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2 From Whom or What Everything Was Born
German & Latin
1723 pp 2–3Das II. Capitel. Aus wem oder woraus alles geboren worden.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 2 From Whom or What Everything Was Born
1723 pp 2–32 From Whom or What Everything Was Born
Chapter outline
God’s creative word becomes vapour and then chaotic water.
Water is the receptive body; the world spirit is the active power within it.
Evaporation, rain, sweat and distillation illustrate the exchange between vapour and water.
The same originating matter circulates through all things and permits their transformation.
The practitioner must select a substance in which the universal spirit is readily concentrated.
Socrates
Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · 2 From Whom or What Everything Was Born · 2 From Whom or What Everything Was Born
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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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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.
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The supplied edition identifies the 1723 German source and historical diagrams as public-domain material. Its new English translation and editorial apparatus are published with the site owner’s authorization. The complete original files are retained unchanged.