Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · Bilingual Edition
Swipe or use the arrow keys.
Facing Pages · Branch 98 of 504
I.10 · The Spirit or Soul of the World
German & Latin
1723 pp 55–56Dieses Nitrum aus dem Regenwasser fulminiret wie alle andere Salpeter, thut keinen andern noch bessern Effect als alle andere Salpeter. Das Saltz aber kracht und brasselt wie andere gemeine Speise-Saltz, thut auch in allen Wercken solchen Effect. Aus dieser Probe siehest du nun klärlich den Kern und das Centrum, den Saamen aller Dinge, das Sperma Macrocosmi sichtbar und corporalisch vor deinen Augen und greiffest es mit deinen Händen, welche beyde alles gebähren, erhalten, zerstören und wiedergebähren, was unter dem Mond begriffen ist und sichtbar zu Gesichte kommt. In der Lufft ist er flüchtig, macht auch flüchtige Meteora, im Wasser und Erde wird er corporalisch und macht auch corporalisch, nach dem Grade fixe und fixeste Sachen, ohne welche beyde kein Ding unter dem Mond in ihrer Resolution zu finden. Alles und jedes bestehet aus diesen beyden, wie unten gesagt und mehr wird erwiesen werden.
The Golden Chain of Homer: I.10 · The Spirit or Soul of the World
1723 pp 55–56This nitre from rainwater fulminates like every other saltpeter and produces no different or better effect. The salt cracks and crackles like ordinary table salt and produces the same effect in every operation. Through this test you now clearly see the kernel and centre, the seed of all things, the sperm of the macrocosm, visibly and bodily before your eyes, and grasp it with your hands. Together these two generate, preserve, destroy and regenerate everything beneath the moon that comes visibly before us. In air the seed is volatile and produces volatile meteors; in water and earth it becomes bodily and produces bodily things, fixed or most fixed according to their degree. No thing beneath the moon can be found, when dissolved, without these two. Each and every thing consists of them, as will be stated and demonstrated further below.
Socrates
Reading The Golden Chain of Homer · I.10 · The Spirit or Soul of the World · B1C10S010 · 1723 pp 55–56
Ask about a concept, passage, contradiction, or connection.
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.
About Diotimos Editions
This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.
Rights
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.