The esoteric meaning of the Caduceus
The caduceus of Hermes is a summary of the human being
"The caduceus of Hermes"
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'In the glyph that stands for Mercury, the Sun is represented by a circle and the Moon by a portion of that circle, as though it were a rib of the Sun. This, incidentally, is the explanation of that passage in Genesis which describes how God formed a woman from one of Adam’s ribs.
When the initiates represented Mercury by the circle of the Sun surmounted by the crescent of the Moon, combined with the plus sign (+), which, as we have seen, also stands for the earth, their intention was to show that it was this combination, this intelligent fusing of the two principles that produced Mercury.
The glyph of Mercury is, in itself, convincing evidence of the profound knowledge of the initiates who composed it. One of its numerous variants is the caduceus of Hermes which is still used as a symbol today by doctors and pharmacists.
By creating the symbol for Mercury, initiates wished to teach future generations to use their will and imagination in order to gain control of their sexual energies and obtain magic powers, for the true ‘strength of all strengths’ of which Hermes Trismegistus speaks, is love. Only love can bestow life and there is nothing more important than life; it is the source and origin of all that exists.
If we pursue our interpretation of the caduceus of Hermes, we find that it is a summary of a human being.
The two serpents twined round the central staff represent the two currents flowing from the brain. Starting from the left and right hemispheres, they cross over at the nape of the neck, pass through the lungs, cross over again at the solar plexus, pass through the liver and spleen, cross over at the navel, pass through the left and right kidneys, cross over once again at the hara centre and pass through the sexual glands of a man, and through the ovaries of a woman. The central wand represents the spinal column, at the base of which, according to the initiates of India, slumbers the kundalini force before it is awakened into activity. When kundalini starts to move up from the muladhara, the chakra at the base of the spine, it travels through the sushumna, a channel in the centre of the spinal column. Kundalini is set in motion and rises all the way to the thousand-petalled lotus, the chakra known as the sahasrara, when the two currents, ida and pingala, which lie on either side of the sushumna, are stimulated by our breathing.
Yogis and initiates, therefore, who succeed in working with the Sun (pingala, the positive current) and the Moon (ida, the negative current), awaken the kundalini force and send it up to the peak of their being. And here, again, we find the phenomenon of the laser: a human being is a living laser. Those who succeed in getting their inner laser to function obtain the ‘strength of all strengths,’ the universal magic agent.'
"The Raising of the Kundalini"
Digitally generated and composed photo composition
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"The caduceus of Hermes"
Digital painting generated and composed
© Editions Prosveta S.A.
(click to zoom)
'In the glyph that stands for Mercury, the Sun is represented by a circle and the Moon by a portion of that circle, as though it were a rib of the Sun. This, incidentally, is the explanation of that passage in Genesis which describes how God formed a woman from one of Adam’s ribs.
When the initiates represented Mercury by the circle of the Sun surmounted by the crescent of the Moon, combined with the plus sign (+), which, as we have seen, also stands for the earth, their intention was to show that it was this combination, this intelligent fusing of the two principles that produced Mercury.
'In the glyph that stands for Mercury, the Sun is represented by a circle and the Moon by a portion of that circle, as though it were a rib of the Sun. This, incidentally, is the explanation of that passage in Genesis which describes how God formed a woman from one of Adam’s ribs.
When the initiates represented Mercury by the circle of the Sun surmounted by the crescent of the Moon, combined with the plus sign (+), which, as we have seen, also stands for the earth, their intention was to show that it was this combination, this intelligent fusing of the two principles that produced Mercury.
The glyph of Mercury is, in itself, convincing evidence of the profound knowledge of the initiates who composed it. One of its numerous variants is the caduceus of Hermes which is still used as a symbol today by doctors and pharmacists.
By creating the symbol for Mercury, initiates wished to teach future generations to use their will and imagination in order to gain control of their sexual energies and obtain magic powers, for the true ‘strength of all strengths’ of which Hermes Trismegistus speaks, is love. Only love can bestow life and there is nothing more important than life; it is the source and origin of all that exists.
If we pursue our interpretation of the caduceus of Hermes, we find that it is a summary of a human being.
The two serpents twined round the central staff represent the two currents flowing from the brain. Starting from the left and right hemispheres, they cross over at the nape of the neck, pass through the lungs, cross over again at the solar plexus, pass through the liver and spleen, cross over at the navel, pass through the left and right kidneys, cross over once again at the hara centre and pass through the sexual glands of a man, and through the ovaries of a woman. The central wand represents the spinal column, at the base of which, according to the initiates of India, slumbers the kundalini force before it is awakened into activity. When kundalini starts to move up from the muladhara, the chakra at the base of the spine, it travels through the sushumna, a channel in the centre of the spinal column.
"The Raising of the Kundalini"
Digitally generated and composed photo composition
© Editions Prosveta S.A.
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Kundalini is set in motion and rises all the way to the thousand-petalled lotus, the chakra known as the sahasrara, when the two currents, ida and pingala, which lie on either side of the sushumna, are stimulated by our breathing.
Yogis and initiates, therefore, who succeed in working with the Sun (pingala, the positive current) and the Moon (ida, the negative current), awaken the kundalini force and send it up to the peak of their being. And here, again, we find the phenomenon of the laser: a human being is a living laser. Those who succeed in getting their inner laser to function obtain the ‘strength of all strengths,’ the universal magic agent.'
Text taken from the book "Love and Sexuality (1) ", chap. 2 "Taking the Bull by the Horns - The Caduceus of Mercury".
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