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erosandthedevil:

Ouroboros- M L Cyprianus, Clavis Inferni (key of hell), late 18th Century.

A page showing the Ouroboros surrounded in Latin and Hebrew. Pen and watercolor.

michelleanderst:

“My End is My Beginning” is the first painting in my series of work which explores the nature of numbers. The number one, or the Monad, contains the essence of the seed, the idea, nucleus and origin. It is the black void preceding creation. The ouroboros, or snake biting its tail, is an ancient symbol which represents the infinite constant cycles in nature, introspection and the eternal return.

My solo show at Ghost Gallery is on view until December 4th. 504 E Denny Way, Seattle WA 98122.

divinenoctivaga:

These are my own designs which I’ve made in to custom fabric for the tarot bags!

The Ouroboros comes in tea-stained, and Crimson. It features the serpent curling in a norse knotwork inspired manner, with runes on its body.

The Crystal Terrarium features crystals, skulls, flora and little bones. It’s a lovely piece with a Victorian feel to it.

Get them here:

Ouroboros Tarot Bag

Crimson Ouroboros Tarot Bag

Crystal Terrarium Tarot Bag

magictransistor:

M. L. Cyprianus, Clavis Inferni sive magia alba et nigra approbata Metratona (The Black Book); an 18th century German alchemical manuscript.

phle-botomy:

caught in circling thought / a serpentine compulsion / repeat repeat repeat / you are not the snake / remember to let go

a piece for my intensive art class about compulsive thought patterns and recovery. the ouroboros is a symbol of enduring patterns, of destruction and rebirth. a snake circling, its tail caught in its mouth may have no end, but it also does not really live. the cycle is as painful as it is everlasting.

while a real ouroboros risks causing calamity if it ever releases its tail, we have the ability to let go and go forth without the same fear.

(this piece is entirely done in freehand embroidery)

modernalchemy:

“Old Sages by the Figure of the Snake 
Encircled thus) did oft expression make 
Of Annual-Revolutions; and of things, 
Which wheele about in everlasting-rings; 
There ending, where they first of all begun…
These Roundells, help to shew the Mystery 
of that immense and blest Eternitie, 
From whence the CREATURE sprung, and into whom 
It shall again, with full perfection come”
– George Wither's A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne (London, 1635)

erzuliestyle-blog:

Ouroboros

grandegyptianmuseum:

First known representation of Ouroboros, detail from a relief on left outer panel of the second outermost shrine, Treasury of Tutankhamun. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

(via grandegyptianmuseum)