ABSTRACT
The falling dew is a portent of the divine birth now at hand. Ros Gedeonis (Gideon’s dew) 1 is a synonym for the aqua permanens, hence for Mercurius. 2 A quotation from Senior at this point in the Rosarium text says: “Maria says again: ‘But the water I have spoken of is a king descending from heaven, and the earth’s humidity absorbs it, and the water of heaven is retained with the water of the earth, and the water of the earth honours that water with its lowliness and its sand, and water consorts with water and water will hold fast to water and Albira is whitened with Astuna.’” 3
