The Gnostics and their remains, ancient and mediaeval (1887)
King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, D. Nutt · leaf 204
glyphicalrepresentation in little of the same type. In other words, theJigiire signifies nothing more than a serpent-entwined wand,and its sense only contains an allusion to the principal visiblemanifestation of the nature of the Sun. But this point must beleft for fuller examination in its… … Fig. 8. THE (iNOSTlCS AND TllKlli KKMArXS. IT.» DEATH, AS DEPICTED IN ANCIENT ART. The King of the Shades has formed the subject of the pre-ceding investigation. The natural sequence of ideas requires usto consider by what visible form ancient imagination expressedthe direct agency of his power,…
Gnosticism · Talismans
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