The Rebis (from the Latin res bina, meaning dual or double matter) is the end product of the alchemical magnum opus or great work. After one has gone through the stages of putrefaction and purification, separating opposing qualities, those qualities are united once more in what is sometimes described as the divine hermaphrodite, a reconciliation of spirit and matter, a being of both male and female qualities as indicated by the male and female head within a single body. The sun and moon correspond to the male and female halves, just as the Red King and White Queen are similarly associated. The Rebis image appeared in the work Azoth of the Philosophers by Basil Valentine in 1613. In popular culture The Rebis is a central element in the fourth season of the television series Castlevania. A perfect being of both masculine (sun) and feminine (moon) qualities, brought about by an eclipse, is used in the manga and 2009 anime of Fullmetal Alchemist. The angelic antagonist of the first season of 2008 anime Black Butler is a rebis, whose two forms initially appear as separate characters. In Gomorrah the series, Genny Savastano wears a t-shirt with a rebis illustration in the second and third season. In the Elden Ring video game, the Rebis is a recurring cosmological theme. The game heavily references the alchemical magnum opus, especially as depicted in Ripley's scroll. In The Witcher action video game trilogy, Rebis is an alchemical ingredient. One of the versions of DC Comics' Negative Man, a member of the Doom Patrol, was a fusion of a male and a female called Rebis. In the Moebius/Jodorowski graphic novel series The Incal, a major character is a "perfect androgynous" called Solune (Sunmoon in the English translation) See also Hieros gamos Nondualism Unity of opposites Sources Robert Allen Bartlett, Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy, Hays (Nicolas) Ltd, 2009, Barbara DiBernard, Alchemy and Finnegans Wake, Suny Press, 1980, p. 71, Kathleen P. Long, Hermaphrodites in Renaissance Europe, Ashgate, 2006, p. 131, Alexander Roob, Alchimie et mystique: le musée hermétique, Taschen GmbH, 2006, p. 494, Murray Stein, Transformation: Emergence of the Self, Princeton University Press, 1989, p. 101 Heinrich Nollius, Theoria philosophiae hermetica, Hanau, 1617 Heinrich Jamsthaler, Viatorum spagyricum, Frankfurt a. M, Germany, 1625 Lazarus Zetzner, Theatrum Chemicum, Strasbourg, 1661 External links Basil Valentine 'Azoth' images The Rebis image in Alchemy Alchemical substances Personifications Transgender topics