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The Original Title and Diagrams
German & Latin
1723 scan 7Aurea Catena Homeri. Annulus Platonicus. Superius et Inferius Hermetis. Chaos confusum. Spiritus Mundi volatilis incorporeus. Spiritus Mundi acidus corporeus. Spiritus Mundi fixus alcalicus corporeus. Materia prima omnium corporum sublunarium. Animalia. Vegetabilia seu Azoth. Mineralia. Spiritus Mundi concentratus fixus seu Extractum Chaoticum purum. Perfectio consummata seu Quinta Essentia Universalis.
The Golden Chain of Homer and the Platonic Ring. Original preliminary diagram; its stages 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 7The Golden Chain of Homer. The Platonic Ring. The Above and Below of Hermes. Confused chaos. The volatile incorporeal spirit of the world. The acid corporeal spirit of the world. The fixed alkaline corporeal spirit of the world. The first matter of all sublunary bodies. Animals. Plants or Azoth. Minerals. The concentrated fixed spirit of the world or pure extract of chaos. Consummate perfection or the universal quintessence.
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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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