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symbolism of the core archetype of the sanctuary SERPENT-JAGUAR SYMBOLISM
SERPENT / DRAGON
an androgynous, self-created entity, closely associated with the concepts of life and death
the movement that creates space-time as well as that which slithers beneath its illusory constructs / "the wave motion of all oscillations. the essence of vibration. your spiral winding from the smallest subatomic impulse through your entire life over time, to the motion of the colossal galaxies and even space itself" 1 the primordial ocean from which all things emerge and to which all returns, the primeval undifferentiated chaos the cyclic and spiraling nature of time / the rhythms of involution and evolution
birth and death / renewal of life / the upsurging life-force creator of the world, that which confers life, that which both animates and maintains primordial, instinctual natureguardian and vehicle of immortality / resurrection / eternity mediator between the underworld, the earth realm, and the upperworld / mediator between men and the underworld union of spirit with matter guardian of spiritual treasures, in particular knowledge watchfulness and wisdom royal wisdom and power within the self
AS DUAL SERPENTS-DRAGONS the yin-yang forces of dualism, the opposites which ultimately unite [as wound around each other] Time and Fate, the 2 great binding powers [as enclosed underground] forces too great to let unleashed on
AS SERPENT PILLAR OR DUAL SERPENTS ENTWINED ROUND A STAFF (CADUCEUS) [see also symbolism of the ORGANISM and ORGANISM BODY in structural symbolism] the Cosmic Tree / the Tree of Life / the World Axis / the pillar that supports the world the wirlpool of creation / the awakening and unwinding of the dynamic life-force / the source and channel for the passage of vital life energy / the corruption of the Life Force brought back to its proper channel the motion of life revolving round the world, the cosmic
dance around a fixed center / perpetual motion and regeneration / the spiraling cycles of nature the balance and polarity of the Cosmic Stream / the equilibrium of opposites forces around the world axis, achieved by their integration / the manifest duality of life wound around an unifying central pillar / the clockwise male and counterclockwise female the complementary movement of winding and unwiding, ascending and descending, centrifugal and centripetal, inbreathing and outbreathing, beginning and end the spiritual path of transmutation (upward and inward) entwined with the physical path of manifestation (downward and outward) the alchemical solve and coagula of the Great Work the revelation of wisdom and the way of eternal life to humankind
AS A TETRAMORPHIC SERPENT PILLAR the whole body of knowledge garnered from the four quarters of the Earth and from all levels of existence the unity of Mystery and its unraveling THE SERPENT EGG birth of a new World Age
JAGUAR / FELINE creator and destroyer / "who rules the regions beneath the earth where life and
death, light and darkness, give rise to each other" / "who, in its terrible darkness, bears the promise of rebirth
for those destined to rise at dawn as Lords of Life" 2 chthonic earth, the highest incarnation of the internal powers of the Earth the master of souls spirit world interplay with the physical dimensions of Earth / the supernatural and the transdimensionalmight in both the outer realm of earth and the inner realms of the self that which imbues with power / the capacity for self-empowerment Jean Chevalier, Alain Gheerbrant, The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols J. C. Cooper, The illustrated Encyclopedia of Symbols 1 John Mini, Day of Destiny 2 Douglas Gillette, The Shaman’s secret: The Lost Resurrection Teachings of the Ancient Maya ![]()
Amaru Uturuncu
ever-dying, ever-reborn exuding raw power, radiating raw truth living, breathing entity of beauty, power, and mystery |