The finite produces the infinite, Jakob Bornitz

“Finitum producit infinitum” (The finite produces the infinite)

“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)

“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

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.

Divine and human symbols of pontiffs, emperors and kings

“Symbola divina & humana pontificum, imperatorum, regum” (Divine and human symbols of pontiffs, emperors and kings)

“Symbola divina & humana pontificum, imperatorum, regum” (Divine and human symbols of pontiffs, emperors and kings) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am sending you an image that appears in the book Symbola divina & humana pontificum, imperatorum, regum ─’DIVINE AND HUMAN SYMBOLS OF PONTIFFS, EMPERORS AND KINGS’─ published in 1601 in Prague.

Not how often, but how well, Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum

“Non qvam crebro, sed qvam bene” (Not how often, but how well)

“Non qvam crebro, sed qvam bene” (Not how often, but how well) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Os envío el vigésimo quinto emblema del libro Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum, ‘el núcleo de los emblemas más selectos’.

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)

“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)

“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.

"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…

A man prays to the Consciousness, Philip Galle

A man prays to the Consciousness 

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.

While time flees, they retain, apparently, the long-haired opportunity, Theodoor Galle

“Dvm tempvs labitvr, occasionem frente capillatam remorantvr” (While time flees, they retain, apparently, the long-haired opportunity)

“Dvm tempvs labitvr, occasionem frente capillatam remorantvr” (While time flees, they retain, apparently, the long-haired opportunity) 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving clearly speaks to us of the imperative need to seize the opportunity ─Occasio─ and retain it in order to take advantage of it, as the engraving shows us. Young people represent humanity in general when they become ─at least temporarily─ aware of knowing how to steal from time the opportunities that sometimes appear in the course of it.