VOPUS Gnosis > Alchemy
The secret candelabrum, Perspective on magic

The secret candelabrum
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The secret candelabrum 1770 1216 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

First of all, it is necessary that you know that this engraving is part of the same book that was called Perspective on magic, written by Karl Von Eckartshausen, who lived between 1752 and 1803.

Enigmas of symbology, Karl von Eckartshausen

Enigmas of symbology
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Enigmas of symbology 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am pleased to send you, on this occasion, another engraving by Karl Von Eckartshausen, which was published in 1790, two years after the first edition. Enigmas of symbology

The alchemical mystery of the jester

The alchemical mystery of the jester
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The alchemical mystery of the jester 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am pleased to send you all a very interesting comment about the figure who in medieval times was called the JESTER.

Angel chained to the world, Pia Desideria

Angel chained to the world
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Angel chained to the world 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

On this occasion we enter into this engraving that was made in Antwerp ─Belgium─ in the year 1624. It was entitled: Angel chained to the world

The sight, Adriaen Collaert

The transcendence of the sense of sight
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The transcendence of the sense of sight 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

With immense pleasure I send you one of the five engravings that I am sending you gradually and that are related to the five senses that our organic machine possesses.

Adriaen Collaert: Avditvs ─‘the hearing’─

Avditvs ─‘the hearing’─
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Avditvs ─‘the hearing’─ 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

To enter into the subject matter, I have to tell you that on this occasion the artist wanted to refer to the auditory faculty, once again indicated as a human quality and therefore represented in the form of a beautiful woman.

The God Phanes

The God Phanes
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The God Phanes 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Esteemed readers, I show you here two images: a 16th century drawing by Francesco de Rossi ─Italian painter, 1510-1563─, in which Phanes appears as a hermaphrodite deity, as described by ancient Roman texts, and a Roman high relief.

Through me the way among the people lost, Torquato Della Torre

Per me se va tra la perduta gente
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Per me se va tra la perduta gente 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I hasten to send you this curious sculpture whose creator is Torquato Della Torre. The sculpture was made between 1851 and 1854. This sculptural representation has a profoundly esoteric and theological-philosophical content.

Aphrodite, Pan and Eros

Aphrodite, Pan and Eros
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Aphrodite, Pan and Eros 860 528 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am pleased to send you a few words on the topic of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros.
To delve deeply into this Greek mythological theme it is necessary to know the Gnostic mysteries, because otherwise everything remains insubstantial verbiage of ambiguous talk.

Tityus' punishment - Mythological pictorial revelations

Mythological pictorial revelations
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Mythological pictorial revelations 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I would now like to send you some images or sketches made in his time by the great sculptor, painter and poet MIGUEL ÁNGEL BUONARROTI.

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