Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

TONGUE (LOWER ASPECT)

A symbol of the expression of falsity and perversion of truth and right.

"And Horus, grasping in his hand his keen-edged knife, pursued them, and brought back 142 of the enemy, whom he slew; and he tore out their tongues, and their blood gushed out upon the ridges of the ground." - Legend of the Winged Sundisk.

"And the Son of God, the active agent (hand) of the eternal Truth, taking the 'sword of the Spirit,' went forth in the strength of the Divine Will, slew his enemies the desires, and tore out their tongues," a symbol of falsity and perversity; and the vitality which had before animated them was dissipated and flowed to the lower planes, wherein it was resolved into its primary constituents.

"By tongue is signified the doctrine of the church or of any religion; but in an opposite sense, false doctrine." - SWEDENBORG, Apocalypse Revealed, n. 282.

"Casting out the old man, plucking out the right eye, maiming self of the right hand—there is no growth without some sorrow. Conflict is the word that defines man's path from darkness to light. No holiness is won by any other means than this, that wickedness should be slain day by day, and hour by hour. In long lingering agony often, with the blood of the heart pouring out at every quivering vein, you are to cut right through the life and being of that sinful self; to do what the Word does, pierce to the dividing asunder of the thoughts and intents of the heart." - A. MACLAREN, Sermons, 1st Series, p. 87.

See Also

BLOOD
CONFLICT
ENEMIES
GROUND RIDGES
HAND
SLAUGHTER
SUFFERING
SWORD
THROAT