A strange concept to accept is that of the two alchemical lights. Not just one. In Concordantia Chymica Kieser presents those perceptible inside the vessel.
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and the Beating of the Alchemical Metronome
At the beginning of his dream, Poliphilo has a vision of the entire moving Alchemy machine: fourteen discordant dancers taking origin from their opposite.
[Read more…] about Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and the Beating of the Alchemical MetronomeCardanus and the Serpent Seven
Hieronymus Cardanus De Subtilitate puts an intriguing short for the number seven on display. A Cardanus trick or a lost symbolism?
[Read more…] about Cardanus and the Serpent SevenBenedetto Mazzotta and Rods Celebrating a Headpiece
The presence of an armor helmet on a tree of Life and two ornate rods may prove their symbolical relevance and meaning in this less-known engraving.
[Read more…] about Benedetto Mazzotta and Rods Celebrating a HeadpieceAtalanta Fugiens and a very Unusual Procreation
In Atalanta, Fugiens is not the virgin to give birth, but she opens the male and extracts his Soul. Brought in his belly, the child will give birth to the stone.
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