Le verger chymique

A love of fire is at the heart of the alchemical approach, Stolcius de Stolzenberg underlines that: fire generates and transforms, it heals and cures, it leads towards truth and, by the grace of God, transmits and reproduces itself. The alchemical process is thus described, the passage made up of successive stages from the decomposition to the unification of the stone. The work requires true self-sacrifice, the fruition borne of confidence which the image of the pelican or the child illustrates. As nothing has been definitively acquired or achieved, actions are repeated, fine-tuned, affecting various aspects of the being and the universe, which is what C.G. Jung was referring to during our era when he spoke of the Mysterium Coniunctionis. Daniel Stolcius de Stolzenberg was born in Bohemia at the end of the 16th Century. He is thought to have undertaken his studies in Prague, in Marburg, then, as a doctor and poet, he travelled across Europe to hone his knowledge. His journey took him to Frankfurt, Oxford, Dantzig (Gdansk) where he practised medicine. We know that he was influenced by the theories of Paracelsus and that he was a follower of Michel Maier. The alchemy which he presents essentially centres on the human being.