Postcard - ‘The union of the opposites’.
Emblem 30/50: The union of the opposites: male and female, cock and hen. The male Sun stands here for dry and hot Sulphur and the female Moon for cold and moist mercury. 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
EFM 0051
There is a brief explanation of the image on the reverse of the card.
Size: 105x150 mm
© EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection