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Cramer’s Emblemata Sacra, an Alchemical Heart Liber Mutus 1

By Iulia Millesima

Emblemata Sacra First Series.

In parenthesis the translation of Emblemata Sacra original Latin mottos, and in some cases a very brief summary of the most indicative quotations.  It follows my comments out of the parenthesis.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 1 mollesco

1 (I soften) – I change the state and disaggregate into the four elements, so letting out my spirit.

daniel cramer emblemata 2 cresco

2 (I grow up) – I fructify and increase my weight, wheat reborn from himself, the seed dies to give birth to a new plant.

daniel cramer emblemata 3 altapeto

3 (I head to the immense) – I become a philosophical magnet/Mercurius.

daniel cramer emblemata 4 amo

4 (I love) – with cooking my spirit will come out,   and there lays the foundation of communication.

daniel cramer emblemata 5 lateo

5 (I keep hidden) – I protect myself from harmful radiation.

daniel cramer emblemata 6 illuminor

6 (I get enlightened) – only the philosophical light illuminates my inner light/eye.

daniel cramer emblemata 7 sum constans

7 (I am inalterable) – the four elements forge me.

daniel cramer emblemata 8 suspiro

8 (I draw a deep breath) – now I’m a spirit, I’m like smoke and fire as Mercurius joins and merges with what is more close to it in nature, fire and smoke, so I can deeply communicate now.

daniel cramer emblemata 9 liberor

9 (I get my chains broken) – I’m free from element earth for the moment, I’m volatile.

daniel cramer emblemata 10 revivisco

10 (I resurrect) – inside me the seeds of a new life (I live) – the mercurial serpent gives new life, it rises from me, the life comes from death.

daniel cramer emblemata 11 vivo

11 (I live)  – the mercurial serpent gives new life, it rises from me, life comes from death.

daniel cramer emblemata 12 sanor

12 (I get healed from my ills) – I’m perfected by the operations of the philosophical sun/secret fire.

daniel cramer emblemata 13 periclitor

13 (I’ll be saved from the dangers – an abyss evokes another abyss) – a spiritus mundi/Mercurius evokes-turns on another spiritus mundi.

daniel cramer emblemata 14 crucifigor

14  (I am crucified to the big cross) – my volatility as Mercurius is now fixed.

daniel cramer emblemata 15 meditor

15 (I schedule) – I observe the right timing and instructions.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 16 redimor

16 ( I’m detached from mundane things) – all the wealth of the earth is in me.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 17 mellifico

17 I ( I make my honey) –  now that I’m fixed, my honey/Mercurius Philosophorum can extract my spider/sulfur/soul and vibrate in the net.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 18 nihil sum

18 ( I am nothing – asters are more powerful than the human law) – now I follow the suns and stars.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 19 praepondero

19 (I increase weight – with red tint I’ll win) – I’m the perfect red, my weight is increasing.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 20 superaedifico

20 (I build upon) – I only build on the stone.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 21 absolvor

21 (I’m absolved – everything I was against it will be deleted) – although I am now element earth, all the capabilities of Mercurius remain intact inside me.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 22 non laedor

22 (I’m stung by thorns – red roses and white lilies shall grow together) – I’ll pass through all the colors.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 23 praedestinor

23 (I am predestined) – I walk towards the high destiny.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 24 probor

24  (I am tested) – the furnace will make me perfect.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 25 refrigeror

25 ( I am cooled down) – despite the fire I’m cooked by the spirit.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 26 protegor

26 (I’m protected) – I should be kept away from the sun.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 27 sannas fero

27 (I make faces at) – the sacred sound makes me swinging.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 28 fidelis sum

28 (I’m faithful) – eventually my hard work will give me the crown.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 29 infernum timeo

29 (I’m scared of hell – I take refuge in a cave) – my natural stay is underground.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 30 refectionem spero

30 (I hope in a break –  with the end of flooding, whites doves come at sunset bringing olive sprigs) – after the last putrefaction the whiteness brings the philosophical sun strength.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 31 qui sitit, bibet

31 (He who is thirsty, drinks – from the rose liquor flows the source) – the water I receive makes me a source of life.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 32 limus fimus

32 (mud dung – where is your treasure is your heart ) – do not be worried about employing humble and disgusting matters, as they are rich in Secret fire/spiritus mundi.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 33 πάθήμα μάθήμά

33 (the quality of gold must be tested seven times) – remember to repeat your operations.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 34 nec citra nec ultra

34 (neither here nor there – he who moves away from the norm goes toward disaster) – I thoroughly follow the instructions.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 35 sapientia simplex

35 (the knowledge is simple) –  the flowing mercurial serpent/white dove is then fixed/crucified and so extracts my heart/soul/sulfur or eye/inner light.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 36 o vanitas

36 ( oh vanity!) – now that mind and heart/soul/central sun are separated, the great spirit can lead the mind.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 37 emigrandum

37 ( migrating) –  I move everywhere without being attached to any place in the world.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 37 emigrandum

38 ( I draw a deep breath) – when I’m perfectly prepared we’ll breathe in the same tune.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 39 mors lucrum

39 (death is beneficial) – I know that my body is an impediment.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 40 sic alor

40 (I find something to be nurtured – where is a corpse there eagles gather) – I remain there where is my corpse.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 41 sanor

41 (I am healed) – the juice of your philosophical grapes allows me to enter other worlds, the drink of the immortals.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 42 alta cadunt

41 (they fall from above) – obelisks in ancient times were known for their resonance when they had the least contact with the ground – see the main article.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 43 per angusta

43 (through small holes) – I’m given the crown of adept, the crown stands for light.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 44 adsit ab alto

44 (it is only by the High – it is not important who plants or waters, but only from above comes my life) – I’m no longer subject to the ground forces.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 45 emergo

45 (I emerge from the deep of the sea) – I will be at one with the forces of heaven.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 46 parturiunt

46  (They give birth – the evil can only give origin to evil)  – do multiply your Opus.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 47 vulneror

47 (I’m hurt, I am pierced with your arrows) – the work is completed by heaven.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 48 affligor

48 (I get beaten – urge me – you are the father, I’m the son) – to be the son of means to be initiated.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 49 circumspecte

49 (Proceed with caution) – the path is dangerous and slow.

daniel cramer emblemata sacra 50 memento mori

50 ( remember of death) – I must learn while still have a mind, as then I will need a new element earth/ a new mind.

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