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Grand Rosicrucian Alchemical Formula

Grand Rosicrucian Alchemical Formula

The Sun and the Moon as the central motif, with the Heavens, the Triangle and the Pyramid and the Divine in a secondary part. From The Secret Teachings of All Ages.

Uncredited, after the Musaeum Hermeticum, colour plate, 1928.

Redrawn in colour for The Secret Teachings of All Ages from the engraving in Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum, 1678.

Public domain, US and EU · Web copy 965 by 711 px · Internet Archive

Key · 4 motifs

The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.

  1. 1The Sun and the Mooncentral motif as it reads here: The Rosicrucian Formula
  2. 2The Heavenssecondary motif
  3. 3The Triangle and the Pyramidsecondary motif
  4. 4The Divinesecondary motif

The picture

The Name in a triangle at the heart of the sun; the Triangle and the Divine secondary, by eye. By eye

Not yet decoded: the key and the sourced notes come with the entry. Until then the motifs above are tagged by eye and said so.

Also carrying the Sun and the Moon

15 works, 5 with it as the central motif. The symbol.

Also carrying the Heavens

14 works. The symbol.

Also carrying the Triangle and the Pyramid

5 works. The symbol.

Also carrying the Divine

6 works. The symbol.

In the same series

The Secret Teachings of All Ages, 1928

Record

Source
Internet Archive
Rights
Public domain in the United States, where the 1928 book's term expired on 1 January 2024, and in the European Union, where the artist's rights have lapsed. The Internet Archive uploader's Creative Commons notice cannot attach to a public-domain plate; the record relies on the public-domain status and credits the Archive as the source of the scan.
Restoration
None. A 965 by 711 pixel web copy made from the source file; nothing retouched, nothing upscaled.
Series
The Secret Teachings of All Ages, 1928
Checked
Not yet checked against a second source. The record is as the holding institution published it, or as its caption was read here.
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Cite
Symbolica, “Grand Rosicrucian Alchemical Formula”, Uncredited, after the Musaeum Hermeticum, colour plate, 1928. thesymbolica.com/work/grand-rosicrucian-alchemical-formula/