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Perfedion throughout theUniverfe. A Serpent, furroundingr/;.serpenc 

 a Globe, carried along with it the fame Meaning '. Whenir/Giobl, 

 the Circle hath within it a Serpent, either lying in a itraight'fr"^""'" 

 Line, or forming the Figure of a Crofs, by the expanding of 

 it's Wings, then it is fuppofed to be the Symbol of an yigatho- 

 diemon\ otherwife exprefled by the Greek [©] Theta. Thera. samd 

 H'leralpha \\^ hkewife, which is frequently held in the Hands '^'^'''' 

 of their Deities and Genij, might carry along with it the like 

 Signification. Of the fame Kind alfo was the [9J Crux yinjata \ ne Cmx 

 which confifted of a Crofs, or fometimes of the Letter Τ only, '^"^"'' 

 fixed to a Circle. Now as the Crofs ' denoted the four Ele- 

 ments of the World, the Circle will be fymbolical of the In- 

 fluence, which the Sun may be fuppofed to have over them : 

 or, as KircJjer ' explains it, by the Circle is to be underftood 



pnnclpio & fine : Serpens oftendic vcrbum ejus quod raundum animat Scfcecundat: ejus a!a 

 Spiritum Dei, qui mundum motu vivificat. Fragm. Sanchun. de Religione Phceu'tcum. ibid. 

 PerGlobum, infinitum, xternum, immenfum ; per Alas, motum quo omnia penctrac; per 

 Serpcncem, vitam omnium : per Sceptrum redilineum, omnia in illo, curvum, redium, 

 magnum, parvum &c. unumeile: per tres nodos, unitatem, sequalitatem, & connexionem| 

 item principiura, medium & finem omnium innuebant. Kirch. OEdip. /Egypt.ChC.y. cap. τ'. 

 p. 96. Globus alatus, Serpentibus circundatus dum pingebatur, fymbolum erat anims leu 

 Ipiritus mundi. Abencph. Lib. de Religione ^gyptmum npua Kirch. OEdip. Aigypt. Claf. 7. 

 cap. 4. p. ti7. I Per hguram fphxra;, virtutcm igneam in Ible eluccfccntem, & per figu- 

 ram Alpidis fphxram circumdantem, vitam & motum ik fascunditatcm mundi dciignabant. 

 yibencpl). apud Kirch. Ob. Pampli. p. 420. 2 Έν μίν οΊ hiyu -ήίιοι &b τ• αΐη«ί ίνήιοζτίν κόαμογ ■νάφονία 

 nx^pfH MiKhov ki£fii<h )^ τιυοωτπν ya.<^ias*<n% ij^ fieVof ■πτΛμίνπΊ opv ηζΛχάμο(<ρον' κ) ep το -παν ^Ζμα, us το τη? 

 ίιμ,ν Θλτά• m μίν yuinAoc, αοσμον μ^νΰοντίί' -ήν Λ' μΐσην οριν awmvuov ήτα, ΑΓΑΘΟΝ ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ (ημαύνανη; . 

 Philo Bibl. apud EuJeL Pr^rp. Evang. 3 Hoc μαΑ-^ζαμμΜ ^, ex Δ & A compofitum, in nullo 

 non obelifco frcqucntiifimum, Jigyptiacarum vocum 0\.Γλ.βΟΟ "XeJtXOil quibus bonuni 

 Genium Deltx Nili feu /Eg^pti fignant, index ; cum prxter diolarum vocum capitales literas, 

 ejus quoque Jigjpt'i portionis figuram quam Δ pallim vocant, clare didum μοή^αμμαν expri- 

 mat. Kirch. Prodr. Copt. p. 231. 4 Fjguram Crucis, in cujus capite Circulus in modura 

 aniae, accepit Mefra a Cbamo, & Cham a Noe & Noe ab Hanuch, ( ipfe Jdris,) Huniich a 

 Sctb, Scth ab ΛΙχηιο, Adam ab Angela Tuo R.iziel. Cham vero ope ejus fecit mirabiiia magna 

 & ab eo accepit Hermes, & pofuit eum inter literas avium; eft autem hie charadcr fignum 

 proceiTus motufque Spiritus mundi: (Γ. divine mentis in rerum omnium produdione motus 

 & diftuiionis. Kirch. p-S^p.) & fuit magicum figillum & fecretum in tclefmatis eorum, & 

 annulus contra d.emones& malignas potcftates. Abencph. apud Kirch. Obel. Pamph. p, 440. 

 J Philofophi & Medici JEgypz\j,partitim India 6" Grxclx, indicaturi qiiatuor Elementa,Qiuidra- 

 tiim fub figura Cnkis pingcbant. Cabala Saracenica apud Kirch. Obel. Pamph. p. 372. Oumt 

 i^uMV a-iayiv! ΐ\λά.ταν, )C} μ« Λκειξωί ίΊη^μίτιΟ)Τ, μ»^ νώσαί ήηταν iivcu sai /ρκ, αλλά -^^ΛσμΛ νοία-αί, tw 

 /«TO τίν Ofunv Snh Jhvaμιv KiyiiSsi^ h tJ mvTi. Jnflin. Mart. Apolog. Per Circulum denotabant 

 divinx mentis difFufionem in mundum fidereum & per Crucem, difFulionem in Elcmenta. 

 W. p.370. 6 Sicut noraen Dei "ί^"^"^^ ]uxti Kab. Hakadefch, Deum gencrantem fignlficat, 

 fic & hoc {Φ"^) non apud Coptitas tantum ; fed apud jEgyptios antiquos quoque Emepht, feu 

 cum afpiratione Hemepht, feu ^επφ';[" quod nos ex Copto interpretamur (in Phtha), quafi 

 diceres, Deum omnia peragentem in Phtha fu'io, quern produxit; vel, ni cnm lamblicho lo- 

 quar, Emepht nimirum producentemex ovo Phtha, hoc eft, intelligentiam ad exemplar fuum 

 l^^Oii generantem fapicntiam, omnia cum veritate artificiofe difponentem, ncmpe Taau- 

 tum; quern proinde appofite per hos Charaderes ieu μονοχάμματα @, § reprsfentabant: 

 per Circulum primum mundi genitorem, sternamque confcrvatorem, divinitatemque ejus 

 ubique diffufam, per Ί" vero fapientiam mundum gubernantem intelligentes. Kirch. Prod. 

 Cop. p.idp. 



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