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Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes)

Lumen de Lumine

A New Magical Light · The Complete 1651 First Edition

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Hac Tincturâ utentes uti vos docuerit vester Conductor, vos quamvis senes, reddet Juvenes, & in nullo membro animadvertetis ullum morbum. Penes hanc Tincturam invenietis etiam Margaritas, quas nè quidem licet excogitare. Vos vero nihil capietis pro Autoritate vestrâ, sed sitis contenti cum eo quod vobis Conductor communicabit. Deo semper gratias agite pro Hoc, & summam curam intendite, nè coram mundo superbiatis, sed Dono hoc rectè utimini, & in ea impendite, quæ Mundo sunt contraria, & ita possidete, quasi non haberetis. Ducite vitam Temperatam & cavete ab omni genere peccati, alioqui hic vester Conductor à Vobis se divertet, & privabimini hac fælicitate. Scitote enim hoc fideliter. Qui Tincturâ hac abutitur, & non vivit exemplariter, purè, & Syncerè coram Hominibus Beneficium hoc amittet, & parum spei restabit, quo iterum id Recipere possit, &c.

Modern English

Using this tincture as your guide teaches you will make you young, though you are old, and you will notice no disease in any member. Beside this tincture you will also find pearls beyond what may even be imagined. Take nothing on your own authority, but be content with what the guide shares with you. Always give God thanks for this, and take the greatest care not to become proud before the world. Use this gift rightly, spending it on things contrary to the world, and possess it as though you did not have it. Lead a temperate life and avoid every kind of sin; otherwise your guide will turn away from you, and you will lose this happiness. Know this for certain: whoever abuses this tincture and does not live in an exemplary, pure and sincere manner before others will lose the benefit, with little hope of receiving it again, etc.

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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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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The historical text and emblem are public domain. The supplied 2026 reading, translations and Diotimos editorial material are published with the site owner’s authorization.