“Rebis is two things, and these two things are one thing, namely, water joined to a body, by which the body is dissolved into a spirit, that is, mineral water, out of which it was first made; and this body and spirit make up one mineral water, which is called Elixir, that is to say, ferment; for then water and spirit are one thing, of which is composed a tincture and medicine for purging all bodies.” - Anonymous. The Golden Tract Concerning The Stone of the Philosophers
Union of Opposites
EMBLEM XXXVIII. On the Secrets of Nature.
Rebis, like Hermaphroditus, is born from two mountains, Mercury and Venus.
Epigram XXXVIII:
The ancients called Rebis twin-born because in one body are both male and female—an androgynous being.
For from two mountains was Hermaphroditus born,
So is it called, given by Hermes and gracious Venus.
Atalanta fugiens, hoc est Emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica, by Michel Maier (1568-1622)