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The Original Title and Diagrams
German & Latin
1723 scan 8AUREA CATENA HOMERI. Oder Eine Beschreibung Von dem Ursprunge Der Natur und natürlichen Dingen / Wie und woraus sie gebohren und gezeuget / auch wie sie in ihr uranfänglich Wesen zerstöret werden / auch was das Ding sey / welches alles gebäret und wieder zerstöret / nach der Natur selbst eigener Anleitung und Ordnung auf das einfältigste gezeiget / und mit seinen schönsten rationibus und Ursachen überall illustriret. Wenn ihr nicht verstehet / was irdisch ist: Wie wollet ihr denn verstehen / was himmlisch ist? Franckfurt und Leipzig / Verlegts Johann Georg Böhme / Im Jahr 1723.
The Golden Chain of Homer: The Original Title and Diagrams
1723 scan 8THE GOLDEN CHAIN OF HOMER. Or a description of the origin of nature and natural things: how and out of what they are born and generated; how they are also destroyed into their original being; and what that thing is which brings forth everything and destroys it again. Shown in the simplest way according to nature’s own guidance and order, and illustrated throughout with its finest reasons and causes. If you do not understand what is earthly, how then will you understand what is heavenly? Frankfurt and Leipzig. Published by Johann Georg Böhme in the year 1723.
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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.
Historical Text and Translation
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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