

I'm looking to get a tattoo of the gate depicted in episode 63, but I don't
know what it is that I'm looking for. I know that there are two gates, and one
of them is "The Tree of Life".

I'm looking for the other one, depicted in this screenshot from episode 63 at
16:46:

![Adonai gate two](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2N6W9l.png)

What is depicted on the second gate?


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What is depicted on the gate shown in episode 63 of Brotherhood?


There are three different gates in all.

The first one (Ed's) is the so called "tree of life" described in [this
question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/21923/what-is-this-huge-
symbol-on-the-door-in-the-truth-realm-and-in-neon-genesis-evan).

The gate you are looking for is the second gate (Al's), which is the European
Alchemical scheme depicted in George Ripley's _Marrow of Alchemy_ , based off
the Kabbalah's Tree of Life and Kundalini's chakra system, which is probably
derived from Samuel Norton's [_Catholicon
Physicorum_](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qQ0b3.jpg).

[![marrow of
alchemy](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9kGFr.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9kGFr.jpg)

[![Another
gate](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SYJh9m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SYJh9m.jpg)

[![Al's
Gate](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9ePlYm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9ePlYm.jpg)

The third gate ("Truth's"/Mustang's) does not appear to be derived from known
alchemy symbology from real life, but it share's similarities (two
intersecting triangles) to the tattoo on Riza's back, which is related to
Flame Alchemy.

[![mustang's
gate?](https://i.stack.imgur.com/N5Gyd.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/N5Gyd.png)

[![riza's
tattoo](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g0K3E.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g0K3E.png)

[![third
gate](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oQ3jF.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oQ3jF.jpg)


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Mustangs door is from his flame alchemy which is also the seal of
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As people before me have already stated; Al's gate is from _The Marrow of
Alchemy_. If I remember correctly, the symbol represents purification, and it
is believed that the only way to obtain total purification is to get rid
oneself of their physical body (something Al is pretty familiar with).

Roy's gate is a lot more complicated than that. Yes, parts of his gate are
shown on Riza's tattoo; however the parts on his gate do not represent flame
alchemy as many people believe, but instead the sun and the serpents represent
something called the marriage of the Red King and White Queen. Basically Roy
and Riza's relationship is an analogy for the Red King and White Queen.

It's a little complicated, but here's [a YouTube
video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv4GiaOwanw&t=72s) where I go a bit
more into depth about Roy's gate.


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