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’.
“Omnia mercurio, sulphure et sale” (All things exist through Mercury, Sulphur and Salt)
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
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.
Clarifying concepts -Part Four-
I share with you these new clarifications on eternal Gnostic concepts: What are the gunas? What are the tattvas? What is Totemism? What is the firmament as mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis? etc.
“Finitum producit infinitum” (The finite produces the infinite)
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.
“Mutua rerum metamorphosis” (Mutual metamorphosis of things)
This engraving is telling us what the true Masters of the Hermetic Art affirmed and continue to affirm: “In the water the fire sleeps”…
Mercury and Virtue
I am pleased to bring you, on this occasion, this beautiful artistic work by the Italian Renaissance painter Dosso Dossi (1489-1542). The painting is preserved in the Royal Castle of Wawel, Krakow.
Clarifying Concepts ─Part Three─
Is the Earth karmic? What is our main feature? What is the black sun? Can you travel to the future? Why is blood spiritual?
Revelations about the mysteries of the tinctures of the seven metals
The cover depicts Basil Valentine and Hermes Trismegistus with alchemical and musical instruments; twelve woodcuts within the text that show alembics and various alchemical tools; an engraving by Senlecque with seven emblematic medallions and at the end an alchemical drawing in the form of a shield.
Clarifying concepts -Part Two-
Esteemed reader friends:
I send you these other answers for your reflection.









