Rod & Ring, An Initiation Into A Mesopotamian Mystery Tradition (Softcover) WHOLESALE-HIDE the Devil is presented as

the Devil is presented as a beacon of decadence and indulgence

Óðinn’s association with the gallows is well attested

He steps aside and a familiar face appears out of the darkness

one that reaches all the way back to our own almost extinct ancestors

Rod & Ring, An Initiation Into A Mesopotamian Mystery Tradition (Softcover) WHOLESALE-HIDE the Devil is presented asAuthor: Samuel David In Mesopotamian art, the rod and ring, like the horned helm or crown, are indicators of the depicted beings divine status. The most famous depiction being that of Shamash, the solar god of justice holding both divine symbols of power before Hammurabi the king on the Code of Hammurabi stele. The depiction of a deity presenting these items of power to a human indicates the conferring of some divine measure, be it benediction or