"Saturn, or Mercurius senex, being cooked in the bath until the spirit or white dove (pneuma) ascends.” — C. G. Jung Collected Works Volume 12 Psychology And Alchemy
"Saturn is the planet of death. Here he bestows a black robe."
— Dyas Chymica Tripartita, Das ist: Sechs Herrliche Teutsche Philosophische Tractätlein, c. 1625 by Johann Grasse
"These stars stand for lead, because lead of all metals is the heaviest, the softest. That is why the philosopher Socrates said that it represents death and destruction of all things."
— Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S I 185, c. 1593
"The earth emerges from the chaotic waters of the beginning, from the massa confusa, in accordance with the ancient alchemical view; above it lies air, the volatile element rising from the earth. Highest of all comes fire as the "finest" substance, i.e., the fiery pneuma which reaches up to the seat of the gods"
— C. G. Jung Collected Works Volume 12 Psychology And Alchemy
