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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Peter J. ForshawPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 39 Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9789004702080ISBN 10: 9004702083 Pages: 635 Publication Date: 26 September 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents 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 Anacriseōn ton hypnoticōn – 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 ΧΑΟΣ – 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 IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPeter J. Forshaw, Ph.D. (2004), London University, is Associate Professor in History of Western Esotericism at the University of Amsterdam. He was editor of the journal Aries (2010-2020), has edited essay collections and published articles and chapters on esotericism and occult philosophy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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