which is manifestly the CREATIVE or generative power of
Man. This points to an origin of the tradition of using the Lingam as a divine
symbol that is utterly sublime in its philosophical underpinnings.

The form of the Shiva Linga serves to further emphasize this inference. The base
of the Lingam is the Yoni also known as 'Parashakti'. The upright portion of the
Lingam is shown as being protuberant through the yoni, and the two form a
unified structure. Thus, the Lingam represents the very instant of creation, or
rather of regeneration, when the perishable and eventually destructible Old
renews and regenerates itself in another form, the New that is to come.

Tantra

The Tantras consider the lingam to be a phallic symbol and to be the
representation of Shivas phallus, in its erect form. Accordingly, the lingam
contains the soul-seed containing within it the essence of the entire cosmos.
The lingam arises out of the base (Yoni) which represents Parvati according to
some or Vishnu, Brahma in female and neuter form according to some.

Puranas

The puranas, especially the Vamana purana, Shiva purana, Linga purana, Skanda
Purana, Matsya Purana, and Visva-Sara-Prakasha, have narratives of the origin
and symbolism of the Shiva lingam. Many puranas attribute the origin to the
curse of sages leading to the separation of and installation of the phallus of
Lord Shiva on earth; many also refer to the endlessness of the lingam, linked to
the egos of Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma.

Possible Biblical Reference to Lingam

There is a portion of the Bible in which the Hebrew patriarch Jacob appears to
be performing something very similar to a Lingam ceremony, in which a precious
substance such as milk or oil is poured on the stone artifice as a sacrificial
intent. "And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had
put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of
it.",(Ge 28:18). also: "And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked
with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he
poured oil thereon.",(Ge 35:14). It is sometimes pointed out that the term for
oil or drink used in this verse is the Hebrew Shemen, which appears like English
word semen and thus seems to be appropriate to the phallic nature of the Lingam.

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