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Did you receive a black card with a strange logo on the front, and a URL on the back that led you here? Did this come to you from a friend asking you to check it out, or from a stranger who suggested to you that it might be something of interest to you? Either way, I welcome you to the Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit website as your travels have just begun.

The card that you hold in your hand, has a collection of symbolism that in due time will become clearer to you. There are five symbols of allegoric & historical meaning, four of them are quite obvious but can you find the fifth?

The first item you notice is the Square & Compass. This symbol is the core of Freemasonry. For those who are members of this craft understand, but for those who are not, I highly recommend that you read in our collections of works to find that answer, or perhaps you should Google or Wikipedia it.

The Second object that should stand out is the Skull & Cross-bones in the center. Throughout history, this combination of symbols represented many different things. To some, this is a doorway into the afterlife, to others, its a warning or omen, some consider it a symbol of resurrection, but the stage before, and others have used it as their name of a fraternity, that is shrouded in mystery and exists on a college campus, but we are not to speculate upon what we do not know. The Skull & Cross bones to me, reminds us of a final destination, and should instill in our mind a subtle reminder that one needs to enjoy the journey before their final destination is reached.

The Third symbol is the Ouroboros, the serpent consuming its own tail. In traditional occult doctrines, this is the key or the “spark” of Alchemy. This symbol represents and reflects the circle of life and death. In Alchemy this symbol was used as a reference in allegoric lessons to what was mentioned prior. These lessons were taught in many forms throughout time. One example would be the caterpillar, which after a short life, goes into a metamorphic state, and returns to the world in a new form. The transformation, some consider the death of its old life and the renewal into its new form. Some consider this lesson the prime example of lead into gold, that the lead, equals the unattained mind, the person who does not know anything, and the final outcome, Gold, the attained mind. The Phoenix also shares this theory from life into death back into life. It’s a cycle that only goes one way in the natural order of life.

The Fourth symbol is the concentric circles in the background. The Ouroboros encompasses it, while the Square & Compass, Skull & Cross bones are above it. This symbol, or web of curved lines is the map that an Astrolabe uses to navigate. This map, when applied to the heavens above, becomes a map, leading you to wherever you wish to go. It takes a skilled mind to navigate with this map, but the Astrolabe was considered the medieval GPS of its day, and would put you within a 3 to 5 mile circle of your destination depending upon the applicant who is plotting their course with it. As always, the journey to the final destination is the adventure and other tools are implemented upon their usage to reach it.

The Fifth symbol is in plain sight, and most overlook its presence. It’s the Black field on which the four symbols are resting on. The Void, the great nothing, the silence, where without knowledge, ones mind, rests. We all started from the void, from the silence, then light was present and life followed. The Ancient Greeks believe that when we pass on, our bodies would return to the Hearth, back into clay, and from nothing we return to nothing. I feel the void represents the ultimate unknown, without knowledge, one cannot traverse nor see without knowledge, without the teachings of the ancient ways. Once taught, the void become light, from nothingness comes enlightenment.