{"id":3161,"date":"2023-03-10T07:57:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T07:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraternitasdraconis.com\/simbology\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:38:17","slug":"simbology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/en\/simbology\/","title":{"rendered":"SIMBOLOGY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" >[vc_column_text]\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE SYMBOL OF THE INVERTED DRAGON<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/clon.almaegi.com\/simbologia\/urobo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2577\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2577 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/clon.almaegi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Urobo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Urobo.jpeg 1119w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Urobo-256x300.jpeg 256w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Urobo-873x1024.jpeg 873w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Urobo-768x900.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Urobo-696x816.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Urobo-1068x1252.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Urobo-358x420.jpeg 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4>The Ouroboros or Ouroboros is a very ancient symbol, present in many peoples and in different epochs, seemingly immobile but in eternal movement, it represents <strong>the powe<\/strong>r that devours and regenerates itself, the <strong>universal energy<\/strong> that is continuously consumed and renewed, the <strong>cyclical<\/strong> <strong>nature<\/strong> of things that begin again from the beginning after having reached their own end. It thus symbolises unity, <strong>the totality<\/strong> of the world, <strong>infinity, cyclical time, eternal return, immortality and perfection.<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<h4><b><a href=\"https:\/\/clon.almaegi.com\/simbologia\/whatsapp-image-2023-01-17-at-15-45-20-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2587\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2587 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/clon.almaegi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-15.45.20-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-15.45.20-3.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-15.45.20-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-15.45.20-3-696x928.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/fraternitasordodraconis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-15.45.20-3-315x420.jpeg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/h4>\r\n<h4>It is represented by a serpent or <strong>dragon<\/strong> biting and swallowing its own tail. It has been adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism and Hermeticism, and in alchemy in particular, associated with everything that can be represented through a cycle that, having reached its own end, begins again from the beginning once more, ad infinitum. This widespread image represents the circle in its personification of the eternal return. <em>It indicates that each end corresponds to a new beginning, in a constant repetition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\r\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The founding act of the Order of the Dragon reads:<\/span> &#8220;as a sign or effigy we choose and accept that of the dragon curved in the shape of a circle, turning on itself, with its tail twisted around its neck, divided in the back in two parts, from the top of the head and from the nose to the end of the tail, by a stream of blood issuing from the deep cleft of a white and bloodless wound, and on the front publicly bearing a red cross, in the same manner as those who, militating under the banner of the glorious martyr George, use to wear a red cross on a white field&#8221;.<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/clon.almaegi.com\/simbologia\/whatsapp-image-2023-01-17-at-15-45-20-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2585\">\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\r\n[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"tdi_5\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_6  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_6,\r\n                .tdi_6 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_6,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_6 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_6 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_6:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_6:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_8  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_8{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_8 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_8 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_8 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_8 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_8 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_empty_space td_block_wrap vc_empty_space tdi_10 \"  style=\"height: 50px\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_empty_space td_block_wrap vc_empty_space tdi_12 \"  style=\"height: 50px\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]\r\n<h4><strong>The Dragon<\/strong> represents the &#8216;guardian of the threshold&#8217;, guardian of the initiatory spiritual treasure that the neophyte must face and overcome in order to fulfil his initiatory path. 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