Postcard - ‘The Philosophers' stone is compared to coral’.
Emblem 32/50: The Philosophers’ Stone is compared to coral. Coral was regarded as a kind of plant which grows under water and solidifies when exposed to air. The alchemists call their stone ‘vegetable’ because it grows like a plant. Michael Maier (1568-1622) describes phases of the alchemical process in Atalanta fugiens, 1618. Engraving by Mattheus Merian sr (1593-1650), 8,5x9,5 cm | © EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection
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There is a brief explanation of the image on the reverse of the card.
Size: 105x150 mm
© EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection