The worship of generative powers is as old as the Upper Paleolithic. It probably stretches back 100,000 years in its most primitive form. There has never been a civilization which did not use Sex as a model for divinity.
Everywhere the Romans went they left objects and altars dedicated to Priapus. Gardens and fields were seeded with these amulets. They were thrown into Wells, lakes, streams and Springs to Fructify the Waters.
The amulet pictured above is composed of 3 dicks, lion's feet, and wings. Notice how the "Head" dick is largest and boldest; it is meant to rule the smaller dick below. The Dick above is the creator of consciousness and intellect; it is sublime and most often fashioned with Wings to show the viewer that the Mind of Man is the Upper Dick of the Cosmos - it has created the cosmos. The Lower Dick is profane and is the tool of material regeneration. A Winged Phallus is an ancient symbol of Logos when Logos is Creative. It goes by the name of Logos Spermatikos. Menschenkenners, who know how to go beyond the historical record, will tell you that the Greek letter "Y" is the evolved form of a pictograph which showed a Dick with Wings. It's pronounced "psy" as in Psychology and is the logo of the American Psychological Association where it is the symbol of the Mind. The amulet is fitted with one large hookeye to suspend it from a chain worn round the neck. It is also fitted with several smaller hookeyes from which would have dangled small Bells, Bells, Bells, to attract the Spirit and spook the evil eye. The 3rd Dick, coming out of the anus, is an emblem of "unnatural desire," and leads to great adventures in Theology.
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