Fever Dreams

Only Blood Can Cleanse the Soil
didanawisgi:
““The Rose surmounts the thorny cross, the whole resembling the sign of Venus in which the solar circle triumphs over the cross of matter. We may interpret the motto as saying that “spiritual knowledge gives solace to souls,” of whom...

didanawisgi

“The Rose surmounts the thorny cross, the whole resembling the sign of Venus in which the solar circle triumphs over the cross of matter. We may interpret the motto as saying that “spiritual knowledge gives solace to souls,” of whom bees are a venerable symbol.“ - Joscelyn Godwin, in Robert Fludd: Hermetic Philosopher of Two Worlds

DAT ROSA MEL APIBUS - THE ROSE GIVES THE BEES HONEY

THE SOLAR CIRCLE TRIUMPHS OVER THE CROSS OF MATTER

Joachim Frizius’s Summum Bonum, adopted for Robert Fludd’s Clavis

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