17-08-2019, 10:45 AM
Koen, looking at all this Arma Christi imagery just had some unexpected benefits.
Alchemy scrolls and manuscripts always seemed a bit strange to me. Even when you read them, some of the symbology is a bit weird and the metaphors (of which there are many) don't always seem to quite fit.
I just went back to some of the alchemy imagery for the first time in a couple of weeks and realized Oh! I know where that comes from, and that, and that.... They have borrowed directly from some of the Christian imagery in ways I didn't understand until now. It has been re-purposed, of course, but the ideas are much the same and suddenly they don't seem so strange.
Alchemy scrolls and manuscripts always seemed a bit strange to me. Even when you read them, some of the symbology is a bit weird and the metaphors (of which there are many) don't always seem to quite fit.
I just went back to some of the alchemy imagery for the first time in a couple of weeks and realized Oh! I know where that comes from, and that, and that.... They have borrowed directly from some of the Christian imagery in ways I didn't understand until now. It has been re-purposed, of course, but the ideas are much the same and suddenly they don't seem so strange.