The Flemish manuscript the Romance of the Rose was the most influential work of literature of the Gothic medieval times. It describes a castle surrounded by a sevenfold wall covered with emblematic figures. Only those who can explain their meaning are admitted to the beautiful garden of roses ...
“The Goose Girl or die Gänsemagd" In variations, this story can be found in nearly all European countries, as well as on other continents. Mysteries are conveyed in symbols as in Maier files there are plenty. Symbols can be decoded only by those initiated into the state of mind whereby their content becomes obvious, their intentions clear to the enlightened intuition....