dna molecule

dna molecule

The double helix, which we today associate with the DNA molecule, is a very antique phallic symbol, best recognized in the form of the winged double-helical wand or caduceus, otherwise referred to as the "rod of Hermes." The Caduceus had its origin in the double phallic symbol of Paleolithic antiquity, in association with the office of the Shaman, who, in the traditions of the Fertility Cult, was the boy-consort of the Earth-Mother, inferior to her in status in matriarchal Paleolithic societies. Thus, we find the phallic rod, in historic times, intimately associated with Hermes, the "messenger," in his role as "psychopompos" that is, "guide of souls."

The diverse associations of the shaman, in traditional culture, testify to the broad aspects of the office of the shaman in traditional societies. Besides his function as link between the physical and spiritual realms, he was a native doctor, diviner and general miracle practitioner. The folktales of traditional cultures reveal the cross-cultural awareness of the often significant infusion of quackery and legerdemain trickery into shamanic practice.

In Paleolithic Mediterranean societies, however, the evidence of cave mural art is that the earliest association of the office of the shaman had been with regard to the problem of animal fertility magic; a fact which should be expected given that prehistoric human societies were mostly hunting and gathering cultures. The double phallic symbol was, therefore, a representation of the potency of the spiritualized masculine principle in nature with respect primarily to creative-generative functions: the creative-generative function of cosmic divine prinicple, as it affects animal life, being the issue of primary interest to the animal fertility cult.

Closely associated with the double-helical wand of Hermes is the so-called rod of Asclepius, a shamanic deity of medicine and healing. The use of this symbol by Moses in the wilderness testifies to its antiquity. In contrast to the double-helical rod of Hermes, the Asklepian, as it is also called, consists of a single serpent-helix. Serpents are phallic symbols of divine spirit potency in traditional lore; thus, both the Asklepian and the Hermes rod have the same primary symbolic significance.

The association of wizards and witches with magical staffs or "magic wands" recalls the tradition of the magical creative potency of the helical shamanic staff of office. The English word "wand," in reference to the magical phallic staff of the sorcerer, is derived from a philological root indicating "winding," "wavy," "undulating," or "supple," in reference, of course, to the helix of the Asklepian, and the caduceus. Such English words as "wind," "wend," "wander," and "wonder," are derived from the root of the word "wand."

The coincidence of an antique phallic symbol of God's creative potency with the structure of Deoxy-Ribonucleic acid (DNA) is a remarkable one indeed. It is almost as if God as nature's artificer appended his signature to his biological systems creations as an artist might his painting or sculpture!

By:John Thomas Didymus

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