Verse 55
Sol entered clothed in gold, declaring himself the source. Luna entered clothed in silver, declaring nothing.
Liber Lunae - Chapter 46
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Verse 56
The furnace asked which was greater. Both melted.
Verse 57
Gold remembered the noon. Silver remembered the night. The vessel remembered neither.
Verse 58
They were king and queen only while separated.
Verse 59
Joined, they became a question no metal could answer alone.
Verse 60
The alchemist searched the ash for a crown and found a mirror.
Verse 61
In it the Sun saw his dependence on reflection; the Moon saw her dependence on light.
Verse 62
Each called this humiliation. The Stone called it marriage.
Verse 63
Heat rose, vapor descended, and the opposites traded names until language became useless.
Verse 64
At dawn the vessel opened.
Verse 65
No immortal emerged.
Verse 66
Only the alchemist, no longer divided enough to need one.