As the number of heads of the bird reveals, the matter has now been thrice sublimated, and is in a gaseous state. Bellicose Mars arrives. His attribute, the sword, and the warrior's lance are symbols of the fire that is now intensified so as to condense the material and "separate the pure from the impure and thus to renew the elixir."

📖 Excerpt from Alchemy & Mysticism by Alexander Roob.

🖼️ S. Trismosin, Splendor solis, London, 16th century

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