Lumen de Lumine

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

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To this she replied very familiarly, as if she had known me long before. Eugenius (said she) I have many Names, but my best and dearest is Thalia: for I am alwaies green, and I shall never wither. Thou doest here behold the mountains of the Moone, and I will shew thee the Originall of Nilus, for she springs from these Invisible Rocks. Looke up and peruse the very Tops of these pillars and Clifts of Salt, for they are the true, Philosophicall, Lunar Mountains. Didst thou ever see such a Miraculous, incredible thing?

Modern English

She replied with great familiarity, as though she had known me long before. “Eugenius,” she said, “I have many names, but my best and dearest is Thalia, for I am always green and shall never wither. Here you behold the Mountains of the Moon; I will show you the source of the Nile, for it springs from these invisible rocks. Look up and examine the very tops of these pillars and cliffs of salt: they are the true philosophical Lunar Mountains. Have you ever seen anything so miraculous and incredible?”

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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