The new X-Men series were recently announced including a brand new title starring Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde, and a trio of brand new characters called Exceptional X-Men

We haven’t been teased with much, but I noticed that the new kids resemble the three alchemical primes of Salt, Sulfur and Mercury collectively known as the Tria Prima

Salt- Melee: Sturdy, Physical

Sulfur- AXO (Abandoned Explosive Ordnance): Combustion, Fire

Mercury- Bronze: Mutable, Mailable, Undefined Shape. Also Metallic themed

Kitty and Emma’s powers also create a duality. Emma’s Diamond Form is Super Dense but is also very Clear and even Light Refracting. Kitty’s powered form is Absolute Intangibility, almost like a ‘Shadow’ for which she derives her code name Shadowcat from. I wonder how these ideas might analog symbolically into the narrative.

The Feminine Principle Pendant hand carved in silver by Moon and Serpent, features alchemical mercury symbol, crescent moon and moon dew.

Mercury along with Sulphur and Salt is one of the Three Primes according to Paracelsus. In alchemical texts Mercury is frequently personified as female ( and sometimes androgynous too). In the Liber Patris Sapientiae, Mercury is called "Flos Florum and worthiest Pyrncess" and "the very Mother of every Metall". Mercury was also associated with Water element which is a feminine element too. Mercury is the half of the Hermaphrodite of the Alchemy, the unified King and Queen, combining Sun and Moon.

This is my alchemical trinity of metaphysical comic book writers of last gen and current. These are correlated based on writing styles and subject matter, so for example, if you like Moore you’ll probably like Hickman.