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Titolo: Il segreto dell'Uroboro

I novelli alchemici scopriranno qual'è la segreta essenza dell'Uroboro.
In questo studio analizzeremo l'Eterno Ritorno che ognuno di noi può 
sperimentare.
http://www.serpia.com/images/uroboro5.png
The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a snake or dragon 
swallowing its tail, constantly creating itself and forming a circle. It 
is associated with alchemy, Gnosticism, and Hermeticism. It represents 
the cyclical nature of things, eternal return, and other things 
perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end. In some 
representations the serpent is shown as half light and half dark, 
echoing symbols such as the Yin Yang, which illustrates the dual nature 
of all things, but more importantly, that these opposites are not in 
conflict. The ouroboros is an example of tail recursion and 
self-reference, though not in a programming context.
In alchemy, the ouroboros symbolises the circular nature of the 
alchemist's opus which unites the opposites: the conscious and 
unconscious mind.
Alchemy
In alchemy, the ouroboros is a purifying sigil. As a symbol of the 
eternal unity of all things, the cycle of birth and death from which the 
alchemist sought release and liberation, it was familiar to the 
alchemist/physician Sir Thomas Browne. In his A letter to a friend, a 
medical treatise full of case-histories and witty speculations upon the 
human condition, he wrote of it:
"[...] that the first day should make the last, that the Tail of the 
Snake should return into its Mouth precisely at that time, and they 
should wind up upon the day of their Nativity, is indeed a remarkable 
Coincidence,"
It is also alluded to at the conclusion of Browne's The Garden of Cyrus 
(1658) as a symbol of the Circular nature and Unity of the two Discourses.
"All things began in order so shall they end, so shall they begin again 
according to the Ordainer of Order and the mystical mathematicks of the 
City of Heaven".
Swiss psychologist Carl Jung saw the ourobouros as an archetype and the 
basic mandala of alchemy.
Jung also defined the relationship of the ouruboros to alchemy:
"The alchemists, who in their own way knew more about the nature of the 
individuation process than we moderns do, expressed this paradox through 
the symbol of the uroboros, the snake that eats its own tail. In the 
age-old image of the uroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and 
turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more 
astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The 
uroboros is a dramatic symbol for the integration and assimilation of 
the opposite, i.e. of the shadow. This 'feed-back' process is at the 
same time a symbol of immortality, since it is said of the uroboros that 
he slays himself and brings himself to life, fertilises himself and 
gives birth to himself. He symbolises the One, who proceeds from the 
clash of opposites, and he therefore constitutes the secret of the prima 
materia which [...] unquestionably stems from man's unconscious'. 
(Collected Works, Vol. 14 para.513)
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Ognuno di noi può diventare Uroboro: bisogna però procedere con 
cautela,solo pochi eletti ci riescono.
http://www.alchemica.it/immagini/ouroboros.jpg
Ma c'è una speranza!
Ecco degli esempi di chi ha raggiunto questo alto grado:
http://www.edge-inc.net/images/humor/priceless/priceless_selfsuck.jpg
http://www.gayitaly.tv/avs/susu/images/selfs0004.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:j2Ty22mcNXQJ:http://gregriddlenj.tripod.com/images/RonJeremy_SelfSuck.jpg
Occhio alle costole.

 Occhio alle costole.
Ecco, questa è una cosa che terrei presente nel caso ti avessi a tiro di
calcio.
A. C.
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