SUN and Man create a Man, for the Sun’s force and spirit give life, and the process has to be gone through seven times, by means of… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 12”
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Splendor Solis: Plate 11
Today we reach plate 11, the final image in the seven parables series, which marks the halfway point for the Splendor Solis. The final parable is an… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 11”
Splendor Solis: Plate 10
Alchemy is violent; the motto of Solve Et Coagula demands dissolution before rebuilding, tearing apart before putting back together. This idea applies to the material world as… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 10”
Splendor Solis: Plate 8
“She clothed the man with a purple robe, lifted him up to his brightest clearness, and took him with herself to Heaven.” -Trismosin What could this image… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 8”
Splendor Solis: Plate 7
“The Destruction of one thing is the birth of another.” – Aristotle This time we look at plate seven as we continue our analysis of the illustrated… Read more “Splendor Solis: Plate 7”
Splendor Solis, Plate 5
NOW FOLLOWS THE MEANS WHEREBY THE WHOLE WORK OF THIS MASTERY IS PERFECTED; EXPLAINED BY A FEW SUITABLE ILLUSTRATIONS, PARABLES, AND VARIOUS APHORISMS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS. -Trismosin… Read more “Splendor Solis, Plate 5”
Splendor Solis, Plate 4
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”
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”