Ouroboros | Alchemical | Chrysopoeia 3rd Century

The serpent consuming its own tail — first documented in the Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra (3rd century CE), the oldest known ouroboros. Cyclical time, the unity of beginning and end, the alchemical principle that dissolution and creation are the same act. ΕΝ ΤΟ ΠΑΝ: one is all. Catalog No. 6401.