Artist's description: There are numerous speculations around the signification of this gland located in the human brain. These speculations appeared in numerous domains like in psychology, metaphysic or even cultural contexts. But the most famous speculation is the one of the french philosopher Rene Descartes who said the epiphysis was the house of the soul, but many others significations have been presented. In Vedic mythology, it is associated to the third eye; from an esoteric point of view, this gland is the mountain of the holy Bible where the communication with Hashem was established. Moses received the table of the law on the mountain. Thus, from an esoteric point of view, the mountain would be the the house of this gland. So, what is the epiphysis?