Magia Adamica

Name: Magia Adamica
Author: Thomas Vaughan

The Antiquity of Magic · With the Complete Coelum Terrae

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Original English

wee know the Sun doth not onely dispense heat, but som other secret Influx; so did God also in the Creation, and from him the Sun and all the starrs received what they have, for God himself is a supernaturall Sun, or fire, according to that Oracle of Zoroaster,

Factor, Qui per se operans fabrefecit Mundum, Quaedam ignis Moles erat altera.

Modern English

we know that the sun dispenses not only heat but also some other secret influx, so God did the same in creation. From him the sun and all the stars received what they possess, for God himself is a supernatural sun or fire, according to that oracle of Zoroaster:

“The maker who, working by himself, fashioned the world Was a certain other mass of fire.”

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.