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Here's a surprising bit of Hermeticism from Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, 1885. A lady faces the setting sun and transmits a thought-message toward the light as she touches a dog's head. The Greek god Hermes (a.k.a. the Roman Mercury and the Egyptian Thoth) is a solar messenger. The Egyptians of course represented him with a dog's head.
The caption reads, "She stood at the window looking westward at the setting sun, her thoughts borne outward toward its glory, her hand resting on the head of Duke."
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