The Serpents Who Founded the Human World
Serpent founders from China to Cambodia, Mesoamerica, Africa, Greece, and Australia connect ancestry, marriage, ritual law, and sovereignty.
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Serpents and the Invention of Consciousness
Across mythologies, serpent gods and snake rituals mark thresholds of knowledge, law, and awakening, making the serpent a recurring symbol of consciousness-bestowing power.
Square, Compasses, and the Letter G: What the Masonic Emblem Means and Where It Came From
What the Masonic square and compasses and the letter G mean, where they came from in medieval stonemasonry, and what older geometry they do and do not inherit.
Orphic Mirror Interpretations
How a child-god’s fatal toy became a philosophical symbol for embodiment, matter and selfhood—from Neoplatonists to today’s classicists.
Lifebreath of the Dragon: A Proto-Sapiens Hypothesis
Exploring the hypothesis of two intertwined Proto-Sapiens roots, *hankwa (breath, life, soul) and *henkwi (snake, dragon), by examining proposed cognates across global language families and their …
The Square and Compass: A Global Symbol of Creation and Order
Comparative survey of the square-and-compass symbol from Han-dynasty Fuxi & Nüwa to modern Freemasonry and Latter-day Saints.
Global Archaeological Appearances and Theoretical Explanations of the Swastika
Survey of the swastika’s ancient global presence and theories (diffusion vs. independent invention) explaining its origins and spread.
Maximilian Müller on Serpent Worship: Indo-European Roots and Global Parallels
Analyzing Max Müller’s 19th-century work on serpent worship, focusing on his identification of serpent symbolism in Vedic and Indo-European traditions and comparing his findings with global serpent …
Nüwa and Fuxi: The Serpent-Bodied First Couple, the Compass and Square, and Eden
Nüwa and Fuxi, China’s serpent-bodied first couple, compared with Adam, Eve, and the serpent, weighing diffusion against independent invention.