Wednesday 10 May 2017

Pattern of the Ouroboros – (1707)

Ouroboros

The snake that devours its own tail. This symbol that I am very sure that you all have seen before is called the Ouroboros. It has been used by many orders, cultures and esoteric schools. The Alchemists were well known for using the symbol of the ouroboros, as well as some of the old Gnostic orders.


Significance

The symbol of the ouroboros reveals a great truth about creation, and therefore the Absolute, as what is in creation are reflections of the principles and laws within the Absolute.

It is said that the Absolute knows itself more through the act of creating. Creation is said to serve as a mirror for the Absolute to contemplate itself so to know itself more and more.


The Serpent That Devours Its Own Tail…

Everything is contained within the absolute and everything returns to the absolute. The beginning and the end touch, opposites unite, the great and the small touch, etc.

When the opposites touch, a cycle is complete. A creation has been made, has reached fruition and the benefits of that creation feed back into the creator. The creator nourishes itself from what it has created.

This principle is everywhere in life and it is the reason why male and female attract, life touches death and death touches life and the great is attracted to the small and the small attracts the great and the small details of life are the most enlightening and revealing. Just as Buddha rose enlightened after contemplating a wall in front of him. The small details of the ego reveal the most about the ego. All of this is in accordance with the design or pattern of the Ouroboros.

End (1707).

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