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Ouroboros

Ouroboros is a figure depicting a snake devouring its own tail found in Gnosticism and alchemy
representing cyclical natural life and the fusion of opposites. It also symbolizes the transcendence of duality. Term sometimes is written Uroboros. A.G.H

Source:

Drury, Nevil. The Watkins Dictionary of Magic. London. Watkins Publishing. 2005. p. 222