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The word “gargoyle” shares a common heritage with the word “gargle”—that is, gargouille, the French word meaning “Throat.” It is only fitting then, that gargoyles are seen throughout French cathedrals such as those at Notre Dame, and other sacred or honorable places around the world--Duke University and Princeton, for example-- spewing out water drainage from the roofs. A gargoyle which is not acting as a water drainage spout is called a Grotesque. Usually when people see statues of Grotesques, they mistakenly call them gargoyles. Gargoyles serve the immediate function of releasing rain water from rooftops, but why, you may ask, if they are adorning Christian churches, do they look so evil? Why were they chosen when simpler or, perhaps, less foreboding sculptures could have been constructed? To answer that, a little history is needed.
Gargoyles served numerous purposes outside of water drainage. Peasants were told that they purified the water falling from the skies to prevent disease. Peasants also were very reluctant to live without the symbols and idols from their past beliefs. Idols from their pagan religions were there for security. Removing that security from them would not convert them any faster, so instead of getting rid of them, they were kept around to “ward off evil spirits.”
In a large amount of gargoyles, the most common theme running throughout them are their open mouths. A mouth that is pulled open is a symbol for a devouring giant, and placing smaller sculptures near them only intensifies the concept of unseen forces at play, in waiting, and ready to devour unsuspecting passerbys. A not so gentle reminder of the evil in the world. Perhaps depictions of gargoyles in more ancient cultures were there to teach a moral lesson about the evils that lurk in the world.
In essence, many cathedrals ordained with these unique structures were built on top of important pagan sites dedicated to pagan gods—possibly depicted as grotesque gargoyles?—so that pagans would more fully accept Christianity. Their idols might not have looked the same as the gargoyles, but they may have been depicted that way and told they represent their gods, in order to more fully accept the more beautiful God given to them by the missionaries. As proof of this, in a letter from Pope Gregory to St. Augustine who stated how difficult it was to convert the pagans, he wrote:
"Destroy the idol. Purify the temples with holy water. Set relics there, and let them become temples of the true God. So the people will have no need to change their place of concourse, and, where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue to resort on the day of the sint to where the Church is dedicated, and slay their beasts, no longer as a sacrifice but for social meal in honor of Him whom they now worship."
Hence, let the pagans continue to feel as if they were holding patronage to their gods when actually they were honoring the Christian God. The gargoyles were thus meant to make the pagans feel at home in the foreign religion of Christianity.
One small problem with this theory, however, is that gargoyles can be found as far back as the Greek empire in Athens where they adorned buildings as well. So, although it may be fitting to say that they assisted in the conversion of pagans to Christianity, it is not as easy to say that this was their SOLE purpose in all cultures and times.
Perhaps they WERE depictions of the pagan gods, without any influence of the missionaries. It has been known that when the tidal wave of Christianity swept through the world, it left nothing in its wake, causing the loss of much knowledge from previous cultures and religions. Perhaps some of the only surviving remnants of the past adorn those cathedral walls, in the form of spouting beasts and angry griffins.
In the paranormal community, however, gargoyles and grotesques are often accepted to be symbolic depictions of pagan gods that missionaries, in fact, allowed to be incorporated into their churches—the wings, scales, and wide gaping mouths are clear indications of a reptilian breed and its influence over world culture and religion. Smart, calculating, and frightening, gargoyles are associated with demons, as are unexplainable incidences which happen to people today such as abductions, horrifying experiments, and missing fetuses. Is it then possible that gargoyles are symbolic depictions of a reptilian race—spoken of and worshipped by the pagans-- that has abducted and manipulated mankind from the start? Not demons, per se, but aliens that they pagans adored? UFO researchers call them reptilians, Christians call them demons. Are they one and the same? There is not enough room to justify this argument and I’m not even going to attempt to do so, but it is something to think about.
In the conspiracy community, these two types of sculptures depict reptiles—more specifically, flying serpents and dragons. They were created by the masons that built these structures, and so there must be some connection between these masons and the symbolic depictions they have created throughout the world on building after building, and cathedral after cathedral. Is it perhaps something that masons adore, are worshiping, or are keeping from the world at large? Many believe so. Freemasons hold the seats of power throughout most, if not all, countries, and seen in their family crests and national flags you will find winged griffins, flying serpents, and other scaly creatures. It is the common theme that runs throughout time. Why? Eve was tempted by a serpent, and Satan is often depicted as one as well. In light of other evidence in addition to this, many believe that gargoyles are creations of the freemasons, relaying to the people at large secret knowledge they hold concerning reality, if not their own beliefs. Is this saying freemasons are Satanists and they have infected all of the world’s sacred sites with sacrilegious depictions of their own idols? Maybe one day we will know. But until then….
jeff@paranormalnews.com
http://www.paranormalnews.com/article.asp?ArticleID=183
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