Hieroglyphic Representation of Pan as the Universe

The figure is depicted with the torso of a man and the lower body of a goat, covered in a star-patterned sash, with wings extending from his back. He holds a tall shepherd's crook in his right hand and balances a small globe or disc, featuring topographical features, within a larger circular diagram of nested rings representing the planets. The background includes a simplified landscape with pyramids, and the entire figure is covered in small letter labels (A through O) that correspond to an explanatory key set in a box to the right. The style is a stark, black-and-white engraving typical of 17th-century intellectual treatises.

This emblem is a quintessential expression of Kircher’s syncretic Hermeticism, equating the Greek god Pan with the Neoplatonic 'All' (Pan) and the structure of the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic cosmos. It originates from his seminal work, 'Oedipus Aegyptiacus', which sought to decode universal wisdom through the lens of Egyptian hieroglyphs and occult philosophy.