Postcard - ‘Figure 21 from Splendor Solis'
The third stage in the alchemical work is Sublimation, an important cleansing operation to achieve the purity of the White Stone. This is why the alchemical work is likened to the women’s work of washing.
Figure 21 from Splendor solis, ascribed to Salomon Trismosin. Woodcut from the edition in Aureum vellus oder guldin Schatz und Kunstkammer, Rorschach, 1598. 11,3x13 cm | © EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection
Details
There is a brief explanation of the image on the reverse of the card.
Size: 105x150 mm
© EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection