The Splendour of the Sun

allegorical pictures, executed by an unknown artist, Trismosin in veiled language and by means of artistic Symbols reveals his mind about that mysterious and disputed subject—the Red Tincture Also known as the 'Great Elixir,' this is the final stage of the Philosopher's Stone, capable of transmuting metals into gold and healing all diseases.—the Philosopher’s Stone.

Here then is a rare, and at one time, highly prized, Alchemical Classic, written by an adeptA master who has successfully completed the "Great Work" of alchemy., rescued from the oblivion of over three centuries,—why not give the book a fair trial?

It evidently has a two-fold meaning, and like the Book in Revelations, is written within and without A biblical reference to Revelation 5:1, implying the text has a literal surface meaning and a hidden spiritual one..

As a Guide to Physical and Spiritual Adeptship, SPLENDOR SOLIS original: "Splendor Solis" — Latin for "The Splendor of the Sun." stands both for GOLD SPLENDOUR and SOUL SPLENDOUR, 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, a minute description of the 22 pictures, fully aware of their 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 A set of symbolic cards; occultists often link the 22 Major Arcana cards to universal laws and alchemical stages., and they observe the same order.

For the Spiritual Interpretation of these Mystic Pictures,