Vesta, the divinity of the primary hearth, or rather the fire, was represented with waving veils. This flame was said to be the origin of the winds and vapors rising from the earth.
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Labors of Hercules: Second, to Thin the Lernaean Hydra
The second step of preliminary works according to the mythological Labors of Hercules: is to thin, disperse, and volatilize the raw salts. Let Mercurius/Secret Fire out. [Read more…] about Labors of Hercules: Second, to Thin the Lernaean Hydra
Labors of Hercules: First, to Open the Nemean Lion
The labors of Hercules are a metaphor for our Preliminary Works, those to achieve the Universal Dissolvent. First: break the fixed raw matter, the Nemean Lion. [Read more…] about Labors of Hercules: First, to Open the Nemean Lion
Dionysus, Universal Dissolvent and Kykeon
The presence of a mysterious drink, the kykeon, was enough to transform Dionysus into the uncontrollable God of Life, the unique one to give a new life-body to a Soul.
[Read more…] about Dionysus, Universal Dissolvent and KykeonBlack Haida Crow Destroying the Matter Shell
A Haida myth on a destructor creator crow perfectly fits our alchemical symbol of destruction and creation per antonomasia: the black crow. [Read more…] about Black Haida Crow Destroying the Matter Shell
The Throne Hieroglyph and the Nightly Power of Isis
The throne hieroglyph’s different meanings do reveal an ancient symbolism as well as later artistic iconographies on the alchemical primordial feminine. [Read more…] about The Throne Hieroglyph and the Nightly Power of Isis
Eros, Psyche & a New Alchemical Body
Multiform and multi-names Eros with mortal Psyche. Together they give shape to a new alchemical body, a nightly butterfly having strange and unexpected flight plans. [Read more…] about Eros, Psyche & a New Alchemical Body
Sargon Regulus, the little Sun
In Lucarelli’s ” Origins of Alchemy” I came up with an unidentified king Sargon tablet on the favorable conditions in which a virgin priestess can give birth to a little sun, a Regulus: [Read more…] about Sargon Regulus, the little Sun