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    Category: Alchemical Texts

    The Splendor Solis and the Jungian Mandala: 22 Images of the Soul

    This post will serve as a guide to the Splendor Solis, an “illuminated manuscript” of Alchemical knowledge. It also contains a nod towards Jung’s notions of Mandalas;… Read more “The Splendor Solis and the Jungian Mandala: 22 Images of the Soul”

    May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    The Dao of Dying: Zhuangzi Dreams of Being a Butterfly

    After Lao-tsi’s Dao Teh Ching, perhaps the most important Daoist text is the Zhuangzi. It is mythic, poetic and satiric. And as for its author? Well, his… Read more “The Dao of Dying: Zhuangzi Dreams of Being a Butterfly”

    March 31, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    A.E. Waite’s Second Tarot: the Waite-Trinick Deck

    First, my thanks to Dr. Emily Auger for chairing the Tarot and Divination group at the Pop Culture Association of America conference (here’s a link to her… Read more “A.E. Waite’s Second Tarot: the Waite-Trinick Deck”

    May 21, 2019June 11, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    The House of Wisdom

    The House of Wisdom was one of the greatest libraries in the ancient world, before it was toppled by an invading Mongol horde. What makes this story… Read more “The House of Wisdom”

    August 30, 2017April 27, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    Splendor Solis: Plate 22

    The reason why all natural things are put together in a body is, that there may be a united composition. – Solomon Trismosin Plate 22 is the… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 22”

    July 16, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

    Splendor Solis: Plate 21

    This being the proper philosophical sublimation, by means of which the perfect method is carried out. And this is why this Art is compared to Woman’s Work,… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 21”

    July 1, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

    Splendor Solis: Plate 20

    Wherefore is this Art compared to the play of children, who when they play, turn undermost that which before was uppermost. – Trismosin In this plate, we… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 20”

    June 19, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

    Splendor Solis: Plate 19

    DISSOLUTION is the FIRST Operation which has to take place in the Art of ALCHEMY -Trismosin Plate nineteen heralds us into the last section of the Splendor… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 19”

    May 24, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

    Splendor Solis: Plate 18

    Is the Force of the heat thus mixed with heat in the earth, that it has made light the collected parts and resolved them so as to… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 18”

    May 15, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

    Splendor Solis: Plate 17

    It arises from the earth and descends from heaven; it gathers to itself the strength of things above and things below. – The Emerald Tablet In plate seventeen… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 17”

    May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 by MythCrafts Team

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