- Symbolic snake
[
Protocols of Zion " depicting image of "Symbolic snake" on cover] The Symbolic snake, alternatively Symbolic serpent, is a metaphor, symbol, and often an image, associated with "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ", employed byantisemite s, to representJew s as proceeding to encircleEurope , and subsequently, by 1920, as conquering or proceeding to dominate the world ("See"Anti-globalization and antisemitism ). Sometimes the image used is that of anouroboros .The source of this image is the so-called "Protocol III" of said antisemitic text. It is available online and allegedly derives from at least the 1921 fifth edition of this text, i.e., published by
The Britons , of 62, Oxford Street,London , W.1. The 3rd Protocol, in this imprint, is translated from theRussian language as follows:: PROTOCOL III. 3.1.: : "Today I can assure you that": "we are only within a few strides": "of our goal. There remains only":" a short distance and the cycle of the Symbolic Serpent: "— that badge of our people —": "will be complete.": "When this circle is locked,": "all the States of Europe will be enclosed in it, as it were, by unbreakable chains."
The 1934 imprint, by
The Patriotic Publishing Co. , derives from a different translation of the Russian text, and reads as follows:: PROTOCOL NO. 3: : "The Symbolic Snake and its significance. ...": : "To-day I may tell you that our goal is now only a few steps off.": "There remains a small space to cross and the whole long path": "we have trodden is ready now to close its cycle of the Symbolic Snake,": "by which we symbolize our people.": "When this ring closes, all the States of Europe will be locked in its coil as in a powerful vice."
In fact there is nothing in
Judaism or history to support this idea of "The Protocols ". There is asnake orserpent inJudaism , namely theBiblical serpent who tempted Eve into eating the forbidden fruit of theTree of Knowledge . In that regard, this creature is associated withEvil .See also
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Anti-globalization and antisemitism
*Ouroboros
*Serpent (symbolism)
*Protocols of Zion
*Tree of Knowledge
*World domination
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