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I am brought down by poverty, and lifted up by natural inclination

“Pavpertate premor subleuor ingenio” (I am brought down by poverty, and lifted up by natural inclination)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Pavpertate premor subleuor ingenio” (I am brought down by poverty, and lifted up by natural inclination) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

On this occasion, I am sending you a drawing that appears in another book of emblems entitled Selectorum emblematum ─’Selected emblems’─. The texts belong to the German poet Gabrielis Rollenhagi (1583-1619), and the engravings to Crispijn van de Passe and Jan Jansson (1588-1664).

Hope and patience win, Daniel Cramer

“Spes et patientia vincit” (Hope and patience win)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Spes et patientia vincit” (Hope and patience win) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

In 1630 a book of emblems by Daniel Cramer was published called OCTOGINTA EMBLEMATA MORALIA NOVA ─’eighty new moral emblems’─.
This is the emblem number 31.

Mirror of Rosicrucian wisdom, Theophilus Schweighardt Constanties

“Speculum sophicum rhodostauroticum” (Mirror of Rosicrucian wisdom)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Speculum sophicum rhodostauroticum” (Mirror of Rosicrucian wisdom) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am pleased to send you this engraving entitled: “Speculum sophicum rhodostauroticum” (Mirror of Rosicrucian wisdom). The book was signed with the name Theophilus Schweighardt Constanties.

God Mercury, Chapel of the Zodiac, the Malatestian Temple in Rimini, Italy. By Agostino di Duccio

God Mercury
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
God Mercury 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am sending you this image of the God Mercury, bas-relief in the Chapel of the Zodiac of the Malatestian Temple in Rimini, Italy. The author is the Italian sculptor Agostino di Duccio (1418-1481).

"Nicomaxia vitae", the victorious battle of life

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

The foolish world prefers the temporary good, Dirck Volckertsz

The foolish world prefers the temporary good
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The foolish world prefers the temporary good 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The character who gives his heart is the so-called foolish world ─humanity in general─, who, in addition to having his psyche always bottled up in various stupidities that the Mayavic illusion provides him, wears glasses trying to correct his myopia, but they are of no use to him.

A man prays to the Consciousness, Philip Galle

A man prays to the Consciousness 
Editor VOPUS
A man prays to the Consciousness  850 480 Editor VOPUS

The first engraving with its Latin phrases/sentences takes us to self-analysis for us to realize that, certainly, the Ego has its nooks and crannies, its recesses where it usually hides to continue bothering us with its psychological tricks.

Saint Lucy, Saint Geneviève. Domenico Beccafumi

“Tolerantia in adversis adfert notionem dei” (Tolerance in adversity produces knowledge of God)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Tolerantia in adversis adfert notionem dei” (Tolerance in adversity produces knowledge of God) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Estos grabados pertenecen a una serie de 14 dibujos llamada La Escalera de Jacob o La alegoría del camino a la salvación eterna, impresos por Dirck Volckertszoon en 1550. Los grabados llevan la firma del pintor neerlandés Maarten Van Heemskerck como su creador.

Laboratory of the common chemists, Johannes Friedrich von Rain

“Laboratorium chymicorum vulgarium” (Laboratory of the common chemists)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Laboratorium chymicorum vulgarium” (Laboratory of the common chemists) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This precious engraving, dear readers, is a call that this Slovenian Adept has made to all seekers who continue to pretend that the Golden Fleece is a material object, forgetting that it refers to that most sacred part that we call in Gnosis the intimate Christ.

Mirror of Purification

“Specvlvm pvrgativm” (Mirror of Purification)
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
“Specvlvm pvrgativm” (Mirror of Purification) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Dear readers, this engraving leads us to question our degrees of purity or purification during our journey through the three-dimensional world:
“Specvlvm pvrgativm”, Mirror of Purification

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