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Thomas Vaughan

Magia Adamica

The Antiquity of Magic · With the Complete Coelum Terrae

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Original English

Under this were figur'd certain apposit Hieroglyphics, and for a Close to all, this Dedicatorie Subscription (I find it onely in the Coptic Character, but our Founts wanting that Letter, I must give it you in the Greeke.)

ΣΥΝΘΡΟΝΟΙΣ ΤΟΙΣ ΕΝ ΑΙΓΥΠΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΙΣ ΙΣΙΑΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΑΝΕΘ.

Isias the High Priest erected this, to the Resident Gods in AEgypt.

Modern English

Beneath this were drawn certain appropriate hieroglyphs, followed by this dedicatory inscription. I find it only in Coptic characters; since our type lacks that alphabet, I must give it to you in Greek.

[New translation of the Greek:] Isias the high priest set this up for the gods enthroned together in Egypt.

[Vaughan’s English:] Isias the high priest erected this to the resident gods in Egypt.

About This Reading Edition

Thomas Vaughan’s complete 1650 Magia Adamica publication, with all historical preliminaries and the complete appended Coelum Terrae, original and modern English, fresh translations of Latin, Greek and Hebrew, full poems, eight historical marginal notes, the complete recovered printed corrections, 312 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes), Magia Adamica: or The Antiquitie of Magic, with Coelum Terrae. London: T. W. for H. Blunden, 1650. Governing transcription: EEBO-TCP A64768.0001.001. The Getty Research Institute copy supplies surviving first-edition page images; the 1656 issue supplies explicitly disclosed missing or defective material. The complete shared 1650 errata are recovered from the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica copy of The Man-Mouse.

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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

The historical text is public domain; the EEBO-TCP Phase I transcription is released under CC0. The supplied 2026 reading, translations and Diotimos editorial material are published with the site owner’s authorization.