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The symbols used in alchemical writing and art to represent this red stage can include blood, a phoenix, a rose, a crowned king, or a figure wearing red clothes. Countless sources mention a reddening process; the seventeenth dictum of the 12th century Turba Philosophorum is one example:
The union of Red King and White Queen is often called the chemical marriage. In illustrations, it is depicted as courtship and sex. Sometimes they are garbed, as if they have just been brought together, offering each other flowers.
It's the symbol of the Perfect Red King, which (to me) means Transformation; I relate the three arrows to be Man, Woman and God (or Spirit, in the Center). Fire is Purification, and, by which, we are Transformed into what you are finally meant to Be.
A red man came out of a bog of rotted corpses and was greeted by a red queen. It differs from the alchemical text, the Splendor Solis , where the queen is white. In the alchemical text the red man represents the Moor who will impregnate the Queen and bring about a new king in the form of a prince.
2 gru 2023 · Rubedo in Alchemy: The Final Stage of Magnum Opus. Since red is considered by alchemists as the intermediate color between white and black, between light and darkness, the rubedo represents the reunion of opposites. Last updated: December 2, 2023 8:05 am. By Hrothsige Frithowulf.
The Rebis (from the Latin res bina, meaning dual or double matter) is the end product of the alchemical magnum opus or great work.
2 sie 2018 · The Rebis is an allegorical image representing the ultimate goal of alchemy: the Great Work and the harmonious union of opposites—spirit and matter.
