The Moon
and the Implications of Its Satellite Position
22.22
page 22 of 24
The Holy Grail
A beautiful tale about the intermediary role of the Moon is the legend of the Holy Grail. In the myth about the first dis-cord in Creation, the separation between God and Satan, the story goes that the Grail was brought to Earth by neutral angels – angels siding neither with the left nor the right party in this conflict (*). In this sense, the Grail is an attribute of the Moon, albeit a Moon that is perfectly able to keep to the middle of the road.
Maria
In other traditions, the mystery touched upon here is known as well, represented by different symbols and mythological figures.
In Egyptian mythology, we have Isis and her son Osiris. In our times, the Catholic Church knows the equivalent of Isis as Maria. She is portrayed in countless paintings and sculptures, often as standing on the Moon, with a snake captured under her feet. Other pictures show how she, as the primal mother, is calling the world into being with a musical instrument, or enwraps humanity in her protective cloak.
Paintings
The painting earlier shown on page 22.6.a was an image of a person’s views on his personal Moon. The artistic expressions mentioned above do not involve a personal Moon, but one of the many aspects of the Moon’s function. In the ceiling painting of Bernard Göz in Birnau, Switzerland, reproduced on the next page (22.23), we find an almost complete overview of all her functions (*). In this painting, the figure of Maria represents the Moon with all her attributes. As queen of the sky, she is placed directly under the Zenith in the central ray of the Sun, taking up her rightful place in this middle-of-the-road position. This is where her manifold powers are expressed.
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