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The lion [shown below the Athanor] is the symbol of Eixed Sulphur the eagle is a symbol of Volatile Mercury and the serpent and the dragon are symbols of the Alchemical Matter. The crow represents the black color the swan the white color, the peacock represents all the colors of the rainbow and, finally, the phoenix symbolizes the red color [those birds shown here in fig. 10]. ... 

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Now us will look at these in detail. I would like to consider them in the following sequence, one which occurs in various sources Black Crow - White Swan - Peacock - Pelican - Phoenix - as these correspond to a developing inner experience which involves a progressively deepening encounter with the inner spiritual dimension of our being. 

The Peacock s Tail is the central experience to this process, the point of inner transformation, which arises from a true consciousness of the astral body. We note also that the other stages mirror each other. Thus the Black Crow and the Phoenix are related as beginning and end of the process, but in a deeper sense they are both connected with death-processes. The dying to the senses of the Black Crow stage is ultimately transformed into the triumph over the death process of the physical, that is pictured by the Phoenix. There is a further mirroring of the White Swan and Pelican stages. The White Swan is an experience of the etheric forces in one s being, and this is later transformed into a conscious mastery and outward expression of these life forces. 

Figure 11.7. Outdoor weather testing, Phoenix, AZ 75-g.m sample thickness, 1% carbon black loading in LLDPE.

TAIL OF THE PEACOCK — The Colours of the Rainbow which manifest upon the Matter in the operations of the Stone. To indicate the colours which pass in succession over this Matter, Basil Valentin and many other Philosophers have employed a defined sequence of symbolism. The Raven signifies the Black colour, the Peacock the several hues of the Rainbow, the Swan the colour White, while the Phoenix stands for the Red. 

The Ninth Key of Basil Valentine [Figure 40(b)] describes four colors of trans-mutation in the Great Work black, white, citrine (a yellow) and ultimately red, symbolized by the crow, swan, peacock, and phoenix, respectively. It is interesting that these are the four characteristic colors of earthenware fabricated for thousands of years by aboriginal peoples in diverse lands. 

Figure 51 shows a nineteenth-century Japanese fan (in black and white rather than the actual color) decorated with a watercolor painting of the phoenix. The figure bears a striking resemblance to a twentieth-century cultural icon—Rodan, the subject of a modern Japanese film genre that 1 will dub Plos-tique Monstresque. Indeed, Rodan rises from the ashes of nuclear tests to menace the earth and teach us all a good lesson. It is a phoenix born on the funeral pyre of the atomic bomb. 

The black material (toad) turns white when distilled essence (Azote) is poured on it and great heat causes the toad to release liquids (Figure 93, Emblem 27). As intense heat continues to be applied, the elements separate and stratify. Heat and distillation continue (Emblems 29, 31, 33) and the collected distillate is poured back into the flask each time until the appearance of Sun and Moon (Emblem 37) indicate that success is near. Following the ninth and tenth distillations, the Philosopher s Stone begins to take form and rises as the Phoenix rises from the fire (Emblem 47) (see also Figure 52, the symbol of the American Chemical Society, evoking chemistry s ancient heritage). 

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