Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

The Migration of Symbols reveals that the caduceus “has alternately been considered to be an equivalent of the Thunderbolt, a form of the Sacred Tree, a contraction of the Scarab, a combination of the solar Globe and the Crescent of the moon, and so forth.” Another symbol using wings is the called the winged globe (or solar globe). Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, an occultist and New Ager, says the “‘winged globe’ is but another form of the egg, and has the same significance as the scarabaeus [scarab] ...which relates to the rebirth of man, as well as to his spiritual generation.” The Egyptians used this symbol to represent their creator and this symbol was so prevalent in Egypt that it was known as “the land of the winged globe.” Pike relates: “In Egypt, a Sun supported by two asps was the emblem of Horhat the good genius; and the serpent with the winged globe was placed over the doors and windows of the Temples as a tutelary God.” [Emphasis in the original] The New Age Magazine, a Masonic journal, notes: “The winged globe and serpent symbolized their [the Egyptians’] triune deity.”

George Oliver, in his Masonic book, Signs and Symbols, says: “Egypt was the great conservator of ancient idolatry.... Cneph was the Serpent-