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Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes)

Coelum Terrae

The Magician’s Heavenly Chaos · The Complete 1650 Text

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The Agent and the First Matter · Page 84 · Passage B

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Original English

To this Character and Discoverie of my owne. I shall adde some more Descriptions, as I find her limm'd and drest by her other Lovers. Some few (but such as knew her very well) have written that shee is not onely One and Three, but withall Foure and Five, and this Truth is Essentiall. The Titles they have bestowed upon her, are divers. They call her their Catholic Magnesia. and the Sperme of the World. out of which all Naturall things are generated. Her Birth (say they) is Singular, and not without a miracle; her Complexion heavenly, and different from her Parents. Her Body also in some sense is Incorruptible, and the Common Elements cannot destroy it, neither

Modern English

To this portrait and disclosure of my own I shall add further descriptions, as I find her painted and dressed by her other lovers. A few, who knew her very well, have written that she is not only one and three, but also four and five; and this truth concerns her essence. They have bestowed various titles upon her. They call her their universal magnesia and the seed of the world, from which all natural things are generated. Her birth, they say, is singular and miraculous; her constitution is heavenly and differs from that of her parents. In a certain sense her body is incorruptible: the common elements cannot destroy it, nor

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Thomas Vaughan’s complete Coelum Terrae discourse from the 1650 Magia Adamica, with original and modern English, fresh translations of foreign quotations, the complete Hyanthe and closing poems, eight historical marginal notes, the work-specific printed corrections, 91 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes), Coelum Terrae, included in Magia Adamica. London: T. W. for H. Blunden, 1650, pp. 78–140 and the work-specific unnumbered errata. Governing textual basis: EEBO-TCP A64768, Wing V151, ESTC R203905, British Library Thomason witness 174:E1299[1]. First-edition image comparison: Getty Research Institute copy 372004, Internet Archive magiaadamicaoran00vaug. The Getty copy lacks the opening page 78 and final errata; these are taken from the TCP/BL witness.

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