Painting > Elementa Chemicae Triptych

#28, # 29 Under the effects of heat the elements begin to restratify.

#53, The more transparent and subtle the consistency of the lapis, the higher its penetrative capacities and the greater its strength of color. In order to intensify this, further sublimations occurs: it is now fertilized with philosophical mercury (serpent) until the serpent has swallowed its own tail” and the lapis dissolved.

#54 The dissolution of the lapis.