Sol Philosophorum: The Pure Living Alchemical Spirit of Gold–the refined essence of heat and fire
Luna Philosophorum: The Pure Living Alchemical Spirit of Silver–the refined essence of heat and moisture
“Our Stone is the offspring of the Sun and Moon; it receives its life from the marriage of Heaven and Earth. Without this conjunction, no transmutation can be accomplished.”
—The Hermetic Arcanum(1650)
“The moon, a woman, will surround (or veil) her own linen; but she, clothed with the sun, will not need spoils. That is: the sun and its shadow, the male and the female. And these three spring from one source or image, and thus they are one in essence and nature, even though they are — personally — distinct.”