I dont see that all ... sorry Abrac, it seems a stretch because;
1) The sign on the hand looks more like the one on my hand than a cross of four rivers.
2) I see a vague connection with the apocolpse and the Devil but no real connection for the link you're making.
I'm cautiously optimistic I've found the answer!
In Regardie's Golden Dawn book, there are two sections, <144> THE GARDEN OF EDEN BEFORE THE FALL and <150> THE GARDEN OF EDEN AFTER THE FALL. In both, reference is made to a "Cross of Four Rivers."
3) Yes, that's correct but how does that relate to the pattern on the hand? I see three little lines at the bottom going into the main line and four coming out the top. That does not form a cross of four rivers ... to my eye. Further over where the big line crosses, thats more like a cross. The rivers come out of DAATH and then split into 4 'heads', the shape of that isnt like what is on the hand?
In <144>:
"Thus the Rivers form a Cross and on it the GREAT ADAM, the SON who is to rule the nations..."
and <150>:
"And it became necessary that a Second Adam should arise to restore the System, and thus, as ADAM had been spread on the Cross of the Four Rivers, so the Second ADAM should be crucified on the Infernal Rivers..."
4. But there is more to this quote ; " ... be crucified on the Infernal Rivers of this four armed cross of DEATH." The shape on the hand is not a four armed cross of death.
All this in two lectures dealing with the Garden of Eden seems too much to be coincidental. It looks plain to me that there are four rivers, or tributaries of one main river that turns into the arm of a cross.
5. Sorry but I cant see the coincidience??? The GD lifted (and quoted) a lot from the Bible ... not always accuratly. The rivers of Eden come from an old race memory that was imported into Mesopotamia where the Jews in Exile picked it up and sourced their stories of creation, the Garden of Eden, the four rivers, a Homeland for Abraham ,,, etc. The garden of Eden (or 'paradise' from an old Iranian word) was the original homeland (where the Indians had their beloved and , after they moved lost, Soma) of the Proto-Indo Europeans; before the split into Indians and Iranians and Vedanta and Avesta. The four rivers originally defined a geographical location. Its in the Palyma region and satellite
photos show some resemblance to the old Buddhist pictures of Shamballa (western Shangri-la)
http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/aryans/location.htm
And section of the site shows the region in detail (recently updated with great new pics!)
http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/tajikistan/page3.htm#boundaries
Some maps and good links here; maybe on one of them you WILL find that shape (but it looks more like 7 little tributaries feeding a larger one to me ... but good luck anyway
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If the element of Water is attached to this symbol, the other three become clear in a balanced and harmonious way. Fire, which is the torch, corresponds to the male side; and Water corresponds to the female side. "Mercury" is Air and the "Altar" is Earth.
Devil w/elemental attributions
As I said, I'm cautiously optimistic since it's been a very tough nut to crack, but this looks more promising than anything so far, to me at least. Love to hear your feedback.
My feedback is that it is hand print ... and it relates to some idea or symbol that more directly relates to the 'devil' concept from the past (like the crooked little finger on the left hand that some have 'inherited'.)