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Clovis Hesteau de Nuysement

Sal Lumen and Spiritus Mundi Philosophici

Treatises on the True Salt and the Universal Spirit of the World

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Book Three

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1621 pp. 325–326 · scans FR325, FR326

O grande, ô venerable, ô divine Philosophie! qu'heureux est le mortel à qui tu fais la grace de daigner recevoir ses vœuz, d'exaucer ses prieres & de combler son ame de l'incomparable felicité qu'apporte la parfaite cognoissance des choses plus cachees: ausquelles ne pourroit jamais arriver la comprehension humaine, sans y estre portee sur tes aelles infatigables. Car sçauroit on imaginer pour le bonheur de l'homme quelque bien esgallable aux deux que tu eslargis à tes favoris; les rendant asseurez d'une saine & longue vie, & d'une abondance inespuisable de tresors, que rien ne leur peut oster ny seulement diminuer, sitost qu'une fois tu les as fait possesseurs de cette supreme & miraculeuse medecine. De laquelle Nature mesme en sa complainte parle ainsi:

1621 pp. 325–326 · scans FR325, FR326

Sal Lumen and Spiritus Mundi Philosophici: Book Three

1621 pp. 325–326 · scans FR325, FR326

O great, venerable and divine philosophy! How fortunate is the mortal to whom you grant the favour of deigning to receive his vows, answer his prayers and fill his soul with the incomparable happiness brought by perfect knowledge of the most hidden things. Human understanding could never reach them without being borne there upon your tireless wings. For man’s happiness, can any good be imagined equal to the two which you bestow upon your favourites? You secure them a healthy and long life and an inexhaustible abundance of treasures, which nothing can take from them or even diminish once you have made them possessors of this supreme and miraculous medicine. Nature herself speaks of it thus in her lament:

1621 pp. 325–326 · scans FR325, FR326

About This Reading Edition

The complete French text of 1621 with a new English translation, all three books, preliminary texts, nine concluding sonnets, original errata, 299 annotations and the complete supplied study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Clovis Hesteau de Nuysement, Traittez de l’harmonie et constitution generalle du vray sel, secret des Philosophes, & de l’Esprit universelle du Monde. Paris: Jérémie Périer and Abdias Buisard, 1621. The governing witness is the BnF/Gallica reproduction, ark:/12148/bpt6k656273. The reproduced privilege is dated 6 November 1620; the separate eighty-page Poème philosophic of 1620 is outside this edition.

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The historical text printed in 1621 is in the public domain. The supplied 2026 French reading text, new English translation, introduction, notes and complete study apparatus are published with the site owner’s authorization.