Asclepius and his serpent-entwined staff accompany a philosophical comparison of nous and metis, examining healing, cunning, mortality, hybris, and two different ways of responding to death.
Plato connects Eros, generation, fame, memory, Beauty, nous, and philosophical life within a progressive transformation of the mortal desire for permanence.
The Colossi of Memnon at Thebes, used as a visual reference for Hermetic cosmology, sacred order, and the relation between human beings, the cosmos, and the divine.
