Secret and Now Freely Disclosed Experimental Secrets

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A circular emblem is pasted onto the page. The emblem features a central blue oval containing a white pelican in its piety, a symbol where the bird feeds its chicks with blood from its own breast. Above the pelican is a golden sunburst. Below the pelican's nest is a square containing four red roses. Surrounding this central oval is the text "HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY" original: "PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA" arranged in a circle.

original: "PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA"

[= J. G. Jugel]

Hermetic Philosophy A system of thought based on the writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. It focuses on the connections between the human, the divine, and the natural world., J. G. Jugel, Pelican in its piety In alchemy, this image represents the stage of "multiplication" or the sacrifice required to perfect the Philosopher's Stone. The bird nourishes its young with its own life force., Alchemical symbolism, Rosicrucian A secret brotherhood of the 17th and 18th centuries. They combined mysticism and science to seek a general reformation of the world.