Postcard - ‘Where to find the Philosophers' stone'
Emblem 36/50: Where to find the Philosophers’ Stone? It is on the earth, in the sky and in the water. Represented here is the alchemical process in its circular course through the elements. 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