Successive Stages of the Alchemical Process, 17th Century
Successive Stages of the alchemical process with - the phoenix on the field, which burns itself out. From the ashes of many crashes of gold and silver birds. This is a sign of multiplying and growing. B - the queen with a golden crown on his head, gladyaschaya white or silver eagle, which stands in front of her and - the King, dressed in purple with a golden crown, holding in front of a golden lion. In his hand he holds a red lily, while the Queen holds a white one. Z - the moon, sliding into the sea. Y - a lunar eclipse, which is also accompanied by a rainbow on both sides and the bottom of the sea, in which the moon has to dive. This is a picture of a white fermentation. But both the sea must be fairly dark. X - sunset at sea, ie in the mercurial water, which must also drain the elixir. This leads to the true solar eclipse and a rainbow on each side, which suggests the tail of a peacock, who would later emerge in the mix. V - solar eclipse. T - a swan floating on the sea, spits out a milky fluid of the beak. This swan - white elixir, white chalk, arsenic, philosophers, a substance common to both enzymes. Its mission - to support the upper area of his back and wings.s - sea of pure silver, symbolizing the liquid mercury, which are combined by admixture. R - the Ethiopians, a man and woman, supports two higher spheres. They sit on a large sphere and are therefore nigredo second operation in the second expansion. Q - the image of heaven, where the dragon lies on his back and eats its own tail - is the image the second connection. P - the clouds, from which comes the dew or rain and nourishing moisture. About - silver rain from the clouds on the mountain top. It stands second solution, by which the elements of air extracted from the earth and water. N - a head of black crows, peeping from the sea. M - mountain, referred to below. L - stream of black water, which is in a state of chaos, which symbolizes the expansion (putrefactio). It rises from the mountain, the black bottom and white at the top so that the flow of silver falling from the top. This is an illustration of the primary solution and the resulting compound and in a second dissolution. K - picture the red lion with red blood flowing from his chest into the sea below it, as the sea must be painted, as if it was a mixture of silver and gold or red and white. I - drawing the wind, emitting the breath of the spirit (spiritus) in the sea, which lies at the bottom. G - three-headed silver eagle, which tend to have two heads, and the third spewing white water, or liquid Mercury, at sea, designated by the letter N. F - single-head dragon. E and F are both the same thing - Liquid Mercury, which is the materia prima of the stone. E - Green Lion. D - Mercury, holding a silver chain to which are attached two lying animals. C - four-headed dragon, which comes from breathing the surface of the sphere. In - giants or satin, standing on her knees and support the sector. And - a pedestal symbolizing the earth
