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The Original Title and Diagrams
German & Latin
1723 scan 5Volatile. Abyssus Superior. Animalia. Chaos confusum. Vegetabilia. Abyssus Duplicata. Mare. Terra. Mineralia. Abyssus Inferior. Fixum.
The double abyss: the volatile and the fixed. Original preliminary plate; its labels are translated in the preceding passage.
Source: Aurea Catena Homeri (1723), Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich; digitised by e-rara. Public-domain original. https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-3819
The Golden Chain of Homer: The Original Title and Diagrams
1723 scan 5Socrates
Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · The Original Title and Diagrams · PRE00S002 · 1723 scan 5
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.About This Reading Edition
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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