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| ISBN13: | 9789004702080 |
| ISBN10: | 9004702083 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Weight: | 1 g |
| Language: | English |
| 700 |
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The Mage's Images: Heinrich Khunrath in His Oratory and Laboratory, Volume 3
Mage & Alchemist
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Aries Book Series;
39;
Publisher: BRILL
Date of Publication: 23 January 2025
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Short description:
This is the 3rd volume of an in-depth examination of the alchemy, magic, and Christian cabala of Paracelsian doctor Heinrich Khunrath of Leipzig (1560-1605) and the novel combination of ?scripture and picture? in the complex ?hieroglyphic? and ?theosophical? figures in his Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom (1595/1609).
Long description:
This is the 3rd volume in a 4-volume work entitled The Mage?s Images. The work provides the first in-depth examination of the life and works of Heinrich Khunrath (1560-1605), ?one of the great Hermetic philosophers?, whose Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom (1595/1609) has been described as ?one of the most important books in the whole literature of theosophical alchemy and the occult sciences?. Khunrath is best known for his novel combination of ?scripture and picture? in the complex engravings in his Amphitheatre. In this richly illustrated monograph, Forshaw analyses occult symbolism, with previously unpublished material, offering insight into Khunrath?s insistence on the necessary combination of alchemy, magic, and cabala in ?Oratory and Laboratory?.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introductory Note
5 Magic: Physical, Hyperphysical and Divine
1 Occult Forebears
2 Hermes Trismegistus
3 Reuchlin?s Threefold Art of Miracles
4 Agrippa?s Three Books
5 Paracelsus?s Sagacious Philosophy
6 Giovanni Battista Della Porta
7 1) Natural (or Physical) Magic
8 Theo-magia of the Macro- and Micro-cosm
9 Signatures of Natural Things
10 Phytognomonica
11 Character Reading: Physiognomy, Metoposcopy & Chiromancy
12 2) Mathematical, Celestial or Astral Magic
13 i) Heavens: Meteorology, Astrology, & Astral Divination
14 The Most Accurate Observations of King Zebel
15 Image Magic: Talismans and Gamahaea
16 Khunrath?s Practical Applications
17 ii) Earth: Geomantic Divination and the Casting of Lots
18 Sortilegia of the Apostles
19 Liber Albedachi
20 Liber Almachbale
21 Compendiaria Secretissimaque Operatio Geomantica
22 iii) Oratorium, Auditorium, Laboratorium: Magic, Music, and Alchemy
23 Oratory as the Sensorium, the Space or Place of Magic
24 Counsel concerning Vulcan?s Magical Forging of the Arms of Achilles
25 3) Ceremonial or Ritual Magic
26 Hyperphysical Magic
27 Divine Magic
28 Theurgy or Angel Magic
29 Necromancy
30 Addressative Magic and Intermediary Beings
31 Seven Oracular Laws at the Entrance
32 Consilium Dei
33 Naming Demons
34 Condemning Nigromancy
35 Reformation of Magic
36 Magical Prayer
37 A Hymn to the Generator and Craftsman of Everything
38 Sigillum Dei: Virtuous Pentacle of Solomon
39 Almadel or Liber Intelligentiarum
40 Tabulae Theosophicae Cabbalisticae ? Cabbalistic Theosophical Tables
41 Do Not Speak of God without Light
42 A Concealed ?Illustration?
43 Five Letters: I.V.A.O.V.
44 From Majorca to Nettesheim: a Lineage of Magicians
45 Circulus seu Tabula Veritatis ? the Circle or Table of Truth
46 Ars Crucifixi ? Art of the Crucifix
47 De proprio Angelo ? on One?s Own Angel
48 Peri Anacrise?n ton hypnotic?n ? on Visions of Secret Things in Dreams
49 Dormiens Vigila: in Oratorio, Laboratorio, Dormitorio
50 Conclusion
6 From Physico-Chymistry to Supernatural Alchemy?
1 Khunrath?s Terminology
2 Alchemia, Alchymia and Halchymia
3 Chrysopoeia ? Goldmaking
4 On Primaterial Chaos
5 Universal Magnesia of the Philosophers
6 The Athanor: Khunrath?s Design for a Furnace
7 Physico-Chemistry in the Amphitheatre
8 The Influence of Paracelsus: Chymiatria, Iatrochymia, Spagyria
9 Ratio & Experientia
10 Khunrath the Paracelsian
11 Three Questions
12 Vulcan?s Art of Fire
13 Solar Fire and the Paracelsian Archaeus
14 Higher and Lower Astronomy: Alchemy and Astrology
15 Operations: Chrysopoetic and Spagyric
16 Equipment in the Laboratory
17 On the Table
18 Under the Table
19 Equipment in Khunrath?s Portrait
20 Reagent Bottles and Khunrath?s Alchemical Glyphs
21 Substances: Animal, Vegetable and Mineral
22 Khunrath?s Rebis and the First Secret of the Art
23 The Subject or Matter of Our Stone
24 ???? ? Chaos
25 Magnesia
26 Azoth
27 Neither Mercury, nor Antimony, but Salt
28 ? Mercurialists
29 ? Antimonialists
30 ? Vitriolists
31 g & j There Is Nothing More Useful in the World Than Sun and Salt
32 The Second Secret of the Art: the Threefold Regimen
33 The First Regimen: Preparatory Work
34 The Second Regimen: After-Work
35 Colour Changes & the Bird of Hermes
36 Plusquamperfectio: Surpassing Perfection
37 The Third Regimen: the Stone?s Union with the Macrocosm
38 The Philosophers? Stone & Its Triune Use
39 Types of Stones
40 1. The Macrocosmic Stone
41 2. The Microcosmic Stone
42 3. The Divine Stone
43 The Elixir: Elixeir
44 Religion and Alchemy
45 Book of the Holy Trinity
46 The Dawn Rising
47 Cabala and Alchemy
48 The First ?Cabalchemist?: Giovanni Agostino Pantheo
49 Cabala, Cabalia, sive Cabalistica Ars: Theophrastus Paracelsus
50 A Vexed Question: Spiritual Alchemy
51 Some Problems with ?Some Problems??
52 A School of Supernatural Alchemy
53 The Occult Laboratory and ?Spiritual Chymists?
54 The Vast Majority: Material Substances and Material Goals
55 A by No Means Insignificant Minority: the Influence of Gerard Dorn
56 Ascetic Practice and Alchemical Inspiration
57 Religious Dimensions: Khunrath?s Theo-Alchemy
58 1) Alchemical Theology: the Alchemical Exegesis of Genesis
59 2) An Analogical Harmony: Christ and the Stone
60 Regeneration, Rejuvenation, Rebirth
61 A Philosophical Song on the Incorporation of the Spirit of the Lord in Salt
62 Alchemy and Theurgy: Philosophers? Stone in the Service of Divine Magic
63 Father of All Talismans
64 Artificially Fashioned Magical Stones
65 Alchemy, Self-Perfection & Transformation in the Amphitheatre
66 Spiritual Transmutation of Man
67 Conclusion
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introductory Note
5 Magic: Physical, Hyperphysical and Divine
1 Occult Forebears
2 Hermes Trismegistus
3 Reuchlin?s Threefold Art of Miracles
4 Agrippa?s Three Books
5 Paracelsus?s Sagacious Philosophy
6 Giovanni Battista Della Porta
7 1) Natural (or Physical) Magic
8 Theo-magia of the Macro- and Micro-cosm
9 Signatures of Natural Things
10 Phytognomonica
11 Character Reading: Physiognomy, Metoposcopy & Chiromancy
12 2) Mathematical, Celestial or Astral Magic
13 i) Heavens: Meteorology, Astrology, & Astral Divination
14 The Most Accurate Observations of King Zebel
15 Image Magic: Talismans and Gamahaea
16 Khunrath?s Practical Applications
17 ii) Earth: Geomantic Divination and the Casting of Lots
18 Sortilegia of the Apostles
19 Liber Albedachi
20 Liber Almachbale
21 Compendiaria Secretissimaque Operatio Geomantica
22 iii) Oratorium, Auditorium, Laboratorium: Magic, Music, and Alchemy
23 Oratory as the Sensorium, the Space or Place of Magic
24 Counsel concerning Vulcan?s Magical Forging of the Arms of Achilles
25 3) Ceremonial or Ritual Magic
26 Hyperphysical Magic
27 Divine Magic
28 Theurgy or Angel Magic
29 Necromancy
30 Addressative Magic and Intermediary Beings
31 Seven Oracular Laws at the Entrance
32 Consilium Dei
33 Naming Demons
34 Condemning Nigromancy
35 Reformation of Magic
36 Magical Prayer
37 A Hymn to the Generator and Craftsman of Everything
38 Sigillum Dei: Virtuous Pentacle of Solomon
39 Almadel or Liber Intelligentiarum
40 Tabulae Theosophicae Cabbalisticae ? Cabbalistic Theosophical Tables
41 Do Not Speak of God without Light
42 A Concealed ?Illustration?
43 Five Letters: I.V.A.O.V.
44 From Majorca to Nettesheim: a Lineage of Magicians
45 Circulus seu Tabula Veritatis ? the Circle or Table of Truth
46 Ars Crucifixi ? Art of the Crucifix
47 De proprio Angelo ? on One?s Own Angel
48 Peri Anacrise?n ton hypnotic?n ? on Visions of Secret Things in Dreams
49 Dormiens Vigila: in Oratorio, Laboratorio, Dormitorio
50 Conclusion
6 From Physico-Chymistry to Supernatural Alchemy?
1 Khunrath?s Terminology
2 Alchemia, Alchymia and Halchymia
3 Chrysopoeia ? Goldmaking
4 On Primaterial Chaos
5 Universal Magnesia of the Philosophers
6 The Athanor: Khunrath?s Design for a Furnace
7 Physico-Chemistry in the Amphitheatre
8 The Influence of Paracelsus: Chymiatria, Iatrochymia, Spagyria
9 Ratio & Experientia
10 Khunrath the Paracelsian
11 Three Questions
12 Vulcan?s Art of Fire
13 Solar Fire and the Paracelsian Archaeus
14 Higher and Lower Astronomy: Alchemy and Astrology
15 Operations: Chrysopoetic and Spagyric
16 Equipment in the Laboratory
17 On the Table
18 Under the Table
19 Equipment in Khunrath?s Portrait
20 Reagent Bottles and Khunrath?s Alchemical Glyphs
21 Substances: Animal, Vegetable and Mineral
22 Khunrath?s Rebis and the First Secret of the Art
23 The Subject or Matter of Our Stone
24 ???? ? Chaos
25 Magnesia
26 Azoth
27 Neither Mercury, nor Antimony, but Salt
28 ? Mercurialists
29 ? Antimonialists
30 ? Vitriolists
31 g & j There Is Nothing More Useful in the World Than Sun and Salt
32 The Second Secret of the Art: the Threefold Regimen
33 The First Regimen: Preparatory Work
34 The Second Regimen: After-Work
35 Colour Changes & the Bird of Hermes
36 Plusquamperfectio: Surpassing Perfection
37 The Third Regimen: the Stone?s Union with the Macrocosm
38 The Philosophers? Stone & Its Triune Use
39 Types of Stones
40 1. The Macrocosmic Stone
41 2. The Microcosmic Stone
42 3. The Divine Stone
43 The Elixir: Elixeir
44 Religion and Alchemy
45 Book of the Holy Trinity
46 The Dawn Rising
47 Cabala and Alchemy
48 The First ?Cabalchemist?: Giovanni Agostino Pantheo
49 Cabala, Cabalia, sive Cabalistica Ars: Theophrastus Paracelsus
50 A Vexed Question: Spiritual Alchemy
51 Some Problems with ?Some Problems??
52 A School of Supernatural Alchemy
53 The Occult Laboratory and ?Spiritual Chymists?
54 The Vast Majority: Material Substances and Material Goals
55 A by No Means Insignificant Minority: the Influence of Gerard Dorn
56 Ascetic Practice and Alchemical Inspiration
57 Religious Dimensions: Khunrath?s Theo-Alchemy
58 1) Alchemical Theology: the Alchemical Exegesis of Genesis
59 2) An Analogical Harmony: Christ and the Stone
60 Regeneration, Rejuvenation, Rebirth
61 A Philosophical Song on the Incorporation of the Spirit of the Lord in Salt
62 Alchemy and Theurgy: Philosophers? Stone in the Service of Divine Magic
63 Father of All Talismans
64 Artificially Fashioned Magical Stones
65 Alchemy, Self-Perfection & Transformation in the Amphitheatre
66 Spiritual Transmutation of Man
67 Conclusion
Index