Oedipus Aegyptiacus
"Horus, however, is depicted as a boy, so that it might be shown that the World, like a little infant, was produced in time by the wisdom of God; he is expressed with a cornucopia to indicate the variety, abundance, and plenitude of things created in the World; he stands on a cube to indicate the stability and solidity of the World. The triangle with a globe inscribed in the cube signifies that Horus flowed forth from the archetypal triangle; the staff adorned with a hoopoe's head indicates that the World is supported and sustained, as it were, by the variety of things; the lituus [a curved staff or augur's staff] designates the harmony of the Universe; the gnomon designates order, and the admirable disposition of things. Horus, finally, pressing his lips and urging silence with his finger, does this to indicate the ineffability of the mysteries." [Translated part of the text "Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Iesu, Oedipus Aegyptiacus" c. 1652, First volume]

See Also
Alchemy
List of Synonyms for Scalar