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The figure Abyssi Duplicatae or "Des doppelt flüchtig und fixen Abgrundes" from the Aurea catena Homeri (1723). The following saying serves as an explanation:

One abyss the other calls out, Together they make a hard strife: The fleeting shall become quite fixed, Water and vapour turn to earth. Heaven itself must be earthly, Or else no life will enter the earth. The highest shall be the lowest, The lowest shall become the highest fine. That which is fixed shall become quite fleeting, The earth shall be water and vapour. The earth must fly up to the sky, Heaven must crawl into the centre of the earth. Thus heaven and earth must be reversed, Let the lowest become the highest. The fleeting dragon kills the fixed one, The fixed one kills the fleeting one. So it must come to be revealed in the day, The quintessence, and what it can do.