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"Gold was important in magical rituals…

Religion and magic share the connection with another world. But magic and religion differ, as Söderblom defined: in religion man venerates the divinity, in magic man uses the divinity for his own purposes (Söderblom 1966). Thus, magical rituals are intended to force the divinity (or spirits, or otherworldly forces) to act as desired, if only the prescribed magical rituals have been fulfilled correctly."

From the British Museum, discussing the "Staffordshire Hoard"

Gold is considered to be symbolic of magic, a good starting point for more digging, lots of references to go through listed at end of paper

https://finds.org.uk/staffshoardsymposium/papers/charlottebehr

Another good resource for digging on the meaning of being covered in gold:

https://occult-world.com/gold-israel-regardies-lost-book-of-alchemy/

occult-world.com has lots there about gold helping them achieve a higher level of divine consciousness and superiority over others