by Dennis William Hauck The Four Elements According to the ancients, the First Matter has a fourfold structure which they attributed to the existence of four archetypal forces or elements of creation which they named Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. Obviously, the Four Elements of the alchemists are not our everyday ideas of earth, water, air, and fire, which are only the … [Read more...]
The Rosarium Philosophorum’s Woodcut Carvings: An Esoteric and Kabbalistic Analysis
The Rosarium Philosophorum's Woodcut Carvings: An Esoteric and Kabbalistic Analysis by William John Meegan INTRODUCTION I have been meaning to put this analysis of the Rosarium Philosophorum in this forum for some time now but always there was a project on the horizon that prevented me from seeing that idea come to fruition. Of course I had to rework my original paper, … [Read more...]