BodyJacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder
Also called: Ladder to Heaven · Bethel's Ladder
The ladder from earth to heaven that Jacob saw in a dream in Genesis 28.In this narrative it is the channel through which oil rises and falls along the spine.
Established facts
The story of Jacob's ladder appears in Genesis 28.Fleeing his brother Esau on his way to Haran, Jacob rests his head on a stone and falls asleep.In a dream he sees a ladder reaching to heaven.Angels go up and down the ladder.When Jacob wakes, he names the place Bethel.Bethel means 'house of God' in Hebrew.The biblical text contains nothing linking the ladder to the spine.
The oil descends from the brain, rests three days in the sacrum, and rises again to awaken in the pineal gland.
In this narrativeThe stone is the sacrum, the ladder is the spine
In this narrative the stone Jacob rested his head on is the sacrum1.The ladder is the spine1.Heaven is the brain1.Oil starts at the sacrum and rises up the spine to the brain1.The angels going up and down the ladder are this oil in another form1.The spine is made of 33 bones1.That is 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumbar vertebrae, 5 sacral vertebrae, and 4 coccygeal bones1.
In this narrativeThe place of Golgotha
Jesus was crucified at age 331.The number of spinal bones matches the age at which Jesus died1.Golgotha means 'skull'1.This picture overlays a drawing of Jesus on the cross onto a midline diagram of the brain1.The point where they overlap is the midbrain1.When the oil passes through the vagus nerve, the body is born again1.
In this narrativeFreemasonry's staircase
The spine's 33 segments are drawn to match the number of Freemasonry's 33 degrees1.Figures in a mural are shown climbing a staircase1.A drawing of the spine is placed alongside that staircase1.Climbing the ranks and drawing oil upward overlap as the same picture1.
In this narrativeOther bodies under the name Jacob
A 1920s book by George Carey and Inez Perry assigns a place in the body to every biblical name1.In this book the name Jacob is glossed as 'circle' or 'the one who grasps the heel'1.It writes that in astrology Jacob refers to the whole zodiac of twelve signs1.In physiology it writes that Jacob refers to the solar plexus1.Jacob's two wives, Leah and Rachel, are also each mapped to a zodiac sign1.
Connected concepts
- Christ Oil →What rises and falls along the ladder is Christ oil.The ladder is another name for the channel the oil travels through.
- The Number 33 →The number of rungs on the ladder matches the 33 bones of the spine.The rungs become the number 33 itself.
- Freemasonry →A Freemasonry mural showing figures climbing stairs is placed alongside Jacob's ladder.The ladder of rank becomes the ladder of the body.
- Body as Bible Map →The name of the place Jacob slept is Bethel.The map that assigns a body part to every place name expands from here.
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