. English: An engraving from Michael Maier's Symbola Aureae Mensae (1617) we see Albertus Magnus pointing to an alchemical androgyne holding the letter Y. Zola (42) explains, 'The Y is, as Philo taught, the symbol of the Word which pierces the essence of being. The Nassine Gnostics taught that it represented the intimate nature of being, which is male and female and, as such, eternal.' . circa 1617. Michael Maier (1568–1622) 190 Engraving from Michael Maier's Symbola Aureae Mensae (1617)

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