ALCHEMY

<n>Chakrasamvara with His Consort Vajravarahi</n>, a Tibetan <n>thangka</n> from ca. 1450–1500.

<n>The Grand Hermetic Androgyne</n>, also known as <n>Rebis</n>, from a 15th-century German manuscript.

Illustration of <n>The alchemical Rebis</n> from <n>Thesaurus Thesaurorum</n>, a French manuscript from c. 1775.

Emblem 3 from the German edition of the <n>Ripley Scroll</n>, published by <n>Johann Christoph Beuther</n> in 1718.

An illustration of the <n>Rebis</n> from <n>Heinrich Nollius</n>'s 1617 book, <n>Theoria Philosophiae Hermeticae</n>.

A 17th-century illustration from the alchemical manuscript <n>Splendor Solis</n>.

A painting by <n>Kosuke Ajiro</n> for <n>The Shop Floor Project</n>'s artist's cushions collection.

<n>The Rebis</n>, an illustration from <n>Heinrich Khunrath</n>'s <n>Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae</n>, 1609.

<n>The Vision of Hermes Trismegistus</n> (1975) by artist <n>Johfra Bosschart</n>.

<n>Philosophical Mercury</n>, an allegorical figure from a German alchemical manuscript, c. 1425.

<n>Rebis</n> from the 1582 manuscript <n>Splendor Solis</n> by <n>Salomon Trismosin</n>.

Artwork by <n>Vasily Kafanov</n> for <n>The Smashing Pumpkins</n>' album 'Machina/The Machines of God,' 2000.

An <n>Ouroboros</n> illustration by <n>Theodoros Pelecanos</n> from the 1478 alchemical manuscript <n>Synosius</n>.

An illustration from the 17th/18th-century alchemical manuscript <n>Clavis Artis</n> by <n>Zoroaster</n>.

The sacred marriage of the Sun and Moon, an illustration by <n>Griemiller</n> from the 1550 alchemical treatise <n>Rosarium philosophorum</n>.

<n>St. Michael</n>, an engraving by <n>Martin Schongauer</n>, c. 1470-90.