Caduceus Medical Symbol
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criss crossing snakes on a staff
The Caduceus is easily recognized as a staff topped off by a knob with flanked wings. On the Caduceus staff there are two snakes criss-crossing their way to the top. These symbols are almost always associated to health and wellness and a holistic way of life.
History of Caduceus Medical Symbol
The Caduceus was a name designated to a group of ancient symbolic wands around 2600 BC in Mesopotamia. This was the land situated between the Euphrates and Tigris and was being colonized since as early as 4000 BC.
This ancient world saw the cultures of the Sumerians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians develop.
An interesting health related fact that dates back to 3000 BC summarizes the dependence of these ancients on the natural healing and aesthetic bounty of the natural elements. The word Shampoo is said to come from the Sumerian root Sha' am empo which means "sexy maker". In those days it would have been a mixture of herbs, roots, and river mud.
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By 2600 these people had learned the art of glass making and most of the amulets, beads, and pots were made of this compound.
From 500 BC to approximately 400 AD the caduceus symbol was widely recognized. It saw a revival of popularity in after the medieval period, starting in the 14th century AD.
Walter Friedlander and the Caduceus
For the historian Walter Friedlander the Caduceus as a medical symbol only goes back to the turn of the 20th century BC. Friedlander traces it's use in this way to the adoption of the caduceus as a the symbol of the Medical Corps of the US Army.
Previously he states that it would have been used in the printing industry as an insignia. The publishers used it in reference to the messenger of divine information or Mercury and his staff of Hermes. It became such a respected symbol that by the 19th century a well noted medical publisher was assigning the caduceus symbol to all of his publications.
Figuratively
The ball on the top of the staff may represent the axis mundi or the understanding of the spinning world from the perspective of the Akkadian and Sumerian of Mesopotamia. To these same people the serpents most likely represent the half human and half snake gods figuratively.
There are version to this story and those that come from alternate historians such has Zecharia Sitchin are not as forgiving to the mythological connotations that more mainstream historians accept.
But who knows really ?
I support what i learn in history books?
See results without votingCaduceus Medical Symbol - DNA
Today the world has learned from "" that the genetic fabric of humans is a double helix DNA strand and suddenly the meaning of the medical caduceus symbol is even more esoterical or mystified.
Some modern thinkers even believe that the Caduceus symbolizes the triptich nature of consciousness and the evolutionary process by which humans have evolved. The ascension of the snake's of the staff to the caduceus would be a figurative way of explaining the ascension of consciousness from reptile or lizard, to bird, to mammal.
But it's all just a pretty symbol of a few serpents slithering there slimy way up a pole until you turn it into a beautiful piece of jewelry.
The golden wand of medicine
This is how this medical alert symbol, or the golden wand of medicine as it has come to be recognized in our age is most often appreciated.
The caduceus continues to signify health and holistic wellness even if it is sometimes carried as a sign that the carrier is very close to being in need of serious medical attention as is the case with those who wear medical alert bracelets.
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This particular bracelet uses another medical symbol called the asclepius.
See this link for an offbeat myth surrounding the Asclepius.
For more on this subject see these interesting links
- Sitchin on Sumeria
Alternate historian Zecheria Sitchin will no doubt make you think... - "Caduceus"
Heinz Insu Fenkl historian
I'm on a slimy snake mission...
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I don't know Vladimir but if i had to take a guess at what that might mean i'd go with a figurative explanation.
If one considers the serpent to be an evil master and the new monotheistic revolution lead by Moses then it might mean that the person who was bitten or had the conscience of the old regime was dead to slavery while he who chose the new paradigm was saved and lived a free man.
In this period Brass was not a common metal, bronze, copper, and tin were.
Really i'm not sure....the jewishencyclopedia goes deep into the evolution from the time of Noah, Shem, Japheth, and Ham the slave race....
Moses seems to have had a true gift of vision for the people but to me it's all symbolism for the time being....
The ancient religion, history, democracy, technology, and health in ancient Judaism that predate and probably influenced other cultures, and even created emulations in other cultures, never seems to get any credit in histroy. Despite having such an incredible and detailed ancient record of a people, we seem to ignore information we can gather from it. Does anyone know why, or can anyone challenge my thinkingo n this? skarlete@aol.com
The Caduceus back in the day was an instrument that measured light in a person's body. Jesus used it....and tru that instrument then that person was healed by balancing the imbalance......our bodies are mechanical, chemical and electrical....today's medical docs treat people on a chemical basis - however, the chiropractor is mechanical alignment and say acupuncture would be electrical balance - chemical are meds.
this is only a brief beginning to the implications that this symbol has in accordance to the world organizations and the elite including government. Researching independent sources not affiliated with the few media corporations that suppress information, you realize most is lies and deceit. globalresearch.ca and theflucase.com delivers the straight goods.
Is there any truth that the symbol in part relates to the treatment of Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis) - where the worm is wound on to a stick to faciltate its removal?
wow! I never knew that the Symbol was this old! Great hub mate!
Btwn, you may also like to check out my hubs on similar topics.
Regards,
Phil.
Well people. Have a close look at the medicine symbol made in 2600bc. What does it look like.
It is the symbol of DNA. Yes the people in 2600bc made our medicine symbol look like DNA. But how did we know what DNA looked like. We didn't, but the gods (ETs) building Sumeria did. Hell, they made humans ( in the image of gods(themselves) The writing is on the walls people.
Informative hub! Keep making great hubs like this
Light of God healing indeed,
The question to all doctors is "What does the medical symbol stand for????
You would be surprised at the answer's
This is how it works,
Its dna indeed as so carved in stone"Rosetta,hieroglyphics,key to understanding true healing is location of the mountain of god.
When you receive the real light of god this serpent force is released up your spine and out your eye.It makes its way as per noted "Shafts of great pyrimad"
This force of nature is powerful rebirth into light of god,stability="DJED PILLARS" =light of god "DENDERA"
When you receive the light of god you will see great mountain of god in sky,you will see the bar rise and split into wavy lines just as carved in stone.
I know of all these things as i received the light of god dec 21,2006 morning soltice at the mountain of god.
On this earth is a location so great who dare speak with out the pillars to it.
As the great hawk falcon have been my guide in my rebirth.
This is the greatis healing you will ever experience.All of mankind adjust to the spine of the elect."NO WAY AROUND IT"
Thats why it is carved in stone,yet no one in the USA can truly interpret hieroglyphics,rosetta,
This is the number one reason why the medical feild is going bankrupt,it continues to use chemicals,yet no doctor has mountain location,
the serpent sits in the base of all your spines and the only way to rid it is get the real light of god,its a journey like no other.
After i got the light of god dec 21,2006 i was healed,yet my nation gave me a so called tetnause shot,its like 65,thousand unknown chemicals entered my body,now i must go back to mountain of god again to get healed.
You tell these things to doctors and people,they think you crazy,thats how far gone they are.
Yet its own all the stationary in all the medical feilds,yet no one knows were mountain of god is.
Its carved in stone in exact sequence.
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Vladimir Uhri Level 5 Commenter 3 years ago
Thanks for information.
How about biblical record, Numbers 21:8-9. It does not tell us anything?
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 looks upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.