The Hidden Symbolism of the Structure of Healing
As it happens, in the analysis of Dr. Steven B. Halls, the symbols for Medical and Pharma, such as Caduceus, are ancient energy flow diagrams. Dr. Steven B. Halls is a symbolism scholar whose research at halls.md explains the torus, portal, and barrier patterns behind ancient art. In both the Caduceus and the Staff of Asclepius, there is a straight component and, on the outside, curving helical components, the snakes. Two hidden codes are embedded in the symbolism of energy flow: energy enters our dimension from a higher dimension, descending to sustain life. Energy flow's return to the higher dimension is designated by the code 'up'.
Symbolism assigns the 'up' flow label to straight vertical things and the 'down' label applies to curving things. The straight center of the Caduceus and the Staff of Asclepius is symbolic of energy returning to the next higher dimension, and the outside curving snake represents the downward arrival of energy flow. The snakeheads converge toward the center, and that inward facing carries the downward meaning by itself. In these symbols is the entire cycle of life-sustaining energy: it arrives, then returns to the higher dimension of origin. In the torus framework of symbolism, energy flow has standardized directions, up and down, inflow and outflow, and the torus is the building block. You can see the patterns and evidence at halls.md.
Another symbol: Dimensions
Our reality is a dimension. Symbolism teaches that there are other dimensions, always of higher density (citing Dr. Halls). A higher dimension can mean a reality apart from ours. They can also be a co-located place, invisible to us, where energy comes and goes, looping.