- Hermaphroditisches Sonn- und-Monds-Kind' c. 1752 by Johann Augustin Brunnhofer
"Hermes has called me Sol, And likewise Luna, as is known. Riplaeus has named me the Green Lion, Thus giving me many names. Our author calls me Hermaphrodite, Yet I care little for that; Let such a thing not trouble you, And do not wish to call me so. Do not judge me according to What the wise compose in words: For I bear as many names As I am known and recognized by. I am one thing, and remain alone, Within me lies Bernard’s fountain, A pure Aqua clara, clear and bright, From which Mars must be drawn out. Thus Philalethes commands it, The great adept, who through his speech Revealed that my innermost nature Coagulates with Mercury."
"This figure must be considered carefully and with philosophical eyes; for here in the center you see the innermost circumference, the image of the Sun with its seven rays, and above it on the crown the heavenly salt, the so-called Salniter of the upper world and of nature in general. It signifies that the image of the Sun is the chaos or subject of natural Catholic harmony, that is, in the center of all things the universal outflow of the World Spirit, the central fire, together with the astral Mercury, from which the White Gold or the Wise, the coagulated Earth, the Trevisan Fountain, is produced. The outer circle signifies the orbit of the heavens, in which the seven planets move, driven by the primum mobile in a constantly concentric motion, downward and upward, through which the below becomes equal with the above, and the above in turn becomes equal with the below. The position of each planet in this figure is quite mysterious—Saturn must stand in its first place here, from which the fiery water (or the aethereal fiery water) with its tincture drives away coldness, and thereby the Red Rose and the artificial Sun-child may be found. The beginning, middle, and end of the philosophical work are thus continuously presented, so that the true Sun-Child, hidden within, may be awakened." - 'Hermaphroditisches Sonn- und-Monds-Kind' c. 1752 by Johann Augustin Brunnhofer
