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Philosophical Discourse · Passage 19
German
Es ist eine Warheit in Zeit und Ewigkeit / und diese ist GOtt selbst; diese Warheit in ihre 3. Zeugen recht Recht erkennen / ist die rechte einige Weißheit / und dieser einiger Wahrheit Abbild microcosmice, und ihren Character macrocosmice, magicè, Cabalisticè und Philosophicè, ausarbeiten ist die einige rechte Kunst / umb welcher Willen alle Menschen geschaffen sind. Also wird der Mensch ein rechter Theologus, in welchen die Magia ein H. Licht oder Geist ist (2) Astronomus, darin die Cabala, als ein H. △ und Blut ist (3) als ein wahrer Medicus, als in welchen die Philosophia als ein H. Saltz / Oel oder ▽ ist. Also sind 3 Eins und Eins 3 / die von der Warheit zeigen in ihrer Harmonie.
English
There is one truth in time and eternity, and this is God himself. To know this truth rightly in its three witnesses is the one true wisdom. To work out the image of this one truth microcosmically, and its character macrocosmically, magically, Cabalistically, and philosophically, is the one true art for whose sake all human beings were created. Thus the human being becomes a true theologian, in whom magic is a holy light or spirit; secondly, an astronomer, in whom Cabala is a holy fire and blood; thirdly, a true physician, in whom philosophy is a holy salt, oil, or water. Thus three are one and one is three, bearing witness to truth in their harmony.
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The complete supplied German–English edition of the 1682 collection: the main treatise attributed to Ali Puli, Helbig’s preface, distinct companion discourses, the short potable-gold preparation and the anonymous Father’s Last Testament, with four historical figures, 103 annotations and the full Diotimos study apparatus.
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The governing German witness is the complete 1682 collection in Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, shelfmark 87 B 76050, with an unnumbered title and printed pages 1–80. The historical title’s Arabic and Portuguese antecedents and its authorial persona are retained as claims, not authenticated originals. Johann Otto Helbig (Hellwig), Martin de Delle, J. J. F. and the anonymous testament retain their distinct historical roles.
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