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Why do (((they))) use this symbol in their hospitals?
Isaac Reyes
Angel Watson
pharmakeia - Egypt//Babylon society
Luke Long
They worship the destroyer.
Leo Brown
it's called a caduceus or staff of hermes.
en.wikipedia.org
Carter Brown
They used poisons to heal, something like inject bleach
Ryder Lee
>en.wikipedia.org
The caduceus is often incorrectly used as a symbol of healthcare organizations and medical practice, particularly in the United States of America, due to confusion with the traditional medical symbol, the Rod of Asclepius, which has only one snake and is never depicted with wings - the logo of the World Health Organization uses the Rod of Asclepius as its basis.
Ayden Gomez
So you can look upon it and heal thy self. From all those damn snake bites.
Also associated with Baal.
Also metaphor for "creative energies" that flow up from waist to top of spine.
David Cox
Poor education. Then the lack of interest in rebranding.
Joshua Price
Oh come the fuck on its a caduceus. It's the symbol of Hermes trismegistus and his thing was alchemy and a messenger of Apollo who is the god of the sun and also medicine.
Julian White
Walter Friedlander proposed that early association of the caduceus with medicine might have derived from the association of Hermes Trismegistus ("Thrice-Great Hermes") with early chemistry and medicine as aspects of alchemy as an esoteric practice. He notes however, that "although these various factors may link Hermes/Mercury, along with his caduceus, with alchemical medicine, they may just as well link all the other non-medical aspects of alchemy with Hermes/Mercury and the caduceus."
This is pulled directly from here:
en.m.wikipedia.org
Gavin Bell
>Oh come the fuck on its a caduceus. It's the symbol of Hermes trismegistus and his thing was alchemy and a messenger of Apollo who is the god of the sun and also medicine.
Why do they use it?
Jordan Allen
It's an old meme
Daniel Mitchell
No, he wasn’t.
Jonathan Hernandez
this guy wrote the wiki article about the symbol
youtube.com
Jackson Rivera
To mockingly steal the valor of Jesus Christ. goodquestionblog.com
Oliver Morgan
Yes was and he had a son who was one as Well.
Matthew Murphy
Because Americans are retarded. The correct symbol to be used in hospitals is the Rod of Asclepius, not the Caduceus Staff
Kevin Reed
Or maybe Christianity is heavily influenced by Greek and Egyptian mythology
Isaac Cooper
>Trismegistus
>Thrice great
Another common misconception, thanks Wikipedia
It's Trimagistus, three magics. The "Trinity" so used in many many many other teachings. The three wise men, or magi. Male, female, both. Father, son, holy spirit. In, out, without. Positive, negative, neutral.
So many layers of obfuscation.
William Stewart
>Why is this thing which is thousands of years older than this second thing mocking this second thing?
Are you sure about that
Gabriel Price
Asclepius staff has one snake and the caduceus has two snakes. Those are used as a medical meme
Parker Baker
It's the Nehushtan.
Tyler Rivera
The nehushtan is older than the caduceus, it was israelite culture that influenced greek culture.
Levi Lewis
>It's Trimagistus
No, it isn't. Thrice Great is correct. In Latin he is MERCVRIVS TER MAXIMVS.
However, he IS thrice great because he has the three parts of the knowledge of the whole world, which can be seen as the three sciences or three magics or three arts, so the other associations in your post are ok, especially his possible conception as the Tri Magi instead of three separate magi. The association with the trinity is coincidental but everything else isn't. He is a divine messenger (hence, Hermes), and so he is the harbinger of the reason of God (logos). He is not God but is a direct messenger of God.
Much like Enoch... Really makes you wonder.
Ryan Martinez
Even if less old, still the latter fulfilled and completed the former.
Michael Gutierrez
Only the rod of Asclepius is supposed to be used in medicine. The OP asked why do hospitals use a symbol and presented the caduceus, so the answer is "because the hospital administrators in your country are uncultured swine".
The nehushtan has only one snake and appears in the Jewish mysticism, and so is much much less ancient than the caduceus which has babylonian roots. If anything, you could argue that the rod of asclepius is related to the nehushtan merely based on the fact they are both rods adorned with a single serpent, despite the fact that they share no symbolism, meaning or even context.
Isaiah Scott
>greek culture.
You're again confusing the caduceus with the rod of asclepius. 100% American Protestant, you are.
Austin Ortiz
I didn't even know that was another name for it. Snakes on sticks have been in Long island for a long time. Kind of like eagles holding things. it just seems like it's everywhere. It seems like we're all connected to a great consciousness somewhere and the ancients were trying to tell us something.
David Long
Been around for a long time*
Lol I could go for a long island though.
Camden Peterson
>It seems like we're all connected to a great consciousness somewhere
Everywhere, actually
>and the ancients were trying to tell us something.
As are the ones in the present, yet most refuse to listen
Joseph Perez
Represents their snake dna being intertwined with ours. Hybridization of humanity so they can parasite off of us.