http://blogs.evergreen.edu/ealphabet/a-is-for-alchemy/armillary-sphere-frontleaf/ Flocks of Words, Tracks of Letters, Butterflies of the Soul Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 http://blogs.evergreen.edu/ealphabet/a-is-for-alchemy/armillary-sphere-frontleaf/#comment-224 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:45:34 +0000 http://blogs.evergreen.edu/ealphabet/files/2013/04/Armillary-Sphere-Frontleaf.jpg#comment-224 This is an degredaded image of an armillary sphere, which puts Earth (the self) at the center of the cosmos. Celestial bodies revolve around a central axis in musical ratios, representing the harmonizing of the heavens. At the top are the alchemical elements and principals as well as the metals and their corresponding planets.

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