Bollingen Stone: This is Telesphorus….
(Inscription:)
Ὁ Αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεττεύων· παιδὸς ἡ βασιληίη» ·
Τελεσφόρος διελαύνων τοὺς σκοτεινοὺς τοῦ κόσμου τόπους, καὶ ὡς
ἀστὴρ ἀναλάμπων ἐκ τοῦ βάθους,
ὁδηγεῖ «παρ’ Ἠελίοιο πύλας καὶ δῆμον ὀνείρων”.
Aion is a child at play…
This is Telesphorus,
who roams through the dark regions of this cosmos
and glows like a star out of the depths.
He points the way to the gates of the sun and to the land of dreams
The central figure is Homunculus-Mercurius-Telesphorus, wearing a hooded cape and carrying a lantern.
He is surrounded by a quaternary Mandala of alchemical significance, with the top quarter dedicated to Saturn, the bottom quarter to Mars, the left quarter to Sol-Jupiter (“male”) and the right quarter to Luna-Venus (“female”).
Time is a child at play, gambling; a child’s is the kingship is a fragment attributed to Heraclitus.
To the Gates of the Sun and the Land of Dreams is a quote of the Odyssey (24.11), referring to Hermes the psychopomp leading the spirits of the slain suitors away.
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