System of Transcendental Idealism

A white rectangular label is pasted onto a background of marbled paper with a red, cream, and blue combed pattern. The label features a central circular emblem. Within the emblem, a white "pelican in its piety" sits on a nest, feeding its chicks with blood from its own breast. Below the nest is a square field divided into four quadrants, each containing a red rose. Golden rays of light shine down from the top of the blue circular field. Surrounding this central image is the text "HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY" original: "PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA" in an arched arrangement. The pelican is a traditional symbol of self-sacrifice and the Christ figure, while the four roses suggest a connection to Rosicrucian traditions.

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original: "PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA"

Hermetic Philosophy A tradition of esoteric knowledge attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, focusing on the relationship between the divine, the cosmos, and humanity., pelican in its piety A heraldic and alchemical symbol of a mother pelican wounding her breast to feed her young, representing sacrifice and life-giving energy., roses, alchemy, hermeticism, bookplate