ALCHEMY - Plate 50 from Michael Maier's 'Atalanta fugiens' of 1618. The dragon (symbol of Sulphur, the Will forces) destroying the woman (symbol of the Mercury of the Wise). Modern interpretations read this as the snake of sexuality smothering the anima, or soul

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