Splendor Solis

150 Pages·2016·3.2 MB·English

by  Trismosin Salomon.

SPLENDOR SOUS
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SPLENDOR SOLIS
Alchemical Treatises
OF
SOLOMON TRISMOSIN
ADEPT AND TEACHER OF PARACELSUS
Including 22 Allegorical Pictures Reproduced from the Original
Paintings in the Unique Manuscript Vellum,
on
dated 1582, in the British Museum.
With Introduction, Elucidation of the Paintings, aiding the
Interpretation of their Occult meaning, Trismosin's Abuitoog-raphical
Account of his Travels in Search of the Pphhielro'sso-
Stone, A SUMMARY OF HIS ALCHEMICAL PROCESS CALLED
" THE RED LION,"
and
EXPLANATORY NOTES
J.K.
BY
LONDON :
KEGAN PAUL. TRENCH. TRUBNER " CO.. LTD.,
Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, E.C. 4.

To Eternal Memory
THE of
JOSEPH WALLACE
Mystic, Healer, Revealer
and of
Occult Truth.
My Revered Teacher Friend
and
I Dedicate Book
this
Deeply Interested
in which he was
J.K.

INTRODUCTORY.
w
HEN in the period of the Renaissance, men's
minds waking from the long sleep of
were
mediaeval darkness, Solomon Trismosin,
one
of the less known Adepts of Alchemy, went
forth in search of that secret knowledge, the possession
of which leads to Alchemical Adeptship. His romantic
Wanderings in Quest of the Philosopher's Stone, he has
himself described, and if he declares to have reached that
Eldorado of Hermetic Knowledge wherein is found the prized
Philosopher's Stone, although we may feel inclined to
doubt his word, we are, nevertheless not in a position to
entirely dispute his statement.
For since the discovery of radioactive substances chemical
theory has vastly changed. The very Elementality of the
chemical Elements is questioned, and the alchemical idea,
that Metals can be decomposed into three ultimate pcriipnl-es
: Salt, Mercury, and Sulphur, may not be so
absurd after all.
Let therefore examine the actual documents remaining
us
of the Alchemists, especially those of reputed Adepts, that
they may be studied by the Light of the most recent rsee-arch
of Chemical and Physical Science, and the riddle of
the Hermetic Sphinx may yet be solved.
In the book before us provided with those wonderful
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INTRODUCTORY
allegorical pictures, executed by unknown artist, Tris-
an
mosin in veiled language and by of artistic Symbols
means
reveals his mind about that mysterious and disputed
subject the Red Tincture the Philosopher's Stone.
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Here then is a rare, and at one time, highly prized,,
Alchemical Classic, written by adept, rescued from the
an
oblivion of over three centuries, why not give the book a
"
fair trial ?
It evidently has two-fold meaning, and like the Book
a
in Revelations, is written within and without.
As a Guide to Physical and Spiritual Adeptship, Splendor
SoLis stands both for Gold Splendour and Soul Sdpoluern,-
and intends to convey the Secret of Physical Alchemy
by the text, and of Spiritual Alchemy by the Allegorical
pictures.
For this reason, as Photography cannot reproduce the
beautiful colourings of the Manuscript's original paintings,
minute description of the 22 pictures, fully of their
a aware
Mystic meaning, has been inserted in the middle of the text
of Splendor Solis, that the allegorical importance of the
figures may not be overlooked. Their Mystic Meaning seems
to be identical with that of the 22 keys of the Tarot, and
they observe the order.
same
For the Spiritual Interpretation of these Mystic Pictures,
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