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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

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14:41 Oct 11, 2001

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German term or phrase: Der Blinde bereitet das grosse Werk vor

engraving 3 from stefan michespacher's alchemy emblems.

brooke

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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Local time: 11:32

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The blind man makes preparations for the great work

Kim Metzger

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Ursula Peter-Czichi

The blind man prepares the Great Work.

xxxAbu Amaal

The blind man set up the "big almagest"

Ursula Peter-Czichi

The blind prepares the great work

Valeska Nygren

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peer agreement (net): +2

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
Mexico
Local time: 11:32
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The blind prepares the great work

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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
Local time: 10:32
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The blind man set up the "big almagest"

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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

2 hrs confidence:

error:

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

Ursula Peter-Czichi

3 hrs confidence:

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

xxxAbu Amaal
Native speaker of:

English

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