Comte de Gabalis: Commentary Continued: H. Benvenuto Cellini Sees a Salamander

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BENVENUTO CELLINI SEES A SALAMANDER.

The People of the Elements have power over matter which enables them to transform their appearance at will. They frequently make themselves visible under the form of animals as did Melusina. Hence interest attaches to the following testimony as to the existence of a living creature whose habitat was fire taken from the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini.

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS, "THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI," BOOK FIRST, CHAPTER IV.