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The Ouroboros has been said to have a meaning of infinity or wholeness. In the age-old image of the Ouroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The Ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the ...
A seal consisting of a Manji, Star of David, Ankh, Om, and Ouroboros, used by the Theosophical Society, an organization formed in 1875 to advance Theosophy. Septenary Sigil: Order of Nine Angles: The main symbol of the Order of Nine Angles, a neo-Nazi Satanic and Left-hand occult group based in the United Kingdom. Sigil: Renaissance magic
The occult is a category of supernatural beliefs and practices, encompassing such phenomena as those involving mysticism, spirituality, and magic in terms of any otherworldly agency. It can also refer to other non-religious supernatural ideas like extra-sensory perception and parapsychology.
Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils, written by Fred Gettings in 1981, is a reference, guide, and source book, which examines variations in, developments of, and meanings of sigils and symbols, used by occultists, alchemists, astrologers, hermeticists, magicians and others, over the past millennium.
The term occultism derives from the older term occult, much as the term esotericism derives from the older term esoteric. [11] However, the historian of esotericism Wouter Hanegraaff stated that it was important to distinguish between the meanings of the term occult and occultism. [19] Occultism is not a homogenous movement and is widely ...
Quan plays Ouroboros, or “OB,” the head (and seemingly the sole employee) of the Repairs and Advancement Department of the Time Variance Authority — basically, the one person responsible for ...
Chuvash linguists, the word was translated as Ouroboros. Claudius Salmasius (1588–1653) thought it Egyptian, but never gave the proofs which he promised. [citation needed] J. J. Bellermann thinks it is a compound of the Egyptian words abrak and sax, meaning "the honorable and hallowed word", or "the word is adorable". [citation needed]
The Bornless Ritual is deeply rooted in ancient texts and traditions, drawing from Graeco-Egyptian magical practices. One of the primary sources for the ritual is the Greek Magical Papyri (Papyri Graecae Magicae), a collection of ancient spells, invocations, and hymns compiled between the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE.