Occult Literature
The Hermetic Androgyne
A winged two-headed figure stands above dragons between symbolic plants. The coloured miniature comes from a late seventeenth-century German alchemical manuscript.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Hermetic Androgyne" [editorial title]. In Witchcraft Magic and Alchemy, Grillot de Givry; translated by J. Courtenay Locke. English translation by J. Courtenay Locke. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931, 1931, Houghton Mifflin Company. Source scan leaf 13. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0631-0013
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Illustrator not identified. The Hermetic Androgyne. Witchcraft Magic and Alchemy. Scan leaf 13. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0631-0013