Lumen de Lumine

Name: Lumen de Lumine
Author: Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes)

A New Magical Light · The Complete 1651 First Edition

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The Descent, and Metempsychosis · Original

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Original English

Septem partibus (saith hee) insunt Duo Ternaria, & in Medio stat unum. Duodecim stant in Bello: Tres Amici, Tres inimici: Tres Viri vivificant, Tres etiam occidunt: & Deus Rex fidelis ex suo Sanctitatis Atrio dominatur Omnibus. Unus super Tres, & Tres super Septem, & Septem super Duodecim, & sunt omnes stipati, Alius cum Alio.

Modern English

“Within seven parts,” he says, “are two triads, and one stands in the middle. Twelve stand at war: three friends, three enemies. Three men give life; three also kill. God, the faithful king, rules all from his court of holiness. One is above three, three above seven, and seven above twelve; all are arrayed together, one with another.”

About This Reading Edition

The complete 1651 Lumen de Lumine, or A New Magical Light, by Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes), with original and modern English, fresh translations of the Latin, Greek and Hebrew passages, the historical emblem and its inscriptions, all twelve Magical Aphorisms, 105 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes), Lumen de Lumine, or A New Magicall Light. London: H. Blunden, 1651. Governing witness: Wellcome Collection EPB/A/69096.4, digitisation b30340160, Wing V150, ESTC R146. Source credit: Wellcome Collection; Public Domain Mark.

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