Gloria Mundi in the Museum Hermeticum.

This figure is at the head of the Gloria Mundi in the Museum Hermeticum. 

First the Initiator and the Initiate, the old man and the young man. 

Then universal Matter symbolized by the metallic tree carrying the seven metals, gold and silver with their ordinary symbols, the other metals simply represented by stars.

We also see the Elements, the Earth symbolized by the Man and the Lion, Fire symbolized by the Dragon, Water by the sea, the dolphin and the Woman, Air by the bird placed near the Woman.

The Seven small accessory figures relate to operations and colors. 

The Raven and the Skull; Black, mortification. 

The two crows: distillation. 

The three crows: sublimation the two birds and the crown: white color, end of the small magisterium. 

The two birds and the tree, regime of Mars, the colors of the rainbow. 

The unicorn and the rose bush, red color. Finally, the child who is born indicates the end of the Work, it is the symbol of the perfect Stone."

— Theories and Symbols of the Alchemists The Great Work, c. 1891 by Albert Poisson Traducción al francés: Gobin

Arte and Illustration: Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum, c. 1678