Occult Literature
Symbols of the Alchemists
Rows of compact symbols are paired with names of metals, salts, liquids and laboratory processes. Crosses, triangles, circles and hooked strokes create a visual vocabulary of historical alchemy.
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Illustrator not identified. "Symbols of the Alchemists" [editorial title]. In The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Henry Cornelius Agrippa. 1913 historical edition, 1913, The de Laurence Company. Source scan leaf 283. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0531-0283
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A historical symbolic image or diagram from the author’s system. Reproduction records the source without validating its cosmological, magical, anatomical or astrological claims.
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Illustrator not identified. Symbols of the Alchemists. The Philosophy of Natural Magic. Scan leaf 283. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0531-0283