THE ARK’S MISSING PIECE By William Henry What do you see in this illumination? 1 Featured on the previous page is an illumination from a 12th century English bible housed at the Bodleian Library Oxford. When most look at it they see David (center) playing his lyre and triumphantly dancing before the Ark of the Covenant as it is being carried into Jerusalem with great pomp and ceremony. Careful consideration of this illumination reveals that there is something more here. Attached to the right side of the Ark is a stylized pillar. Attached to the left side is a winged ‘worm’ or serpent. Together they represent the serpent and the Tree of Knowledge. I’m plenty curious about why these extra ‘devices’ are present. Nowhere in scripture is a pillar and serpent explicitly linked with the Ark of the Covenant. Jewish art never shows a pillar on top of the Ark. Nor does it associate it with a serpent. Yet, here they are plain as day. This is not an isolated incident. In the illumination from the famed 12th century Winchester Bible shown here an unknown artist called ‘the Master of the Leaping Figure’ portrayed Yahweh, the god of the Israelites, similar to the serpent that accompanies the Ark in David’s celebration scene. Yahweh’s head curls around the base of a pillar. His body is that of a serpent. The Hebrew prophets cower before Yahweh whose head curls around the base of his pillar. Note that his body is a serpent. As both Jews and Christians adopted their sacred symbols from neighboring Sumeria and Egypt, an explanation for the inclusion of the serpent and pillar symbols in the 2 celebration scene is found in comparing them with their appearance in these cultures. E.A., the primordial creator god and wise being of ancient Sumer (present day Iraq), for instance, was portrayed as a bearded man-serpent floating beside his pillar. E.A., the bearded man-serpent floats beside his pillar and delivers the secrets of the stars to a priest. E.A. is the prototype for the ‘serpent’ of Eden. In Egypt E.A. is a perfect match for the bearded man-serpent Thoth and his pillar. The Egyptian wisdom-bearer, Thoth, as a bearded man-serpent. His pillar is supported by lions in the left corner. The hieroglyph of the Casket or Pillar of Os-Iris on the next page also matches this configuration. This device (‘vessel’, ‘ark’) held the ‘head’ of Osiris’. His ‘head’, a symbol for his soul, itself symbolized by a serpent, hangs from his pillar. 3 A portion of the hieroglyph of Osiris. In this glyph we see a shape that appears to be that of a structure with a vaulted roof and high wall (or antennas) that extend beyond the roofline. This is the symbol for ‘sanctuary’ in ancient Lower Egypt. Flanking this symbol are two TET (‘stabilizer’) pillars , also called djed (pronounced jed) pillars. Archaeologists have yet to uncover an actual Egyptian structure that resembles the glyph for sanctuary. In addition to a Port-a-Potty it resembles in form, and therefore possibly function, the biblical Ark of the Covenant, the shittim box or throne that held (or transmitted) the manna (the ‘food of the gods’), and upon which sat or shat Yahweh, the serpent. When the pillar with its serpent is attached to the ‘Ark’ or sanctuary glyph it forms the Pillar of Osiris, also known as the Ladder to Heaven to the Egyptians. As we can plainly see from the Egyptian depictions on the following pages, this serpent-pillar rested on a platform that resembles the golden power tool the Israelites called the Ark of the Covenant. Two tablets the Egyptians called the Shuti or enlightenment tablets top this attachment . The Shuti are the set of sapphire (blue stone) tablets that Moses brought down from his first ascension of Mount Sinai (a metaphor for the Tree of Life). The stones are actually (s)tones – keys, tones, frequencies , vibrations, bells, or rings . These tones are the secret (s)tones hidden from Nebuchadnezzar by Jeremiah who took them to Tara in Ireland. They power the Ark. These illustrations speak volumes about the nature and capacity of the missing piece to the Ark of the Covenant. The complete power tool is an antenna that emits a healing tone or vibration. 4 Two ‘cherubs’ hold the Pillar containing the‘head’ of Osiris . Note the Ark beside it. The ‘head’ is the Dead Head of the Alchemists . 5 Thoth setting up the Pillar of Peace . Note that it rests on an Ark. The two ‘cherubim’ face each other just as they do on the Ark constructed for Moses. 6 Riders of the Lost Arch. The Ark is often compared to the Ark of Noah, a sailing vessel (Arko). The Ark and its pillar attachment meet in this Egyptian depiction from Denderah. Just as an ark or sailing vessel has a mast, there was a vertical attachment that topped the Ark of the Covenant. I propose this is the complete Ark of the Covenant. 7 The Bible calls the goddess and her pillar Asherah or As-Tara, the Goddess worshipped by King Solomon (‘Peace’) (I Kings 11:5). The As-Tara resembles an oil (or a baster) can because Jacob’s story assures us that’s what it is. It is a baster that produces the starry (aster or As-Tara) Christos oil, an exotic ‘fruit’ known as ‘Blue Apples’ or the ‘Blue Stones of Atlantis’ that display highly advanced power on Earth. Moses retrieved these stones on his first ascension of Mt. Sinai. 8 The Casket of Osiris. © Richard H. Wilkinson. The Casket or Pillar of Osiris was a phallic-shaped device that stood approximately 40 feet tall. It was made of evergreen or living acacia (shittim) wood (just like the Ark of the Covenant) and was lined with a gold alloy (probably palladium). Also known as the “Ladder to Heaven,” the “Backbone of Osiris,” and the Pillar of Meroe, it contained the ‘head’ of Osiris. The platform or pedestal upon which this pillar rests resembles in form, and likely function, the biblical Ark of the Covenant. Presented on the following pages is a representation of the Pillar of Osiris – the complete Ark of the Covenant -- by Dana Augustine with my guidance. This design is based upon Egyptian originals. 9 The complete Ark with its pillar attached. The device stood between 45 and 180 feet tall. The dimensions of the Ark given in the book of Exodus represent a miniature version of the Egyptian original. 10