Rebis

Union of Opposites

EMBLEM XXXVIII. On the Secrets of Nature.

Rebis, like Hermaphroditus, is born from two mountains, Mercury and Venus.

Epigram XXXVIII:

The ancients called Rebis twin-born because in one body are both male and female—an androgynous being.

For from two mountains was Hermaphroditus born,

So is it called, given by Hermes and gracious Venus.

Atalanta fugiens, hoc est Emblemata nova de secretis naturae chymica, by Michel Maier (1568-1622)