Hello Kevin!
Have you tried sketching what you saw?
A thought: people have a personalized "language" of symbolism used in communication between conscious and unconscious aspects of the mind, so the symbolism may have a meaning to you that would be missed by others.
A further thought: you mentioned that you felt you weren't meant to memorize this imagery, it could be that it was intended not for your conscious mind but instead for it to penetrate into the unconscious for whatever purpose. This is a technique sometimes used in sigil magic, where one will create a sigil for an intended purpose, focus on it in a meditative or other heightened state of mind in order for the sigil to penetrate into the deep mind. When the magician is confident that the image and the intent associated with it has been absorbed they will attempt to forget it at the conscious level of awareness.
Anyhow, these are just some of my thoughts, ultimately only you can interpret this experience within your own framework of understanding.
Have you tried sketching what you saw?
A thought: people have a personalized "language" of symbolism used in communication between conscious and unconscious aspects of the mind, so the symbolism may have a meaning to you that would be missed by others.
A further thought: you mentioned that you felt you weren't meant to memorize this imagery, it could be that it was intended not for your conscious mind but instead for it to penetrate into the unconscious for whatever purpose. This is a technique sometimes used in sigil magic, where one will create a sigil for an intended purpose, focus on it in a meditative or other heightened state of mind in order for the sigil to penetrate into the deep mind. When the magician is confident that the image and the intent associated with it has been absorbed they will attempt to forget it at the conscious level of awareness.
Anyhow, these are just some of my thoughts, ultimately only you can interpret this experience within your own framework of understanding.