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The Author’s Preface
German & Latin
1723 scan 17Also hat ein jedes Ding seinen eigenen coagulatorem und resolutorem bey sich / sein Leben und Tod selbst auf seinem eigenen Rücken / durch eines wird es gebohren und erhalten / und durch eben dasselbe wird es wiederum zerbrochen und zerstöret. Denn nach Unterscheid der Operation und modum operationis kommt eine unterschiedene Würckung und Effect heraus.
The Golden Chain of Homer: The Author’s Preface
1723 scan 17Thus each thing carries its own coagulator and dissolver with it, its own life and death upon its back. Through one thing it is born and preserved, and through that very same thing it is again broken up and destroyed. For a different action and effect results according to the difference in the operation and the manner of operating.
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · The Author’s Preface · PRE04S006 · 1723 scan 17
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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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