Splendor Solis

Salomon Trismosin. Splendor Solis (Phanes Press, 1991). 

The king is dismembered, Salomon Trismosin, Splendor Solis, MS London British Library Harley 3469, folio 20v (16th Century). With the permission of the British Library, London. 

Trismosin, Saloman], Splendor Solis symbol cards. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, Edinburgh, 1981. 

Trismosin, Salomon. The Splendor Solis. rhttp //www.hermetics.org/solis.html1. Introductory page to the 22 plates. High quality illustrations... 

Trismosin, Salomon. Splendor solis. Chicago Yogi Publ Co, 1980. 

Trismosin, Salomon.Splendor solis. Des Plaines (IL) Yogi Publ Co, n.d. (1976 ). 

Trismosin, Salomon. Splendor solis / by Salomon Trismosin translated by Joscelyn Godwin edited with a commentary by Adam McLean. Edited by Adam McLean. Translated by Joscelyn Godwyn. Edinburgh Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks,... 

Trismosin, Salomon. Splendor Solis images. rhttp //www.levitv.com/alchemy/splensol.html1. 

Trismosin, Salomon.Splendor Solis. Alchemical treatises. [Edited by Julius Kohn.]. Edited by Julius Kohn. Yogi Publ Co, 1990. 

Waite, Arthur Edward. Review of Splendor solis, by Salomon Trismosin. In Occult Rev 33, no. 3 (Mar 1921) 135-141.. ... 

McLean, Adam. Splendor Solis. Hermetic J, no. 13 (Autumn 1981) 8-12. Introduction to the new edition (Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks)... 

Henderson, Joseph Lewis and Dyane N. Sherwood. Transformation of the psyche the symbolic alchemy of the Splendor Solis. Hove, New York Brunner-Routledge, 2003. xix, 227 p. ISBN 1583919503 r http //www.bmnner-routledge.co.uk/splendorsolis1. 

Trismonsm, S. Splendor Solis. Ed. J. Godwin. Grand Rapids Phanes, 1991. 

First of all it is important to get good examples of these emblems as so often small details in the symbolism will be found to be important. I prefer to work with them as individual emblems each on separate sheets of paper rather than bound up in a book as they are then free of any context or implication of hierarchy or sequence, and can begin to reveal their own internal architecture. The hermetic emblems are often found forming series as with Michelspacher (4), Rosarium (20), Pandora (20), Splendor Solis (22), Mylius (28), Maier Atalanta (50), Stolcius Hermetic Garden (160). 

Pseudonym of the author of Splendor Solis, one of the most beautiful of all alchemical illustrated books, the earliest surviving copy of which dates from 1532. Trismosin is also held by some to have instructed Paracelsus. 

This book (i28pp) was published by William Rider and Son Ltd. Only the initials J.K. appear on the title page. Kohn s edition of Splendor Solis, Alchemical Treatises of Solomon Trismosin, Adept and Teacher of Paracelsus bore the Kegan Paul imprint (1921, 104 pp). 

From the seventh through the thirteenth centuries, the study of alchemy flourished openly in the Islamic world. The first Muslim with an interest in alchemy may have been Khalid Ibn Yazid (d. 704), a Umayyad prince. He reputedly was tutored in alchemy by a student of Stephanos, Morienus of Alexandria (who is quoted by the author of the Splendor Solis). Whether or not this account is accurate, it is clear that Alexandria was the primary influence on Islamic alchemy The Islamic alchemists quoted Zosimos, Democritos, and Stephanos, as well as other Alexandrian alchemists such as Ostanes and Maria Prophetissa (second to third century often referred to as Mary the Jewess ). In addition, the Muslim alchemists also absorbed influences from Persia and Syria. 

Paracelsus made conscious and explicit an important psychological undercurrent that had been manifest in medieval alchemy but had not been openly discussed the spirit in nature, or the notion of spirit coming not only from above but also from below. We shall see this theme in the Splendor Solis, even though the images (if they originated around 1500) predate Paracelsus writings. 

FIGURE 5 The Title Page of the Harley Splendor Solis. (Harley 3469, by permission of the British Library)... 

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