Sal Lumen and Spiritus Mundi Philosophici

Name: Sal Lumen and Spiritus Mundi Philosophici
Author: Clovis Hesteau de Nuysement

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

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1 That the World Is Alive and Full of Life

Que le Monde est vif, & plein de vie.

Chapter Outline

The continual natural transformations of the world imply an animating soul.

Demogorgon, Iliaste and Archee describe the distribution of matter and vital heat from the earth’s centre.

Animals, plants and minerals receive different degrees of life according to the condition of their matter.

Celestial movement, hidden seeds and generation manifest the world’s universal life.

Bodies change into other bodies rather than perish utterly.

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.