Symbols
Every plate in the archive, filed under the symbol at its centre and tagged for the others it carries.
The Hand
The Ouroboros
The Key
The Lantern
The Crown
The Sun
The Moon
The Star
The Fish
The Eye
The Angel and the Wing
The Serpent and the Dragon
The Heavens
The Horse
Death and the Skull
The King and the Queen
Fire
The Lion
The Demon and the Monster
The Triangle and the Pyramid
The Bird
The Tree
The Water
The Child
The Dragon
The Vessel
The Two Pillars
The Pentagram
The Divine
The Green Lion
The Black Crow
The Hermaphrodite
Geometry
Saturn
Sophia
Abraxas
The Demiurge
The Emerald Tablet
The Philosopher's Stone
The Pyramid
The Third Eye
The Chakras
Adam Kadmon
The Angelic Orders
The Divine
Read the entry: The DivineAdam Kadmon
The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise
God Judging Adam
The Holy Trinity
Decoded · 3 motifsPortavit eum ventus in ventre suo
Decoded · 2 motifsDa ignem igni, Mercurium Mercurio, & sufficit tibi
Decoded · 1 motifLapis, quem Saturnus, pro Jove filio devoratum, evomuit, Pro monumento in Helicone mortalibus est positus
Decoded · 2 motifsAurum pluit, dum nascitur Pallas Rhodi, & Sol concumbit Veneri
Decoded · 1 motifInfans Philosophicus tres agnoscit patres, ut Orion
Decoded · 4 motifsThe Name in the pyramid, Christ in the sun, and the two commandments round the rim
Decoded · 2 motifsThe regenerate man, Ora and Labora lettered on his arms, with the Book and its seals
The Letter G
Decoded · 5 motifsFigura Divina: Theosophia, Cabalia, Chimia
Decoded · 5 motifsCreation in ten roundels, with Ripley’s prologue beneathThe Hand
Read the entry: The HandThe KeyThe LanternThe Fish
Decoded · 8 symbolsThe Hand of the Mysteries
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Magician (I)
Decoded · 1 motifQui Rosarium intrare conatur Philosophicum absque clave, assimilatur homini ambulare volenti absq; pedibus
Decoded · 2 motifsIn Chymicis versanti Natura, Ratio, Experientia & lectio, sint Dux, scipio, perspicilia & lampas
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Hermit (IX)The Sun and the Moon
Read the entry: The SunThe Moon
Decoded · 6 motifsGrand Rosicrucian Alchemical Formula
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Apocalyptic Woman
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Moon (XVIII)
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Sun (XIX)
Decoded · 2 motifsDealbate Latonam & rumpite libros
Decoded · 2 motifsSol indiget lunâ, ut gallus gallinâ
Decoded · 3 motifsIn balneis concipitur, & in aëre nascitur, rubeus verò factus graditur super aquas
Decoded · 3 motifsMonas Hieroglyphica, the hieroglyphic monad on the title
Decoded · 2 motifsTheorem XI: the monad with its parts named
Decoded · 1 motifTheorem XX: the monad divided into its members
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Fool (0)
Decoded · 2 motifsVerity
Decoded · 7 motifsTabula Smaragdina Hermetis Trismegisti
Decoded · 3 motifsThe black sun over the blighted country
Decoded · 6 motifsThe operation of the sun, with the Emerald Tablet under itThe King and the Queen
Read the entry: The King and the QueenThe ChildThe Hermaphrodite
Decoded · 4 motifsThe Sun and the Moon over the King and the Queen
The Red King, the Queen and Mercury
The Ancient of the Ancients
A Queen in Red is Presented with Dishes of Blood
Decoded · 5 motifsThe King with Three Crowns and the Seven-Headed Hydra
Decoded · 2 motifsConjunge fratrem cum sorore & propina illis poculum amoris
Decoded · 3 motifsRegem lupus voravit & vitæ crematus reddidit
Decoded · 3 motifsRex balneatur in Laconico sedens, Atrâque bile liberatur à Pharut
Decoded · 2 motifsRebis, ut Hermaphroditus, nascitur ex duobus montibus, Mercurii & Veneris
Decoded · 4 motifsRex ab aquis potatis morbum, à medicis curatus sanitatem obtinet
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Empress (III)
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Emperor (IV)
Decoded · 5 motifsThe Lovers (VI)
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Hermetic Androgyne
Decoded · 3 motifsThe King with the Falchion, and the Blood of the Infants
Decoded · 2 motifsThe king and the queen in one body
Decoded · 8 motifsThe tree of the sun and the tree of the moon
Decoded · 5 motifsThe young king with the sceptre of seven stars
Decoded · 4 motifsThe winged queen holds out a robe to the black man
Decoded · 4 motifsThe queen in the crowned flask
Decoded · 4 motifsThe red king in the crowned flaskThe Crown
Read the entry: The CrownSophiaThe Vessel
Read the entry: The Vessel
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Peacock in the Flask
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Three-Headed Monster in the Flask
Decoded · 3 motifsVade ad mulierem lavantem pannos, tu fac similiter
Decoded · 2 motifsOpus figuli, consistens in sicco & humido, te doceat
Decoded · 3 motifsPlumbo habito candido fac opus mulierum, hoc est, COQUE
Decoded · 6 motifsThe Oratory and the Laboratory
Decoded · 3 motifsTheorem XVIII: the monad within the egg
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Pot of Incense and the Beehive
Decoded · 2 motifsThe adept with the flask of the four elements
Decoded · 3 motifsThe man in the boiling bath with the dove on his head
Decoded · 3 motifsThe child pouring the black flask down the dragonFire
Read the entry: Fire
Occultum Lapidem, the Philosopher's Stone
A Body Consumed by the Furnace
Decoded · 3 motifsChrist Between Seven Candlesticks
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Tower (XVI)
Decoded · 2 motifsAccipe ovum & igneo percute gladio
Decoded · 2 motifsIgnire ignis amat, non aurificare, sed aurum
Decoded · 1 motifNaturam natura docet, debellet ut ignem
Decoded · 2 motifsUt Salamandra vivit igne sic lapis
Decoded · 2 motifsHermaphroditus mortuo similis, in tenebris jacens, igne indiget
Decoded · 2 motifsCeres Triptolemum, Thetis Achillem, ut sub igne morari assuefecit, sic artifex lapidem
Decoded · 2 motifsPorta Amphitheatri Sapientiae Aeternae
Decoded · 2 motifsThe cloud filling the Temple
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Burning BushThe Serpent and the Dragon
Read the entry: The Serpent and the DragonThe OuroborosThe Dragon
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Virgin with a Dragon at Her Feet
A Crowned Woman with a Rose-Topped Caduceus, in a Circle of Water
Decoded · 3 motifsRivers in the Wilderness, with Serpents and Fire
Decoded · 6 motifsHermes Standing upon the Back of Typhon
Decoded · 2 motifsSaint Michael Fighting the Dragon
Decoded · 1 motifHic est Draco caudam suam devorans
Decoded · 2 motifsDRACO non moritur, nisi cum fratre & sorore sua interficiatur, qui sunt Sol & Luna
Decoded · 2 motifsDraco mulierem, & hæc illum interimit, simulque sanguine perfunduntur
Decoded · 3 motifsFacundia difficilisThe Lion
Read the entry: The LionThe Green Lion
Decoded · 3 motifsThree Riders on Black, Red and White Lions
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Decoded · 2 motifsHic leo, quas plumas non habet, alter habet
Decoded · 2 motifsTria sufficiunt ad magisterium, fumus albus, hoc est, aqua, leo viridis, id est, æs Hermetis, & aqua fœtida
The Arms of Royal Arch Masonry
Decoded · 3 motifsStrength (VIII)
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Force of Justice
Decoded · 3 motifsHuman-headed winged lionThe Demon and the Monster
Read the entry: The Demon and the MonsterAbraxasThe Demiurge
Decoded · 4 motifsAbraxas, a Gnostic Pantheos
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Decoded · 1 motifAppone mulieri super mammas bufonem, ut ablactet eum, & moriatur mulier, sitque bufo grossus de lacte
Decoded · 2 motifsOedypus Sphynge superata & trucidato Lajo patre matrem ducit in uxorem
Decoded · 2 motifsLupus ab Oriente & Canis ab Occidente venientes se invicem momorderunt
Decoded · 4 motifsAgainst the slanderers, by right of retort
Decoded · 6 motifsThe Devil (XV)
Decoded · 8 motifsBaphomet
Decoded · 4 motifsBehold now Behemoth which I made with thee
Decoded · 3 motifsWith Dreams upon my bed thou scarest me
Decoded · 1 motifCauendum à meretricibus
Decoded · 2 motifsImagine di Saturno, che significa il tempo presente, passato, & avenire
Decoded · 4 motifsThe idol Moloch with seven chambers
Decoded · 4 motifsThe idol Moloch with the children in his armsThe Angel and the Wing
Read the entry: The Angel and the WingThe Angelic Orders
Two Peasants Hold a Red Robe, Mercury Rests on the Water Below
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Cherub of Ezekiel
Decoded · 5 motifsMelencolia I
Decoded · 3 motifsAngel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10)
Decoded · 5 motifsTemperance (XIV)
Decoded · 1 motifJudgement (XX)
Decoded · 3 motifsWinged figure with the rosette branch
Decoded · 3 motifsThe archetypal world and the nine orders of angelsThe Eye
Read the entry: The EyeThe Third EyeThe Triangle and the Pyramid
Read the entry: The Triangle and the PyramidGeometryThe Emerald TabletThe Philosopher's StoneThe Pyramid
Decoded · 1 motifPythagoras of Crotona
Decoded · 3 motifsFac ex mare & fœmina circulum, inde quadrangulum, hinc triangulum, fac circulum & habebis lap. Philosophorum
Decoded · 4 motifsDesignatio Pyramidum Petrosarum Triumphalium
Decoded · 1 motifQuaternarii Pythagorici
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Vault and the Delta in Glory
Decoded · 2 motifsChristus 3. 6., the Star and the Book of NumbersThe Heavens
Read the entry: The HeavensThe StarSaturnThe Chakras
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Macrocosm and the Microcosm
Decoded · 1 motifThe Seven Spinal Chakras
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Key to Dante's Divine Comedy
The Magi Sheltering in a Cave
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Tree of the Sephiroth
Decoded · 4 motifsThe Contents of the Zodiacal Egg
Decoded · 4 motifsThe Grand Man of the Zohar
A Scholar in His Study ('Faust')
Decoded · 4 motifsWheel of Fortune (X)
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Star (XVII)
Decoded · 3 motifsThe World (XXI)
Decoded · 2 motifsNutrix ejus terra est
Decoded · 1 motifSeminate aurum vestrum in terram albam foliatam
Decoded · 2 motifsOrbita quadruplex hoc regit ignis opus
Decoded · 2 motifsLapis projectus est in terras, & in montibus exaltatus, & in aëre habitat, & in flumine pascitur, id est, Mercurius
Decoded · 2 motifsSol & ejus umbra perficiunt opus
Decoded · 3 motifsTyposis Arcis Pri-materialis
Decoded · 2 motifsTheorem XIV: the anatomy of the monad, the planets drawn out of it
Decoded · 1 motifJacob's Ladder
Decoded · 1 motifThe Mosaic Pavement and the Blazing Star
Decoded · 1 motifThe Point within a Circle
Decoded · 4 motifsThe Chariot (VII)
Decoded · 4 motifsCaracteres de Chymie, plate II
Decoded · 8 motifsIntegrae Naturae Speculum Artisque Imago
Decoded · 1 motifEt sic in infinitum
Decoded · 4 motifsMonochordum Mundanum, the Divine Monochord
Decoded · 3 motifsMan the Microcosm, the title page of Utriusque Cosmi Historia
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Point Where the Sky and the Earth Touch
Decoded · 4 motifsWhen the morning Stars sang together
Decoded · 4 motifsImagine di Saturno, ò del Tempo divoratore de suoi figliuoli
Decoded · 2 motifsImagine di Saturno, del Tempo, & dell'Anno
Decoded · 2 motifsImagine di Saturno, & del Tempo, che co' piedi legati di fil di lana
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Tables of Saturn and Jupiter
Decoded · 4 motifsMundus Elementaris, the world under the moon as a wheelThe Horse
Read the entry: The HorseDeath and the Skull
Read the entry: Death and the Skull
The Buried Stone, the Castle and the Beasts
Decoded · 4 motifsDeath (XIII)
Decoded · 5 motifsKnight, Death, and the Devil
Decoded · 1 motifSi de quattuor unum Occidas, subitò mortuus omnis erit
Decoded · 2 motifsAdonis ab apro occiditur, cui Venus accurrens tinxit Rosas sanguine
Decoded · 2 motifsDolo Typhon Osyridem trucidat, artúsque illius Hinc inde dissipat, sed hos collegit Isis inclyta
The Weeping Virgin, the Broken Column and Time
Decoded · 4 motifsThe Anchor and the Ark, the Forty-seventh Problem, the Hourglass and the Scythe
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Setting Maul, the Spade, the Coffin and the Sprig of AcaciaThe Bird
Read the entry: The BirdThe Black Crow
Decoded · 5 motifsThe Bird of Hermes
Decoded · 1 motifFit pullus à nido volans, qui iterùm cadit in nidum
Decoded · 1 motifAudi loquacem vulturem, qui neutiquam te decipit
Decoded · 2 motifsAquilæ duæ, una ab ortu, altera ab occasu conveniunt
Decoded · 3 motifsWas helffen Fackeln, Licht oder Brilln, so die Leut nicht sehen wollen
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Great Seal of the United States, the obverse
Decoded · 4 motifsEagle-headed figure with the bucket and the cone
Decoded · 3 motifsThe three-headed bird in the crowned flaskThe Tree
Read the entry: The Tree
Decoded · 2 motifsArborem cum sene conclude in rorida domo, & comedens de fructu ejus fiet juvenis
Decoded · 2 motifsSapientiæ humanæ fructus Lignum vitæ est
Decoded · 1 motifArbor Raritatis
Decoded · 2 motifsThe Hanged Man (XII)
Decoded · 8 motifsSystema Sephiroticum, the Tree of the Sephiroth
Decoded · 5 motifsDer Baum des Lebens, the Tree of Life
Decoded · 6 motifsThe Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, Microcosma
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Flowering Tree on the Mountain, with the Dragons and Griffons
Decoded · 3 motifsThe Rose Tree on the Hollow Oak, and the Blind DiggersThe Water
Read the entry: The Water
Decoded · 1 motifÆs Philosophorum hydropicum est, & vult lavari septies in fluvio, ut Naaman leprosus in Jordane
Decoded · 3 motifsRex natans in mari, clamans altâ voce: Qui me eripiet, ingens præmium habebit
Decoded · 1 motifCorallus sub aquis ut crescit & aëre induratur, sic lapis
Decoded · 2 motifsEx duabus aquis, fac unam, & erit aqua sanctitatis
Decoded · 4 motifsAdumbratio Gymnasii Theo-magici, macro-cosmici, catholici
Decoded · 2 motifsSirenesThe Pillar
Read the entry: The Two PillarsThe Pentagram
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