Shell

The shell seen here is similar to the NBC peacock logo. Both represent the sun and its rays. These rays of light represent the esoteric knowledge that man can become God through scientific knowledge. [2]
The shell was a symbol for the universe, and for moving across the Zodiac. [3]
In Catholicism
- Scallop shell: the sea shell, especially the scallop shell, is the symbol of Baptism, and is found frequently on Baptismal fonts. The dish used by priests to pour water over the heads of catechumens in Baptism is often scallop-shaped. The scallop, too, is a symbol for the Apostle James the Greater. [4]

Coptic shell, symbol of the universe. Louvre, Paris.
Roman gravestone using the symbol of a large shell to represent the heavens.
Poseidon with shell at his head. The shell was a symbol for the universe, and for moving across the Zodiac. [1]
Venus is borne from the sea in a large shell, symbol of the cosmos.
Pagan symbols of the heavens on a papal crest in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy.
Over the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral (London) is a large golden shell.
This cosmic symbol is often used as a font to hold "holy" water.

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