Ouroboros Research Paper

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The first known siting of the ouroboros design is the enigmatic book of the netherworld. In the 14th century b.c it’s about the movements of the god ra and his organisation with Osiris in the underworld. In a drawing the two snakes are holding their rear end in their mouths with a coil wrapped around there head with giant feet representing an enormous god whom may symbolise ra and Osiris coming together as a unit. Both snakes are examples of the (deity me hen) who is known to have protected god ra in his journey of the underworld and the motif symbolises the beginning and end of time. In Egyptian sources the ouroboros is found other places where like various Egyptian gods, goddess it symbolises the unplanned chaos that occur is our ordinary
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In Indian Hinduism culture Shiva symbolises the concept of destruction and creation and therefor the birth of life through opposites. This specific god is generally presented in a circular form, the circular natured form signifies the circular nature of the universe and other things such as the seasons, love and hate and the eternal dance of the cosmos. A psychotherapist by the name of Karl Jung researched the Hindu symbolism of the ouroboros, Shakti wraps around the sculpture of the potential god/ lingam 3 and a half …show more content…
As started in the second century yoga kundalini text, the god’s strength, kundalini glistens like the stem of a young lotus like a serpent wraps around itself eating its own tail and lays about resting asleep as the base of the body. Another explanation is that kundalini equates to the wrapped serpents of the caduceus of the Greek god Hermes, the serpents representing the gods balance and understanding of human d.n.a

South American lowlands

In the tropical low lands of South America it is often believed by indigenous people that the water ways at the edges of the world are encircled by a snake/ often a huge anaconda eating its own

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