By: Symbologist Michelle Snyder & Dr. Robert Duncan-Enzmann
Theories about the meaning of the ‘handbag’ in ancient
images like the above, range from the idea that it proves time travel – how
else could a god from long ago have a designer bag? – to its use for carrying
gold while hanging from an ancient Egyptian helicopter.
In order to decode symbols within images, one must first
take into consideration their context: when, where, what, who, and how.
Symbolic language uses patterns and so one must also be in the habit of
counting dots, lines, angles, and other repeated shapes. Geometric shapes were
used to depict concepts, nouns, and ideas. Most of our contemporary symbols evolved
from those used in prehistory for astronomical, agricultural, and navigational
notations. For more on that subject see Symbology:
ReVision, or one of my other books on symbology which feature
Duncan-Enzmann’s groundbreaking translations.
In the book Ice Age
Language: Translations, Grammar, and Vocabulary (Enzmann & Snyder, pub: WKS)
Duncan-Enzmann explains the pictorial language used since the ice ages
and how this language works. Cardinal images are fundamental to ‘reading’
inscriptions and images; if it is a picture of a duck, it is about a duck – how
and when to hunt one, what parts of it are useful and for what, and how to use
them. All this information is inscribed on bone, stone, or ivory, preserved for
the succeeding generations. Link lines connect symbols that are relevant to
each other, lead lines direct the flow of information. It was a grammar of
sorts, creating paragraphs of information with pictures. This picture-language
was used for tens of thousands of years, and is still evident in modern
languages such as Chinese.
To decode what one part of an image might mean, it is
necessary to have a general idea of what the rest of the image is telling you,
and to do that, you must know the culture and when the image was made.
Duncan-Enzmann is a world authority on the subject.
The ‘Handbag of the Gods’ is a symbol found in many cultural
as sculptures and imaged as part of
emblems, sculptures, and reliefs. They are always connected with kings,
gods, or leaders. According to Duncan-Enzmann, this shape is used to convey a
standard weight, just as the megalithic yard was a standard measurement used to
build the megalithic observatories. The symbol for this standard of measurement
is the rod and cord, found on many ancient images, and again, it is always
associated with leadership, power, kings, or gods.
The rod and cord of ancient and prehistoric kings, queens, and gods
One must consider the applications of the concept of weight.
Ounces and pounds, or kilograms, depending on where (one must always consider
where a symbol is being used), are one idea of weight. But there is also the
weight of the law. The weight of tribute. The weight of obligation. The weight
of responsibility. This ‘handbag’ represents all of these concepts; which one
depends upon the ‘paragraph’ it is in, just as words like ‘ruler’ do. Whether
it refers to a king or twelve inches depends upon context.
Duncan-Enzmann traces the ‘handbag’ to ancient Egypt, where
the Remen (rod and cord) was a symbol for standard length. The Egyptians used
the handbag as a symbol for standard volume and weight. This concept became the
Masonic Lewis. The Handbag of the Gods is found around the globe because the
culture that used the symbol migrated and settled around the globe. In Gobekli
Tepe (image 1) one inscription shows
three handbags, which Duncan-Enzmann translates as fractions of standard
weight. Image 2 shows four
characters. From left to right: Time (patterns and angles), Weight (the
handbag), Length (with the rod and cord), and Area (the ashera pole for
astronomical reading). Image 3 is an
example of weight as the law, the weight of taxes on you.
1 2 3
Another symbol that is consistently used, much of the time
in emblems where the handbag is evident, is the flower pattern called a ‘watch’.
Again, to some persons this is confirmation of
advanced alien technology or time travel. Yet, it is a watch of sorts, a
calendric which shows patterns of the solar and lunar year, and is often shown
separately from the ‘watchband’. Image 4 shows us four such ‘watches’ and in
them, much seasonal information. In his right hand (your left) a symbol which
indicates dry-season rod-and-cord land surveys. In his left hand (your right)
we see semi-monsoonal valley floods. The flower pattern circles, left to right,
show us a four-season calendric, and reading the rims tells of taxes and
percentages of crops to be paid.
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Dr. Robert Duncan-Enzmann
Physicist, scientist, starship
designer, astronomer, mathematician, geologist, cryptologist, archaeologist,
historian, linguist, MD, author of Ice
Age Language: Translations, Grammar, and Vocabulary; Planetology and Space
Mission Planning vols. 1, 2, 3; Expanded
Order Theory
British Embassy School, Peking, China; Univ. London; WW
II USN, AC; RN, AB Harvard; ScB Hon., London; Standard, MSc,
Witwatersrand; Nat Sci Scholar; MIT course work; Royal Inst. Uppsala Swed.;
PhD/MD Cuidad Juarez, Mex.; Pacific Radar: Greenland Gap-filler,
Canada DEW-line; SAGE; Pacific PRESS; California ATLAS, BMEWS; ICBM;
Kwajalein Atoll ICBM intercept; TRADEX; Mars Voyager; Cryptography.
Michelle Paula Snyder
Michelle Snyder is a professor of mythology, and an author, publisher, speaker, and artist. She did her post-graduate research at the University of Wales, decoding ancient and prehistoric symbolism, mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. Her artwork has appeared in galleries from Massachusetts to California. Michelle is co-owner of White Knight Studio.
Symbologist Michelle
Snyder
Non-Fiction
- Symbology:
Symbology: Decoding Classic Images
Symbology: Decoding Symbols through
History
Symbology: Fairy Tales Uncovered
Symbology: Art and Symbols
Symbology: Hidden in Plain Sight
Symbology: ReVision
Symbology: World of Symbols
Symbology: Secrets of the Mermaids
Michelle Paula Snyder
Fiction – Fantasy Wonder Tales:
The Fairy Tales: Once Upon a Time
Lessons, First Book
Call of the Dragon and other Tales
of Wonder
A Tale of Three Kingdoms, book one:
The Lost Unicorn
A Tale of Three Kingdoms,
book two The Lost Mermaid
A Tale of Three Kingdoms,
book three The Lost Dragon
Greetings, Professor Snyder!
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