VOPUS Gnosis > Alchemy
"In summis periculis homo vivit securus" (Man lives carefree also in extreme dangers), Daniel Meisner

“In summis periculis homo vivit securus” (Man lives carefree also in extreme dangers)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“In summis periculis homo vivit securus” (Man lives carefree also in extreme dangers) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving illustrates the various consequences that arise when our consciousness becomes sleepy.

"Benignita" (Benignity), Cesare Ripa

“Benignita” (Benignity)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Benignita” (Benignity) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Undoubtedly, the woman who gives her milk to all creatures is none other than the ancient Egyptians’ interpretation of NUT ─Mother Space─.

"Huius seculi status" (The state of this age), Daniel Meisner

“Huius seculi status” (The state of this age)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Huius seculi status” (The state of this age) 1157 653 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving refers us to what our Patriarch tells us about THE INTERMEDIATE MIND. When we are prisoners of the intermediate mind we only act in the form of contradictions, like the characters pulling the cart in opposite directions.

"Hortus nec amoenior ullus", No garden is more enjoyable, Daniel Meisner

“Hortus nec amoenior ullus” (No garden is more enjoyable)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Hortus nec amoenior ullus” (No garden is more enjoyable) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The present artistic illustration, eminently alchemical, refers to our Philosophical Earth ─our material body or physical vehicle, with which we must accomplish the GREAT WORK.

"Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum" (From the error of others, the sage amends his own), Daniel Meisner

“Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum” (From the error of others, the sage amends his own)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum” (From the error of others, the sage amends his own) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

First, we must begin by pointing out that this engraving alludes to the alchemical art. That is why we see the alchemist looking at himself in a mirror, and this brings us to the topic directly related to the subject that speaks to us: the mirror of Alchemy.

Hermetic art is despised in our age, Daniel Meisner

“Ars nostro spernitur ævo” ([Hermetic] art is despised in our age)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Ars nostro spernitur ævo” ([Hermetic] art is despised in our age) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The central figure is an old man, a scholar or artist, walking and carrying on his back a huge basket full of instruments and tools: a compass, a square, a ruler, an ancient astronomical instrument that resembles a cross and that is used to calculate the distance between two celestial bodies, a globe of the Earth, etc.  etc.

Alchemically prepared potable gold, Malachias Geiger

“Emblema 5 – Avri potabilis chimice praeparatio” (Alchemically prepared potable gold)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Emblema 5 – Avri potabilis chimice praeparatio” (Alchemically prepared potable gold) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving was made by the German artist Wolfgang Kilian and was published in an alchemical and medical book written by the German physician Malachias Geiger entitled Microcosmus Hypochondriaca Tractatus (1652) ‘The Hypochondriac Microcosm on Hypochondriac Melancholy’.

All things exist through Mercury, Sulphur and Salt, Azufre y Sal

“Omnia mercurio, sulphure et sale” (All things exist through Mercury, Sulphur and Salt)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Omnia mercurio, sulphure et sale” (All things exist through Mercury, Sulphur and Salt) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am sending you this engraving which is the forty-fifth emblem of the book Emblematum sacrorum et civilium miscellaneorum ─’Various Sacred and Civil Emblems’─, written by Jacob Bornitz.

Cognitio: Apollo, Pallas Athena, and the Nine Muses, VM Kwen Khan Khu

Cognitio
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Cognitio 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am pleased to send you this engraving entitled: Cognitio. The scene, allegorical and mythological, shows us the seat of the nine muses on Mount Helicon, presided over by the Gods Apollo ─identified by his luminous aura and his harp─ and Pallas Athena ─who appears in the upper left corner on a cloud, with a helmet and a spear.

The finite produces the infinite, Jakob Bornitz

“Finitum producit infinitum” (The finite produces the infinite)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Finitum producit infinitum” (The finite produces the infinite) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

We can see a cloth on which musical notes are written, giving us to understand that the basis of creation lies in them and in the octaves that we can perceive. This is one of the mysteries that surround the THEOMEGALOGOS Himself.

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