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Original Variant Readings and Corrections
German & Latin
1723 scan 444–445In gedachtem Exemplar stund dann bey der Figur ABYSSUS DUPLICATA zu beyden Seiten noch geschrieben: Abyssus invocat abyssum, welches aber allem Vermuthen nach nicht vom Autore mag herrühren / sondern von einem Liebhaber seyn hinzu gethan worden. Bey der andern Figur Aurea Catena Homeri war in der 9ten Zeile an statt corporum gesetzt concretorum, und in der letzten für Universalis stund Universi. In der Erklärung der Figur Abyssi Duplicatæ linea 18. für einkriechen stund rückkriechen / und die 20te Zeile lautete also: Soll anders das Unterst zum Obersten werden. In der Erklärung der andern Figur Aureæ Cat. Hom. lin. 9. stund: Name hier heist lin. 15. darauf er sich einen etc. lin. 23. und 24. hier ist der Vater zu allen Dingen / So aller Welt Feste gar leichte kan zwingen. lin. ult. Aus ihm muß die Eva entspringen. Auf der andern Seite dieser Erklärung lin. 8. und 9. Aus Adam die Eva auch stehet auf / die da gemein Saltz und alles heist. lin. 20. Die fixen Ertz und Stein bezeugen.
The Golden Chain of Homer: Original Variant Readings and Corrections
1723 scan 444–445In the manuscript mentioned above, the words “Abyss calls to abyss” were also written on both sides of the figure ABYSSUS DUPLICATA. In all probability, however, these do not come from the author but were added by an enthusiast. In the other figure, the Golden Chain of Homer, line 9 had “concrete bodies” in place of “bodies,” and the final line had “of the universe” in place of “universal.” In the explanation of the double-abyss figure, line 18 had “creep back” in place of “creep in”; line 20 read, “If indeed the lowest is to become the highest.” In the explanation of the other figure, the Golden Chain, line 9 read “here is its name”; line 15, “upon which it takes on a” and so forth; lines 23–24, “Here is the father for all things, who can very easily overcome all the world’s strongholds”; the last line, “From it Eve must spring.” On the second page of this explanation, lines 8–9 read, “Out of Adam Eve also arises, who is called common salt and everything”; line 20, “The fixed ores and stones bear witness.”
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Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · Original Variant Readings and Corrections · END02S001 · 1723 scan 444–445
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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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