The Seven Last Trumpets

Description of the Library Bookplate:
A circular bookplate for the Library of Hermetic Philosophy original Latin: "Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica". The border contains the Latin text "Hermetic Philosophy" original: "PHILOSOPHIA · HERMETICA ·". The central emblem depicts a "pelican in its piety"—a traditional symbol of a bird feeding its young with blood from its own breast—nested above a blue shield bearing four red roses arranged in a cross. In alchemy and Christian mysticism, the pelican represents the sacrifice of the heart and the nurturing of spiritual life; the roses on the cross are a primary symbol of the Rosicrucian tradition.

(2919) Likely an acquisition or item reference number.

q This single letter often denotes the "quarto" size format of a book or a specific shelf location.

67/1/460 Archival shelfmark or cataloguing code.

Philosophia Hermetica Hermetic Philosophy: A tradition based on the writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, dealing with alchemy, astrology, and theurgy.
Pelican in its piety An iconographic motif where a mother pelican wounds her breast to feed her chicks, symbolizing self-sacrifice and the revitalization of the soul.