Magia Adamica

Name: Magia Adamica
Author: Thomas Vaughan

The Antiquity of Magic · With the Complete Coelum Terrae

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Original English

To the Ingenuous and modest Reader, I have something else to replie, and I believe it will sufficiently excuse mee. Raimund Lullie, a man who had been in the Center of Nature, and without all Question understood a great part of the Divine Will, gives me a most terrible Charge not to prostitute these Principles. Juro Tibi (saith hee) supra animam meam, [Marginal note: Theor. cap. 6.] quod si ea reveles, damnatus es. Nam a Deo omne procedit bonum, & ei soli debetur. Quare servabis, & Secretum tenebis illud, quod ei debetur revelandum, & affirmabis quam per rectam proprietatem subtrahis, quae eius honori debentur. Quia si revelares brevibus verbis illud quod longinquo tempore formavit, in die magni Judicii condemnareris, tanquam qui perpetrator existens contra Majestatem dei laesam, nec tibi remitteretur Casus Laesae Majestatis. Talium enim Revelatio ad Deum, & non ad Alterum spectat. That is; I swear to thee upon my soule, that thou art damn'd, if thou shouldest reveale these Things. For every good thing proceeds from God and to him onely it is due. Wherefore thou shalt reserve, and keep that Secret, which God onely should reveale,

Modern English

For the candid and modest reader I have another reply, which I believe will excuse me sufficiently. Raymond Lull, a man who had been in Nature's centre and undoubtedly understood much of the divine will, lays a terrible charge upon me not to expose these principles indiscriminately. [New translation of the Latin:] “I swear to you upon my soul that if you reveal these things, you are damned. For every good proceeds from God, and is owed to him alone. Therefore you shall preserve and keep secret what it belongs to him to reveal, and declare that you rightly withhold what is owed to his honour. If you were to reveal in a few words what he formed over a long time, on the great day of judgement you would be condemned as an offender against God's injured majesty. The charge of treason would not be forgiven you. For the revelation of such things belongs to God and no other.” [Marginal note: Theory, chapter 6.] [Vaughan’s own English rendering:] “I swear to you upon my soul that you are damned if you reveal these things. Every good thing proceeds from God and is due to him alone. Therefore preserve and keep that secret which God alone should reveal,

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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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.