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Illustrations from the Mysticism collection.
A yogi in a seated meditative pose, illustrating the subtle body and its energy centers (chakras).
Energy Centers and Channels in the Shiva Tradition
Woodcut illustration of a Buddhist deity, likely a guardian figure or a manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, standing amidst swirling clouds.
Eighty-four Manifestations of the Great Compassion Mantra
Portrait of Marsilio Ficino within an ornate decorative frame.
Enneads (1580 Greek-Latin, Ficino trans.)
The 'Arma Artis' (Arms of the Art) emblem featuring a sun with a human face above a crowned crescent moon and a shield, set within an architectural space with two figures in the background.
The Splendour of the Sun
Alchemical emblem from the Third Treatise of Splendor Solis, featuring two royal figures representing the Sun and Moon, or the alchemical King and Queen, standing beneath two celestial suns.
Alchemical emblem featuring a peacock inside a crowned glass flask (hermetic vessel), set within a classical architectural frame. The surrounding landscape depicts Venus in a chariot above, and scenes of courtly love, music, and feasting below.
Allegorical engraving of the 'Porta Amphitheatri' (Gate of the Amphitheater), showing a rocky landscape with a cave entrance, figures, and numerous Latin inscriptions.
Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom (1609)
A complex allegorical emblem depicting the entrance to a cave or portal of wisdom, titled 'The Gate of Amphitheatrum'. Seven rays of text (divine laws) emanate from the opening. On the right, a landscape with a town, figures, and birds. In the foreground, a figure enters the long perspective of a hall. The scene is rich with hermetic and alchemical symbolism.
A complex allegorical landscape engraving featuring the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus inscribed on a rock face.
A complex allegorical landscape engraving depicting the 'Gymnasium Theo-magicum', showing mountains, a river, and various figures engaged in spiritual and alchemical pursuits under divine light.
A complex cosmological engraving featuring interlocking circles, rays of light, a personified sun, and human figures at the base, illustrating Robert Fludd's Mosaic Philosophy.
Mosaic Philosophy
Elaborate architectural frontispiece for the Musaeum Hermeticum featuring alchemical personifications and mythological figures.
The Hermetic Museum
An alchemical emblem from the 'Lambspring' series featuring a central tree with seven stars, flanked by two figures and surrounded by seven circular medallions depicting symbolic animals and scenes.
The Second Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical emblem depicting a winged Mercury figure standing between two fencers.
The Seventh Key of Basil Valentine from the Musaeum Hermeticum, featuring a central circular diagram with a triangle and square, flanked by a figure holding scales and a sword.
A complex circular diagram titled 'MVNDVS ELEMENTARIS' (The Elemental World) representing the macrocosm and microcosm, featuring concentric rings of alchemical, astrological, and philosophical correspondences.
A complex alchemical engraving known as 'Figura IV' from the Musaeum Hermeticum, illustrating the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus.
A group of ethereal figures, likely fairies or nymphs, dancing in a circle.
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies
Alchemical emblem depicting a deer and a unicorn in a forest.
The Hermetic Museum (Vol. 1)
Anatomical cross-section of the human head with labels for parts of the brain, throat, and spine in English.
Illustrated Description of the Six Chakras
Illustration of Lord Shiva in meditation on a tiger skin, set against the Himalayan mountains.
The Rising of the Breath of Shiva with Commentary
Complex alchemical-theological allegory featuring a multi-armed eagle-human hybrid, crowns, and biblical figures.
Book of the Holy Trinity
The iconic depiction of Baphomet, the Sabbatic Goat, by Eliphas Levi.
Transcendental Magic, Volume 2: Ritual
Alchemical drawing of two female figures representing Sol and Luna flanking a central vessel containing a small figure.
The Rosary of the Philosophers
An intricate alchemical illustration featuring a central tree with various figures and symbols.
Diagram of the subtle body showing the chakras in a seated yogi.
A large circular diagram with concentric rings containing Latin text and small crosses, used as a mnemonic and ritual tool.
The Notary Art or Golden Flowers
A grid of manuscript miniatures depicting various trades, crafts, and daily activities, each accompanied by identifying Arabic text.
Book of Wonders
A large, dark-skinned, horned, and winged demon (jinn) is depicted hovering upside down over a sleeping man, representing a nightmare or sleep paralysis. The scene is surrounded by smaller demonic heads and talismanic symbols.
A man in a brown robe and hat kneels in a flowered field, looking up towards a personified sun at the apex of an arch. The arch contains medallions with various animals including a snake, bird, horse, duck, dog, rooster, rabbit, and mouse. In front of the man is an incense burner with rising smoke, a bowl, and a cup, while a wooden book stand sits behind him.
A central three-headed demonic figure surrounded by smaller demonic heads, hexagrams, and magical script within a rectangular frame.
A winged, horned demon holding a human figure amidst clouds with monstrous heads.
A complex occult illustration featuring a central blue-skinned figure surrounded by demonic entities and magical symbols.
A central demonic figure with large horns and a white beard, surrounded by smaller demonic attendants.
A narrative scene depicting people born under the influence of the planet Jupiter, featuring a nursing mother, a man carrying a child, and other figures in a domestic setting.
Allegorical scene from an Arabic manuscript depicting the 'first clime', featuring a celestial figure, architectural structures, and a cypress tree.
The mythical Waq-Waq tree with human-shaped fruit hanging from its branches.
A figurative representation of the constellation Virgo from an Islamic astronomical manuscript.
Illustration of the constellation Sagittarius as a centaur archer
An astronomical illustration of the constellation Aquarius, depicted as a human figure in a pink tunic holding a sinuous stream of water, with gold circles representing stars.
A complex circular magical diagram, known as the Sigillum Dei (Seal of God), featuring a central pentagram, interlaced geometric shapes, and inscriptions of angelic and divine names.
Certain astrological and astronomical figures
Sigillum Dei (Seal of God) magical diagram
Alchemical allegory featuring a nude woman with a tree growing from her head, standing on a furnace-like structure.
Complex alchemical allegory with birds emerging from flasks and figures in medieval dress.
An alchemical emblem featuring a dragon in a vessel, human heads, and a symbolic crown.
A complex alchemical allegory featuring a two-headed figure (Rebis) with one green and one blue wing, standing atop a dragon-like creature.
A complex alchemical illustration featuring a two-headed winged figure (Rebis) surrounded by symbolic plants and dragons.
Complex alchemical allegory featuring a central queen, two fountains (Sun and Moon) pouring liquids into baths with figures, and a philosopher figure below.
Allegorical two-faced figure with wings, standing between two symbolic trees and atop a dragon.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating scenes from Dante's Inferno, featuring Dante and Virgil observing Minos and the punishment of the lustful.
The Divine Comedy with Commentary by Cristoforo Landino
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating scenes from Dante's Inferno, featuring Dante and Virgil observing various punishments.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting scenes from Dante's Inferno, featuring Dante and Virgil observing Cerberus and the damned.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration of scenes from Dante's Inferno, showing Dante and Virgil journeying through various circles of Hell.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration of Dante and Virgil at the gates of the City of Dis from Dante's Inferno.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration of Dante's Inferno, Canto X, showing the Sixth Circle of Hell with heretics in flaming tombs.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration for Canto XII of Dante's Inferno, depicting Dante and Virgil meeting the Centaurs on the banks of the Phlegethon.
Woodcut illustration of Dante's Inferno, Canto XIII, depicting the Wood of the Suicides with Harpies.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating a scene from Dante's Inferno, showing Dante and Virgil observing tormented souls in the Seventh Circle of Hell.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting Dante and Virgil in the Seventh Circle of Hell from the Inferno.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XVI of Dante's Inferno, showing Dante and Virgil encountering souls in the seventh circle.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating scenes from Dante's Inferno, featuring Dante, Virgil, and various mythological and historical figures in a hellish landscape.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating scenes from Dante's Inferno, showing Dante and Virgil observing damned souls in a rocky landscape.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XX of Dante's Inferno, showing Dante and Virgil observing the punishment of the soothsayers.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration for Dante's Purgatorio, Canto XXII, showing Dante, Virgil, and Statius on a rocky path.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XXV of Dante's Purgatorio, showing Dante and Virgil observing souls in the fire of the seventh terrace.
Woodcut illustration of Dante and Virgil observing souls in the flames of Purgatory.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XXX of Dante's Inferno, showing Dante and Virgil observing the falsifiers in the eighth circle of Hell.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting Dante and Virgil encountering giants in the Inferno.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XXXII of Dante's Inferno, showing Dante and Virgil among the souls in the frozen lake of Cocytus.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration for Canto XXXII of Dante's Inferno, depicting Dante and Virgil in the frozen circle of Cocytus.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of Hell (Cocytus).
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Dante and Virgil's arrival at the shores of Purgatory and their meeting with Cato of Utica.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto II of Purgatorio, showing an angel pilot bringing souls to shore.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration of the Mountain of Purgatory from Dante's Divine Comedy, surrounded by a decorative border.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting Dante and Virgil ascending Mount Purgatory, showing multiple narrative scenes.
Woodcut illustration of Dante's Purgatorio showing the mountain with various figures.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating scenes from Dante's Purgatorio, featuring Dante, Virgil, Lucia, and an angel at the gate.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XII of Dante's Purgatorio, showing Dante and Virgil on Mount Purgatory.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting Dante and Virgil ascending Mount Purgatory, encountering various souls.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration from Dante's Purgatorio showing Dante and Virgil observing souls in a landscape of fire and rocks.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration for Canto XVII of Dante's Inferno, depicting Dante and Virgil in the seventh circle of Hell.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration of Dante and Virgil in the eighth circle of Hell (Inferno, Canto XX).
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XX of Dante's Inferno, showing the punishment of the diviners.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting the Mountain of Purgatory with Dante and Virgil.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XXVI of Dante's Purgatorio, showing souls in the terrace of the lustful on Mount Purgatory.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating a scene from Dante's Purgatorio, showing Dante and Virgil with souls in a landscape.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XXX of Dante's Purgatorio, showing Dante's encounter with Beatrice in the Earthly Paradise.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XXXI of Dante's Purgatorio, showing Dante, Matilda, Beatrice, and a host of angels.
Hand-colored woodcut illustration depicting scenes from Dante's Purgatorio, featuring figures in a landscape with a river and a celestial host of angels.
Illuminated frontispiece with a central calligraphic medallion and floral borders.
ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (MS Nn.3.74)
Woodcut depicting the stoning of Ramon Llull in front of a walled city and harbor.
Ramon Llull Ars Inventiua Veritatis (1515)
A circular woodcut portrait of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, framed by a Latin inscription.
The Complete Works of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Woodcut illustration of the Nativity scene featuring the Virgin Mary, Baby Jesus, Saint Joseph, and a shepherd in a ruined architectural setting.
Mystical Rosary of the Faithful Soul
Woodcut illustration of the Nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, shepherds, and angels.
Woodcut depicting the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child while three kings offer gifts.
Woodcut of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon, surrounded by a rosary and being crowned by angels, with kneeling donors below.
Woodcut depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, featuring Peter cutting off Malchus's ear and Judas's kiss.
Woodcut of Christ in the Mystic Winepress with angels collecting his blood.
Woodcut depicting the Crowning with Thorns, showing Jesus seated while several men use poles to press a crown of thorns onto his head.
Woodcut depicting the Last Judgment with Christ seated on a rainbow, flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist.
Woodcut illustration of the Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva.
Large woodcut initial 'C' depicting a scholar (likely Ficino) writing at a desk in his study, with books on shelves and a window view.
The Complete Works of Marsilio Ficino
An alchemist holding a glass flask (cucurbit) containing a dark liquid, standing in a landscape with a scroll above him.
Plate III from Splendor Solis, depicting a knight standing atop a double fountain, holding a sword and a shield with Latin inscriptions.
The Third Parable from Splendor Solis, depicting an alchemical king or prince holding a scepter and a globe with a dove, standing in a landscape under a radiant sun and star.
The Fourth Parable from Splendor Solis, depicting an Ethiopian man emerging from a swamp being greeted by a winged queenly figure.
The Fifth Parable: An androgynous figure with two heads and wings, one black and one white, standing in a landscape holding a circular mirror and an egg.
The Sixth Parable from Splendor Solis, depicting a man with a sword holding a severed head over a dismembered body.
The Seventh Parable from Splendor Solis, depicting an alchemist tending a fire beneath a circular bath where a man is being rejuvenated, set within a classical architectural courtyard.
Alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis showing a crowned glass flask containing a child riding a dragon, surrounded by scenes of daily life and a celestial chariot.
Plate XIII from Splendor Solis, featuring a peacock in a glass flask (cucurbit) set within an architectural frame, surrounded by scenes of daily life and a celestial chariot.
Alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis featuring a three-headed bird inside a glass flask, set against a backdrop of a chaotic battle scene and a celestial chariot.
Alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis showing a three-headed dragon within a crowned glass flask, set against a background of Mars in a chariot and scenes of combat and wrestling.
Plate XVII from Splendor Solis, depicting the alchemical stage of the White Queen within a hermetic flask, set against a backdrop of scholarly and musical activity under the influence of Mercury.
Plate XVIII from Splendor Solis, featuring an alchemical flask containing a crowned figure standing on a crescent moon, set within an architectural frame and surrounded by a landscape of human activity and the celestial chariot of Luna.
An alchemical landscape featuring a rising sun with a human face appearing over a dark, misty horizon, symbolizing the 'Sol Niger' or the dawn of the Great Work.
An alchemical emblem featuring a personified sun with a human face rising over a landscape with a winding river and barren trees.
Portrait of Paracelsus (Philippus Theophrastus von Hohenheim) at age 47.
Golden Treasure Chamber
A crowned knight in armor standing in a double-basin fountain, holding a sword and shield.
Alchemical engraving of the King and Queen from Splendor Solis
Alchemical allegory from Splendor Solis showing two scholars and a man on a ladder reaching into a tree of birds.
Alchemical engraving from Splendor Solis depicting a king on a shore and a figure in the sea under a personified sun.
Alchemical emblem depicting a winged woman and a naked man.
A two-headed, winged figure known as the Rebis standing in a landscape, holding a circular shield and an egg.
An alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis depicting a man with a sword holding a severed head next to a dismembered body.
Alchemical allegory showing a bearded man in a cauldron heated by fire, with an attendant using bellows.
Alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis showing a child and a dragon inside a crowned flask.
An alchemical engraving depicting a crowned figure inside a glass vessel.
An engraving of a king inside an alchemical vessel, from the Splendor Solis.
An alchemical emblem depicting three boys playing in a landscape, representing the 'Children's Play' (Ludus Puerorum).
Alchemical woodcut depicting the conjunction of Sol and Luna within a glass vessel.
An alchemical emblem depicting a man and a woman in an embrace inside a large glass vessel, set within a landscape.
Portrait of Heinrich Khunrath at age 42, surrounded by symbols of his scholarship and profession.
Elaborate alchemical and theosophical title page engraving featuring pillars, a landscape, and divine symbols.
Detailed alchemical landscape featuring a large rock face inscribed with the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, with a group of figures observing it from below.
A complex allegorical landscape representing the path to eternal wisdom, featuring mountains, alchemical laboratories, and a kneeling figure in prayer.
Right half of a circular engraving depicting an alchemist's oratory and laboratory.
A detailed partial circular engraving of an alchemical laboratory. It shows architectural pillars labeled 'Experientia', a furnace area, various chemical vessels on shelves, and distillation equipment on the floor. The scene is filled with Latin mottos and technical terms.
A complex circular alchemical emblem featuring dense Latin text and symbolic landscape elements.
Woodcut illustration titled 'Turba Philosophorum' depicting a gathering of alchemists or philosophers with speech scrolls.
The Art of Gold-making
Engraved frontispiece for Robert Fludd's 'Anatomiae Amphitheatrum' featuring a portrait and a complex circular diagram of the microcosm.
Amphitheatre of Anatomy
Anatomical engraving of a flayed male figure holding his own skin and a dagger.
Anatomical woodcut of a human figure showing the venous system.
Anatomical engraving of a human skeleton showing the nervous or circulatory system, with alphanumeric labels.
Elaborate allegorical frontispiece for a Rosicrucian text, featuring architectural elements, personified virtues, and numerous alchemical symbols.
Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross
The Eleventh Key of Basil Valentine, an allegorical alchemical scene featuring two women riding lions.
The Twelve Keys of Philosophy
An alchemical woodcut depicting an Atlas-like figure supporting a celestial sphere, surrounded by a banner with the VITRIOL acronym.
A complex alchemical emblem featuring the V.I.T.R.I.O.L. acronym and various symbolic elements within a circular frame.
Alchemical woodcut featuring a winged serpent entwined around two personified celestial faces.
Circular alchemical emblem featuring a two-headed figure (Rebis) standing on a dragon and a globe.
A complex alchemical emblem featuring a seven-pointed star within a circle, rich with symbolic imagery and Latin text.
Portrait of Robert Fludd with coat of arms and divine light
Sacred and Truly Christian Philosophy, or Cosmic Meteorology
A large complex engraving featuring a circular astrological diagram and a meteorological scene with a sun, clouds, and geometric rays.
A complex, full-page engraving titled 'Catoptrum Meteorographicum', depicting a cosmological and meteorological system.
An allegorical engraving depicting the divine creation, featuring a cloud labeled 'FIAT' from which rays of light emanate into a dark void, with a dove descending in a separate burst of light.
A complex cosmological diagram featuring a central globe surrounded by concentric rings of clouds, wind heads, archangels, and occult symbols.
Portrait of Robert Fludd with coat of arms and divine light rays.
History of the Two Worlds
Cosmological engraving depicting the divine creation of light from darkness.
A complex cosmological engraving depicting the Earth at the center of a celestial sphere, surrounded by personified winds and the four archangels.
A complex cosmological and philosophical diagram illustrating the principles of light and darkness, sympathy and antipathy.
Complex alchemical emblem featuring a laboratory scene with a king, an alchemist, and various symbolic figures and vessels.
The Mirror of Truth
Alchemical emblem featuring a central winged figure standing on a circular platform containing an ouroboros, flanked by two men.
Alchemical emblem featuring three figures around a central furnace (athanor) from which a large tree grows. One figure holds a radiant sun, another holds a flask, and a third seated figure tends to the base of the furnace.
Alchemical emblem featuring two figures engaged in symbolic labor, with a central celestial triangle and various numbered vessels and apparatus.
Alchemical emblem featuring a crowned king kneeling before a celestial star, a globe with three crowns, and a lighthouse-like tower.
An elaborate allegorical engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar for Jakob Böhme's 'Aurora', depicting a celestial vision of the Throne of God above a terrestrial scene of death.
Aurora, or The Day-Spring
Allegorical frontispiece depicting Athanasius Kircher guided by the angel Cosmiel through the heavens, featuring a Tychonic planetary diagram and the Tetragrammaton.
Kircher: Iter Exstaticum Coeleste (1660)
Engraved portrait of Elias Ashmole, depicted as a bust within an arched niche, positioned above a symbolic architectural structure bearing his name.
The Way to Bliss in Three Books
Portrait of a man kneeling in devotion before a vision of the Holy Trinity, with books by Ramon Llull at his feet.
Defense of the Terms and Doctrine of Ramon Llull
The First Key of Basil Valentine depicting a King and Queen, a wolf jumping over a crucible, and Saturn with a scythe.
The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged
An alchemical emblem from the Musaeum Hermeticum illustrating the Hermetic principle 'As above, so below.' It features three seated figures holding geometric symbols (triangle, hexagram) above a cave containing seven figures, likely representing the planetary metals or stages of the Great Work, gathered around a central well.
Alchemical and astrological diagram featuring a central sun with the text 'MIRABILITAS Naturae', surrounded by planetary symbols, the four elements, and the zodiac signs.
Alchemical emblem for 'Aureum Seculum Redivivum' featuring a central triangle, cross, and circular inscriptions, flanked by four cherub heads.
The 'Azoth of the Philosophers' emblem, a complex alchemical diagram featuring a seven-pointed star superimposed over a human figure, surrounded by planetary and elemental symbols.
Alchemical emblem from the 'Lambspring' series showing two fish swimming in opposite directions in a sea, with a sailing vessel and a coastal city in the background.
Alchemical emblem featuring a stag and a unicorn in a wooded landscape, representing the union of soul and spirit.
Alchemical emblem from the Lambspring series showing a wolf and a dog fighting in a landscape.
An alchemical emblem from the 'Lambspring' series showing a winged dragon biting its own tail (Ouroboros) in a wooded landscape.
Octava Figura: Two large birds, representing Body and Spirit, engaged in a struggle within a wooded landscape.
Nona Figura from the Lambspring series, depicting a King seated on a throne atop a dragon, overlooking a city.
Alchemical emblem titled 'Undecima Figura' (Eleventh Figure) from the Lambspring series, showing three figures holding hands: an elderly king (Father), a younger crowned man (Son), and a winged guide (Spirit).
Alchemical emblem titled 'Duodecima Figura' (Twelfth Figure) from the Lambspring series, depicting two figures standing atop a mountain peak.
Alchemical emblem depicting a king devouring his son, with a winged figure observing from a balcony.
The fourteenth figure from the Lambspring series, depicting a crowned king sweating in a four-poster bed.
The fifteenth figure from the Lambspring tract, depicting a winged central figure (the Spirit) uniting a King (the Father) and his Son.
Engraved title illustration for the 'Tripus Aureus' (Golden Tripod), depicting an alchemical laboratory with three figures and a laborer.
The First Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical engraving depicting a King and Queen, a wolf jumping over a crucible, and Saturn as an old man with a scythe.
The Fourth Key of Basil Valentine: A skeleton standing atop a draped tomb or altar in a landscape.
The Sixth Key of Basil Valentine from the Musaeum Hermeticum, depicting a chemical wedding presided over by a bishop.
The Eighth Key of Basil Valentine from the Musaeum Hermeticum, depicting a scene of resurrection and putrefaction.
The Ninth Key of Basil Valentine from the Musaeum Hermeticum, depicting three human figures intertwined above a circle containing three serpents biting their tails.
The Twelfth Key of Basilius Valentinus, an alchemical engraving showing an adept in a laboratory with a lion devouring a serpent.
An alchemical engraving featuring an athanor furnace at the top and three registers of symbolic animals below.
A complex alchemical and cosmological diagram representing the hierarchy of the universe, from the Divine Archetype to the elemental world and chaos.
An alchemical engraving from Michael Maier's 'Subtilis Allegoria', showing a scholar observing a one-legged man watering a garden of trees bearing suns and moons.
A complex alchemical and cosmological diagram titled 'Mundus Archetypus' and 'Mundus Intelligentiarum', featuring the Holy Trinity at the center surrounded by the nine celestial hierarchies of angels.
A complex memorial emblem for Jacob Böhme, featuring a central cartouche, three medallions with symbolic animals, and a radiant cross.
The Complete Theosophical Works of Jakob Böhme
An allegorical depiction of the 'dark man' showing planetary centers within the human body.
A Short Opening of the Three Principles and Worlds in Man
Engraved portrait of Gaston Jean-Baptiste, Marquis de Renty, in an oval frame with a biographical inscription below.
The Real Christian
Frontispiece portrait of Henry More, D.D., within an ornate oval frame and architectural plinth.
Divine Dialogues
A complex, hand-colored alchemical and cabalistic diagram featuring a celestial hierarchy and planetary symbols.
Mago-Cabalistic and Theological Work
Mystical allegorical engraving titled 'Von Göttlicher Offenbarung' (Of Divine Revelation) featuring a central human figure, divine symbols, and celestial/terrestrial motifs.
Theosophy Revealed, Volume 5
Engraved portrait of the German mystic Jacob Böhme within an oval frame, featuring biographical dates and a poetic inscription.
Theosophy Revealed: Aurora (Vol. 1)
A hand-colored engraving of the 'Theosophical Man,' illustrating the spiritual anatomy and the three principles within a human figure.
A Brief Opening of the Three Principles and Worlds in Man
Hand-colored alchemical emblem of a symbolic human figure.
Full-length portrait of Saint Ephrem the Syrian in monastic attire, holding a scroll with Greek text.
The Complete Works of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, Volume II
Frontispiece engraving depicting a celestial sphere with bands covered in eyes, under a banner reading 'AURORA' with radiating light.
Aurora, or Day-Spring: The Root of Philosophy, Astrology, and Theology
A complex cosmological diagram titled 'The True Principles of All Things,' featuring a central circular motif with alchemical and astrological symbols, surrounded by text describing the 'Abyss,' 'Nothing,' and 'All-Time.'
Works of Jacob Behmen (William Law Edition, 4 vols)
A complex cosmological diagram titled 'The Constituent Parts of Man', featuring geometric shapes, circles, and text describing the spiritual states of the human mind.
Engraved portrait of Jacob Böhme in his workshop, surrounded by shoemaking tools and books.
The Way to Christ
A group of ethereal, fairy-like figures dancing in a circle.
Engraved portrait of Andrew Jackson Davis
The Principles of Nature
Engraved portrait of Baruch Spinoza within an oval frame, set upon a pedestal with a Latin inscription.
Short Treatise on God, Man and His Wellbeing
Portrait of Mary Baker Eddy, the author of the book.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Intricate engraved frontispiece featuring a border of mythological and alchemical scenes surrounding the title 'THE HERMETIC MUSEUM'.
A complex alchemical emblem illustrating the principle of 'as above, so below' with celestial and terrestrial symbols.
An intricate alchemical emblem featuring a central tree with seven stars, surrounded by seven circular medallions depicting various animals and birds. Two figures stand at the base of the tree, flanked by allegorical scenes involving a lion and a crescent moon.
A complex alchemical emblem featuring a central bearded face within a seven-pointed star, surrounded by symbolic figures and the Latin motto for VITRIOL.
Frontispiece for The Book of Lambspring depicting a philosopher-king beside an alchemical furnace.
An alchemical emblem depicting a knight in armor confronting a winged dragon in a forest landscape.
Two large birds, representing Body and Spirit, devouring each other in a wooded landscape.
An alchemical emblem showing a king enthroned upon a dragon or sea monster within a classical portico, overlooking a detailed cityscape with a bridge and towers.
An allegorical emblem showing three figures—an old king, a younger king, and a winged guide—holding hands in a landscape.
Figure XII from The Book of Lambspring, depicting two figures atop a mountain under the sun and moon.
Alchemical emblem depicting a king devouring his son, with an angelic figure looking on.
Alchemical emblem showing a king sweating in a four-poster bed, representing the extraction of the 'true tincture'.
Alchemical emblem showing the Father and Son joined in one, seated with a winged figure under a canopy.
Allegorical scene showing three scholars observing a laborer at an alchemical furnace.
Alchemical emblem from the 'Second Key' of Basil Valentine, featuring a central winged figure of Mercury flanked by two men and celestial symbols.
The Fourth Key of Basil Valentine, showing a skeleton standing on a tomb in a landscape.
Alchemical emblem for the Fifth Key of Basil Valentine, featuring a crowned lion, a woman with a flowering plant, and a man with a bellows under a radiant sun.
The Sixth Key of Basil Valentine, depicting the alchemical marriage of a King and Queen.
The Eighth Key of Basil Valentine, an allegorical scene depicting sowing, death, and resurrection.
The Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine, depicting an alchemist in a laboratory with symbolic elements.
A facsimile reproduction of a scene from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, depicting the Weighing of the Heart ceremony.
Book of the Dead - Papyrus of Ani Facsimile
Facsimile of an ancient Egyptian papyrus from the Book of the Dead, featuring a funeral procession and hieroglyphic text.
A section of an Egyptian papyrus from the Book of the Dead, featuring vignettes and hieroglyphic text.
A reproduction of a section from the Papyrus of Ani, featuring vignettes and hieroglyphic text from Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead.
Vignette from the Papyrus of Ani showing the celestial cow Mehet-Weret and deities above hieroglyphic text.
Reproduction of a section from an Egyptian Book of the Dead papyrus, featuring seated deities and hieroglyphic text.
Vignette from the Papyrus of Ani featuring Egyptian deities, falcons, and hieroglyphs.
Vignette and text from Chapter XVII of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, showing the Great Cat of Heliopolis slaying the serpent Apep.
Vignettes from the Papyrus of Ani depicting the gates (Ārit) and pylons of the underworld guarded by deities.
A section of the Papyrus of Ani featuring hieroglyphic text and several vignettes depicting funerary rituals.
Facsimile of a section of an ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead papyrus with vignettes and hieroglyphs.
Vignette from the Papyrus of Ani showing the Hall of the Two-fold Maat with judges of the dead and hieroglyphic text.
A detailed color reproduction of a section from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, showing the weighing of the heart ceremony and the Negative Confession.
Vignette from the Papyrus of Ani showing Ani adoring Ra-Horakhty and the seven sacred cows.
Portrait of Swami Vivekananda in a meditative pose
Raja Yoga - Swami Vivekananda
Full-length portrait of Chief Joseph in traditional Nez Perce attire.
The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890
Portrait of Bi'äñk'i, the Kiowa Dreamer, seated and holding a painted hide and a pointer.
A complex diagrammatic arrangement of seven occult seals, each containing symbolic figures and text, connected by a central pillar with Greek inscriptions.
Lucifer-Gnosis (GA 34)
Japanese woodblock print depicting a snowy night scene with a woman in a kimono and a man in a doorway.
Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan
A highly decorative frontispiece in the Arts and Crafts style, featuring a large historiated initial 'T' that contains a delicate illustration of a seated woman (Blessed Angela) reading a book. The central text and initial are surrounded by an intricate foliate border composed of dense vines and leaves, with a small kneeling figure integrated into the bottom-left corner of the design.
The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno
Portrait of Rudolf Steiner
The Way of Initiation
Sepia-toned photographic portrait of Rudolf Steiner.
Initiation and Its Results
Photographic portrait of Arthur Edward Waite in profile.
The Secret Tradition in Freemasonry
Engraved portrait of Elias Ashmole as a bust on a pedestal of books.
Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart as a young boy, presented in an oval frame atop a stone pedestal.
Full-length portrait of Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar.
Portrait of Éliphas Lévi
Portrait of Frederick the Great
Portrait of Albert Pike in Masonic regalia.
The Sabbatic Goat, or Baphomet, a winged, goat-headed figure with a torch between its horns and a pentagram on its forehead, seated on a globe.
The Book of Ceremonial Magic
A relief sculpture depicting a Roman emperor on horseback receiving German prisoners.
Communings with Himself
The Reign of Antichrist, a complex scene depicting the Antichrist preaching to a crowd, influenced by demons, while an angel with a sword appears above.
An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
Group of Arabian magicians repenting of their sorceries
A collection of six portrait medallions of historical and legendary figures associated with occultism and inspiration, framed within a decorative border.
Classical Greek relief depicting an initiate into the Eleusinian Mysteries between Demeter and Persephone.
An engraving depicting Edward Kelly and another man (likely John Dee) performing a necromantic ritual in a graveyard at night. They stand within a magic circle while a shrouded spirit appears before them.
A complex, chaotic scene depicting St. James the Elder confronting a magician and various demonic entities during a Witches' Sabbath.
Hermes Trismegistus presenting a book to two figures, reproduction of the Siena Cathedral pavement mosaic.
The Hermetic Writings, Volume I: Texts and Translation
Alchemical emblem of a lion devouring the sun
Alchemical vessel containing a human figure with a bird emerging from the top, surrounded by scrolls.
A cosmological diagram featuring five personified celestial bodies with human faces arranged in a star pattern under a rainbow.
A blue-skinned figure, possibly a jinn, seated in a niche with two observers looking down from above.
A musician playing an oud in a lush garden setting, representing the season of spring.
Illustration of the Mountain of Fire and Salamander birds
Manuscript illumination showing birds in a tree and two men above a decorated building.
Islamic manuscript illustration of the fifth clime and the planet Venus
A colorful manuscript illumination depicting a cityscape with stylized buildings, a central tree, birds, and a celestial sphere at the top containing a crescent moon and a face.
An illustration of the constellation Gemini from an Arabic astronomical manuscript, featuring two human figures with gold circles representing stars.
A hand-painted illustration of a human figure representing the constellation Orion, with gold circles marking star positions.
Illustration of the constellation Leo depicted as a lion with gold stars.
A centaur archer representing the constellation Sagittarius, with gold circles indicating star positions.
A hand-painted astronomical illustration of the constellation Aquarius, depicted as a human figure with gold leaf circles representing stars.
Personification of the constellation Orion (al-Jawza') with stars marked as gold circles.
Alchemical allegory featuring a crowned mermaid, a nude woman, and a bearded man standing by a furnace with three green retorts.
Two-headed alchemical figure (Rebis) representing the union of King and Queen.
Complex alchemical emblem featuring a central double-headed eagle and dragon surrounded by personified celestial bodies and planetary spheres.
An allegorical figure representing the Trinity or an alchemical principle, crowned and holding an orb and a flowering branch, standing between two large wings on a symbolic base.
Woodcut illustration for Canto XVII of Dante's Inferno, showing Dante and Virgil among the usurers.
Hand-colored woodcut illustrating Canto XXII of Dante's Purgatorio, showing Dante, Virgil, and Statius ascending the mountain.
A detailed woodcut landscape depicting Mount Randa with a winding path leading to a summit building.
Woodcut depicting the Virgin and Child surrounded by a rosary, with clergy and knights kneeling in prayer below.
Woodcut depicting the Creation of Eve from Adam's rib, with God the Father as a crowned figure.
A woodcut depicting a domestic scene, likely the Birth of the Virgin Mary. A woman (St. Anne) lies in bed on the left, while a woman behind her holds an infant. In the foreground, three women are seated at a table, eating and drinking.
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple
Woodcut depicting the Marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, presided over by a high priest in an architectural setting.
Woodcut of the Annunciation showing the Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel
Woodcut depicting the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
Woodcut depicting the young Jesus teaching the doctors in the Temple, with Mary and Joseph appearing in the background.
Woodcut depicting the Holy Family in a carpenter's workshop.
Woodcut illustration of the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist.
Woodcut depicting Jesus Christ and a devotee with a rosary
Woodcut depicting Jesus Christ healing a man with crutches, surrounded by a group of onlookers in a landscape.
Woodcut depicting the Wedding at Cana, showing Jesus, Mary, and guests at a table with water jars in the foreground.
Woodcut depicting Mary Magdalene washing the feet of Jesus with her hair during a meal at the house of Simon the Pharisee.
Woodcut depicting Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
Woodcut depicting Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, surrounded by followers and people laying garments in his path.
Christ washing the feet of his disciples, with the Last Supper visible in the background.
Woodcut illustration of the Last Supper depicting Jesus and his disciples gathered around a table.
Woodcut depicting the Agony in the Garden, with Jesus praying while his disciples sleep.
Woodcut depicting Christ before a seated official, likely Pontius Pilate or Caiaphas, during his Passion.
Woodcut depicting the Flagellation of Christ.
Woodcut depicting the 'Ecce Homo' scene from the Passion of Christ, where Jesus is presented to the crowd by Pontius Pilate.
Jesus Christ carrying the cross, surrounded by soldiers and onlookers near a city gate.
Woodcut depicting Christ being stripped of his garments by soldiers, with the Virgin Mary and other figures in the background.
Woodcut of the Crucifixion of Christ with the two thieves, the Virgin Mary, and Saint John.
Woodcut of the Crucifixion of Christ, showing a soldier piercing his side with a spear.
Woodcut of the Pietà enclosed within a rosary
Woodcut of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ with surrounding figures.
Woodcut of the Crucifixion showing Longinus piercing Christ's side.
Woodcut depicting the Entombment of Christ.
Woodcut depicting Christ's Descent into Limbo (Harrowing of Hell), showing Christ rescuing souls from the mouth of a monster.
Woodcut depicting the Resurrection of Christ, showing him rising from the tomb while soldiers sleep below.
Woodcut depicting the Ascension of Christ with the Virgin Mary and Apostles below.
Woodcut depicting the Coronation of the Virgin or a mystical union with the Holy Trinity.
Woodcut depicting the Coronation of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Trinity.
Portrait of Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig in an oval frame.
A Christian Epistle on Prayer
Two Buddhist Bodhisattvas surrounded by symbolic objects.
An allegorical emblem featuring a tree with grafted and pruned branches, a figure in robes, and a hand with an axe emerging from a cloud.
The Complete Works of the Divine Plato
An alchemist or philosopher holding a glass flask and a large, blank scroll, set against a landscape background.
Allegorical alchemical scene from the Splendor Solis series showing miners on a rocky hill.
A three-headed crowned bird inside a crowned alchemical flask over a fire.
An alchemical landscape featuring a personified sun with a human face rising over a mountainous terrain, with a prominent tree in the foreground.
Two women washing clothes in a landscape, an alchemical allegory for purification from the Splendor Solis series.
An allegorical landscape from the Splendor Solis series featuring a personified sun rising over a town and a traveler.
Alchemical emblem featuring a central glass vessel with a flowering plant, flanked by a King and Queen.
Alchemical woodcut depicting a male and female figure inside a glass vessel from which three flowers grow.
Alchemical emblem depicting a naked male figure inside a large, dark, teardrop-shaped vessel labeled 'Oleum Philof', set within a landscape with two trees.
Illustration of Kui Xing, the god of examinations, standing on a sea monster.
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 30)
Woodcut illustration of the goat-headed deity Dingwei Shenjiang in military armor.
Woodcut illustration of Xiling Shi (Leizu), the legendary inventor of sericulture, depicted with attendants and a ritual altar.
Woodcut illustration of Xi Wangmu (Queen Mother of the West) with attendants and a bird.
Woodcut portrait of Yin Xi, a legendary Taoist figure, standing under a willow tree and reading a book.
Woodcut illustration of a bearded man in a leaf collar, likely a figure from Chinese mythology or history, surrounded by medicinal plants and ritual objects.
Portrait of the Chinese philosopher Guiguzi in a cave.
Woodcut portrait of the Chinese alchemist Wei Boyang with a dog and a tripod vessel.
Woodcut illustration of Xiao Shi playing the flute with a phoenix.
Collected Illustrations of the Three Powers: Biographies
Woodcut portrait of Huang Chuping (Wong Tai Sin), a Taoist immortal, depicted as a shepherd with his flock of sheep.
Woodcut illustration of the legendary figure Fei Changfang encountering an immortal emerging from a large gourd.
Woodcut illustration of a bearded man in robes sitting on a gnarled tree trunk under a weeping willow, holding a tablet with a yin-yang symbol.
Woodcut portrait of Sun Simiao, the 'King of Medicine,' carrying a basket of herbs and a gourd under a pine tree.
Woodcut portrait of the Taoist hermit Xu Xuanping carrying firewood.
Woodcut illustration of Lei Yin Weng sitting under a tree with a deer.
Woodcut portrait of Li Biti (李鼻涕) standing next to a gnarled tree.
Woodcut portrait of Zhang Sanfeng with a crane flying overhead.
Woodcut illustration of three figures sitting under a tree, engaged in 'doucao' (grass fighting).
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 74)
Woodcut emblem featuring a knight on horseback with a motto banner.
Anatomical engraving of a male torso with the chest cavity opened to show the mediastinum and lungs.
Two anatomical diagrams of the human brain dissection within human heads, labeled Fig. VII and Fig. VIII.
Anatomical engraving of the human nervous system and spinal column.
A crowned Melusine or double-tailed mermaid rising from the water.
Circular woodcut emblem showing a crowd of figures with sun and moon symbols above.
Circular alchemical emblem depicting three figures and planetary symbols.
Circular woodcut emblem depicting an enthroned figure surrounded by kneeling figures.
A complex circular allegorical engraving representing divine wisdom as the source of all creation, surrounded by a border of billowing clouds.
A complex cosmological and meteorological diagram showing divine influence on earthly phenomena, featuring the Tetragrammaton, an angel, and various celestial and atmospheric events.
A complex circular cosmological diagram titled 'Hochma seu Sapientia' (Wisdom), depicting the divine creation of the universe.
Alchemical emblem featuring a knight in armor holding a globus cruciger and a floral branch, flanked by two figures in robes, with a celestial donkey and a fallen figure in the background.
Alchemical emblem from Speculum Veritatis showing a laboratory scene with three globes on a furnace, a figure holding a caduceus, and a smith at an anvil.
An alchemical laboratory scene featuring a practitioner at a workbench with various vessels, set against a landscape with a bridge and buildings.
Alchemical emblem featuring a central tree with a serpent coiled around the trunk, flanked by three figures: a soldier, a crowned king, and a man holding an alchemical symbol.
Alchemical emblem featuring a celestial wheel of colors and planetary symbols, an armored knight, and a seated philosopher by an athanor.
Alchemical emblem featuring two figures flanking a central furnace and distillation apparatus, with various symbols including Mercury and sulfur.
Engraved portrait of Dr. John Everard, the author, holding a book.
The Gospel-treasury opened
Engraved portrait of Jean d'Espagnet (Johannes Despagne), the author of the work.
An essay of the wonders of God
Engraving of a bearded man holding lilies and a staff, centered within a mystical clock-like arrangement of numbers.
Commentary on Genesis (Mysterium Magnum)
Engraved portrait of John Pordage (Johann Pordædsche) within an oval frame atop a pedestal.
Divine and True Metaphysics
Engraving of Saints Peter and Paul with the papal coat of arms of Benedict XIV
Faint engraving of a female figure surrounded by Art Nouveau floral motifs.
Divine Providence
Portrait of Karl von Eckartshausen in profile, set within an oval frame surrounded by foliage and a quote from Rousseau.
On Religion, Freethinking, and Enlightenment
Frontispiece engraving showing four angels descending from clouds towards Earth, with the Eye of Providence in the upper left.
Probaseology
Engraving of the Ascension of Christ
Christ the Greatest Hero in Battle
Engraving of a robed figure looking up towards a light in the clouds.
God is the Purest Love
An ethereal scene of several lightly-clad figures dancing in a circle, likely representing fairies or elves.
A group of ethereal, human-like figures, likely fairies or elves, engaged in a graceful, circular dance.
A group of ethereal, dancing figures, likely representing fairies or elves, in a soft, painterly style.
Ethereal figures dancing in a mystical landscape, representing fairies or elves.
A group of ethereal figures, likely fairies or elves, dancing in a circle.
A group of ethereal, dancing figures, likely fairies or nymphs, in a soft, painterly style.
A group of ethereal, dancing figures, likely representing fairies or elves, in a circular motion.
An illustration of ethereal figures, likely fairies or elves, dancing in a circle.
A group of ethereal, dancing figures, likely representing fairies or spirits, in a flowing, classical style.
An ethereal scene of several figures, likely fairies or elves, dancing in a circle.
A group of ethereal figures, likely fairies or elves, dancing in a rhythmic, circular motion with flowing garments.
A group of ethereal, dancing figures, likely representing fairies or elves, in a flowing, Romantic style.
Hand-colored engraving of a Jewish High Priest in ceremonial vestments.
Abraxas Gems
Engraving of a high-ranking figure, possibly a Byzantine official or cleric, seated at a desk with an open book and an attendant.
Byzantine History of Nicephorus Gregoras
An alchemical emblem depicting two lions in a wooded landscape, representing the union of spirit and soul.
Alchemical emblem showing a winged dragon biting its tail in a forest setting.
Alchemical emblem showing a man tending a fire containing a salamander.
The First Key of Basil Valentine, depicting a king, queen, Saturn, and a wolf.
The Seventh Key from Basil Valentine's 'The Twelve Keys,' an alchemical emblem featuring a central circular diagram with a triangle labeled 'AQVA' (water) surrounded by the four seasons.
The Ninth Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical emblem featuring symbolic figures and intertwined serpents.
An allegorical engraving for the Eleventh Key of Basil Valentine, featuring two women riding lions and holding hearts with celestial symbols.
Vignette of a noblewoman standing in a white gown holding ritual objects.
Detailed diagram of the Manipura Chakra (Solar Plexus) with symbolic figures and anatomical reference.
Two figures in a small boat on a dark, turbulent sea with a floating red fireball.
A complex esoteric emblem featuring a hexagram and triangle with human and animal faces.
Isis Unveiled Vol. I - Science
Portrait of Jean Marie Ragon in an oval frame, wearing Masonic regalia.
An allegorical engraving depicting Father Time standing behind a weeping woman who leans over a broken column.
Portrait of N. C. des Étangs
Portrait of the Earl of Kilmarnock, aged 42, in an ornate oval frame.
Circular portrait of a man in 18th-century attire, shown in profile facing right.
Portrait of Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner, titled 'THE POET WERNER'.
Publisher's emblem for J.W. Bouton featuring a seated woman with a book and an anchor entwined with a sea monster.
Isis Unveiled Vol. II - Theology
Circular portrait of Fabre d'Olivet after a 1799 miniature by Augustin.
The Golden Verses of Pythagoras
