On the Occult Philosophy or the Secret Miraculous Birth of the Seven Planets and Metals

an angel, named Cherus, who brought a beautiful virgin by the hand whom he named Opis. She was the biological sister of Saturnus, born of the same father and mother. Only after Saturnus had she been conceived in the air, for a royal lineage was to come from her. As Saturnus saw the angel, he stood up from his bed with the strange wooden leg, made a reverence to the angel, and ignited himself inwardly in love for his sister, whom he did not yet know and also did not quite heed. But because the desire was very great to satisfy his human will according to the pleasure of nature, he did not know what was happening to him. The great wisdom of his gray hair slipped away from him; entirely, his white head came into a lack of understanding. Thus, he was more similar to an insane person than a sensible one. There came a light from heaven with a great radiance, which was enclosed in a round, translucent sphere. It could speak very well and with modesty, began