Ouroboros art

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The Ouroboros (serpent or dragon eating its own tail) often symbolize self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things such as the phoenix which operate in cycles that begin anew as soon as they end.

The ouroboros is a symbol showing a serpent eating its own tail, and representing eternal cycles. It isn’t really a mythical creature, because despite the prevalence of the image and concept in various cultures and philosophies (especially alchemy), it doesn’t appear that anyone thought it represented a real species or individual animal. I, however, have been having fun imagining some of these symbolic creatures as if they were real (see the mushussu), and the chief thing that struck me…

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Vasily Kafanov art from the Smashing Pumpkins' Machina/The Machines Of God album booklet...whether or not you like the pumpkin's music....their album artwork is always fabulous!!!!