Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

and, in Rome, was sacred to Juno; it was regarded as a symbol of love, fertility, and maritial (sic) fidelity, yet also of vigilance....For the Celts, the goose was symbolically closely related to the SWAN and, like the swan, was thought to be a messenger from the spiritual world.” [Emphasis in the original] The goose was sacred to the Goddess. The Egyptian god Seb (also Geb or Keb) was called the “great cackler” and “the goose that laid the cosmic egg.” He is sometimes depicted with a goose on his head and he sometimes takes on the form of a goose. He is the God of the Earth but he also has authority in the Underworld.

The cosmic egg (or world egg) is encountered in many cultures. It is “a symbol of the totality of creative forces—is thought to have been present at the primeval beginning, when it floated on the Primeval waters and issued from itself the entire world and the elements, or initially at least heaven and earth.” It is also a symbol of perfection. “In alchemy, the philosophical egg played an important role as a symbol of PRIMA MATERIA, from which the Philosophical fire hatched the PHILOSOPHERS’ Stone.” [Emphasis in the original] Below is a picture of the world egg (portraying Providence) with a snake (representing time) entwined about it. Pike says: “The