Caduceus

To understand the background of the symbol of healing art

1. Emblem of Medicine Professor Khin Zaw MBBS, PhD

2. Rod of Aesclepius

3. Traditional medical symbol rod of Asclepius single snake & no wings. Snake (shedding its skin rebirth and fertility ) Staff ( authority )

4. Aesclepius Greek God of Medicine Son of Sun God Apollo

5. Apollo (Sun God) God of life, beauty, music, & medicine

6. Aesclepius & daughter Hygeia Daughters & Sons Panacera all cure Hygeia Cleanliness Nutrition Telesphorus represent child convulescents Podalirius Army Surgeon & Psychiatrist Machoan Surgeon & War Hero

7. Greek mythology Asclepius Learned the art of healing from Chiron . So skilled in medicine brought patients back from the dead. Pluto, Lord of underworld, complaint, struct by thunderbolt. placed in heaven as constellation Ophiuchus

8. Imhotep Egypt god of Medicine 3 rd Dynasty 3300-525 BC Architect, Minister, Doctor

9. Temple of Aesclepius

10. Positive symbol Mucalinda

11. Negative symbol the snake tempted Adam and Eve in Garden of Eden

12. Egypt Single snake deity, Wadjet , depicted entwined around a rod, dating before 3000 BCE,

13. Poison & medicine Power to heal, poison (elixir of life & immortality) Considered one of the wisest animals, being (close to the) divine. Divine aspect combined with its habitat in the earth Connected to afterlife & immortality.

14. Renewal, Rebirth, Regeneration Connected with the snakes shedding their old skin & growing a new one.

15. Caduceus

16. Carried by Greek god Hermes (Roman Mercury) Messenger & herald of the gods, conductor of the dead, protector of merchants & thieves

17. meaning The staff authority in the hands of messengers. Wings A lchemical or astrological importance of Mercury - meaning fluidity, transformation, information, and new beginnings. The snake Source or deliverer of wisdom. Sophia (principles of the feminine divine)

18. Represents the authority to quickly deliver wise information to aid, assist, negotiate, and enlighten. used by professions who have connection with Hermes/Mercury (god of commerce, eloquence, invention, & travel). Merchants, journalists, and postal workers.

19. The use of Caduceus as a symbol for medicine is considered incorrect by some scholars

20. links between alchemy and Hermes Alchemists adopted caduceus Hermes, was patron lord of gamblers, thieves and alchemists. End of 16th century, alchemy became associated with medicine in some areas, lead to use caduceus as a medical symbol. Confusion

21. Use of the Caduceus by Sir William Butts, c1491-1545, Physician to Henry VIII , Used Caduceus on his coat-of-arms first medical man to use it.

22. Caduceus as a printer's mark (Hermes was the god of eloquence & messengers) appeared in many medical textbooks as a printing mark further usage

23. Survey of American health organisations (1992) 62% of professional associations used rod of Asclepius, 76% of commercial organizations used caduceus. caduceus

24. A sitting goddess with worshipping hands on the top of her head. the two serpents facing each other, ocean at the base with the earth in between and sky at the apex.

25. Ningizzida Green steatite vase for king Gudea of Lagash (dated variously 2200 – 2025 BCE )

26. Ningizzida Sumerian fertility god. Companion of Dumuzi with whom it stood at the gate of heaven. sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head eventually a god of healing and magic.

27. "Nin Giz Zida" fire serpent of Tibet another name for ancient Hindu concept of Kundalini , Sanskrit : "coiled up" or "coiling like a snake".

28. Association with Kachin burial post, Manaw Totem Poles

29. Kundalini Sanskrit meaning "coiling like a snake". mothering intelligence behind yogic awakening & spiritual maturation lead to heightened consciousness. Staff represents spinal column with the snake(s) being energy channels. Snakes cross each other seven times, refer to seven energy centers ( chakras ).

30. Symbolic Interpretation Thesis Antithesis Synthesis

31. swastika fire, life, good luck. Buddhists, resignation; Jains, seventh saint. Hindus, night, magic, destructive goddess Kali. In mid-20th-century Germany, Nazi emblem.

32. Cross Step ladder Caduceus to the heaven

33. Tree of Life Represented by a staff Combination with concepts such as World Tree or World Axis

34. Name of God Almighty on the Iran National Flag

35. Srivatsa with Srivatsa with Srivatsa with two serpents combination. complicated face to face power as a prototype combinations.

36. Posture of Srivarsa

37. Secret of LIFE in DNA Code

38. Sumerian tradition Creation of Life with DNA? By Lord Enki

39. Isis & Ossiris Symbol of DNA Heka ; God of magic and healing EGYPT

40. 2 Snakes belt of Greek Gorgons Poison & Healing

41. One Snake has it’s power! Two snakes have more powers or balance of powers!

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