Sebastiani Wirdig ... Nova medicina spirituum : curiosa scientia et doctrina, unanimiter hucusque neglecta, et a nemine merito exculta, medicis tamen et physicis utilissima ...

...and the virtues and influences of the stars, and transferred the fire from the Sun, and distributed it among mortals, and animated the lifeless; that is, he taught and demonstrated that humans, born from the elements or soil, live by fire and astral Spirits. Therefore, in the previous solar emblem, Prometheus is introduced handing over the celestial solar fire with a lamp to those in the sublunar realm, especially to Cupid, who gives the fire or genial, vivifying, and multiplicative Spirits to Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha for the animation of children born from rocks and stones; and likewise to the terrestrial Gods and Goddesses; to Venus for the proliferation of human seeds; to Pan for the fecundation of brute animals; to Flora for the vegetation of warm plants; to Ceres and Bacchus for the ripening of fruits and wine; to Vulcan for the remaining human uses.

In the following Lunar Emblem,
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