What IS the ouroboros from the Chrysopoeia ('Gold Making') of Cleopatra during the Alexandrian Period in Egypt. The enclosed words mean 'The All is One.' a twentieth century representation Pronounciation Or-O-bOr-Os, -&s Note: Using the pronounciation guide used by the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary. Origins of the Ouroboros The Serpent biting its own tail is first seen as early as 1600 years BC ...

PART VI. SPIRA SOLARIS AND THE UNIVERSAL OUROBOROS A. THE OUROBOROS In general, if not universal terms, the Ouroboros may be defined as a self-sustaining, tail-eating snake, but it is clear that there is far more to the matter than this, for the concept is almost global in its distribution and evidently has far deeper meanings in many cultures. In researching the ouroborus it soon became ...