Alchemical Symbolism in the VMS

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... Actually, many comparisons lead me to the "Philosophia reformata" emblems of Mylius ...

To understand your reference to Mylius and Maier, did you come to this path because of Daniel Stolcius von Stolcenberg ? I was surprised by the similarity of the illustrations in Stolcenberg's "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view." and "Philosophia reformata". In fact, Von Stolcenberg used the work of both authors.

An example (Philosophia Reformata / Chymische Lustgärtlein):



By the way, Von Stolcenberg's publisher Lucas Jennis is quite an interesting person. His list of authors includes many contemporary alchemists. - It was assumed that he was a member of the Rosicrucians.