A study of serpent-shaped croziers iconography development during the middle ages. Between modern liturgic uncertainties and ancient hermetic symbolism.
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Croziers & Ringlets of Serpent 1
Paradoxical Christian croziers’ serpent shapes closely resemble the Prudence high relief in Notre Dame, to which Fulcanelli dedicated many lines.
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The Venus Birth, or her landing portrayed by Botticelli, closely resembles the alchemical Primaterialistic Subject and its vegetative power. But the shell carrying the goddess goes even further, indeed, beyond the very Alchemy foundations.
[Read more…] about Botticelli, Venus Birth & Primaterialistic Subject on a ShellSun & Moon at the Turn of the First Millennium
A cross, and a victim on the cross, are two symbols belonging to both Hermetic and Christian iconographies. Here we have the addition of the sun and moon.
[Read more…] about Sun & Moon at the Turn of the First MillenniumGiorgione, Tempest & Aqua Pontica
The Tempest by Giorgione is an authentic compendium for Secret Fire becoming Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum, or Aqua Pontica. The Thunder, then, is not symbolic at all.
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