How insignificant we are, Daniel Meisner

“Omnis dies, omnis hora, qvam nihil sumus, ostendit” (Every day, every hour shows us how insignificant we are)

“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.

"Nicomaxia vitae", the victorious battle of life

“Nicomaxia vitae” (The victorious battle of life)

“Nicomaxia vitae” (The victorious battle of life) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The title of our engraving invites us to fight for our lives, to fight for our Christ, and the Latin words, translated, tell us that everything is, in truth, an absolute vanity…

Kairos, Turin, Museum of Antiquities

“Tempvs et occasio sva explicant mvnia” (Time and opportunity declare their duties, Theodoor Galle)

“Tempvs et occasio sva explicant mvnia” (Time and opportunity declare their duties, Theodoor Galle) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

V.M. Samael always insisted on the need to break with the implacable destiny that always leads us to stupidly comply with the mechanicity with which we are manipulated from existence to existence. This struggle is posed in the so-called Revolution of Consciousness, with its three factors that are well-defined in our doctrine…