• DOIS PEIXES…

Diz-nos o mítico filósofo, poeta e alquimista alemão Lambspring, no seu Pequeno Tratado Sobre a Pedra Filosofal:

"Presta atenção e compreende que dois peixes nadam no nosso mar.
O mar é o nosso corpo; e os dois peixes? O espírito e a alma."

E segue, com este conselho iniciático:

The Sages will tell you

That two fishes are in our sea

Without any flesh or bones.
Let them be cooked in their own water;
Then they also will become a vast sea,
The vastness of which no man can describe.
Moreover, the Sages say
That the two fishes are only one, not two;
They are two, and nevertheless they are one,
Body, Spirit, and Soul.
Now, I tell you most truly,
Cook these three together,
That there may be a very large sea.
Cook the sulphur well with the sulphur,
And hold your tongue about it:
Conceal your knowledge to your own advantage,
And you shall be free from poverty.

Only let your discovery remain a close secret.

Imagem: in Lambstrinck, Pequeño Tratado sobre la Piedra Filosofal (edición de 1677 del Museum Hermiticum), p.3