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Der Blinde bereitet das grosse Werk vor

English translation: The blind man makes preparations for the great work

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German term or phrase:Der "Blinde" bereitet das "grosse Werk" vor
English translation:The blind man makes preparations for the great work
Entered by: Kim Metzger

14:41 Oct 11, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Der Blinde bereitet das grosse Werk vor
engraving 3 from stefan michespacher's alchemy emblems.
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The blind man makes preparations for the great work
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I guess you're just looking for a translation and not an explanation.
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Kim Metzger
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4 +2The blind man makes preparations for the great work
Kim Metzger
5error:
Ursula Peter-Czichi
4The blind prepares the great work
Valeska Nygren
4The blind man set up the "big almagest"
Ursula Peter-Czichi
4The blind man prepares the Great Work.
Abu Amaal (X)


  

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The blind man makes preparations for the great work


Explanation:
I guess you're just looking for a translation and not an explanation.

Kim Metzger
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agree  Abu Amaal (X): explanation added (some time ago) ... and that's Michelspacher
27 days
agree  Anna Bittner
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The blind prepares the great work


Explanation:
ohne weiteren Zusammenhang ist eine andere Uebersetzung nicht anzubieten. Ich sehe eine zusammenhaengende Reihe von Stichen vor mir, und dies waere Titel/Untertitel des dritten Stichs.

Valeska Nygren
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The blind man set up the "big almagest"


Explanation:
This wording may fit your subject.

Al•ma•gest

Pronunciation: (al'mu-jest"), [key]
—n.
1. (italics) a Greek work on astronomy by Ptolemy.
2. (l.c.) any of various medieval works of a like kind, as on astrology or alchemy.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0313615.html
(I am a chemist/biochemist)

Ursula Peter-Czichi
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Explanation:
The blind man s e t s up the big almagest.
I guess I was still in the past.

Ursula Peter-Czichi
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The blind man prepares the Great Work.


Explanation:
Alchemical; and a tarot symbol.
The image is flanked by the "4 elements"
(air earth fire and water).

I would imagine, given the usual passing knowledge of alchemy, that this refers to the preparation of the Philosophers Stone.

There are texts with the name Opus Magnum purporting to contain the "lost" recipes.

For the image itself, and loosely related tarot images, see the link (which occurs on a fairly incoherent site).

For some enthusiastic information about alchemy try the second reference.


    Reference: http://www.universelle-lehre.de/tarot.htm
    Reference: http://members.tripod.com/~icanseefar/ofsfiles/ofsp1.htm
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