This etching is said to possess all that is neeeded to transfrom base metal into gold. The accompanying emblem says: Make of man and woman a circle, from… that a square, then a triangle then another circle, and you will have the philosopher’s stone. The circle represents the feminine principle, the square stands for the masculine, and the triangle symbolises the fire that integrates the above and the below, fusing mind body and spirit. Thus human consciousness is brought into divine harmony with the whole.
