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The Flower of Venus
In ancient Rome...the rose was known as the Flower of Venus and lent
itself ultimately as an instrument of worship represented by the
rosary. And this is only the beginning.
Loveliest of flowers...guarded by cruel thorns...the rose symbolized
both heavenly perfection and earthly passion...both fertility and
virginity. Voluptuous and sensual...the red rose was also known as
the flower of Aphrodite...goddess of love. The white rose...on the
other hand...was recognized as the flower of light...as innocence
and chastity. Red and white roses together represent the unification
of opposites. The Mystic Rose (a rose without thorns) symbolizes
eternal spring. Its center was the sun...it's petals were the many
harmonies of nature.
Spanning the eons of time...from the beginnings of Neanderthal man
to the present modern jewelry cultures heralded by such famous--or
should I say infamous--jewelry firms as...for instance...Tyler-Adam,
Corp....the rose has ranked supreme as a motif of beauty and even
more beauty. I clearly lack the vocabulary needed to describe this
flower...or to do justice to its elegance. But I do have a graphic to
show you...a graphic in fact that has...as an additional dimension...
the enhanced quality of being for sale by yours truly...Moi...a.k.a.
Benjamin Mark.
So powerful is and was the symbol of the rose that Rose Windows in
Gothic cathedrals all faced west...the direction of the matriarchal
paradise. At Chartres...famous for its Cathedral of Notre Dame...a
window known as the Rose of France showed "in its center the Virgin
in her majesty..."
In India the Great Mother was first addressed as Holy Rose. The eastern
World Tree was a rose-tree...a female Tree of Life and Immortality.
In central Asia...the Rose Tree was called Woman, Wellspring, and
Milk. Moguls knew the Rose Tree as Zambu...the Mother Tree whose
fruits feed the gods.
There was once a Pagan dance which you all know called The Rose. The
ritual of this dance was so vital to the cultural times...that it
could not be suppressed. With the dance...as the participants
joined in a circle and held hands...whirling around and around...they
chanted a little ditty...known in English as Ring-Around-A-Rosie.
"A pocket full of posies"--for those of you interested--referred to
the cave of flowers...symbol of an underground Fairyland. "They
all fall down"... referred to death...and the end of the fertility
season. I want to add now...as an addendum...that I am aware of
the analogy of Ring-Around-A-Rosie to the great plague. However,
the first example lent itself to the theme of this Tidbits...and
that's why I used it.
Well folks...there it is. The Rose...a flower to be reckoned with.
If you all go to my home page, and scroll down the table menu till
you get to Tidbits Graphics...click on Flower of Venus and you will
see a Rose which Tyler-Adam Corp. will make available to the public
before the next issue of Tidbits comes out.