Eine geheimnisvolle Zeichnung aus Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. Werkstatt im Frankfurter Städel Museum offenbart tiefe Einblicke in die Symbolik der Alchemie. Verschiedene Motive wie das “Weiberwerk” und der “rote Löwe” vermischen Kunst und Alchemie, wobei die Farbauswahl auf alchemistische Prozesse […]
The most important instrument of the alchemist is fire. The transformative power of this element is crucial to achieve the desired material transformation (Fig. 1). However, not all fire is the same. Writers of alchemical writings distinguished different types and degrees, which were used for different [...]
A king lies lifeless on the stony ground. A black, hungry wolf slowly approaches. He sniffs at the dead body. Suddenly he bites. An easy prey that satisfies his hunger for a moment. But what happens now? [...]
We enter a sparsely lit interior. It takes a moment for our eyes to adjust to the darkness. A large cabinet with various glass bottles and vials is silhouetted on the left side. On the opposite [...]
The pictorial world of alchemy has produced a whole menagerie in which exotic creatures, mythical creatures, but also animals of European fauna cavort. These creatures served as a projection surface for complex processes of transformation, both on a material and psychological level. An excursion [...]
The red coral was said to have a miraculous effect even in ancient times. It fascinates not only because of its bright red color, but also because of its materiality. Is it a living being, a plant or a mineral? Under water seemingly alive, but on land [...]
Alchemy is a science that lives from its secrets and cultivates them in image and writing. Hermaphrodites, phoenixes, lions, eagles, ravens, kings and queens populate the dreamlike worldscapes of the alchemical imagery. An overview of the meaning of the portraits [...]
Talismans, in the vernacular, are small, lucky objects that are supposed to protect their wearer from harm. This tradition, often dismissed as superstition, looks back on a long history that runs through all cultures. [blockquote align="right" cite="Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim" [...]
Another journey into the cultural history of alchemy and deep insights into the complex relationship between artists and alchemists. The contours of an alchemist stand out in the darkness. Proudly, the dark-haired man presents the viewer with an alembic - a [...]
With a concentrated gaze, the red-haired woman in the yellow robe pours the red contents of a small vial into a chalice. The window is wide open, in the twilight is a pair of lovers in intimate embrace in front of a stone parapet, behind which [...]
Once upon a time, we set out with a clear vision of what we wanted to accomplish in this life. For some of us, this may have been a clear path that was rarely questioned, nor did it lead to existential [...]
In alchemy, art was always an important theme. In symbolic language, the artists expressed connections, which was difficult or forbidden to put into words. The following is an interpretation of two paintings. Exhausted, the alchemist is in his workshop, which is surrounded by [...]
Our language serves us as a mediator and as an expression of our self. But it is also a means with which we hide and camouflage our ego. The instruments of communication, which we use, are however only a noise at the [...].
Everything is in vibration and in the universe there is a wondrous correspondence on all levels. By observing these two hermetic principles, an arc can be drawn from the theory of signatures, via the planetary metals to the sphere sounds of the planets, in order to thereby [...]
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