Occult Literature
The Coiled Serpent: Lavius Egyptus
A thick spotted snake raises its head above a compact stack of coils. Its forked tongue projects towards the edge of the page. The emblem introduces Spivey’s imagined lectures in the Pythagorean Senate at Dodona.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Coiled Serpent: Lavius Egyptus" [editorial title]. In Lavius Egyptus: Lectures in the Pythagorean Senate, in the Temple of the Oracle of Dodona, Thomas Sawyer Spivey. Author-published edition, 1903, 1903, Thomas Sawyer Spivey. Source scan leaf 1. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0494-0001
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- Lavius Egyptus: Lectures in the Pythagorean Senate, in the Temple of the Oracle of Dodona
- The coiled serpent
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical symbolic image or diagram from the author’s system. Its reproduction records the source without validating its cosmological, magical or astrological claims.
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Illustrator not identified. The Coiled Serpent: Lavius Egyptus. Lavius Egyptus: Lectures in the Pythagorean Senate, in the Temple of the Oracle of Dodona. Scan leaf 1. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0494-0001