Aenon in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Aenon, 2'-non (Gk.)-- springs; (natural) fountains. A place where John the Baptist was baptizing,"because there was much water there" (John 3:23). Meta. John the Baptist represents the intellectual concept of Truth. His baptism symbolizes a mental cleansing through the word of denial. Water represents cleansing. A spring of water refers to a natural rising, in consciousness, of the cleansing, life-giving power of the thought and word of purification and life. Ænon was near Salim (peace), and so represents a purifying phase of thought that, while seemingly belonging to the natural, or outer, intellectual man, is closely associated with spiritual life and peace.