It is indeed needed that at the End of this World, Heaven and Earth should meet and come home. – Hermes Trismegistus Four is an important number… Read more “Splendor Solis, Plate 4”
Category: Alchemical Texts
Splendor Solis, Plate 3
Chose for our Stone that wherewith kings are decorated and crowned. – Aristotle Last time, we looked at the second plate, that of an alchemist exploring the… Read more “Splendor Solis, Plate 3”
Splendor Solis: Plate 2
The Philosopher’s Stone is produced by means of the Greening and Growing Nature – Solomon Trismosin Last time we worked through the symbolism of the first plate,… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 2”
Splendor Solis: Plate 1
I am the way and even road, who passes here without a rest, will find a goodly life abode, and in the end be ever blessed. –… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 1”