On Thursday September 15th, 2016 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon

will present a discussion on the Alchemical Classic "Splendor Solis" by

Solomon Trismosin 1582. This magnificently illustrated work is

considered to be the most beautiful illuminated manuscript of all the

Medieval and Renaissance occult books. It draws on all of the earlier

Alchemical classics such as the Turba Philosophorum. Solomon Trismosin

was said to have been the mentor of the most famous of all alchemists

Paracelsus. The twenty-two beautiful allegorical paintings that

illustrate the book are the work of the Renaissance master Lucas van

Leiden. The symbolic paintings have been likened to the twenty-two

greater arcana of the Tarot.This book has been a great influence on

Rosicrucianism and deserves a place in any study of that tradition, so

if you want to peek at the Splendor of the Sun, put on your dark glasses

and tune in.