May 13, 2010
sealmaiden: Michael Maier 1568–1622 Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem, 1617 Engraving The Ouroboros, the dragon devouring its own tail, was employed in ancient alchemical texts, as a symbol of universal unity. Maier associates a more specific meaning with it, that it represents the ‘Unity of Matter and the Subject of the Wise; or more precisely the Mercury of the Wise.’

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Michael Maier 1568–1622

Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem, 1617

Engraving

The Ouroboros, the dragon devouring its own tail, was employed in ancient alchemical texts, as a symbol of universal unity. Maier associates a more specific meaning with it, that it represents the ‘Unity of Matter and the Subject of the Wise; or more precisely the Mercury of the Wise.’

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    eyeballmansion: Michael Maier 1568–1622 Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem, 1617 Engraving The Ouroboros, the dragon devouring its...
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    i’ve been considering getting an Ouroboros tattoo for quite...while…just waiting for
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