Salamanderen lever i ilden
Derfor har den gitt ham den beste fargen.
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| utgaven fra 1625 |
Gjentagelsen, graderingen og forbedringen av tinkturen,
eller av De vises sten: det vil bedre bli forstått som en økning (augmentasjon)
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| Manus fra 1607 |
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| Manus fra 1556 |
Augmentasjon blir alkymien også kalt multiplikasjon.
Alkymisten gjentar prosessen, men denne gangen med en renset materie for å øke
kvalitet og kvantitet.
Adam
McLean sier i sin anlyse av dette emblem:
This
second sequence ends in Emblem 10 with the image of an alchemical adept
roasting a Salamander in the fire. Here the inner fire works upon the
Salamander or spiritual remnant of the Dragon, purifying and elevating it, and
investing it with a new spiritual energy, till it becomes the glowing living
interior source of the Philosophers' Stone, or inner foundation for the
solidity of the Soul. This contrasts with the picture of the inner sea of the
initial emblem 1, with its implication of the lack of solidity in the flowing
soul forces.
We can therefore recognise in this second grouping of emblems some indication of ways in which the polarities must be woven together and brought into a relationship through the inner work of the soul alchemist. The first group shows the ways in which these polarities appear in the soul, the second points to ways of working with them towards an integration.
We can therefore recognise in this second grouping of emblems some indication of ways in which the polarities must be woven together and brought into a relationship through the inner work of the soul alchemist. The first group shows the ways in which these polarities appear in the soul, the second points to ways of working with them towards an integration.
Oppfatningen av
Salamanderen har
en interessant historie. Salamanderen er for øvrig i manuskriptet fra 1607
fremstilt som en hvit fugl som kan minne om fuglen føniks, den som også omtales
i figur 8 (se der). I manuskriptet fra 1556 er det en hvit svane som må blø i
flammene. Ellers figurerer salamanderen også i Michael Maiers Atalanta fugiens fra 1617, i emblem 29.
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| Michael Maier Atalanta fugiens emblem 29 |
Michael Maier sier om
den: …the Salamander of the Philosophers… is born
in Fire. This is not so with the common Salamander, but if it falls into the
Fire by reason of its extreme coldnesse and moisture it is not presently burnt,
but can freely passe through the Flame that is Hot and Dry… This Body is like
the Truest Salamander, in which the Elements are Equalled by the Balance of
their Powers … By which it appears that the Stone is by Fixation to be reduced
to the Nature of the Salamander, that is to the greatest Fixednesse which
neither declines nor refuses Fire. For it is no Salamander till it has learnt
to endure Fire with the utmost patience, which must of necessity be effected in
a long process of time.
En mere moderne tolkning påstår at beskrivelsen av salamanderen hos Lambspring skildrer fremstillingen av psykoaktive stoffer, stoffer som kan sammenlignes med den hellige drinken i Mithas mysteriene.
En mere moderne tolkning påstår at beskrivelsen av salamanderen hos Lambspring skildrer fremstillingen av psykoaktive stoffer, stoffer som kan sammenlignes med den hellige drinken i Mithas mysteriene.




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