Art, Symbol & Imagination
Votive Hand of the Mater Deorum
A raised hand bears a winding serpent and many small objects, including a pine cone at the thumb. Waite’s appendix connects the votive object with the rites of the Mater Deorum.
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Illustrator not identified. "Votive Hand of the Mater Deorum" [editorial title]. In The Secret Tradition in Freemasonry, Arthur Edward Waite. Historical source-set compilation; see source provenance, 1911, Rebman Limited. Source scan leaf 888. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0515-0888
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Illustrator not identified. Votive Hand of the Mater Deorum. The Secret Tradition in Freemasonry. Scan leaf 888. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0515-0888