A caduceus (kerykeion in Greek) is a staff with two snakes wrapped around it. It was an ancient astrological symbol of commerce and is associated with the Greek god Hermes, the messenger for the gods, astrologer, healer, and creator of magical incantations, conductor of the dead and protector of merchants and thieves. It was originally a herald's staff, sometimes with wings, with two white ribbons attached. The ribbons eventually evolved into snakes in the figure-eight shape. The number eight is import ...

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CADUCEUS

(keryx, "herald - a herald's wand, kerukeion). Representative of the spinal column: matter and spirit intertwining to produce the manifest world and to create a channel for the sexless Sushumna power. Pingala and Ida, the two serpents, are male and female. Ultimately, the embodiment of Kundalini: the sexual, hence vital force or "healing power." The doubled serpent is unconditional, absolute wisdom. A herald's wand confers immunity in all regions - protection from attack (especially since the serpents are vipers).

Apart from being the emblem of the wandering healer, the caduceus also stands for the Qabalah as a whole. The staff itself is the middle pillar and the serpents are the two flanking pillars, representing the slippery extremes that reflect one another back and forth. A recently unearthed hieroglyph depicts Thoth with a staff surmounted by two cobras bearing, respectively, the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt (the conscious and unconscious mind). In medicine, the black and white serpents signify disease and health.

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Caduceus (Ancient Greek). The Greek poets and mythologists took the idea of the Caduceus of Mercury from the Egyptians. The Caduceus is found as two serpents twisted round a rod, on Egyptian monuments built before Osiris. The Greeks altered this. We find it again in the hands of Esculapius assuming a different form to the wand of Mercurius or Hermes.

It is a cosmic, sidereal or astronomical, as well as a spiritual and even physiological symbol, its significance changing with its application. Metaphysically, the Caduceus represents the fall of primeval and primordial matter into gross terrestrial matter, the one Reality becoming Illusion. (See Sect.Doct. I. 550.)

Astronomically, the head and tail represent the points of the ecliptic where the planets and even the sun and moon meet in close embrace. Physiologically, it is the symbol of the restoration of the equilibrium lost between Life, as a unit, and the currents of life performing various functions in the human body.

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Trauma Center: Under the Knife (Caduceus: Surgical Operation in Japan) is a surgical simulation game developed for the Nintendo DS. Suited exceptionally well for the handheld's touchscreen, the user makes incisions, removes diseased areas, and sutures the patients back up. The game has been discontinued in North America. The player assumes the role of Derek Stiles, a young doctor who must perform surgeries and other medical operations. Derek is a descendent of the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius, and is gifted with ...

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• Trauma Center: Under the Knife - Caduceus USA staff
• Trauma Center: Under the Knife - The Healing Touch
• Trauma Center: Under the Knife - GUILT
• Trauma Center: Under the Knife - Other GUILT

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Nehushtan was a staff of copper and brass. Nehushtan - Serpent staff. The staff was a serpent on a pole which Moses made in the wilderness (Numbers 21:4–9) in obedience to God's directions. At the time, the Israelites were being attacked by poisonous snakes and were dying. After Moses made the staff, any who were bitten and looked at it, survived the snakebite (II Kings 18:4; Num. 21:4-10). Generations later, Hezekiah destroyed it because the children of Israel had forgotten its symbolism and began ...

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Gem Therapy for the Modern Age

The history of gemstone therapy dates back for thousands of years. It is known that the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Judaic cultures utilized gems for both healing and general enhancement of life, but it was the ancient Vedic culture of India that gave us the greatest inheritance of this knowledge. The metaphysical properties and how persons can increase their own well-being on the physical, emotional, and even spiritual planes through the proper use of gemstones is a science delineated in the Vedic scriptures to a far greater degree than the texts of any other ancient culture.

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Kundalini Awakening

When Rob told me my Kundalini had been awakened, I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. The awakening of Kundalini is a spiritual awakening, a major step towards realization of the divine. It is, in fact, a great boon, a great blessing and a magical gift. According to Swami Prajananda,

"The main purpose of its awakening in a seeker is to enable him to attain Godhood" (Muktananda, Kundalini 9).

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Azoth was considered to be a 'universal medicine' or 'universal solvent' sought in alchemy, its symbol was the Caduceus and so the term, which being originally a term for an occult formula sought by alchemists much like the philosopher's stone, became a poetic word for the element Mercury. The term was considered by occultist Aleister Crowley to represent a unity of beginning & ending by tying together the first and last letters of the alphabets of antiquity; A/Alpha/Alef (first character of Roman, Greek & Hebrew), Z (f ...

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The axis mundi (world axis), in religion or mythology, is the center of the world and/or the connection between heaven and earth. It is common to virtually all cultures on Earth, although it plays a much more explicit role among indigenous peoples. It is thought that the idea of the Proto-Indo-European religion axis mundi, spread throughout Eurasia, in particular the concept of the world tree. It is familiar today as the caduceus, the symbol of medicine; the staff is the axis itself, and the serpents are the guardians or guides ...

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Kundalini is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning either "coiled up" or "coiling like a snake". There are a number of other translations of the term usually emphasizing a more serpent nature to the word— e.g. 'serpent power'. The caduceus symbol of coiling snakes is thought to be an ancient symbolic representation of Kundalini physiology. The concept of Kundalini comes from Yogic philosophy of ancient India and refers to the mothering intelligence behind yogic awakening and spiritual maturation (Sovatsky, 1998). It mig ...

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Asclepius (Greek Ἀσκλήπιος also rendered Aesculapius in Latin and transliterated Asklepios) was the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology, according to which he was born a mortal but was given immortality as the constellation Ophiuchus after his death. His name means "cut up," and (perhaps incidentially) shares a root with the word scalpel. He represents the healing aspect of the medical arts, while his daughters Hygieia, Me ...

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Paracelsus (November 11 or December 17, 1493 - September 24, 1541) was a famous alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. Born Theophrast von Hohenheim (full name Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim), he took the name Paracelsus later in life, meaning "superior to Celsus", an early Roman physician. Paracelsus - Contributions to toxicology. Paracelsus, sometimes called the "father" of toxicology, wrote: "The dose makes the poison." I ...

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Caduceus (Latin) A herald's staff; specially, the wand of Mercury or Hermes, god of wisdom, corresponding to Thoth. It consists of a rod or tree with two serpents wound in opposite directions round it, their tails meeting below, and their heads approaching each other above.

At the top of the rod in the Greek version is a knob, in the earlier Egyptian form a serpent's head, from which spring a pair of wings. From the central head between the wings grew the heads of the entwined serpents (spirit and matter), which descended along the tree of life, crossing the neutral laya-centers between the different planes of being, to manifest where the two tails joined on earth (SD 1:549-50).

The analogy is found in every known cosmogony, all of which begin with a circle, head, or egg surrounded by darkness. From this circle of infinity -- the unknown All -- comes forth the manifestations of spirit and matter. The emblem of the evolution of gods and atoms is shown by the two forces, positive and negative, ascending and descending and meeting. Its symbology is directly connected with the globes of the planetary chain and the circulations of the beings or life-waves on these globes, as well as with the human constitution and the afterdeath states.

Significantly, in ancient Greek mythology, Hermes is the psychopomp, psychagog, or conductor of souls after death to the various inner spheres of the universe, such as the Elysian Plains or the Meads of Asphodel. The Caduceus also signifies the dual aspect of wisdom by its twin serpents, Agathodaimon and Kakodaimon, good and evil in a relative sense.

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The staff was a serpent on a pole which Moses made in the wilderness (Numbers 21:4–9) in obedience to God's directions. At the time, the Israelites were being attacked by poisonous snakes and were dying. After Moses made the staff, any who were bitten and looked at it, survived the snakebite (II Kings 18:4; Num. 21:4-10). Generations later, Hezekiah destroyed it because the children of Israel had forgotten its symbolism and began to regard the object itself as an idol, "burning incense to it". The worshippers were called Naassian ...

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Nehushtan, Nehushtan - Serpent staff

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Derek Stiles (age 26) - The main character and a surgeon at Hope Hospital. He is just beginning to realize his potiential. Interesting to note, his initials are DS, obviously a reference to the system this game is for. Stiles might also be referring to the stylus that is mainly used by the player in the game. Angie Thompson (age 21) - A young nurse that works as Derek's assistant. She is part German and was raised by a very well-educated family. She starts to fall for Derek later in the game.

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Trauma Center: Under the Knife, Trauma Center: Under the Knife - Characters, Trauma Center: Under the Knife - Hope Hospital staff, Trauma Center: Under the Knife - Caduceus USA staff, Trauma Center: Under the Knife - The Healing Touch, Trauma Center: Under the Knife - GUILT, Trauma Center: Under the Knife - Other GUILT

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There are four types of bifilar-wound coils: parallel-wound, series connected parallel-wound, parallel connected counter-wound caduceus coil, series connected counter-wound caduceus coil, parallel connected Some bifilars have adjacent coils in which the convolutions are arranged so that the potential difference is magnified (eg., the current flows in same parallel direction). The magnetic field created by one winding is multiplied with that created by the other, resulting in a greater net ...

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Bifilar coil, Bifilar coil - Description and applications, Bifilar coil - History, Bifilar coil - Reference, Bifilar coil - Patents

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A: Agnus Dei - Alchemical symbols - Allah - Ankh - Astrological signs - Astrology and alchemy - Aum/Om - Axis mundi B: Bagua - Bahá'í symbols - Bindi C: Caduceus - Celtic cross - Chai - Christian cross - Conch shell - Crescent - Cross of Lorraine - Cross of Sacrifice - Cross of St. Peter - Cross - Crucifix - Crux Gemmata D: Dharma wheel - Divided line of Plato - Eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism E: Ek Onkar - Endless knot - Enneagram - Eye of God - E ...

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List of symbols, List of symbols - Religious esoteric metaphysical and mystical symbols, List of symbols - Political symbols, List of symbols - Scientific and engineering symbols, List of symbols - Other symbols

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One of the discs in The Ultimate Matrix Collection DVD box set - the Zion Archives - features a list, concept designs and 3D renderings of the Zion hovercraft fleet. There are actually thirteen ships listed - two of which, the Avatar and the Shiva - are not mentioned anywhere else. The Caduceus is not listed, despite appearing in Enter the Matrix. It is possible an additional ship was drafted into service during The Matrix Reloaded following the destruction of the Osiris, and the Avatar does not look particularly battle-wo ...

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Other ships The Matrix, Other ships The Matrix - The rest of Zion's fleet, Other ships The Matrix - Avatar, Other ships The Matrix - Ganesha, Other ships The Matrix - Shiva, Other ships The Matrix - Vishnu, Other ships The Matrix - Ships from the Matrix video games, Other ships The Matrix - Noljinor, Other ships The Matrix - Novalis II, Other ships The Matrix - Prometheus, Other ships The Matrix - Revenant

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BARATCHIAL

The guardian of the 12th tunnel. The ape-headed or cynocephalous distortion of The Magician. Baratchial does not carry a caduceus, but instead struggles, with great difficulty, to control the writhing serpents. Since he is fork-tongued, Baratchial's affliction is impediments of speech and his magic is the Gift of Tongues.

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ATTRIBUTE

That which is assigned, ascribed or considered as belonging to an entity, as a familiar is an attribute of a witch or the thunderbolt is an attribute of Jupiter. A person's attribute can be anything traditionally associated with him, such as Don Quixote's horse (Rosinante) or Hitler's dog (Blondi), or even inanimate objects such as Thor's hammer or Mercury's caduceus.

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