March
2017 Newsletter
New
Design - The Ancient Copper Snake Talisman
Greetings,
The
symbolism of the Copper Snake
Talisman
was derived from the
ancient biblical story from the Book of Numbers. The story is about a
copper serpent on a pole which was erected by Moses in order to protect
and heal the Israelites from the deadly fiery serpents in the desert.
The "fiery serpents" were sent by G-D to punish them for speaking
against G-d and Moses.
An interesting interpretation claims that since the Israelites were
protected by the divine force, their complaints against the journey,
and their longing to return to Egypt removed from them the divine
spirit and exposed them to the reality of the nomadic life in the
desert including all the dangers and difficulties.
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The copper snake was called Nehushtan
and it is derived from the Hebrew
word for
snake - Nahash
and copper - Nehushet.
The symbol of the snake as a sign of eternity, divinity and healing is
ancient and can be traced in the ancient cultures of the Middle East
such as the Egyptian
culture, the ancient Hindu
religion
and the
ancient
Greek religion. Ever since
our ancestors saw how a snake
sloughs off his skin and is being "born" again, it became a symbol of
healing and eternal life. Another interesting reason for the snake
being a symbol of healing is a process known as mithridatism
which is
the practice of an immunity against different types
of venom or poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal
amounts. This method was used by the ancient king of the Greek region
of Pontus, king Mithridates who was so afraid of being poisoned that he
gradually ingested small amounts of venom in order to develop immunity.
Copper snakes were used in the ancient regions of the Middle East as
powerful talismans and I had the chance to view several copper snakes
that were discovered near the ancient copper mines of Timna in a small
temple for the Egyptian Goddess Hathor.
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The copper snake in the pendant is actually the symbol of the Ouroboros
- the serpent biting its own tail. The Ouroboros is the ultimate symbol
of renewal, creativity and
endless
change. The Ouroboros symbol
has
accompanied me for many years and represents for me the courage to
accept life changing decisions.
The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality,
especially in the sense of something constantly recreating itself, the
eternal return, and other processes perceived as cycles that begin anew
as soon as they end . It can also represent the idea of unity. The
Ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism,
but has also been frequently used in
alchemical illustrations, where it
symbolizes the circular nature of the alchemist's opus.
On the cosmic
level, it is the symbol of the universe itself that creates itself a
new from itself, or as Stephen Hawking says - The force of gravity that
allows in fact the universe to create itself a new infinitely.
The center of the pendant contains the powerful symbol of Tetraktys
.
It is a symbol used by the students of the mathematician Pythagoras
that said that the whole universe is built on mathematical principles.
This philosophy and this symbol appear in Judaism. The structure is
made up of a triangle that is made up of ten points in ascending order
from the apex. The structure represents the four elements of the
ancient world – earth, air, fire and water.
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The Tetraktys
is parallel to the Kabbalistic tree of life structure of
the Ten Sephirot of the and
represents the space and the cosmic harmony.
The first point represents the divine dimension of the void from which
everything emanates.
The second line represents the first dimension - the line between two
points.
The third line represents the second dimension - the three points from
which a triangle is created.
The last line represents the tetrahedron, a three dimensional triangle
which can be created from the four points of the last line.
If we take the name of G-D from the Torah YHWH that represents time -
the fourth dimension (was, is and will be) and we will place it in the
Tetraktis, then by summing up the numerical value of the letters, we
receive the number 72, which means to say the 72 names of the Creator
from which everything was created.
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The fonts are the same ancient Hebrew letters that were used during the
time of Moses. Outside the triangle appears the ancient prayer of Moses
when his sister Miriam is stricken with leprosy. Moses prays a short
but effective one line healing prayer:
אל נא רפא נא לה, el na,
refa na
la -- "please, God, heal her"
the idea of the prayer and the Ouroboros
was derived from the time that Moses saw the burning bush, while gazing
at the vision he asked God for his name and the answer was "Ehyeh asher
Ehyeh" - "I will be who I will be". When we use this short prayer to
pray for healing, we implicitly call upon God Who is ever - changing.
We call upon the God who is continually becoming, to heal and
strengthen ourselves or our loved one who needs transformation and
change.
The sentence on the copper snake itself was taken from the Book of
numbers and it is the commandment of God for Moses to create the copper
serpent "And
the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and
set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is
bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live"...
Other related Jewelry on
Special
We have added several related design to the special. Designs that use
the Ouroboros symbol, the Tetraktys symbol and also some focused on
healing.
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Thank you for reading
With Love
David and Ka-Gold
Team
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