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LabyrinthDesigners & the Art of Fire

Alchemy works translations, commentaries, and presentations of hidden evidence in myths, art, nature, science history

  • Classical Alchemy
    • The State of the Art
    • An Intriguing Case
    • Opus Magnum Scheme
    • Turba Philosophorum’s Ambition
    • Areas of Interest
    • Index of the Names
    • Articles
    • Lexicon
  • Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine
  • The Sound Sacrifice
  • Boschius’s Ars Symbolica

Boschius’s Ars Symbolica, Literary Character Dossiers

The papyrus books fall out of the bag and are tossed about by the wind.

Secreta docent et dissita

They teach secret and scattered things.

“They teach dark and remote deeds. Literary Character Dossiers.” – Jakob Bosch aka Boschius, Symbolographia sive de arte symbolica, 1702, Class 3, DXXXII 532.

Quia Maecenate carem(us)

We are short of benefactors, indeed.

“Letters need a patron. The papyrus books fall out of the bag and are tossed about by the wind.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, Class 3, DXXXVI 536.

Non evehar ni vehar

Neither leaving nor forwarded.

“And a pen, or a quill feather.” – Jakob Bosch, Symbolographia, Class 3, DXXXVII 537.

  • Classical Alchemy
    • The State of the Art
    • An Intriguing Case
    • Opus Magnum Scheme
    • Turba Philosophorum’s Ambition
    • Areas of Interest
    • Index of the Names
    • Articles
    • Lexicon
  • Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine
  • The Sound Sacrifice
  • Boschius’s Ars Symbolica

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