Caduceus Caducary Cadaver Medical Word Origin Etymology Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury
(Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine,
Hygiene
and Panacea) Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals
with Clients
~ CADAVER id+ the "FALLEN" or MORTAL
note ESCULAPIUS WAS KILLED FOR
BRINGING THE DEAD TO LIFE
AND HIS CADUCEUS STANDS FOR LIFE
~ CADUCARY started with see> CAD~ CADAVER
^u id+ CAUCARY implies TEMPORARY
thus MORTAL sug> CADENCE
PRONE TO DECAY sug> DECADENCE
sug> CADAVER sug> INERT
sug> LETHAL sug> STUPOR
sug> LETHARGY sug> STUPID
sug> OBLIVION sug> LIMBO
ply> | MORTALS FATE ENDS IN
FATAL SLEEP or COMA
lat CADUCARIUS = WITHOUT SUPPORT
WITHOUT MASTER
sug> PASSING
eng CADUCARY or
ESCHEAT meaning REVERT PROPERTY
TO THE CROWN LORD OR STATE from
lat EX CADERE TO FALL UPON NO HEIRS
CADERE TO FALL sug> DECADENT
sp CADUCO TEMPORARY
TRANSIENT AS IF
DATED TO EXPIRE sug> OBSOLETE
SENILE sug> EMERITUS
CADUCAR WORN OUT or sug> EMETIC
or USELESS sug> FUTILE
CAER TO FALL as in "TO FALL ASLEEP"
ukr SPAD SLID SLIDE FALL FAILURE COLLAPSE
SPATY SLEEP LANGUOR ENNUI DOZE
PADATY TO FALL
via SOMNOLENT the above links to
~ CADUCEUS id+ | MAGIC STICK or STAFF |
hx> A ROD ADORNED
WITH WHITE RIBBONS implicitly
used to HEAL most often by INDUCTION OF SLEEP
also TO TRANSMIT GODLY COMMANDS BY DREAMS
note SLEEPING IS CURATIVE or REST or RESTITUTION
note "PUT TO SLEEP" now is a EUPHEMISM FOR
EUTHANASIA implying sug> THANATOS
MERCY KILLING BY INDUCTION OF "PERMANENT" SLEEP
med> more under SLEEP MORPHINE sug> MORPHEUS
in modern terms CADUCEUS relates to
MEDICAL ARTS and ESCULAPIUS see> below
lit+ the CADUCEUS was called by John MILTON [#]
" THE OPIATE ROD " sug> NARCOTIC DOPE
myth> HERMES AND ISIS USED DREAMS
AS A VEHICLE TO DELIVER DIVINE MESSAGES
hx> MANY RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPORTED TO HAVE DREAMT
DIVINE COMMANDS
sug> VISION PHANTASM FANTASY IMAGE IMAGINE
~ CADUCIARY PERISHABLE MORTAL TEMPORARY also
TEMPORAL POWER in contrast to
CONGENITAL or INHERENT POWER sug> HEREDITY GENETIC
myth> THE STAFF OF HERMES or CADUCEUS BECAME LINKED WITH
MEDICINE and the SYMBOL OF ESCULAPIUS
these links probably relate to TRADITIONS CONCERNING
ORIENTAL MAGIC STICKS WHICH OFTEN WERE DECORATED WITH
ENTWINED SNAKES as SYMBOLS OF HEALING
also note that HEALING BECAME INTERTWINED WITH SLEEP or
SLUMBER STUPOR LETHARGY LANGUOR REST INERTIA CALM
LASSITUDE perhaps INDUCED BY OPIATES sug> OPIUM
med> the above denotes broad and persisting ideas
linking SLEEP with HEALTH and BEAUTY
note LACK OF SLEEP can be FATAL sug> LETHAL
note the enormous number of people sug> MASS
using HYPNOTICS for SLEEP INDUCTION sug> MORPHINE
gr HYPNO = SLEEP sug> HYPNOSIS
note such implications in SLEEP as sug> LASSITUDE
" REST THERAPY " sug> RELAXATION
" SLEEPING THERAPY " sug> LETHARGY
" BEAUTY SLEEP " vern sp SON~AR = DREAM
" SLEEP ON IT " also note ukr SON DREAM
" TO FALL ASLEEP " SONABULO SOMNAMBULIST
sp CADUCAR = GIVE UP eng INSOMNIA SLEEPLESS or
CAER FALL FITFUL
ukr KAT EXECUTIONER
KATHORHA TORTURE
eng CATACOMB PLACE FOR THE FALLEN
CATACLYSM CALAMITY
ukr PAD FALL
SPATY SLEEP sug> SLUMBER
PADAI TO FALL sug> SLUMP
sp SOPOR SOMNOLENT sug> SOPORIFIC
ukr NARCOSA ANESTHETIC sug> PAIN
eng NARCOTIC SLEEP INDUCER sug> NARCOLEPSY
note that THE CADUCEUS implies WALKING TRAVELING
IT IS A WALKING STAFF or STICK sug> STAFFING
THE SNAKES REPRESENT KNOWLEDGE sug> DOUBT
ITS WINGS ARE SYMBOLIC FOR SPEED sug> MERCURIAL
THE CUP REPRESENTS HEALING or SLEEP POTION sug> SEDATIVE
THE WHITE RIBBONS SHOW RESPECT FOR sug> REVERENCE
THE MESSAGES FROM GODS or ZEUS sug> DREAM
as if the " WHITE FLAG " of PEACE TRUCE
is A " SURRENDER TO THE FATE OF SLEEP "
only recently " HOSPITAL STAFF " CLINICAL ROUNDS CEASED
probably even the "STAFF NURSE" WILL SOON DISAPPEAR
THE CADUCEUS IS BEING REPLACED BY FOR PROFIT sug> UTILITY
HEALTH "CARE" "MANAGEMENT" CORPORATE LOGOS sug> LOGIC
hx> ANCIENT HERALDS HAD A CADUCEUS or STAFF
WHICH WAS DECORATED BY ENTWINED WINGED SERPENTS
SOME BIBLICAL RELIGIONS BLAME THE SNAKE FOR
HAVING TEMPTED EVE TO TEMPT ADAM TO EAT
FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OFFERED BY SATAN
later THE DEVIL OFFERED KNOWLEDGE TO TEMPT see> MIND
DOCTOR FAUSTUS see> MEPHISTOPHELES
lit+ "THE MIND IS ITS OWN PLACE AND
IN ITSELF CAN MAKE A HEAVEN OF HELL
AND HELL OF HEAVEN" Satan speaking in
"Paradise Lost" by John MILTON [#]
often RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSIDER THAT
KNOWLEDGE IS A SOURCE OF DANGER AND NOTE
THAT KNOWLEDGE IS NOT WISDOM AND THAT MANY TYPES OF
"SACRED FIRE" CAN DESTROY HUMANITY sug> ATOM
myth> THE WRATH OF ZEUS AGAINST PROMETHEUS see> CHAMPION
FOR HAVING STOLEN THE SACRED FIRE sug> CHORNOBYL
LED TO THE DIVINE CREATION OF PANDORA see> GIFTED
THE PRIMAL TEMPTING MORTAL WOMAN sug> WOMB
WHO AS WIFE OF EPIMETHEUS see> EPIDEMIC
DELIVERED TO HUMANITY sug> UTERUS
EVIL PESTILENCE AND ETERNAL HOPE sug> CHILD
note SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE WERE REPRESENTED AS
SNAKES TO DENOTE VITALITY AND REJUVENATION
SNAKES ARE SILENT AND SILENCE IS AKIN TO WISDOM
SNAKES SHED THEIR OLD SKIN TO GET A NEW ONE sug> EXPRESS
AKIN TO NEW KNOWLEDGE REPLACING HELD NOTIONS sug> IDEA
IN BIBLICAL TERMS SCIENCE IS TEMPTATION sug> EXPERIENCE
SCIENCE AIMS TO CONTROL THE NATURE OF THINGS sug> EXPERIMENT
WHICH IN HUMAN HANDS MAY BE EVIL sug> VICE
AND AN EXPRESSION OF THE DEVIL or SATAN sug> FAUSTUS
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
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