The Book of Life
A thought for the day

Pathways for uncertain travellers on the road to Now
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The caduceus is the staff of Hermes or Mercury and thus represents communication and also trickery. The red snake represents the process of outward projection of energy into action whilst the black snake represents the process of absorption towards inertia.
The two are intertwined around the staff signifying the battle between the two elements of being. Our movement is dependent upon transformation and rising above the conflict represented by the two. Hope spurs us on and yet we fear to take the first step because it is unknown and dark. We must live in the moment neither holding to past or future as both detract from now and so stop us from acting at the right moment that success may be assured.