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A New Light of Alchemy
Michael Sendivogius · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- a labyrinth of errors
Meaning
Phrase.
French says that readers who abandon reason in sacred mysteries become further involved in this labyrinth. The image represents compounding intellectual entanglement, not a literal place or a general rejection of mysteries. His preceding distinction allows incomplete knowledge of how something is while still requiring rational grounds for belief. The error arises from relinquishing reason, in his account, rather than from admitting limits.
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- John French to the Reader · 1650 · Passage 2Historical English · 1650a Labyrinth of errors.