03:8 · This is the ladder of transmigration, the soul's pilgrimage from the earthly existence to paradise. During the sixteenth century was used to signify levels of increased awareness, and is therefore also a synonym to the alchemical symbol, the golden chain of Homer. Refer to the section "Esoteric alchemy" in the Appendices.
    Compare with , which is an ideogram carved in a rock face in Rio Majes valley in south Peru (see in Group 29 for more signs from the Rio Majes carvings).