Occult Literature
The Pelican Feeding Its Young
A large bird bends its long neck towards young birds in a nest while one wing rises above its back. Drops fall from the breast in the traditional emblem of the pelican nourishing its young.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Pelican Feeding Its Young" [editorial title]. In In the Pronaos of the Temple, Franz Hartmann. 1890 historical edition, 1890, Theosophical Publishing Society. Source scan leaf 6. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0554-0006
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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. The Pelican Feeding Its Young. In the Pronaos of the Temple. Scan leaf 6. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0554-0006