Alchemical Hermetic Illustration Of The Pilgrim`s Journey By John Bunyan Editorial Image

the trajectory of the christian pilgrim has a spiral shape, it touches all the stages from the city of perdition to the heavenly jerusalem; at the beginning the pilgrim risks getting mired in the swamp of pusillaminity and then in the valley of mortification and fighting against the pagan monster apollyon; the beast of vanity is mocked, but then he meets hope and defeats the giant despair, reaching the land of his wedding, then he will cross the river of death for the final destination or the golden city of jerusalem