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And therefore he becomes also the already mentioned androgynous material, Rebis. That is only to be attained when the elemental propensities are overcome, therefore the figure Rebis is represented as standing on the dragon. What will the master do now? He will identify himself with the Master Builder of all worlds, in order to work in him and through him.
Consider this mysterious star; it is the symbol of the Spirit.... The image of the holy fire, etc.” REBIS is represented as an hermetic hermaphrodite. The hermaphrodite stands on a dragon that lies on a globe. In the right hand he holds a pair of compasses, in the left a square. On the globe we see a square and a triangle.
From unity grows duality, that is, nature divides into spirit and matter, into active and passive, necessity and freedom. The divided returns through trinity to unity. In alchemy we have the symbol REBIS, the hermaphrodite with the two heads.
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