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sirens No other representation has been achieved so far, to reach the attraction we feel for carved inside the Romanesque church of San Pere de Galligans (Girona).
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normally accustomed to perceive in the world of imaging a variety of symbolic representations that often correspond to the same intention, but all of them, no insist and persist so as to instruct the man in the secret of their complete regeneration.
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unify in one essence the two opposing natures of which we are made is vital to achieve, and the mermaid Galligans inform us strongly.
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This admiration we experience after the perception of its message, is what motivates us to continue this study based on a fascinating and exclusive representation:
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literal description of that figure, which was set out in "Metamorphosis of a Concept ' - we want to summarize here:
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The siren solemn attitude is held high on her fish's tail in both hands holding a pair of fish to maintain a balanced position arms reminiscent of the familiar iconography of "praying." His head touches a raised platform with stars carved to simulate his crown.
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After the literal description of the image we suspect that there is an allegorical reading of the message with a series of perceptions related to the metaphor that are easily understandable: with fish-tail characteristic attribute of the inhabitants of the world below-the siren starts from the base of the spire rising vertically to join their head above ground, the blue field and stars.
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Undoubtedly, the composition of the character you send your work as a liaison between the groundwater level or lower and the upper or heavenly, the channel that connects the two worlds, similar to the role of the mystic ladder or Jacob linking the underworld with the superior, or heaven and earth.
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This concept also refers us to the figure of the Virgin Mary, "considered as the conduit between God and men, according to the relationship that some Fathers applied the symbolism of the ladder and the Blessed Virgin.
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"This (the Virgin) is the ladder of Jacob, who has twelve steps, including los dos lados.
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El lado derecho es el desprecio de sí mismo por el amor a Dios, el lado izquierdo es el desprecio del mundo por amor al Reino.
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Por estos peldaños suben los ángeles y son elevados los hombres..." (San Bernardo- Sermo ad Beatam Virginem 4).
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Es a través de esta lectura moral o teológica que podemos acceder a otro escalón diferente del símbolo cuyo mensaje abarca una gran magnitud. Es una enseñanza que trasciende creencias y culturas porque va arraigado en lo más profundo del ser humano, algo que se lleva implícito por nature and can only be understood under a tight mentality of the symbol, in particular alchemical vision. .
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( Fulcanelli. Dwellings of the Philosophers "Allegory of Alchemy: -
A seated female figure whose feet rest on the base, with his head touches the celestial sphere, acts as a conduit between the lower plane and the plane higher in both hands holding the book of knowledge and expertise rod ) ****
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siren Galligans upright as a symbol link by which you can ascend from our state animal (below) to the divine understanding (above), we note that body is composed of a dual nature, two substances in a separate but together, like two sides of a coin or as the personification of atanor alchemy.
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The two fish or lions, "in each case", symbolizing the two properties of our matter, sulfur and mercury. It is also "solve et coagula" alchemical necessary to achieve the union of the two principles of the Work. In this process ensures atanor maintained within and steadily, the fire of transformation, which will heat up the fusion of two natures in one of its own.
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The waist is where the two are qualities of being mixed together, indicating the sacred place where lies the ability to generate form. It is there where it develops this pure body will possess a quality that will be very perfect.
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"Sister Sister released, and the child born of mysterious single mother" (MR.IV, 96 ')
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Moreover and following the mythical personification of the siren, as we indicated in the previous article that the appearance of a double tail was progressive union came after the end of its tail to fish represented on both sides of the siren.
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The result after the resulting image was the predominance of a negative message that even a superficial meaning, became highly popular.
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We prefer to dismiss the latter, as we intend to approach the primitive symbols, with which, thanks to some performances that have stood up Nowadays, we can appeal to the clarity of mind that some artists of yesteryears deployed.
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A very clear example of this change in what we forked tail in the Gothic-Mudejar coffered Santa Maria de Lliria.
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http://www.galeon.com/lasanglliria/sang0005.htm
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As for the second image, the heads of the two fish have been completely merged the two tails suggesting a female figure and has no crown, and may not enjoy as active a positive value.
Photo: Julianna .. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YYBWZElelo6IQrR7yDaPxg
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This belongs to another size Budapest National Museum, the symbol comes back highly positive. The division of the two fish in their union with the female torso is especially marked visible leaving the central part of the body where is displayed in the form of steps, referring to the channel that connects the world and the hidden or visible lower or higher.
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lobed crown also holding the horn pointed at the celestial sphere is analogous to the tiara of fish in the Marian enkolpión tiara and star of the mermaid temple Galligans.
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It is precisely in this same temple Galligans-this time in his cloister, which again we find another horn that fills us with awe, both for the beauty of its composition and the subtle message alchemical includes:
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After the first impression does not seem to be no doubt that this is of a regular two-tailed mermaid, but if you look a little better, we note that in reality the oval lines that adorn the beginning of the tails, are the eyes of the two fish together in the mouth marks the meeting point where cylindrical torso emerges.
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is the atanor which gave birth to the incomprehensible mystery that will give way to the birth of light.
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Lambsprinck also as a good philosopher in the hermetic art, tells us in his "little treatise on the Philosopher's Stone: " ... philosophers commonly say that two fish in our sea, the two, indeed, without flesh and bones are boiled in water that is their own. Then leave them the great Ocean (or great work, ie, the first embryo of our stone will be perfect sulfur) that no man can describe. Here is what the philosophers understand why: There are two fish, but the two are but one, two, however, and yet one. " .
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and is always two-tailed siren indicating that perfect symmetry, with the same items from one to the other side, suggesting balance, the straight path, the middle path.
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The idea of \u200b\u200b"middle way" between the two variables natures often found in old time looks more schematic.
An example more familiar to us of this intention, we have it in the catacombs of the Christians, whose outline exchanged mermaid figure erected by an anchor.
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Others see the relationship in some Bible verses that refer to this object as an allegory of hope:
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"... the asiéndonos we seek refuge to the hope both sure and solid anchor of our soul ... "(Hebrews 6, 18-19).
www.iespana.es / jesusagrario / Catacombs
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Today anchor is a sign that still persists, because its image is still used in heraldry and church areas, but unfortunately valued under a small aspect of its true meaning:
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similarity is easily recognizable anchor synthetic siren bifida . . 
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But viewed as the hope of a good Christian on arrival at a good "port" is not only that.
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Actually, the anchor is also associated with the same soul and strength of the symbol is its strength. Your image shows that the anchor is firm and unalterable, as it should be kept soul to the fluctuation of the two tracks (fish).
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Toledo. Church of San Cipriano
However, we are always surprised to find nautical symbol on the facade of a church, and more in a city without a port or Tues
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And is that the anchor, either as a sign of hope or conceived as resonance of the human soul, goes even further, as anchor and Virgin share the same meaning and representations of many churches and demonstrated its iconology .
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schematic appears in the doorway of San Millán de Almendres (Burgos) the concept of anchor-virgin.
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The central character, with hints halo over his head, controls and stabilizes the two invisible forces symbolized by two long fish that emerge from the abyss to be balanced with the central trunk, which fixed, after the event contains.
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Another example with a beautiful composition is found in the tympanum of the Sanctuary of the Virgen del Mar (Almería). Two dolphins, mercury double witness arise between the waves of the sea, inhiesta, a black Madonna carrying a child.
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Its symbolism takes us to the manifestation of the occult, the hermaphrodite Venus enclosing the under fermentation, the moist substance, universal spirit of the world. The Alma Mundi.
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Although most current and possibly renewed, the Virgen de la Esperanza en Blanes (Barcelona) still keeps the main attributes that identify it as a receptacle of hermetic knowledge: on his head the star sign par excellence, the twelve stars or zodiacal belt and underfoot the anchor has been placed to argue the contact and control of the Virgin on the deep waters and groundwater, the source and root of all life.
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balanced position of his arms reminds us of the images above, the Holy Mother-wide event.
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And this is how the anchor in its covert meaning is linked to the Blessed Virgin, and in particular in their expression of Virgen de la Esperanza, or better understood: the "good hope."
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A Virgin is the legitimate heir of the woman in Rev.12 Sun, with the moon under her feet and crowned with twelve stars evokes the principle of connection between the world of the unseen and the visible. .
Women in the anguish of giving birth to stars on the scene more mysterious and commentary of Revelation, the secret stronger than reason can not discover.
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paritura is the Virgo. The fertile female principle in itself, an unequivocal sign of the most authentic source of life, the Cosmic Mother from which life springs from his own creative impulse.
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is innate and eternal force that evolves with a clear understanding and acceptance of change: the Alma Mundi archaic
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Solve and Coagula
Both are operations that are "hand" of that siren, the mixed body of fish and virgin acts of connection between the two natures. Solve and Coagula is not essentially the same operation. A continuous flow of eternal cycle between the two natures, the subtle and material. Therefore, these two operations are represented equally, with the same figure in equilibrium at both ends of the arms of the symbolic scale.
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And it is the combination of these concepts, the center point between the natures (Fixed & Volatile) and between operations (Solve and Coagula), which forged the magical uniqueness of the generation of Being, the concept generation that we call life, shape or universe. Perhaps, in the center of atanor, Salt is brewing, resulting from the merger of the two dual natures eternal.
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And where you said so far has been summed up with great detail in this outstanding figure is found in the Communal Palace Pola (Croatia).
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Photo: Dr. J. Oliver-Bonjoch http://oliver-bonjoch.blogspot.com/
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We define it as the "missing link" and it see as representations converge characteristics shown above:
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on its tail erect a column based aqueous perfect ending in the crown of three spades that encircles his head. As fish are subjected testify fully on the fins and tails of their bodies, which, by binding to the Mermaid converge at the point where the show excels pregnant bulge.
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This very explicit image condenses the entire schedule of the above, and as a visual target's tasks, the siren as a paradigm of mixed body is shown as a symbol of that scale that links the area with the upper abyssal while it is revealed as the only container to cover and contain the two antagonistic forces, whose unification precipitated the state of "good hope" the embryo of the Child Shining or Philosopher's Stone by which we know the science of physical regeneration and complete man. Behold, the siren song, able to initiate in the mysteries of who is able to listen and not succumb!
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** The siren song: http://foros.hispavista.com/foro-blogs-del-romanico--desiderata-/42664/939473/m/el-canto-de- the-siren /
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