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Figure30:Fromlefttoright:D-TheEyeofHeruSymbol.Heru

wasalsoknownasthe“DivineHawkofGold,”amanifestationof

the sun which is an embodied form of the Supreme Spirit.

E-TheAncientEgyptiansymbolofthesundiskrepresentingthe

golden sun, Ra, the Supreme Being.

F- The sundisk encircled by the solar serpent.

Figure 31: The Medieval Alchemical symbol of Gold.

AlchemywastheprimitiveformofchemistrypracticedinWesternEuropeinthe

MiddleAges.AlchemyinvolvedasearchforthePhilosopher’sStone,whichisa

mysticprocessfortransmutingmatterfromstatetostateandworldlyconsciousness

todivineconsciousness.ItwasbasedontheAncientEgyptianconceptoftheunder-

lyingunityofallmatterandtheunityofmanwiththeuniverse.Similarteachings

andalchemicalpractitionersexistedinChinaandIndiaduringthemiddleagesas

well.AlchemywaspracticedinWesternEurope,fromtheearlyChristiantimesun-

til the 17th century. It then gave way to the modern “science” of chemistry.

Figure 32: The winged caduceus (G) with the Rx symbol (H), used by modern day doc-

tors and pharmacists. In more recent times the symbol of the caduceus and the Rx have

been increasingly replaced by the mortar and pestle (Fig. 33).