Aphorismi Urbigerani

Name: Aphorismi Urbigerani
Author: Baro Urbigerus

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Aphorismi UrbigeraniXXVIII–XLIII: Water, Fire and Preparation · Grand Elixir · Aphorism XXIX

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XXVIII–XLIII: Water, Fire and Preparation · Grand Elixir · Aphorism XXIX

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Original English

XXIX. After all these above-mention'd Operations, and the Separation, if our Serpent, being amalgamated with any Metal, pure or impure, cannot suffer the Fusion, it will be in vain for you to go any farther with it: for you may assure your self, that you do not walk in the true Paths of the Hermetic Art.

Modern English

XXIX. After all these operations and the separation, if our Serpent, amalgamated with any pure or impure metal, cannot endure fusion, it will be useless to proceed further. You may be assured that you are not following the true paths of Hermetic art.

About This Reading Edition

The complete 1690 Aphorismi Urbigerani: historical frontispiece and Latin inscriptions, title and licence, dedication, all 101 grand-elixir aphorisms, the complete Circulatum Minus with its title, address and 31 vegetable aphorisms, and the full explanatory postscript with both printed endings. Original and modern English readings, fresh Latin translations, 115 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Baro Urbigerus, Aphorismi Urbigerani, London: Henry Faithorne, 1690; with Circulatum Minus Urbigeranum and the concluding postscript. The Getty Research Institute copy supplies the governing images; EEBO-TCP A25684 supplies the structured transcription witness, corrected against those images. The frontispiece signed W. F. is attributed in library catalogues to William Faithorne.

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