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Written by Stone Age Computer User on 15 Jul 2005 23:39:06:

I saw your link to your TV show, but I don't have satelite TV nor do I have a high speed computer connection. Anyway, could you post transcripts from your past shows, for I would like to learn more about the Assyrian God pantheon you mention you previously taught and talked about on your show.

Thank you."

Dear Assyrian,

I'm sorry I don't have transcripts of my show to post. If you're unable to log on as instructed and go into the archives, then I will try my best to give you a brief explanation:

Many think that the Assyrian religion, with it's multitude of gods worshipped under different names, appear to be polytheistic. However, on a deeper level, it was monotheistic, to the extent that all the divine deities are conceived of as powers, aspects, qualities, or attributes of Alaha Ashur, (the only universal god) which is the totality of gods. Ashur himself is often simply referred to as GOD. On the human level, the underlying doctrine of God's "unity and multiplicity" mirrored the structure of the Assyrian empire, a heterogenous multi-national power directed by a superhuman, autocratic king, who was conceived of as a representative of God on earth.

The idea of God as "the sum total of gods" is attested in various parts of ancient Near East already in the 6th century BC, and later in several Hellenistic and Oriental philosophies and religions, (e.g., Platonism, Orphism, Neoplatonism, Hinduism, Tantrism). It was also part of first-millenium BC Jewish monotheism, as shown in the biblical designation of "God," Elohim, which literally means "gods."


the fundemntal unity of all divine powers is basic to Judaism, and it is well establsihed as derived from the Assyrian Tree of Life. Though the Tree itself is well known in the Bible and has a prehistory reaching pre-exilic times, it's precise symbolism was kept a secret from the masses and therefore surfaces only in medievel Jewish mysticicsm, Kabalah, or Qabalah, (means accept god, both in Assyrian and Hebrew).

The Tree of Life is a multi-layered symbol in which metaphysical structure of the universe, (macrocosm) and the model of the perfect man, (microcosm) converge as the "image" of God. It is composed of ten divine powers called sefirot, (primordial numbers) defined as aspects or attributes of God and systematically associated with parts of his "body". It thus effectively depicts God as the "sum total" of his divine powers, "gods".

The Assyrian sacred tree can be analyzed as consisting of "the great gods" of the Assyrian pantheon and is a representation of the "divine assembly", with Ishtar occupying the "heart" of the devine "body". Each god represents a divine number.

Anu is 1
Sin, (the moon) is 30
Ea is 60
Enlil is 20
Marduk is 50
Adad is 10
Nabu is 40
Ishtar is 15
Nergal is 14
Muumu, (he who was with him from the beginning, i.e. holy spirit) is 0

If you look at the Assyrian sacred Tree of Life, you will see four main elements:
1) The Winged Disk-Which is Alaha Ashur
2) The tree
3) The winged angel-which we call APKALU, (guardian)
4) The king

1--Alaha Ashur is the one and only universal god
2-The 10 branches of the tree are his 10 attributes.
3-The winged angel, or Apkalu represents the guardian of the king, guarding him from evil spirits. He is wearing the crown of heaven on his head, the white garment he wears is his holy garb, the bucket in his hand is filled with holy water. The pine cone in his hand has purifactory elements, (incense) which he uses to fill with holy water and sprinkle on the king. From his belt protrudes a sword which he uses to fight with evil. His muscular legs shows the difficult steps he has taken to reach the highest of levels.
4-The king upholds the divine order on earth, as god's representative. The king is the embodiment of the tree. The king, embodying the tree, represents the divine order in man, the perfect man, sinless.

The crown of the tree is god of heaven, Anu. The foundation of the tree is nergal, god of earth. In between heaven and earth, is the goddess of love Ishtar.

In all Assyrian palaces the king's throne was placed in front of the Tree of Life. In other words, the tree's location exactly behind the king seated on a throne is not accidental. You will note that the garland surrounding the tree represents balance and harmony of the WHOLE, and the king when seated in front of the tree, represents the balance of the state in relationship to divine principles. In other words, the divine world order upheld by the king, (god's representative on earth).


If you are interested in more information, I will post more at a later date.



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