Operation Al Aqsa Flood: Signs and Symbols of the Vedic Apocalypse ~ Part 3.3 ~ The Vedic Symbolism of the Islamic Hajj
“The Well of Zamzam is a lasting miracle.” ArabNews.com Links to the Full Series In Part 3 of this series I have been discussing the Islamic and pre-Islamic Hajj or pilgrimage to the Kaaba and its associated rituals as a symbolic enactment of the twelve-month, 360° Vedic sacrifice ( yajna ) or year which Sri Aurobindo wrote of as a pilgrimage and evolutionary journey by which Man ascends to the “seat and home of the Truth” and grows “into the godhead.” In Part 3.1 I linked the seven circumambulations around the Kaaba to the circular zodiacal-geometry and lore of the seven rivers ( sapta sindhu ), seven mothers ( saptámātṛbhis ), seven cows ( sapta dhenavaḥ , sapta gāvaḥ , saptagum ), or seven oceans ( sapta samudra ) of the Vedas that deliver the many-named Divine Son-Sage-Hero-God-Lord or God to his many-named birthplace, home, seat, place and victory. In Part 3.2 I linked the thrice-seven stones of Rami al-Jamarat and the Black Stone ( al-Ḥajar al-Aswad ) of the Kaaba to this sa...