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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.
The work itself consists of a sequence of 22 elaborate images, set in ornamental borders and niches. The symbolic process shows the classical alchemical death and rebirth of the king, and incorporates a series of seven flasks, each associated with one of the planets.
The sun and moon correspond to the male and female halves, just as the Red King and White Queen are similarly associated. The Rebis image appeared in the work Azoth of the Philosophers by Basil Valentine in 1613.
21 gru 2016 · A sixteenth-century illuminated manuscript mixes alchemy and astrology to showcase a colorful stage of chemical transformation. Jörg Völlnagel | December 21, 2016 | 8 min read. The Peacock Stage (detail), attributed to Jörg Breu the Elder, (German, ca. 1475–1537).
Rubedo is a Latin word meaning "redness" that was adopted by alchemists to define the fourth and final major stage in their magnum opus. [1] Both gold and the philosopher's stone were associated with the color red, as rubedo signaled alchemical success, and the end of the great work. [ 2 ]
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.
