Symbolism

This caught my attention today...

Lucas Jennis
published:

De Lapide Philisophico
1625

The forest represents the Body, the unicorn the Spirit and the deer the Soul. At the same time, however, we are told that ‘within the Forest of the Work are found the twin Natures, Mercury the Stag and Sulphur the Unicorn’ via

Let Nature Be Thy Guide.