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Front CoverThe Hermetic Library (1678)

This copy (i do not own it) appears to be bound in vellum, the skin of an animal after the animal stopped using it.

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Title Page, Musaeum HermeticumThe Hermetic Library (1678)

This book is a collection of other books, but with its own title page, shown here, all about hermeticism: alchemy, astrology, and theurgy (magical ritual for the purpose of perfecting one’s self) The [...]

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Alchemy Full Page BorderThe Hermetic Library (1678)

The title page of this compilation of occult books represents the journey towards the Great Work of alchemy, that is, of creating the Philosopher’s Stone, a stone that grants immortality (as well as t [...]

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Naked angel with caduceusThe Hermetic Library (1678)

The nakedness of the angel here might symbolize perfection and unworldliness. It can also represent the raw substance from which the Grand Transformation into the Philosopher’s Stone begins, because t [...]

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Alchemical dragons fightingThe Hermetic Library (1678)

A dragon stands on a rock in teh foreground; in the far background a castle on a hill. Between the dragon and the castle, i think two phoenixes fight a fox; i am not certain of the alchemical signific [...]

Keywords: dragons, mythological creaturesdragons, phoenixes, phoenix, wings, castles, greyscale

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