~ CADUCARY id+ | TEMPORARY |
~ CADUCIARY id+ | PERISHABLE MORTAL TEMPORARY |
^u id+ | TEMPORAL POWER |
~ CADUCEUS id+ | STICK or STAFF of a HERALD |
id+ | EMBLEM OF BALANCED LIGHT AND DARKNESS |
id+ | EMBLEM of LEFT and RIGHT BALANCE |
id+ | CHAOS RESOLVED BY AN AXIS |
id+ | for Romans an EMBLEM OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR |
id+ | for Romans an SYMBOL OR MORAL EQUILIBRIUM |
id+ | INSIGNIA RELATED TO MEDICINE |
id+ | MAGIC WAND BATON |
id+ | EMBLEM OF FERTILITY A PHALUS |
id+ | CADUCEUS OF HERMES |
id+ | MORTALS FALL thus are CADUCARY |
id+ | AS MORTALS WALK THEIR HIP or in sp
CADERA or COXA SWAYS |
id+ | THIS IMPLEMENT OF HERMES INDUCED SLEEP |
id+ | EMBLEM OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OR UKRAINE |
~ CADUCIARY id+ | PRONE TO FALL as LEAFS during the FALL |
id+ | TEMPORARY opp to PERENNIAL ENDURING |
note extensions in related entries
CAD~ id+ | prefix for TO FALL |
CADAVER id+ | FALLEN FROM LIFE |
id+ | CORPSE CARCASS REMAINS |
CADE id+ | FALL FALLING in lat |
CADENCE id+ | HOW SOUND FALLS or RHYTHM |
CADERA id+ | sp for HIP JOINT | see> COXA
id+ | FALLING is induced by a FAILING HIP |
CADERE id+ | THE FATE OF ALL MORTALS IS FATAL |
id+ | HUMANS ARE CADUCARY |
id+ | HUMANS BECOME CADAVERS |
note etymology pointing to MORTAL FALL TEMPORARY
note given here is a NARROW VIEW FOCUSED ON
THE CADUCEUS OF MERCURY or HERMES
to the exclusion of AESCULAPIUS see> STAFF
note HERMES or MERCURY in his role as
PSYCHOPOMPOS or
WHO GUIDES THE SOULS OF THE DEAD
TO THE UNDERWORLD see> HERMES
note etymology pointing to FALL and WALKING
thus TEMPORARY MORTAL PASSING
eng CADUCEUS = HERALD or WALKING STICK or STAFF
gr KARYKEION or
KARYKEION or
KARUKEION
KARUX HERALD
skrt KARY SINGER for ANNOUNCER
lat EX CADERE TO FALL UPON NO HEIRS
CADERE TO FALL sug> DECADENT
CADE TO FALL
CADERE same
sp CADERA HIP
CAER TO FALL incl FALL ASLEEP
sp CADUCO ELAPSED EXPIRED OUTDATED
FALLEN DECEASED OBSOLETE
eng CADUCEUS WALKING STICK
STAFF STAFFING or WALKING PERSONNEL
CADUCARY TEMPORARY or PRONE TO FALL
lat COXA HIP JOINT
med> CORPSE CADAVER CARCASS
eng CORPS GROUP or BODY OF PEOPLE
ukr KAT EXECUTIONER
KATHORHA TORTURE
eng CATACOMB PLACE FOR THE FALLEN
CATACLYSM CALAMITY
lat CADUCARIUS WITHOUT SUPPORT
WITHOUT MASTER
sp CADENZA CADENCE
ukr KADYLO or
CADYLO INCENSE BURNING METAL CONTAINER
ply> | PRIESTS CHANT IN CADENCE WITH A
note similar ideas in
ukr PAD FALL
SPATY SLEEP SLUMBER LANGUOR ENNUI
PADAI TO FALL SLUMP
SPAD SLID SLIDE FALL FAILURE COLLAPSE
SPATY SLEEP LANGUOR ENNUI DOZE
PADATY TO FALL
note AMBULATORY DREAMS
eng SOMNOLENT SLEEPY
sp SONABULO SLEEP WALKER
ukr SON DREAM
eng INSOMNIA SLEEPLESS or
sp SOPOR SOMNOLENT as in sug> SOPORIFIC
ukr NARCOSA ANESTHETIC
eng NARCOTIC SLEEP INDUCER sug> NARCOLEPSY
hx> EMBLEM OF POWER
med> STAFF or WALKING STICK is also a
MEDICAL EMBLEM given under see> STAFF
note contrast between MEDICAL STAFF
as a PLAIN "STICK" BRANCH or ROD
SPORTING A SINGLE VIPER OR SNAKE in contrast to
THE ELABORATE ELEGANT CADUCEUS or BATON of
MERCURY or HERMES THAT SPORTS WINGS RIBBONS and
SUPPORTS TWO SNAKES SEEKING TO
IMBIBE FROM A SINGLE CUP
note WINGS AND RIBBONS are EMBLEMS OF COMMERCE
note an introductory interpretation follows
CADUCARY CADUCEUS represents ancient beliefs
in magic sticks and later in medicine as one
way to alleviate the ephemeral, fleeting and
mortal human existence. The core belief in such
"magic sticks" relates sleep and DREAMS with
CURES. Religious enthusiasts considered their
dreams as divine revelations or even miracles.
Artists may fine their dreams as inspiring
revelations. In Egyptian, Greek and Roman
MYTHOLOGY, it was ISIS and HERMES or MERCURY who
induced sleep to deliver godly messages to mortals.
The WINGED CADUCEUS of Hermes is represented with
TWO SNAKES as if to stress the DUALITY OF KNOWLEDGE
and its rapid silent spreading. The CROWNING CUP on
the caduceus represents CONFLUENCE of OPPOSITES or
POWER needed for HEALING. The flowing WHITE RIBBONS
call for respect for godly healing messages and to
the present, the WHITE FLAG remains an emblem of
PEACE
note: SNAKES were chosen as emblems of REJUVENATING
WISDOM because they shed their skin and are
silent. New knowledge rejuvenates by SHEDDING
IGNORANCE as do snakes who rejuvenate their skin.
Furthermore, snakes are silent and the ancients
believed that SILENCE was almost equivalent to
WISDOM. The mercurial caduceus has two snakes as if
to suggest the contradictory nature of knowledge.
The Aesculapian or medical caduceus has one snake,
perhaps to emphasize that mortals are limited. The
medical staff or caduceus also lacks wings, which may
denote that medical knowledge impacts mortals rather
slowly.
note: John MILTON [#] called the medical caduceus "THE
OPIATE ROD " to underscore the curative value of
sleep and dreams induced by Morpheus or MORPHINE. In
fact the ancients equated sleep with healing and beauty.
The same idea is conveyed by the expression "BEAUTY
SLEEP" implying a "REST CURE". Such cures are avaible
in establishments, which in Europe are called Sanatoria
or "curords" where people seek restorative health regimes.
To say "to fall asleep" or "DEAD ASLEEP" is consonant
with ideas inherent in CADUCEUS and CADUCO (fallen) and
the attributes of MORPHEUS (the dream shaper), the twins
HYPNOS (reversible sleep) and THANATOS irreversible sleep.
It is indisputable that millions of persons use HYPNOtics
to "fall asleep" and some who do so in excess fall in the
lethal hands of THANATOS. Perhaps modern clinicians should
ponder the value "medical staff rounds" implicit in the
AESCULAPIAN CADUCEUS as the vehicle to learn and accrue
clinical experiences.
note routine notes and comments resume below
myth> HERMES WAS GIVEN THE CADUCEUS BY APOLLO
once in ARCADIA HERMES NOTED TWO SERPENTS
BITING EACH OTHER AND WHEN HE THREW THE STICK
BETWEEN THEM THEY BECAME RECONCILED ...
implying that the VENOM OF WAR can be prevented
by PEACEFUL DIPLOMATIC DISCOURSE ...
perhaps the anticipation of DIALECTICS
myth> HERMES AS PSCYCHOPOMPOS CONDUCTED
THE SOULS OF THE DEAD TOWARD THE UNDERWORLD
CALMED THEM WITH THE HELP MORPHEUS HYPNOS AND THANATOS
note IRREVERSIBLE SLEEP as per "PUT TO SLEEP"
EUPHEMISM FOR EUTHANASIA
note THE RANGE OF SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF SNAKES
IS VAST and is given elsewhere see> SNAKE
SNAKES SHED THEIR SKIN pointing to REJUVENATION
are SILENT pointing to WISDOM and PRUDENCE
LACK HAIR NAILS and EXTERNAL GENITALIA
pointing to SATANIC DEVILISH EVIL
myth> CONFUSION OF THE STAFF OF HERMES or CADUCEUS
with that of THE STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS
may relate to ORIENTAL MAGIC HEALING STICKS
OFTEN DECORATED WITH RIBBONS WINGS AND
TWO INTERTWINED SNAKES
note IDEAS OF HEALING BECAME INTERTWINED WITH SLEEP
as RESTORATIVE of HEALTH and therefore with
SLUMBER STUPOR LETHARGY LANGUOR REST INERTIA CALM
LASSITUDE perhaps INDUCED BY OPIATES sug> OPIUM
hx> MANY ANCIENT HERALDS HAD A CADUCEUS or STAFF
WHICH WAS DECORATED BY ENTWINED WINGED SERPENTS
art> LATE ROMAN AND GREEK ARTISTS ADDED WINGS TO THE TIP
OF THE CADUCEUS or STAFF TO DENOTE THAT KNOWLEDGE
PERMEATES EVERYTHING SILENTLY AND WITH MERCURIAL SPEED
THE PROPERTY OF THE SILENT SPEEDY MESSENGER GOD HERMES
lit+ the CADUCEUS was called by John MILTON [#]
" THE OPIATE ROD " sug> NARCOTIC DOPE
hx> med> some sources assert during the
DARK AGES THAT OBSCURED WESTERN EUROPE
MEDICINE WAS EXPLOITED BY CHARLATANS
THEOLOGIANS AND PEDDLERS OF INCANTATIONS
TALISMANS MAGIC LOVE POTIONS and other
CONCOCTIONS MADE FROM FORMULATIONS KEPT
AS "HERMETIC" SECRET FORMULARIES
THE PROTO PHARMACISTS ADOPTED
HERMES AS THEIR PROTECTOR and his
CADUCEUS AS THEIR EMBLEM
note TO THE PRESENT PHARMACISTS HOSPITALS
HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATIONS and the
USA ARMED FORCES USE THE CADUCEUS OF MERCURY
AS THEIR EMBLEM
art> mus> CADENCE in MUSIC may imply
RHYTHM
MUSICAL ENDING PASSAGES also
UNDULATION see> ONDA
UNDULATION
UNDULATION thus
PROPORTION or
INFLECTION or
MANNER
cont> see> STAFF
see> AESCULAPIUS
sug> HERMES sug> MERCURY
sug> HERMAPHRODITE
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