Glimpses of the Left..

1'1111 be successfully compared to Tantric ideas about the Kundalini as the
rmblem of the of human evolution. This energy is
liymbolized ascending around the staff, which
"I'presents the axis of the embody the concept of a
pl'l'Cise, mutual symmetry, the active of opposite forces. stand
lor the the lower the and the underworld.
The of wings on top of the Caduceus is the
The Caduceus was also the attribute of Hp'T'rr .. "'"
mediator between the worlds. Hermes is the
psychopomp who guides souls from the worldly life into the great
Il'ads them from the world of humans to the Other Side.
1Iitributes to this deity one of the most important functions in the process of
transmutation. The alchemical the unconscious
IlIld dynamic energy that has a double nature feminine and masculine,
and lower. It is the of oppositorum. His other names
life Monstrum In alchemy it is the of
lfilnsformation, endowed with a creative potential,
mrlecited with other of the Caduceus is also a
symbol of polarization of opposites, integration of elements: staff - earth,
- air, - water and fire. The Greek myth about the prophet
who was transformed into a woman after he separated two
mpulating snakes (the and into a man after he did the
Harne seven years shows that was considered to be
nmnected with transformation of opposites. 'These serpents, as wen as
those around the are Ida and from the Hindu
tradition. unites the elements: earth with air through its
upwards, and water, the feminine - when it flows through
the left nadi with the masculine element of fire - when it
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through right nadi (Pingala). In last stage of
n1"n.,,, of the the the
embodiment of the Quintessence.
Many traditions depict the as the winged Medieval
dragons had the chest and the feet of an the
wings of a and tail ending with a pointed Each of these
1..'1ements represented a distinct quality: the eagle - the heavenly the
serpent the and the the - the the tail
- the reason. This however, one of numerous interpretations of the
.1 .. " n-r, .... symbol. Like the serpent, the dragon was the mediator between the
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