In the New Testament, pharmakeia carried with it the idea of sorcery, occultism, and black magic
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I've never been comfortable with that medical staff....
Same here, I remember being a kid and thinking it was weird and "why would the medical profession be associated with snakes???" Now I know why.
Do you not know history? Did you not think to seek the answers that made the most sense, instead of referring to imagery that is much more recent than the source?
There are two reasons that stem from two places:
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake image and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will recover.’ So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. Whenever someone was bitten, and he looked at the bronze snake, he recovered.’” -Numbers 21:8-9
The other one comes to honor the fathers of medicine who were huge parts in the revolution of modernized medicine, Hippocrates II and Asclepiades, named from the Ancient Grecian hero and god (lower case G) of healing, Asclepius, son of Apollo who was said to have a snake entwined staff.
It's also important to recognize the impact of other minor gods and goddesses in the development of medical symbols. Hygieia is another such one, whose symbols are expressed in the compounding and medical aspect of our "Health System"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygieia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_of_Hygieia
It seems even the NIH must publish such information. It seems as if they are bragging:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190767/
True, I forgot Hygieia's place in reference because of the efforts of Hippocrates and Asclepiades.
Interestingly, Hygieia being the namesake of the word hygiene ended up purging many diseases and illnesses that civilization encountered many times. Just by being clean, and having clean water, etc.
Thank you for the high effort rebuttal to fake news
I'll even go a step further and say that this was created in the 1850s by Eliphas Levi, which people may know as an (in)famous occultist, for his book Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (you're damn straight I'm just copy/pasting that name).
His reasons for adding the Caduceus (the staff of Hermes more specifically used for the symbology) were -- apparently and to be a bit reductionist -- to signify "balance". It goes deeper than that, but I don't particularly make it a point to delve too deeply into that stuff beyond the historical aspects, I just wanted to point out why it is used in an 1850s depiction that spawned other versions of it by posers.
Rather than pointing towards what essentially amounts to a modern day depiction of a creation that has only been traced back to as far as 1098 (and was, in 1307, what Philip IV accused the Knights Templar of worshiping in order to arrest them) and what many scholars seem to believe was actually the (false) prophet Muhammad [according to the Brittanica], if you can believe that spicy bit of information, people should instead be looking towards Ancient Greece and Biblical references to understand, both which predate the first known use of Baphomet by at an absolute minimum a thousand years.
You are clearly a scholar, bravo for delivering us an education and a correct frame of reference for perspective!
I just like to learn things, and when I'm wrong I want to get it right. I also have a big mouth as it turns out.
You're awesome, never chage and keep fighting the good fight with all of us!
Parasites. Intestinal parasites cause most illnesses. This knowledge goes back to the Greeks. The worms can burrow into your spinal column and nervous system.
So would the caduceus have been a warning symbol back in those times? That you get the parasites and you become a fallen angel essentially?
I was always told it was based on Moses making a bronze snake and holding it up for the Israelites to be healed. This also makes zero sense to me.... Israelites should have been looking to God for healing.
https://biblehub.com/numbers/21-9.htm
"Israelites should have been looking to God for healing."
God works through us. Moses in this case.
the bronze snake was called Nehushtan. the full story is that God sent poisonous snakes among the Israelites for speaking against Him and Moses. If they were bitten, they had to look at the statue to be healed. After Israel was fully established as a nation, Nehushtan began to be worshipped in his own right. Eventually King Hezekiah realized reverence of the artifact had become full blown idolatry, and he ordered the destruction of all Nehushtan statues.
It's not a suppository!
Well not with that attitude 😄
Hahahaha!!!
Caduceus. There was a novel by the same name. Scary.
Wasn't Moses's serpent staff described to be like that too?
Yes moses is the origin of it.
I believe the medical staff comes from the old testament. When the children of Israel, send against the Lord, he told Moses to make a serpent for people to look up on, so they can be healed, and not die. I can’t remember exactly where it is, but that’s where the symbology comes from. I think.
people complained against Moses and Yehovah, accusing them both of not caring. Yehovah sent poisonous snakes to bite them. The people confessed their sin, Moses prayed. God gave instruction to fashion a bronze snake, put it on a pole, and tell the people that anyone who looks to it will be healed. later they had forgotten the history of the brazen snake on a pole and since it was such a long time since the meaning was taught, they had been worshipping it as a pagan symbol.
Numbers 21:5-9, 2 Kings 18: 1-4 (1,000yrs later, destroyed)
pic 1) Greek mythology, the Rod of Asclepius, Symbol of medicine Asclepius is the son of Apollo- the god of light, the Sun, truth and also a god of healing. Hippocratic Oath which all physicians have taken for centuries is dedicated to the same four deities, namely Apollo, Asclepius, Hygieia and Panacea.-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190767/
The Staff of Aesculapius with the single snake was the symbol of the God of Medicine. Aesculapius was the son of Zeus---also known as the Abomination of Desolation that was set up in the Temple in Jerusalem and cause a revolution. The Staff of Caduceus with the 2 snake is more associated with commerce so they both have special meaning to Big Pharma.-
Commerce / Mercury
Not to be a male pig but baphomet is supposed to have Michael 0bama tits.
Where are the boobs?
Climate change.
The red circles block them out
Odd that it seems to have a large nose over its snout... why did artist feel he needs to add that?
Are we sure about this?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11003127/#:~:text=The%20snake%20figure%20was%20associated,antivenom%20against%20their%20own%20poison.
We investigated the meaning and the roots of the snake's usage as a symbol of medicine, the medical profession, toxicology and toxinology by examining mythological, archeological data and a variety of texts from the ancient Greek world. The snake figure was associated with Asclepios, the ancient Greek God of medicine, and possessed benevolent properties. It was believed to be able to cure a patient or a wounded person just by touch. The snake is also connected with pharmacology and antisepsis, as snakes possess an antivenom against their own poison. The snake is related to sciences associated with poison and death, such as toxicology and toxinology, and it also implies a metaphysical idea. It is connected with the underworld, not only because it crawls on the ground, but because it can bring death, connecting the upper with the underground world. The ability of the snake to shed its skin has been associated with the circle of life, and the renaissance spirit also, ever since early Hellenic antiquity. Consequently, as a symbol of the modern medical profession, toxicology and toxinology, the snake twisted around a stick or the snake beside a pharmapeutic cup, which also implies the use of medicines or even poison, has its roots in the ancient Mediterranean area as proven by the archeological data combined with literary references. Its benevolent as well as its poisonous properties could be paralleled by the similar properties of medicines.
Just noticed the $ symbol is the same.
Why does the baphomet sit in meditation pose while putting up hand mudras? Western kabalism? The Kabal? The cube worship? Tree of life?
Goes way back. Staff of Hermes. A symbol of healing and enlightenment.
The staff and SERPENTS represent rising energy in the spine, the wings are the enlightened mind.
The bible calls the the "wings of the temple"
In other words it's all just very symbolic ancient language. Essentially every religion and spiritual practice references this stuff in one form or another.
Caduceus Rod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus
Adam & Eve had to deal with with that pesky snake, So here we are!
Sorcery, at least in Revelation, is the greek word pharmakia, which is where we get the word pharmacy. Idk what it means but there it is!