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The Vatican Pine Cone
Also called: Pigna · Cortile della Pigna
A giant bronze pine cone sculpture standing in a Vatican garden.In this narrative it is evidence of hidden knowledge, modeled on the pineal gland.
Established facts
In the Vatican's Belvedere garden stands a bronze pine cone sculpture called the "Pigna." It stands about 4 meters tall and was originally a Roman-era fountain ornament.It was moved to its current spot in the Vatican courtyard in 1608.Tradition holds it once stood at a fountain near a Roman temple of Isis.Pine-cone shapes also appear on idols and staffs across several ancient civilizations.The staff (ferula) the Pope carries is also topped with a pine-cone ornament.
In this narrativeEvidence of hidden knowledge
In this narrative, the Vatican's giant pine cone is no accidental ornament1.It starts from the observation that the pine-cone shape resembles the pineal gland (literally, the "pine cone gland")1.Pine-cone shapes are also carved onto the Buddha's head, in the hands of Sumerian gods, and on Hindu idols1.This repetition cannot be coincidence1.Ancient civilizations already knew the pineal gland's power1.The church hid that knowledge and made it its own symbol1.
In this narrativeA king's symbol, a god of rings
This picture also reads the pine cone as a trace of Saturn worship1.It links the custom of exchanging rings at weddings, and of placing a halo over a saint's head, to Saturn worship1.It cites the fact that Saturn was known to the ancients as the "god of rings"1.Semitic civilizations called Saturn "El" and represented it as a black cube1.That cube survives, it claims, in black-cube sculptures found around the world1.
In this narrativeFrom garden to symbol
The Vatican's pine cone was originally a Roman public fountain ornament1.Tradition holds it once stood near a temple of Isis in Roman times1.The church moved the sculpture into the courtyard and set it where it now stands1.The sculpture's relocation itself is verifiable history1.This picture attaches new meaning to its shape.The fact of the sculpture's move and the interpretation of its meaning are two separate things.
Connected concepts
- Pineal Gland →The equation that the pine cone's shape is modeled on the pineal gland overlaps the two pages.
- Saturn →The moment the pine cone is read as a trace of Saturn worship, the Vatican story becomes a Saturn story.
- Black Cube →The black cube, Saturn's symbol, is set alongside this pine cone.
- The Elite →The claim that the church monopolized hidden knowledge continues into the story of the elite.
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