Under consideration is an article posted to the Gnostic Warrior site by Moe which is titled, “The Symbol of the Nephilim is the Caduceus of Hermes,” September 16, 2016 AD.
Of course, Moe’s interest is ultimately deciphering the symbol the Caduceus yet, I will focus upon the portion which is of greater interest to me: the identification of the Nephilim.
Sadly, I found his article to be very much along the lines of a tactic known as “elephant hurling” which refers to when a person asserts lots and lots of info which comes across as impressive but which is not necessarily accurate, well sourced, contextually correlated, etc.—he mostly provided a lot of references to Wikipedia.
Moe notes:
Hermes is also known as Cadmus or Cadman (Kadmos or Kad-man) amongst the Phoenicians, Spartans, Sidonians, Arcadians, Boetians, and Cadimians (all the same people)…Cadmus’ Soldiers were known as the Hivites, a name meaning serpents, and they are said to be changed into Serpents. They are also known by many as the Nephilim…
Well, I am already lost and the only references to these statements are the generic Wikipedia article about the Greeks in general. So, at this point, as in very many other points in the article, you either decide to dedicate a significant portion of your time towards tracking down his every rabbit hole, you simply go with it, you simply dismiss it or well, you chose. I just keep seeing where he is going with it.
You can see the caduceus proceeding forth from Baphomet’s nether regions
Note that Moe, writes, “the Phoenician Nephilim who also went by many other names are part of the Catholic Church, and more specifically, they were its original priests, bishops and Popes.” Sorry, but the only reference is a generic one to Wikipedia’s entry on the Catholic Church in general.
He also writes that “the planet Jupiter, and is known biblically as the morning star.” Now, he does not cite it, I know that he is referring to but with a twist. Isaiah 14:12 reads “How art thou fallen from heaven” and then the term helel which has been variously translated finishing with “son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!”
This has generally be thought to be a reference to Satan (sometimes helel is translated as Lucifer as in light bringer or bearer) symbolically as Venus when it precedes the Sunrise thus, it is the morning star.
As per Moe, “Not many people are aware of the fact that the planet Jupiter (Latin: Iuppiter, Iūpiter) is also called the morning star, and it is this morning star that is spoken of in the bible.”1 Well, whether the Isaiah reference is to Venus or Jupiter is not determined by Moe’s mere assertion. Also, note that he informs us that “Not many people are aware of the fact that…” and if that is the case then he is not helping matters as within the statement he offers a generic Wikipedia link to “Jupiter” and that page says nothing about it being aka morning star and also a generic link to the Latin language.
Moe concludes, “the etymology of the word caduceus indicates the meaning to be ‘the fall of Jupiter,’ or more appropriately the symbol of those who are known biblically as the fallen Sons of God (Jupiter).” He states this because the Latin is cadent and Moe tells us that the “Latin word ceus which is the equivalent of the Greek zeus.” Well, that depends on what equivalent means. Frankly, it seems that he just made that up and/or it is very common for New Age, occultists, astrotheology sorts to simply change a few letters around and claim equivalence: I would imagine that it is only in very late dating English that Moe can imagine that ceus is the equivalent of zeus simply because they look alike in English. It is like the Zeitgeist Jesus mythicists who claim that Sun is like Son—because it looks that way in English.
In another bout of elephant hurling, Moe asserts:
They are also known in Hebrew as the Bene Elohim and Nephilim described in Genesis 6:4; that the offspring of the Nephilim were “mighty men of old, men of renown”. They are sometimes known in literature by many names such as the Anunnaki, Boetians, Cadamians, Hivites, Ophites, Levites, Phoenicians, Judeans (Tribe of Judah), mighty men of renown, and simply as giants who became Gods on earth to name a few. Men who were renown for the super human mental power, strength, and length in years which they had lived.
By the way no, he provided no citations. Well, within many circles the term Anunnaki is sexy and could easily be made to force fit the bill but wait, the Levites and Tribe of Judah were Nephilim? There is simply no indication of this beyond Moe’s authoritative assertion. For example, we have no indication whatsoever that Levits and those of the Tribe of Juda possessed “super human mental power, strength, and length in years which they had lived.”
Yet, keep in mind what I noted that my goal is about where Moe is going with all of this.
Meo tells us something commonly believed which is that “The meaning of Nephilim in Hebrew is the verbal root n-ph-l ‘fall.’” This is the case on presuming the term to derive from the Hebrew naphal and yet, it may derive from the Aramaic root naphiyla which means giant (whatever that means).
In any case, Moe attempts to tie a bow in his goal by reiterating that since “cad is ‘to fall,’ and ceus is ‘Jupiter or the bright morning star’” then “This is why in the bible; ‘I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.’ Rev 22:16 (NIV).” Again he asserts that “Jupiter…is the planet they speak of.”
So, we are just about at the rock bottom of Moe’s goal: Jesus is Jupiter and is fallen—or Jesus is Zeus or whatever: hey look, Jesus looks like Zeus in English: Je-Zeus!!! Oh, I know: Hermes is Jupiter is Zeus is Jesus the Lorax ’cause—why not?
Moe next references the Isaiah text by asserting that “This event of the fall of the Sons of God” the plural Nephilim “is further spoken of in scriptures where it is said; ‘How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!…” I may imagine where he is getting such an idea but the grammar would be all wrong.
Job 38:7 refers to the “sons of God” bene Elohim rejoicing at witnessing, at least, part of God’s creative act. The Genesis 6 affair’s “sons of God” is the same plural “bene.” Yet, Isaiah 14 refers to the singular “ben.”
Moe refers to “The French Occultist, Eliphas Levi” who illustrated the Baphomet above, “had written; ‘The fallen angels gathered around their chief, Samiaxas, on a high mountain, which has been called ever since ‘the mountain of the Oath’, for the Eggregores pledged themselves there one to the other with a sacrilegious vow.’”
Now, Samiaxas is one of the very many transliterations of the name of the main fallen Watcher Angel within the apocryphal Book of Enoch specifically 1 Enoch aka Ethiopic Enoch—see my entries for Semjase.
By mountain of the Oath he is referring to the Enoch claim, not found in the Bible, which is the specific location where the Watcher Angels touched down when they came to Earth and that was Mount Hermon.
From these further unfounded assertions Moe further digs into the bottomless pit of his end goal, “Jesus was the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star, and he is also of the Tribe of Judah which would indicate he is from the same Mount Ida (Herm-On) where the Nephilim had made the sacrilegious vow.”
But why would Jesus being of David and the Tribe of Judah “indicate” Mount Hermon? Firstly, during Jesus’ time the Jews were not necessarily living within their traditional tribal lands. Secondly, the traditional land of the Tribe of Judah is very much far and away to the South of Mount Hermon. Thirdly, Jesus was born in Bethlehem which is also very much far and away to the South of Mount Hermon. Lastly, even if you, for some reason, want to pin point Jesus to where he grew up, Nazareth, that is still very much far and away to the South of Mount Hermon.
In other words, Moe cannot simply dismiss these points just so that he can manufacture his very own Gnostic Jesus mythicism.
Moe then writes, “The big difference with Jesus, is that he was the only Judean who did not make once of these vows, or deals with Satan to mislead mankind.” This is indicative of Moe’s utter confusion and lack of knowledge of the issue he seeks to elucidate. Firstly, what?! All Judeans except Jesus made sacrilegious vows, or deals with Satan to mislead mankind?! How does he come to such as conclusion? Well, he was playing off of Eliphas Levi’s and the Book of Enoch’s statement to the effect that “The fallen angels…pledged themselves there one to the other with a sacrilegious vow” but Moe tells us that it was where “the Nephilim had made the sacrilegious vow.”
Fallen Angels and Nephilim are not the same beings? The Fallen Angles are parents of the Nephilim. Also, even if the fallen Angels did touch down on Hermon that as pre-flood and Jesus was born millennias later.
Moe also asserts that “In fact” mind you “he was crucified for not taking this vow” no, he offers no quotation, no citation, no not even a generic link to Wikipedia for this one.
Yet, he argues his point thusly, “In the Passion of Christ, when he was reluctantly placed on the cross next to a thief named Barabbas…the crowd chose Barabbas to be released…The meaning of the name Barabbas in Aramaic is Bar-abbâ (בר-אבא), ‘son of the father.’” Thus far, this is accurate, “Jesus was also a son of the father. Hence, they were from the same tribe of Judah, but Barabbas is part of sect known as the Nephilim, or those that fell, and Jesus the messiah who refused to take that vow was sacrificed.”
Firstly, Jesus certainly is that “son of the father” even if not specifically referred to as such: He is called Son of God and more so that not prefers the term Son of Man. Secondly, why conclude that one man’s name Barabbas and that which Jesus “was also” have to do with their Tribal identification?
Overall, Moe’s article is very confused and consists of a lot of disjointed bit and pieces which he failed to connect.
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