Beya and Gabricus: Erotic Imagery in German Alchemy

• Autores: Thomas Willard
• Localización: Mediaevistik: Internationale Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Mittelalterforschung, ISSN 0934-7453, Nº. 28, 2015, págs. 269-281
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The first printed text of German alchemy, Rosarium Philosophorum (published in 1550, but written one to two centuries earlier) has an account of the incestuous union of a brother and sister named Gabricus and Beya. In the alchemical allegory, they represent body and spirit, respectively, and their union produces the soul that holds them together.