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Man is more ferocious than the beast, Daniel Meisner

“Homo interdum asperior fera” (Man is more ferocious than the beast)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Homo interdum asperior fera” (Man is more ferocious than the beast) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The present engraving belongs to the same book Thesaurus Philo-Politicus published from 1623 by the poet Daniel Meisner and the engraver and publisher Eberhard Kieser.

How insignificant we are, Daniel Meisner

“Omnis dies, omnis hora, qvam nihil sumus, ostendit” (Every day, every hour shows us how insignificant we are)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Omnis dies, omnis hora, qvam nihil sumus, ostendit” (Every day, every hour shows us how insignificant we are) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The image is an allegorical engraving from the 17th century entitled Omnis dies, omnis hora, qvam nihil sumus, ostendit, ‘Every day, every hour shows us how insignificant we are’, which makes us see our own nothingness. The work is part of the famous Thesaurus Philo-Politicus series, published by Daniel Meisner and Eberhard Kieser in Frankfurt from 1623 onwards.

Consider what [you say] to whom [you say it] and where [you are], Daniel Meisner

“Considera cuid, cui et qvo” (Consider what [you say] to whom [you say it] and where [you are])
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Considera cuid, cui et qvo” (Consider what [you say] to whom [you say it] and where [you are]) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving is part of a vast and famous series of drawings made for the book Thesaurus Philopoliticus (1623). The series consists of more than eight hundred reproductions of urban landscapes to which the German poet Daniel Meisner and the publisher Eberhar Kieser added a message and a symbolic image.

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.

Clarifying concepts, part 4, VM Kwen Khan Khu

Clarifying concepts -Part Four-
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Clarifying concepts -Part Four- 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

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.

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.

Mutual metamorphosis of things, Jakob Bornitz

“Mutua rerum metamorphosis” (Mutual metamorphosis of things)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Mutua rerum metamorphosis” (Mutual metamorphosis of things) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

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, Dosso Dossi, Krakow

Mercury and Virtue
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Mercury and Virtue 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

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.

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