More than any other image, the Ouroborous symbolizes the Philosophers Stone or All as One. It is the oldest mystical symbol in the world and appears in many different cultures. Through the process of eating its own tail and shedding its unwanted skins, the serpent transcends duality and becomes one with eternity and the soul of the world. In alchemy it represents a continuous cycle of suffering and renewal leading to the fusion of opposites and the birth of the eternal self.
