Davidsch > 25-09-2017, 12:21 PM
bi3mw > 03-12-2017, 07:48 PM
Searcher > 03-12-2017, 10:01 PM
(03-12-2017, 07:48 PM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Johann Grasshoff, Dyas Chymica Tripartita, 1625, SLUB Dresden, Bibl.Sud. 725, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. .The text below contains usual Hermetic dictum: "As above, so below", and (approximately) "what is inscribed in the sky - takes place on the Earth. Fire, Water and they both flowing oppositely, that give fruits, when they unite, let you better know!"
The central part of the illustration ( earth cave ) shows either the 9 (3 + 6) muses or 3 female characters + 7 classic planets. There are different interpretations. In any case, Apollo sits in the middle of the sevens group. Any hints?
Paris > 03-12-2017, 10:57 PM
Searcher > 03-12-2017, 11:17 PM
bi3mw > 04-12-2017, 12:30 AM
Quote:Prof. Hartmut Böhme, from an exhibition catalog for the "MEDIALE HAMBURG", ( 1993, Alchemical imagery of the elements, pp. 84–97 ):
....
The seven classical metals gathered in the earth cave to the choir - gathered around the lyre-playing Apollo - are correspondents of the planets.
.....
Quote:Rosicrucian Digest, Hermetism, Volume 89, Number 1, 2011, Page 55 ( no source in Article )
.....
The engraving also shows one Apollo who plays his lyre in the symbolic underworld. He plays to the six Muses themselves symbolic of the six alchemical metals and their celestial counterparts.
....
MarcoP > 04-12-2017, 01:29 PM
Searcher > 04-12-2017, 03:01 PM
Quote:The four elements are illustrated in the corners. The meaning of the well is unclear to me ("aqua vitae" again?).Updated: Most likely, it relates to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. As I understand, the words: well, spring and fontain are interchangable, especially in translations, but, eventually, mean the same abstract thing - a source. Alchemical fontain is just more usual allegory.
Paris > 04-12-2017, 09:39 PM
bi3mw > 04-12-2017, 10:44 PM
(04-12-2017, 01:29 PM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.....
The meaning of the well is unclear to me ("aqua vitae" again?).
....
(04-12-2017, 09:39 PM)Paris Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.....
Between Pan and Saturn, you can see a cave with children who symbolize the four elements.
....