In this being we see united all dualities into one. Male and female, body and spirit, heaven and earth, above and below, fixed and volatile. In Alchemy, this being is called the “Rebis” and is depicted as a two-headed and winged androgyne. It symbolizes the “philosopher’s child” which results from the conjoining of King and Queen.
“That which is Below correspond to that which is Above, and that which is Above corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing. And just as all things have come from the One Thing, through the meditation of One Mind, so do all created things originate from this One Thing, through Transformation” — The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
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Size: 2.5″ x 2.5″
Mixed media: oil, paper, ink, varnish, gold leaf, metallic threads, on canvas.
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