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	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros Ouroboros] @ Wikipedia		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros Ouroboros] @ Wikipedia
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 It can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished.
-While first emerging in [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[India]], the ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in [[Alchemy|alchemical]] illustrations, where it symbolizes the circular nature of the alchemist's [[wikt:opus|opus]]. It is also often associated with [[Gnosticism]], [[Hermeticism]] and [[Hinduism]].
+While first emerging in [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[India]], the ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in [[Alchemy|alchemical]] illustrations, where it symbolizes the [[Circle|circular nature]] of the alchemist's [[wikt:opus|opus]]. It is also often associated with [[Gnosticism]], [[Hermeticism]] and [[Hinduism]].
 [[Carl Jung]] interpreted the ouroboros as having an [[Archetype|archetypal]] significance to the human [[Psyche (psychology)|psyche]]. The Jungian psychologist [[Erich Neumann (psychologist)|Erich Neumann]] writes of it as a representation of the pre-ego "dawn state", depicting the undifferentiated infancy experience of both mankind and the individual child.

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	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
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		+	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ouroboros.png Ouroboros.png]

	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Gnostic_Gem_with_Scarab_-_Walters_42872.jpg Egyptian - Gnostic Gem with Scarab] - This gem displays an "uroborus," (a serpent which swallows its own tail to create a closed circle) encircling a [[scarab beetle]] and a long [[inscription]], which is made up of [[magical words]]. The reverse displays a [[Pataikos]] standing on crocodiles, flanked by the goddesses [[Isis]] and [[Nephthys]]. Above the god is a head of [[Hathor]] with a [[winged sun-disk]]. Gems with magical icons and words were believed to be [[Protective magic\|protective]].		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Gnostic_Gem_with_Scarab_-_Walters_42872.jpg Egyptian - Gnostic Gem with Scarab] - This gem displays an "uroborus," (a serpent which swallows its own tail to create a closed circle) encircling a [[scarab beetle]] and a long [[inscription]], which is made up of [[magical words]]. The reverse displays a [[Pataikos]] standing on crocodiles, flanked by the goddesses [[Isis]] and [[Nephthys]]. Above the god is a head of [[Hathor]] with a [[winged sun-disk]]. Gems with magical icons and words were believed to be [[Protective magic\|protective]].

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 == Description ==
-The ouroboros often symbolizes [[self-reflexivity]] or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the [[eternal return]], and other things such as the [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] which operate in cycles that begin anew as soon as they end.
+The ouroboros often symbolizes [[self-reference]] or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the [[eternal return]], and other things such as the [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] which operate in cycles that begin anew as soon as they end.
 It can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished.
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 * [[Circle]]
 * [[Eternal return]]
-* [[Self-reflexivity]]
+* [[Self-reference]]
 * [[Serpent (symbolism)]]
 * [[Symbol]]

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 == Gallery ==
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Gnostic_Gem_with_Scarab_-_Walters_42872.jpg Egyptian - Gnostic Gem with Scarab] - This gem displays an "uroborus," (a serpent which swallows its own tail to create a closed circle) encircling a scarab beetle and a long inscription, which is made up of magical words. The reverse displays a Pataikos standing on crocodiles, flanked by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. Above the god is a head of Hathor with a winged sun-disk. Gems with magical icons and words were believed to be protective.
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Gnostic_Gem_with_Scarab_-_Walters_42872.jpg Egyptian - Gnostic Gem with Scarab] - This gem displays an "uroborus," (a serpent which swallows its own tail to create a closed circle) encircling a [[scarab beetle]] and a long [[inscription]], which is made up of [[magical words]]. The reverse displays a [[Pataikos]] standing on crocodiles, flanked by the goddesses [[Isis]] and [[Nephthys]]. Above the god is a head of [[Hathor]] with a [[winged sun-disk]]. Gems with magical icons and words were believed to be [[Protective magic|protective]].
 == See also ==

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	[[Carl Jung]] interpreted the ouroboros as having an [[Archetype\|archetypal]] significance to the human [[Psyche (psychology)\|psyche]]. The Jungian psychologist [[Erich Neumann (psychologist)\|Erich Neumann]] writes of it as a representation of the pre-ego "dawn state", depicting the undifferentiated infancy experience of both mankind and the individual child.		[[Carl Jung]] interpreted the ouroboros as having an [[Archetype\|archetypal]] significance to the human [[Psyche (psychology)\|psyche]]. The Jungian psychologist [[Erich Neumann (psychologist)\|Erich Neumann]] writes of it as a representation of the pre-ego "dawn state", depicting the undifferentiated infancy experience of both mankind and the individual child.
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		+	== Gallery ==
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		+	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Gnostic_Gem_with_Scarab_-_Walters_42872.jpg]

	== See also ==		== See also ==