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Original Variant Readings and Corrections
German & Latin
1723 scan 445–446Pag. 9. lin. 15. leg. Solcher Schweiß und Dampff wird. Ibid. lin. 26. pro gebäret leg. geboten. Pag. 10. lin. 3. pro neuen leg. einen. Pag. 11. lin. 17. pro Manier leg. Conjunction lin. 20. pro und jedes leg. und jedes aus / lin. 21. pro Das leg. denn das. Pag. 12. lin. 19. nach: so vereinigen sie sich / add. in puncto momenti beständig in allem Feuer / da sie zuvor einige Zeit zubrachten in Vereinigung. Laß den Himmel in Lufft steigen als sein Mittel / so vereinigen sie sich. Pag. 14. lin. 17. pro das Feuer hinein leg. das Wasser hinein. lin. 23. und 24. pro davon scheiden lasse leg. es scheidet. lin. ult. pro stehen / daß leg. stehen / so wirst du sehen / daß. Pag. 15. lin. 8. pro zu einem Wasser leg. zu einem geistlichen Wasser. lin. 22. pro äusserliche in leg. äusserliche besonders in. Pag. 16. lin. 4. pro Samen wird leg. Samen aller Dinge wird.
The Golden Chain of Homer: Original Variant Readings and Corrections
1723 scan 445–446Page 9, line 15: read “Such sweat and vapour is”; line 26, “commanded” for “brings forth.” Page 10, line 3: “a” for “new.” Page 11, line 17: “conjunction” for “manner”; line 20, “and everything out” for “and everything”; line 21, “for that” for “that.” Page 12, line 19, after “then they unite,” add “in an instant, remaining stable in every fire, whereas previously they spent some time in uniting. Let heaven ascend into air as its medium, and then they unite.” Page 14, line 17: “the water into it” for “the fire into it”; lines 23–24, “it separates” for “let it separate from it”; last line, “stand, and then you will see that” for “stand, that.” Page 15, line 8: “into a spiritual water” for “into a water”; line 22, “external, especially in” for “external in.” Page 16, line 4: “becomes the seed of all things” for “becomes seed.”
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · Original Variant Readings and Corrections · END02S003 · 1723 scan 445–446
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The two-book alchemical work of 1723 in German with a new English translation, 399 notes, eight historical diagrams, chapter outlines, keyword essays, a glossary, bibliography, subject index, and 400 discussion questions.
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Anonymous, Aurea Catena Homeri. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Georg Böhme, 1723. Traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger; the attribution remains uncertain. Historical diagrams from the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung copy digitized by e-rara.
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