Magia Adamica

Name: Magia Adamica
Author: Thomas Vaughan

The Antiquity of Magic · With the Complete Coelum Terrae

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Magia AdamicaTo the Reader · Unnumbered Preliminary 17 · Passage B

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To the Reader · Unnumbered Preliminary 17 · Passage B

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Original English

WEll-fare the Dodechedron! I have examined the Nativitie of this Book by a Cast of Constellated Bones, and Deuz Ace tels me this Parable. Truth (sayd the witty Aleman) was cōmanded into Exile, and the Lady Lie was seated in her Throne. To performe the Tenor of this Sentence, Truth went from amongst Men, but she went all alone, poore and naked. She had not travail'd very far, when standing on a high mountain, she perceiv'd a great Train to passe by: In the middest of it was a Chariot attended with Kings,

Modern English

Good fortune to the dodecahedron! I have examined this book’s nativity by casting constellated bones, and two-and-one tells me this parable. Truth, said the witty Alemán, was ordered into exile, and Lady Lie was seated on her throne. To fulfil this sentence, Truth departed from humankind; but she went alone, poor and naked. She had not travelled far when, standing on a high mountain, she saw a great procession passing. In its midst was a chariot attended by kings,

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.

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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.