The engraving we are examining is contained in “Senioris Zadith Fillii Hamuelis Tabula Chimica”, or the chemical table of the old Zadith son of Hamuel, in both Theatrum Chemicum and Biblioteca Chemica Curiosa. The same picture seems to have also been the subject of “ The Book of the Silvery Water and the Starry Earth” by ibn-Umail.
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Hortulus Hermeticus, Beware of the Red Laton
White before Red, or at least White after a fake Red. In Hortulus Hermeticus, emblem 36, the black-white-red metamorphosis, often our only landmark, is openly stated.
[Read more…] about Hortulus Hermeticus, Beware of the Red LatonCesare Ripa & the Two Canons of Beauty
In Cesare Ripa’s Iconologia, we find two different canons of feminine beauty: a bearded and an ineffable one, which may fit with our two kinds of Mercurius.
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Cesare Ripa’s iconology of the Ouroboros world machine fits our main alchemical tools: hot and frozen. The real dichotomy. The real Father and Mother.
[Read more…] about Cesare Ripa & the Hot Frozen Ouroboros World MachinePhilosophia Reformata, Father Sun & Mother Moon
Philosophia Reformata by Mylius features a massive use of Suns and Moons, very often presented together with man-woman symbolism, which, on the other hand, are Sun and Moon synonymous.
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