The text at the bottom reads, “In the cavern of hidden metals is the venerable stone. Hermes.”

The fires of the earth (the sexual fire) heats the vessel, the Grail, within which is placed the energy of the Sun (the male) and the Moon (the female).

With heat and pressure there arises the Staff of the Master, upon which are entwined the arisen serpents of Adam (Pingala) and Eve (Ida).

This work is crowned by the sulfur (the cross and triangle, within which is the Phoenix Bird), and by the triple crown of the Kabbalah: the Cosmic Christ.