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The Alchemical Wedding Talisman
The pendant base is made of silver 925 and the circle and wings are made of gold 14k.
"The marriage of Sulphur and Quicksilver, Sun and Moon, King and Queen, is the central symbol of alchemy."
(Titus Burckhardt, Alchemy 1960)
The Alchemical wedding talisman is a combination of astrological, alchemical and magical concepts and symbolism coming from the arcane world of the ancients, the roots of which are extensive and profound in their uses and meanings. The sacred and spiritual marriage of the sun and the moon was considered the symbol of the union of the most fundamental and archetypal polarities in the nature of the cosmos and the nature of the soul.
The talisman is a combination of the metals ruled by the lights: gold- sun, silver- moon, and their ancient astrological glyphs, and are made ('born') under specific astrological times to draw out, intensify, reinforce and bring to life those symbols.
The talisman of the 'alchemical wedding' is a paraphrase of the alchemical trinity of the sun, the moon and the hermaphrodite Mercury (which is considered their mediator). Mercury which is symbolized by the 'staff of mercury' (Hermes, tooth or caduceus) with his glyph embedded in the center serves as the connective tissue and reconciling energy of the sun and moon. Being the most androgynous planet Mercury has a pronounced solar and lunar side, which is symbolized by the two snakes.
This talisman will be made in a much softer astrological time that enhances the cooperation of the sun and moon (trine configuration while waxing). The talisman offers the opportunity to balance the opposites of our nature and 'alchemize' them together. This causes the emergence of our most pure, essential self, and acts to transform the raw and chaotic material- attached self (prima materia) into gold (spirit) by way of purification and unification of our basic elements.
The texts, astrological work and the basic design and instructions for the talismans are provided by astrologer Michael Ofek.
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