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SYMBOL ENCYCLOPEDIA
History, occult meaning, and modern interpretation of the most significant esoteric symbols — from the ancient Egyptian wedjat to the modern Chaos Star. Each entry draws on genuine historical sources.
Ouroboros
The serpent that devours its own tail — time without beginning or end.
Eye of Horus
The celestial eye that measures, judges, and heals.
Baphomet
The reconciler of opposites — neither good nor evil, but the current between them.
Pentagram
Five points of the human figure mapped to the cosmos — a seal of mastery.
Tree of Life
The map of divine emanation — ten spheres, twenty-two paths, one totality.
All-Seeing Eye
The unwavering gaze that sees every hidden thing.
Ankh
The key of life — where the circle of spirit meets the cross of matter.
Phoenix
The bird that cannot die — only burn, and rise.
Black Sun
The occluded light — the sun behind the sun.
Rose Cross
Where the rose of mystical love blooms on the cross of material suffering.
Chaos Star
Eight arrows pointing everywhere at once — pure possibility before choice.
Caduceus
Two serpents ascending the rod of exchange — the symbol of transmutation through balance.
Hexagram
Fire descending, water ascending — the perfect union of heaven and earth.
Triquetra
Three in one, interlocked forever — the symbol of sacred triplicities.
Labyrinth
There is only one path — and it leads to the centre.
Saturn
Father Time with his scythe — the teacher who instructs through limitation.
Flower of Life
The blueprint encoded in overlapping circles — the geometry beneath creation.
Vesica Piscis
The almond-shaped womb where two worlds overlap and a third is born.
Scarab
The dung-roller that became the sun's chariot — transformation begins in the lowly.
Sigil
Intent compressed into image — the signature of the unconscious will.