Introduction to archetypal astrology

A priest of Asklepios (Aesculapius) and a patient calling up the sacred, non-poisonous snakes

Forestier, A. (Amédée), d. 1930

During the recent excavations of the Health Temple of Asklepios at Cos, the scene of Hippocrates' labours, a curious cist with a heavy marble lid was discovered. This is believed to have been the place where the priests kept the sacred snakes of Asklepios. In the center of the slab is a hole (see photograph on another page) through which the snakes went out and in. This Ophiseion, or place of the snakes, was let into the floor of a small sanctuary in which an altar of incense is supposed to have stood. There the priests brought their patients to sacrifice, and to offer sacred cakes to the serpents. On the walls were probably engraved health maxims and votive inscriptions of persons who had been cured."--printed on border.

Initiation by Fosco Culto

(everyone that joins snek pit)

c. 1500

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A newer English translation (2001 Merkur Edition) of Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon