Geschiedenis van Mozes na de Exodus

In this scene, a group of Israelites are depicted collecting small grains of manna from the ground into various pots and baskets. Moses stands in the center-left, identifiable by rays of light emanating from his head, while Aaron stands beside him wearing a ceremonial breastplate. The background features a sprawling encampment of tents and a camel, illustrating the nomadic journey of the Hebrews through the desert.

In the Western esoteric tradition, manna was frequently interpreted as a physical manifestation of the 'spiritus mundi' or 'heavenly dew,' a celestial substance central to alchemical processes. The 'Manna of the Philosophers' became a common trope in Hermetic texts to describe the refined material required to produce the Philosopher's Stone.