{"id":10964,"date":"2024-10-01T15:08:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/il-culto\/homunculus\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:00:28","slug":"homunculus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/en\/the-cult\/homunculus\/","title":{"rendered":"Homunculus"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(350deg, var(--color-alt-content-bg-alt) 30%, var(--color-alt-content-bg) 85%)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><nav class=\"g-breadcrumbs separator_icon align_none hide_current\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\" itemscope itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/en\/\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"\/><\/div><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-separator\"><i class=\"far fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\">Pages<\/div><\/nav><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1>Homunculus, the <em>Nigredo<\/em><em>Bishop<\/em> <\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_grid cols_1-2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:3rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image img-fondatore align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Staff_Nigredo-Press_Homunculus-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Staff_Nigredo-Press_Homunculus-1.webp 600w, https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Staff_Nigredo-Press_Homunculus-1-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>People mistakenly attribute the invention of the method for constructing a homunculus to Paracelsus, but the practice is already known in Islamic alchemy under the name takwin, the artificial creation of life. According to the instructions given in the <em>Kitab al-Tajmi<\/em>, one must find an animal-shaped vessel and combine its bodily fluids, then place it in the center of a celestial sphere model to which heat is transmitted.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the first creator of homunculus was Zosimos himself during his travels as an oniromancer in the Cinerean City. Over the centuries he perfected the technique to such an extent that he created homunculi that could predict the future. Count Johann Ferdinand von Kuftstein is said to have had to reach the Cinerea City in a dream to obtain the occult knowledge of Zosimos before creating his embryonic <em>wahrsagenden Geisters<\/em> (or &#8220;scrutinizing spectres&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The current Homunculus of Zosimos is a spiritually perfect life form, capable of examining and memorizing a vast amount of occult texts, discussing philosophy and astrology for days on end without resting or eating, and indulging in ingenious lucubrations about the fate of the cosmos in a totally incomprehensible language. Last but not least, Homunculus is able to move easily between worlds, being endowed with both spiritual and corporeal forms, and is in fact the bishop that Zosimos sends to the material planes to take care of the most tiresome chores.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium with_img\"><div class=\"l-section-img\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Nigredo Press - Il Culto\" data-img-width=\"1920\" data-img-height=\"380\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nigredo-Press_Il-Culto.webp);background-repeat: no-repeat;\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(360deg, rgba(0,0,0,1) 25%, rgba(136, 55, 145, 0.6))\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-actionbox us_custom_535444f9 border-gradient-to-top-left on-violet color_primary controls_bottom\"><div class=\"w-actionbox-text\"><h2 class=\"w-actionbox-title\">Join the Cult<\/h2><div class=\"w-actionbox-description\"><blockquote>\n<p>Would you like to receive a preview of <strong>Astragali<\/strong>, the Cult newsletter, as well as esoteric gifts and apocalyptic visions of the future?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-actionbox-controls\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_3\" href=\"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/en\/join-the-cult\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Get the Vestments<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HomePagesHomunculus, the NigredoBishop People mistakenly attribute the invention of the method for constructing a homunculus to Paracelsus, but the practice is already known in Islamic alchemy under the name takwin, the artificial creation of life. 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