Alchemical Symbolism in the VMS

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@nablator

Thanks for the info. That's some crazy stuff. Got to get some of that "Spame of Luna" (Turba  p. 44). Part of it seems like trying to copperplate metal slugs and pass them off as gold coins. The gold doesn't need to be real.

The VMs drawing is somewhat ambiguous. Salamander is one possibility. Or an otter for an alternative. I can't tell a depiction of an Agnus Dei from a Golden Fleece. And if it is interpreted as a salamander, is it as an alchemical fire salamander? Then, on the alchemical conversion that water is fire, that changes the VMs illustration to a pool of green fire. After that, what would distinguish one of the green pools from all the other green pools? If all the Quire 13 nymphs are wading in pools of green fire, that would require some readjustment of perspective.