Caption:
ALCHEMY - CABBALA. Plate 3 from Steffan Michelspacher, Cabala, Spiegel der Kunst und Natur, 1616. The plate symbolizes alchemical conjunction. The curious arched zodiac (the twelve figures of which do not follow the traditional order) is related to the twelve processes of the art, the correspondences being announced (perhaps, rather, hidden) by associate sigils. The interior of the mountain is in the form of a rich palace, on the roof of which a phoenix bird stretches its wings.