Images and enigmas

I cover with my wings

alis meis tego

Mercury uses wings to describe his care for whatever is naked, after saying that he loves what is with him and nourishes what is born with him.

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A New Light of Alchemy

Michael Sendivogius · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
I cover with my wings

Meaning

Phrase.

Mercury uses wings to describe his care for whatever is naked, after saying that he loves what is with him and nourishes what is born with him. This is his indirect response to the question whether gold dissolves in him. The three relational acts should not be flattened into a simple yes. Wings here emphasise covering within a larger account of companionship and nurture.

Places to read

  1. Dialogue of Mercury, the Alchemist and Nature · Passage 11Latinquicquid nudum est alis meis tego.