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COCOA-NUTS, OR TREES
Symbols of wisdom and love.
"These (Pacific) islanders anciently believed that the two varieties of the unripe cocoa-nut, viz. the reddish and the deep-green, sprang from the two halves of the brain of the god Tuna (= fresh-water eel). They still speak of " tasting the brains of Tuna.' Red nuts were sacred to Tangaroa, the God of heaven; deep-green nuts to Rongo, the god of nether world." - W. W. GILL, Jottings from the Pacific, p. 209.
"Tuna" is a symbol of the incarnate Self who died to save mankind. “Tasting his brains " has the same meaning as "drinking the blood of Jesus," that is, partaking of the Divine Life which springs up from the Redeemer within. The Life manifests as wisdom and love (red). "Tangaroa" is a symbol of the Logos on the plane of atma; and "Rongo " is a symbol of the Holy Spirit on the buddhic plane; the first represents Love, and the second Wisdom.
"The cocoa-nut is considered (in India) one of the most sacred fruits, and is called Sriphala, or the fruit of Sri, the goddess of prosperity. . . . One of the main causes of the respect paid to it seems to be its resemblance to a human head, and hence it is often used as a type of an actual human sacrifice." - W. CROOKE, Pop. Rel. of N. India, p. 106.
"Sri" is a symbol of the buddhic principle, and the fruit is the "fruit of the spirit" (GALATIANS v. 22). It is through the Divine sacrifice that wisdom and love are available to the evolving souls of humanity.
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BRAINS
EEL-GOD
FISH (great)
RONGO
SINA
TANGAROA
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