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Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Heinrich Khunrath · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordLilium, the Lily, is cited as a speaking authority at pp. 147–1482: if God found a faithful heart, he would reveal this Art to it.
- In KhunrathThe saying follows the warning about contempt and violated promises, and precedes the psalmist's person who keeps an oath to a neighbour.
- In this editionRetain Lilium as an unresolved title or named authority.
- A reading distinctionThe source presents Lilium in the grammatical role of a speaker, like other book-titles cited in the treatise.
Meaning
Lilium, the Lily, is cited as a speaking authority at pp. 147–1482: if God found a faithful heart, he would reveal this Art to it. The supplied edition does not establish which of several alchemical works called Lilium is meant.
Use in the book
The saying follows the warning about contempt and violated promises, and precedes the psalmist's person who keeps an oath to a neighbour. Its faithful heart belongs to that ethical sequence. Divine revelation is connected with trustworthy disposition, not merely with the capacity to conceal information.
The Latin statement begins on p. 147, its final word passes onto p. 148 and Khunrath then supplies the German. Reading both pages prevents the authority from being separated from the author's own explanation. The maxim is a warrant within his exhortation; it is not a independently demonstrated promise of success to any reader who declares himself faithful.
Places to read
- 1599 p. 147Lilium introduces the faithful-heart maxim after the admonition
- 1599 p. 148The Latin completes and receives a German rendering before the oath-keeping comparison
Translation in this edition
Retain Lilium as an unresolved title or named authority. Do not supply an author, edition or precise identification not established in the supplied corpus.
Source note
The source presents Lilium in the grammatical role of a speaker, like other book-titles cited in the treatise. That presentation alone does not identify a historical person called Lily.