July 12, 2011 Discussion Group Meeting is Cancelled for Summer Vacation Break
Uncategorized July 6th, 2011The Discussion Group Meeting for the 2nd Tuesday of July (July 12) is cancelled due to vacations of the LES coordinators. We’ll see you on July 26!
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July 7th, 2011 at 8:15 pm
I really like this image! Would like to know more about it.
Thanks for posting it to the site.
July 7th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
The image is an engraving by artist Matthieu Merian and was used in Daniel Mylius’ book “Opus Medico-Chymicum” published in 1618. The engraving is titled “Tabula Smaragdina” which is the Latin for “Emerald Tablet.” The artist’s goal was to incorporate all the truths contained in the Emerald Tablet in one awe-inspiring vision. This beautiful work shows in dramatic detail the birth of the Philosopher’s Stone as it leaves heaven and enters earth. The picture immediately became one of dozens of symbolic mandalas which alchemists used for meditation, and many medieval alchemists sat staring at this drawing for hours trying to absorb its power.
You can read a very detailed description of every element of the image in Dennis William Hauck’s Book, “The Emerald Tablet: Alchemy For Personal Transformation” (1999).
You can also read that description online here: http://www.alchemylab.com/smaragdina.htm or here: http://www.esotericonline.net/profiles/blogs/interpretation-of-tabula
A relatively large version of the image can be seen near the bottom of this web page:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/merovingians/blueapples/blueapples_06.htm
Yours in the Esoteric Mysteries of the Universe,
Jim
July 8th, 2011 at 8:43 am
Thanks for the fascinating information. I didn’t understand why I found it so appealing, but now I do. It speaks to me on a deeper, subconscious level…as does much of what we discuss.