The Caduceus of Hermes
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Nice find... like the b&w!Jepetto wrote:I found this image while flipping through The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception written by Max Heindel.
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The Ogdoad or 8 symbolizes the eternal and spiral motion of cycles, and is symbolized in its turn by the Caduceus. It shows the regular breathing of the Kosmos presided over by the eight great gods -- the seven from the primeval Mother, the One and the Triad.
I found this little snippet in a document titled Symbolism of Numbers, taken from THEOSOPHY, Vol. 45, No. 2, December, 1956.
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deviadah wrote:This images from the site you supplied is great in its child-like simplicity:
Also stumbled upon this images while looking for something else:
mason symbol
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deviadah wrote:
If it is this one you mean I can't give you an answer since the website I got it from tells nothing of what it represents, but I welcome your interpretation!
you all are right and wrong about this picture. the black dot is in fact the earth, but because the earth is on fire, this represents the so called hell, where we are and are not at this moment. the masons are keeping this secret, the sun is to have solar flares, this is why the earth is represented as on fire. the two serpents represent the non stop battle between the two forces, good and evil. the vile is filling up representing our waters, meaning the sea level is to rise. the three crowns, which are represented in many other ways, is the three antichrists that are to come to earth before the real savior is to come. that is if you believe in this. another representation is of an old Greek statue of a father with two sons who are entwined in snakes, or serpents who are biting the heal of one of the sons. but to stick to the topic of Hermes, please tell me more of him, the story of how Hermes was a man who turned into a woman then back into a man is a new story to me.
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The.Hermetic.Alchemist wrote:deviadah wrote:
If it is this one you mean I can't give you an answer since the website I got it from tells nothing of what it represents, but I welcome your interpretation!
you all are right and wrong about this picture. the black dot is in fact the earth, but because the earth is on fire, this represents the so called hell, where we are and are not at this moment. the masons are keeping this secret, the sun is to have solar flares, this is why the earth is represented as on fire. the two serpents represent the non stop battle between the two forces, good and evil. the vile is filling up representing our waters, meaning the sea level is to rise. the three crowns, which are represented in many other ways, is the three antichrists that are to come to earth before the real savior is to come. that is if you believe in this. another representation is of an old Greek statue of a father with two sons who are entwined in snakes, or serpents who are biting the heal of one of the sons. but to stick to the topic of Hermes, please tell me more of him, the story of how Hermes was a man who turned into a woman then back into a man is a new story to me.
It is indeed similar to the patented Masonic symbol, but as I stated before - whoever put this up was not a Master Mason and so I don't think that it signifies any meeting place or any true understanding of Freemasonry (this is assuming that the image was found on its own without any similar designs around it).
As regards to the assumption that the Masons hold some secret about the Earth being on Fire, I strongly disagree. First off, being a Mason, I have a bit of knowledge about it. Secondly, I have seen several designs showing that the element fire (which many alchemists relate to energy) being the furthest outside sphere, followed by the Ethereal air as the creative energy begins to coagulate, then the unstructured waters which eventually take form as described in Genesis, and finally Earth or solid bodies, on the inside. If you look at the design, you will see four distinct spheres, not just the Earth on Fire.
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Which I don't...and although you have valid points I still feel the most simple way to explain this picture is to say: the alchemical transmutationThe.Hermetic.Alchemist wrote:...is the three antichrists that are to come to earth before the real savior is to come. that is if you believe in this...
There is always 4 elements, and none more important than the other.Israel wrote:If you look at the design, you will see four distinct spheres, not just the Earth on Fire.
Earth = root
Fire = energy
A burning Earth is not negative... but positive: Calcination
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I wanted to go back and erase this quote. but now people have gone and posted a reply to it. Like all art the painter painted the picture, although the painter painted it for a specific purpose or to have a specific meaning, but the artist also knows that every person who views the painting is going to interpret it in their own way. this is why this artwork has several meanings, and not just one.
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