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Art and operations

You should conjure

coniures

The phantom advises conjuration as a way to prevent Mercury from flying away, comparing it with the charming of serpents.

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A New Light of Alchemy

Michael Sendivogius · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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you should conjure

Meaning

Form.

The phantom advises conjuration as a way to prevent Mercury from flying away, comparing it with the charming of serpents. The worker treats that dream and Mercury’s pictured serpents as grounds for an operative technique. The narrator links the phantom to intense imagination, while Mercury responds with laughter. The form therefore belongs to faulty counsel in a comic narrative, not the author’s endorsed method.

Places to read

  1. Dialogue of Mercury, the Alchemist and Nature · Passage 4Latinconiures illum, ne sit volatilis.