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Explanation of the Golden Chain of Homer
German & Latin
1723 scan 14Ein solches bezeugt das flüchtig Reich der Thier, Nicht flüchtig, nicht fix, dasselbe mercke dir. Der Vegetabilische Hermaphrodit Auch zeiget, woraus er sey geschmidt. Die fixen Erd und Stein bezeugen, Daß sie dem Niter und Saltz seyn eigen. Feuer und Lufft, Wasser und Erd Den wirckenden Theil von ihm begehrt. Wenn nun der edle Welt Saame fix gemacht, Aus Dampff und Wasser zur Erde gebracht, Denn ist gemacht und auch vollbracht, Das alle Welt zum höchsten acht. Zum fixen muß das flüchtige werden, Aus Wasser und Dampff sich kehren zur Erden, Und so es wird ein roth trocken Blut, Denn ists der Welt Schatz und höchstes Gut. Eine vollkommene Vollkommenheit, So hinweg treibt alle Armuth und Kranckheit.
The Golden Chain of Homer: Explanation of the Golden Chain of Homer
1723 scan 14The volatile kingdom of animals bears witness to this; Neither volatile nor fixed—mark that well. The vegetable hermaphrodite Also shows from what it has been forged. Fixed earth and stones bear witness That they belong to nitre and salt. Fire and air, water and earth, Seek their active share from it. When the noble seed of the world has been made fixed, Brought out of vapour and water into earth, Then that which all the world most highly prizes Has been made and accomplished. The volatile must become fixed, Must turn from water and vapour into earth; And when it becomes a red, dry blood, It is the world’s treasure and highest good: A perfect perfection That drives away all poverty and sickness.
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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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