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TA%ACELSVS
Of the
Supreme Mysteries
NATURE
,^ The Spirits of the Planets. '^Occult Philofophy,
The Magical, Sympathetical^ and Antipathetical Cure of Wounds and Difeafes,
TheMyfteries of the twelve S I G N S of the Z o D i-
A C K.
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To the Reader.
Courtecus Reader,
IJVthislafi Iron age 9 ignorance hath fo mnchpre- vailed^thf^J many have ^^nd yet do f lead for ity and ftnve to pifhold it^ crying down all Arts^ and endeo,' VQuring tohood-TvinhJi^owledge 5 fo that nothing hut the feces and drsggs of Art fe ems to rerr^ain : fo that they fe em but jhadows, if cQm fared with that pr^flme learnwg of the ^Ancients, What golden Legends former l)> flourished among the Hebrews^ a^^d M'^Yp- tians, and are now evenalmofi alllof^ in Ohltvion"^ Bmbecaufe Babels confufion u one grea^ r erf or, of the decay ofSciences^ivhich are not m ez'cyyMcther- tongue underflood , ani the dtfpftisn of mo ft Movie of our times is to breed their children up better fed then taught -ytheir conditions are rahtr to four into the earth ^U^d^ effodiuntur opes initamenta ma- \0TUm;then to lock^Heavenwards with thai Os lu 3- lime wherewil^h they were created : -which the '^Post tells ofy Ovid met .
Os homiDi fublime dedic ccrlnmvqiie videri juf- fic, &c,
whereas all beaf^s look down vvitih Grovd'ngeyej To man God gave looks mii^t vviihMajefv. And wiii'd him wih bold fac; to view thc';l y,
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To the Reader*
^nd therefore I present the ingeniom Readef wtth a pan of the M^orkes of the renowned Vzitctl' fus ofthefecrets of Alchymj^Occuk Philofophy , and the wonderjull operation of the Celefttal bodjes^ in €%ring difeafes by fgils and charAtters^mdde and ap" tlyed tn ft eleBed times and feafonsj and under their 'proper confieliations ^ 06 the Amhor hath direBed^ Inm^: expeCt thefotttfh Malignant cenfures efZoy- Itis and Momvis^and f^ch fools: but the Author him" felfin his Prologue in the enfmng difcourfe^fuffcie^U Ij clears s all ohjeciions^and therefore Ijhali fave that labour y onelj IwoHld havefuch men not befo vjilf^l- iy ignorant^i^ altogether to forget^ that the Heavens declare the glory of God j and the F ^rmament (heweth bis handyworke. Indeed Mcchanicks and Empi» ticks do ab^fe ail Arts : One Monntchznk rasks in verfe againft Afirology , and impudently calls the profeffors thereof cheaters J ( Sed feipium intueri o» porcec ) and gives this to be his onely reafon^ that a fools holt is foonfoot ; and that he endeavoured to vibfie that Art<^hecamfe he was altogether ignorant of it himfelf^ and would gladly learn it ; hm he knew r^ot how nor which way to begin: another ( and too many fuch render the Art vils) Voep.z»es upon the An of Ajlrohgie ^ and pretends to cure all difeafes and- know all things by it 5 and indeed k^ows nothing i fuch are a great Scandal to the excellency of fuch Sciences : Sed non loqu i^r (Ht is.. This tranflatwn is rend::red rather Grammatically then Sententially^ according to the Authors ovpn phrafc jhortly expett (Deo volente) the other parrs hereofy and fome com^ mems en this and themj tog< ther with the famous art ff Stegan^^gr^pkyj Auihore Tricemia, tofpeaks^r "' ' ' -■ ■■• ■ ' " m'fs
To the Reader,
own Language ; and perhaps the Occpilt Th't\o[ophy of h^nippSidigefied wto a plainer msthsd. thisfhould have been now inUroed^ ^/^rprefens Status notxci' is the reason', and the excufe the fame as Ovid's : Nubiia iunt fubitis tempora noftra mails. It is the General opnion of moft ignorant people^ to count all things that are ahsve their Vulgar apwc henJions<f to be diabolically and meerly brought to pafs by the wor\s of the Devil : avd under that notion they conclude all the fecret and Magnctick^operations &f xature^ and thereby rcb God the creator of all things^ of that glory that is due unto him omly-^ and attribute the ftme to the 'Devtl. the enemy to God and all the world: I jhall therefore here take occafion to tellfuch people (becaufe their Friefis^ that {ho^ld teach them know ledge ^either carmt or elfe will not) what tloe De" Vil is. As in the MlcTocofmrn or little world Manj the Soul ts the hefipart^^^ndthe excrements the worfi; fo in the great v^orld^asthe UmverfaicreMingfpirit is the befi part^fo is the Devil rhe excremsm of that UniverfalSptriti^ni the abjeEl and Capnr inof tunm of the world ; and the poorefl and mofi wretched of all created beings? And that worheth a great ArJipathy between him and us , and the blejfed holy Angels^ who are our governors and ProteEiors^arjd continual guardians ^md are continually empkjed abmt hs<^ ac* cording to their orders and rmmfteries appointed . thery} by the mofl High : although the Devil alwayes endeavour eth to imitMe and counterfeit the good An'* geU y and thereby deceiveth many whofe wichednefs and malice fuitsvfith his naturt^ and at which the good Angel bein^T^ grievedj leaves them ; and r/^arj times for the wickidnefs offme T€rfQnorFamily^th0
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gQoi Angel cmfesftich aperfo^ and family ^or hou(e\ then the wickfd Spirit hanntsfmh houfes^ ^ff'^^ght- ing the people with many fearful apparitions | neither canthat houfe he qaiet , nor anyftich ferfon • neither jhallany of the Generation of any fnch family profper tintilt that carfe be expi^ted^ and the angry Anf^el ap" peafed ; as this Amhor wiUtellyon^ and wof til ex- perience daily (hews : howfreijaently-, and familiar^ ly did thofe hleffed Angels vifihly communicate with the holy men And Magic ijtns of old / thotig^now ftich is the wickednefs of our age^ that they have almsfi quits forf^k^n m : although they are alwayes prefent about m^ though tnvifthle^admini^ring to m accord- ing to the orders given unto them from th? fecond Hierarchy^ who receive the fame from the firfi Hie- rarchy ^ who always attend before the Throne of the divine Majefiy ^offering up the prayers of the Saints^ &c . If any one account this fuperflition-) I hope I (hall never be of the Number of thofe who for fear of being fuperjiitiom , have reformed themfelves and hunted Religion till they have lofl thefent of it^ into meer Atheifm and profane fs. But lefi Ifhould di- grelfeUlils. CvQ^idzm^and make agate biager then the City J I will here conclude my (elf Effe idem qui fum,
A Studio Divinar
Conte mplationis , Robert US Turner.
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In Commendation of his Friend's Tranflation-
Hermetick^and ^hibfopher hyfire^ I^ow in an Englifh gar If thou comefi crewn'd^ What need we for oht Chymi^ry [oar higher ? Since thcH reveal* ft with thy Profhetick Psn , c/ill's needful to be known by th" Sons of Men. And thoH^mj noble Vriend^who thm hafh dreft Him in our Enghfh Fajhim^ doft deferve. With Lam el to becrcwnid t^ith the reft Of thofe who day ly do \Xtzmiferve, (ftet^
Let wry-moHihed Cynick^s^frate^preachj foam^ and Hermes true Sons will not thy love for get. Fare ever well^fo ever wishes he Who is more yours 'i then he canfetm to he*
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An Encomium upon his Friend the Tranflator^s elaborate painsa
FLy Galen hencs'^ Hippocrates begone % I wiUpreferve my choice : this is that Ons^ Who[e true Elixir doth preferve the frame OfOHan^sfiail Natme^ vivifies the fame % By heavenly confiellatedMedicinej Which vulgar s count but Profs^ I count Divim. Let Zoil's and Momus 's intoxicated brains Vif'^raife the Author ^s works 5 Tranflator^s faim rilfofier^ cherifl? with undannted part iTjis true fublime Spdgyrick^noble (tArt,
Vroceed then^ Friend^ make all [peakEngUfh : why Shonld we be barr'd our Native Libertf.^
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The Contents of this Booko
OF fimpkFire* Mtiltiplkity of Fir e^ Variety ef Metals » The Metds of the Tlanets^ The [Mhftance of Metals, Ihe Spirit of the Son, The Body of Mttcury, The Spirit of the Moon, Of the Spirit ofVtnns. The Spirit of Mus^ Of the Spirit of ]npucf. Of the Spirit ofSlinw. Of the grofi Spirit of Mercuf y. Of TifsBures hew they ^*fe made^ The ConjunUion of Male and Fem^ie^ To form oftheglafi hftrumems^ The properties of the Fire^ Signs of the (fonji^nUion nnitede To k^ow theperfeU TinBure^ To multifly the Ti-Achures, To ma!(e the Furnace, To place the Fire»
Of the Co'^janEiion of Male and Female. Of their Copnldtion, OfihePhilofophtcdiCoHjuMu of man & Of the yiachjFinBure, IBuds appearing in the GUf^ Of the red Cslonrt
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To multiply the TinBure, 27,2.8
Of Occult Philofofhf. 2^
Of (^onfecratiom, 5 3
Of (Ceremonies Ma^k ah 34»35
Of Conjurations, 3 ^>3 753 ^,39
OfCharaBers^ 40
O/Peni: agon ^;?£3[ Hexagon * 4 i
Tj&f p-j w^r thereof^ 4 ^ ^4 3 SfipernaturalDifeafes muji hAvefupernmurd Cures ^
44?45 Vifiofjs and Dreams, 45>4^
Dreams natural and fupematuraL 4 7^48
Of Spirits ^nd Verfons wandriug under the earth* 5 1 Of FygmieSj whu they are, 5 ^ >5 ^
What places the terre neSpirits do mofl frequent, 5 3 ? 5 4 SeveralOpimons of them, 5 55 5^
That they are fuhjeB to death, 5 7
The 'Devil fe ems to imitate the tsrrepse Spirits, 5^*59 Oflmagin:^t-ic7^„ ' 60
The power thereof* 6 1
'Examples thereof ^ 6j^6i
An ObjeBion anf^cre^, 6 3
Of hidden treafure, 64
Of Spirits frj£-LjPu-mi:r£ fs do places, ' 6^.66
The manner ofohtaim ' f ff^ch treafures, 66y6j
How the Spirits change the treafure 6 8
How they remove a, 6p
Of fuch as are pojfejfsd of evil Spirits. 7 0,7 1 ,7 2
75 How to deliver them that arefo pGJfjl^ 74
The ahufe in fuch cafes praB^fed, 7 5 ?7 ^
OfTempe/s, 77
The appearance ofSplrttSi 7 %
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7i fumigate them away. 79y^o
The ahtife of Magick. 8 1
The furity thereof . 82
Prefervativesagainfiffitchcraft. 84
Images made hy Witches. 8 5
Mow they ajfliS: men therewith. 8 5 ^8 5
The manner of helping ferfons bewitched, 8 d, 8 7
Experience of Egyptians herein. 88,89
Of the my fiery of the twelve Signs. 9 1
The Verttie ofCharaBers and Seals. 94,9 6
Of Words. 9 %
Celefiial Medicines. loi
Commo n griefs of the head. 1 o i , i o x The faUing Evil, 102,103^104
To preferve the fight. i o 5 , 1 o 5
Againfi dryne^in the brain. 1 07, 108
Again^ the Pal fey. t ©pji 1 o Againft the Stone and Sand in the %eins. 1 1 1 ,
IIS
Of the members of generation. 113,114
To preferve hcrfesfomd. 115,11^
The fympathetieal Oyntment, 117,118
The Weapon-Salve. 1 1 8
Againfi the Gout. 1195I 2O5I2I512S
Agatn[t ContraBures. 123,124
F or Womens terms, I2 5\
For the menftrue. 1 2 5, 1 2 7
For the heprofie. 127^128
For the Vertigo. 129,130
For the Cramp. 131
! For trembling of the hearth S B 1 5I 3 2,1 3 3,1 ^4
Ojl of Coral to prepare, X34
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of mpt^res of Bones, 135
I'he my fiery of the twelve Signs^ 13^
I'he Seal of huts, 3t 3 TjM ^
I'he Seal of Taurus. 1 3 9>i 4^ neSealofGtmmi. 140,141,142
rheSealofCzncQT. 14^514?
The Seal of Leo, I43>i44
Virgo, and its SeaL 1 4 5
The Seal of Lihn. M^^
0/ Scorpio, 147,14s
Ssgittary. X4P>i5o
The Seal of C^^tkom. 150,151
O/Aquary. 151515^
r/^^ 5^^/ of Pifce^, 1 5 2>i 5 3
Secrets of Nature to deftroy Mice^ i 54,1 5 5
To preferve Sheep, 1 5 59"^ 5^
For Oxen and Horfes, 1 5 ^,i S7
to deftroy F lyes. ,. i57
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To be fold by NSroak^zK the Angel in Cornhil A Romance called Tke Imperiom Brmher^
and The lEufi;fkm Skpherdtfs. Wit and Drolkiy : with other Jovial
Poems,
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The Prologue.
lAving firft mvocatcd the Name of the Lord Jefus Chrift our Savi- our^wc will enierpriEC this Work ^ wherein we fliall not only teach how 10 change any in- feriour Metal into bet- ter 5 as Iron into Copper, this into Silver^ aad that into Gold,eJ^i;. but alfo to help all infirmiticSj whofecure to the opinionated and preiumptuous Phyfitians , doth feeni impoflible: But that which is greater, to preferve , and keep mortal men to a loag, fouad^ and perfcdAge. This ART was by our Lord God the Supream Crea- tor , ingraven as it were in a book in the body of Metals, from the beginning of the Creation ^ that we might diligently learn from them. Therefore when any
The Trologut^.
min defireth throughly and perfei^ly te Icarh this An kom iis true foundation , ic will be neccffary thac he learn the fame fronti theMaftcr thereof, to wit, itom God 3 who hash created all things 5 and cnelylKao^eth^^hat Nature and Proprie- ty he hiatreif hath placed in every Crea- ture* Wherefore he is able to teach e- very oae certainly and perfeftly i and from him we may learn abfolutely , as he hath fpoken , fsying , of mejefhaUkArn AUtbings i iot there is nothing found in Heaven nor in Earth fo fecrctj whofc pro*- perries he p^rceiveth noe^ and moft exad^ ly knowf Ih and feaih ^ who hath created all things. We will therefore take him to be our Mafter^ Operator, and Leader into this moft true Art. We will therefore imi- tate him alonegtnd through him learn and attain to the knowledge of that Nature, which he himfelf with his own finger hath engraven and infcribed in the bodies of thcfe Metals- Hereby it will come to pais, that the moft high Lord God (hall blefs all the Creatures onto us , and fball fandlifie all our Wayes ^ fo chat m this Work we may be able to bring our Beginning to its defired Endj and the Gonfequencs thereof
to produce exceeding great Joy and Lota in our HeartSo
Bu5 if any one {hall follow his own onely Opinion, he will not oncly greatly deceive himfelf-, but alfo all others wh6 cleave and adhere therauneo 5 and (hall bring them unto lofs® For mankinde is certainly born in ignorance, fo that he can neither know nor underftand any thing of hinfifelf^ but onely that which hereceiv- eth from God ^ and underftandeth from Nature. He which learneth nothing from thefcjis like the Heathen Matters and Phi- lofophersj who follow the Subtikies and Crafts of their own Inventions and Opi- nions, fuch as are x^riHotle , Bippocraus^ Kjlviama^ Gallen^ &c. whogrouadedall their ARTS upon their own Opinions onely. And if at any time they learsSed any thing from Nature 5 they deftroyed ita^ gain with their own Phantalies ^ Dreams^, or Inventions , before they tame to the end thereof, fo that by them and their Followers there is nothing perfecT: at all to be found.
This therefore hath moved and induced us hereunto^ to write a peculiar book of Alchymy^ founded not uponmcss^ buc
' B 2 upon
ThelPrologueS.
upon Nature ii fclf ^ and upon thofc Vet- tues and Powers, which GOD with his own Finger bath impreffed in Metals. Of this imprcflion Mercurim TrifmegiBm was aa Imitator, who is not undefervedly called the Father of all Wife-men, and of all thofc that followed this ART with love , aad with earneft dedre ^ and that man demonflrateth and teacheth^ that €od alone is the onely author » caufe and Original of all creatures in this ART. But he doth not attribute the power and virtue of God, to the creatures orvifible things, as the (aid heathen , and fuch-Iike did. Now feeing all A R T ought to be learoed from the Trinity^thatis,from God the Father , from God the Son of God, our Saviour Jefus Chrift, and from God the holy Ghoft, three diftiaa perfons^ but one God ; We will therefore divide this our Alchymiftical worke into three parts ^ or Treatifcs 'in the firft whereof, we will lay down what the A R T containeth in it fclf I And what is the propriety and na- ture of every Metal i Secondly, by what means a man may worke and bring the like powers and ftrength of Metals to effect* And thirdly, what Tindures are to be pro- duced from the Sun and Moone. Fa-
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Of the Secrets of Alchymt-
Difcovered, in the Nature ©f the PLANETS.
CHAP. L Of jlmfk Vin^
N the firft pkce^we ftitlleii^ deavour and ofidertake to declare^ what this Ate comprehendeth^and what is the fubje^ thereof i aad what are its prop rietief* The prime and chief fubje<a to this Art belong- ing, is fire I which alwayg ilvech in one and the fame propriety and 0- B 3 pera-*
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peration; neither can it receive life from an thing elfe. Whctefore it hath a condition an power , as all fires that lie hid in fecret things, have,of vivification,no otherwife then the Sun is appointed of God,which heateth all the thingsof the world5both fecret,apparent ?c manifeftias the Spheres of Mars^Satmn^enmy Jufker^ Mercury^ and Lma^^^idi can give no other light but what they borrow from the Sun , for they arc dead of £hemfelvesvNeverthelcfs,when they are kindled, as above is fpoken, they worke and operate ac- coriding to their properties. But the §un hia^felf ^^crciveth his light from no other but from God hirpfelf, who riileth him by himfelf , fo that he burneth and fiiineth in him. It is no otherwife in this art. The fire in th^ furnace is compared to the Sun 5 which heateth the furnace and the veffels^as the Sun in the great world ; for even as nothing can be brought forth in the world without the Sun, fo llkewife in this Art nothing can be produced without this Simple fire ; no operation can be made without its it is the greateft fecret of this Art i comprehending all ^things which are comprehended therein, neither can it be comprehended in any clfe; for it a- feideth by it felf : it lacketh nothing; but other things which want thar^ do injoy it , and have life fromit ; wherefore we have in the firft place UndertookeiQ declare it.
Chap.
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Chap.il
Of the mHhrplicity of fir e^ fr opt which varktiesof
Metalls do ^rii
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E have firft written of fimplcfirewbkh Ev- ■ eth and fubfifteth of it ielf s now we oome to Ipeajce of a manifold ipirit or fire, wiiich is, thel caufe of variety and diver&y of creatures , fo. that there cannot one be foundright like iaoo^t therjSnd the lame in every partj as ic may befeefi in Metals, of which there is none whidh hath another like ic felf ? the 5/^« produceth his gold i the CMdon produceih apother Metal far diffei? rent, to wit, filver ; tj^^rs another, that is to fiy. Iron; Jupiter pro ducedi another kind of Met ai^ to wit,Tin ; ^«;^ aiaother^wbichi^; Copper;and Saturn another kind, that is to fay, Lead % fo thac they are all unlike , andfeveral one from ano- ther : the fame appeareth to be as well amongft men as all other creatures, the caufe whereof is the multiplicity of fire. As by fome heat is produced a mean generation by the corruption thereof ; the wa(hing of the Sea another^ Afbes another, Sand another , Flame of fire another, and another of Coales, &c. This variety of creatures is not made of the firft fimple fire, but of the regiment of elements, which is various 5 not from the Sun, but from the courfe of the feven Planets, And this is the reafon that the B 4 world
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world containeth tsothing of fimilitude in k§ individuals s for as the heat is altered and chang^ cd every hour and minute;fo alfo all other things are varyed s for the tranfmutation of the fire is made in the elements, in vyhich bodies it Is im- printed by this fire. Where there is no great miicture of the elements, the Sun bringeth forth i where it is a little more thicke, the t^oott ; where more grofs,f^^;^/«.* and thus according to the diverfity of mixturesjare produced divers Metals I fothacno Metal appearethin the fame mine like another. It is therefore to be known^ that this variety of Metals is made of theitiixture of thcfiements, becaufe that their Ipirits are al- fo found divers and without fimilitude ; which if they were brought forth from the (implefire,they woiild be fo like , that one could not be known from another: but the manifold variety of forms interceding , hath introduced the fame among the creatures. From this it may eafily be gather- ed, why fo many and fo various forms of Metals are found, an^d wherefore there is none like un« coanother»
Chap.IIL
^the fpirit or tinBure of(^.
NOw we come to the fpirits of the Planets or Metals. The fpirit or tinfture of the Smi taketh its beginning from a pure, fubtil, and per- fea- fircj whereby it cometh to pais,that it far ex- ^- ■ . . / ^ ^ celleth
Secrets of (tAlchymj. 5
cellethall other Ipirics and tindlures of Metals s for it remaineth conthntly fixed in the fire , out of which it flyeth not ; neither is it confumed thereby, much left burnr , but rather appearcth more cieere, faire and pure by it ; alfo no heat nor cold can hurt it , nor no other accident, as in the other fpirits or tinflures of Metals : and for this cauie , the body which it onceputteth on, it defendethfrom all accidents and difeafes^ that it may be able to fuftain the fire without de« triment. This body hath not this power and virtue in it felf, but from thefpirit of the Sun which is included therein : for we know that the Sun is the body oiMercmy , and that this body cannot fuftain nor fuffer this fire, but flyeth from it ; when as it doth not fly from the fire when it is in the Sun, but remaineth conftant and fixed therein. This affordeth unto us a moft certain Judgement , that it receiveth fuch a conBancy from his fpirit or riti<^ure: wherefore if that fpirit can be in this t^leyxmj^ every one may judge that 'it may worke the lame in the bodies of men , when it is received of them ; as we have fufficiently fpoken in our c^^^^»^ C^/r^r- £f>, of the tinfture of the Sufi^ that it will not onely reftore and preferve them that ufe it, from infirmities , but alio preferve them to found and long life. In like manner,the (length & virtues of all other Metals are to be known from true ex- perience, not from the wifdom of men and of the I world,which is fooliflinefs withGod & his truth; \ and all thofe who do build upon that wifdom, \ andrepofe thei? hope thereupon are miierably deceived. Chap,
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Chap. IV.
Of. the tinUure and Spirit of the Dj
HAving now fpoken of the tindure of the5i#«, it remaineth that we come now to fpeak of the tindure of the LMoon^ and of the white tin- <fture, which is alfo created of a perfe^a fpiric, but lefs perfeft then the fpirit of the Shh^ Ne- vertheleis it excelleth the tin6luresof all other Metals followifflgjboth in purity & fubtiltyjwhich is very well known to all that treat of the Moon^ and alio to Rufticks: for it fuffereth not ruft, nei- their is it confumed by the fire ; as all other Metals, as 5^r^r», which fly from the fire; but this doth not : from whence it may be gathered, that this tinfture is far more excellent then the other following, for it preferveth its body that it aflumeth conftantly in the fire, wichouc»any accident or detriment : and from hence it is fuf- ficiently manifeft , if this in his own corruptiblq bodybyhimfelfmaketh iMerctsry^ what will it be able to efFev^,being extrav^ed from it ielf into aoother body ? will not that alio fave and defend from infirmities and accidents after the fame manner ? Yes furely, if it make this {J^/tercurjin its own body,it will do the fame in the bodies of men : neither doth it onely preferve health , butcaufeth long life,and cureth difeafes and in- firmities 5 even in thofe who fubfift beyond
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the ordinary courfe of nature : for the more high,fubtile and perfect the medicine is, fo much the better and more perfe6liy k cureth ; where- fore they are Ignorant Phyfitians , who practice their Art onely upon vegetables , as herbs and fuch-Uke things, which are eafily corrupted i and by thefe , they endeaour to effeft & bring to pafs fuch vvorkes as are firme and (kble ; but in vain, whenasthey occupy the Aire. But wherefore fliould we Ipeake much concerning thefe? They never learned any better things in their Univer» fities : therefore if they have been compelled fo to learn and (^udy from their beginning, they think it a great difgrace to them to do otherwife for the future : whereby it comes to pafs, thac £hcy ftill continue in their old Ignorance*
Ckap.V. ' Ofthefiiritof2'
\^E have even now made mention of a white fpirit, or candid tin6lure : now we come to fpeake of a Red fpirit, which is derived out of a Grofs Elementary mixture of the fuperiours , to which alio it is joyned,& is of a more perfci^ fub- fiance, then the fpirits and tin6lures of the other fubfequent Metals , becaufe it endureth the fire longer then the other, and is notfo foon melted or diffolved as the other fpirits which follow. Alfo the ayre, and the humidity of the fire^ arc
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not fo nocent unto it, as unto Mars • by reafon
whereof^it doth the longer endure the fire. This
povirer and property hath Feniis^ that is his body,
from the fpirit that is iofufed into it. Now the
iime effe6l that it worketh in its own body, that
is5inf^«^,the fame effe6ls it alfo produeth in the
bodies of men, fo far forth as nature hath granted
onto it ; for it preferveth wounds in fuch manner,
fo that no accident can invade them, nor the Air
or water hurt them • and expelleth all fuch
difeafes as are under the degree thereof^ This;
fpirit alfo breaketh the bodies of Metals, To that
they will endure the hammer ; and alfo in tht
bodies of men , when it is taken of them with
whom it agreeth nor, it effe6i:eth things isot con«
venient. Wherefore it is very neccffary, that the;
Phyfitian that defires to make ufe of thefe fpirits,
be very expert in the knowledge of Metals,
Therefore it is far better to ufe the more perfeft
fpirits , which may be taken without any fuch
feare of dangers neverthelefs , feeing the fpirits
of the Sun and LMoon are dear and precious, to
that every one is not able to accomplifli them,to
perform cures with , therefore every one muft
take according to his ability, what h© is able
to attain unto : alfo every one is not fo wealthy,
that he can be able to prepare thefe medicines;
therefore he is forced to take fuch as he can have«
Every one may from hence eafily gather,that the
Metallike medicines do far exceed vegetables
a*id As^imals in ftrength and power of curing and
healing* And thus-much of the fpirit oiVentis.
Chap.
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Chap«VL Of theSfiritcfS^
THat we may now come to fpeakc of the Spi^ ric of Mars , that is of a more Grofs and combulHble mixture of Elements, then the oiher fpirits going before ; but the Spirit of Mars is en- dued with a greater hardnefs then the other Me- tals; lb that it doth not fo eafily melt and diitolve in the fire , as the other following. But iiiiffers much hurt both by the wner and the Aire , fo that it is confumed by themjand is burnt with the fire, as experience makes appeare : Wherefore the Spirit thereof is more imperfc^ then any of thefuperiourfpiritssbutin hardnefs and drynefs it exceedeth all other Metals, both fuperiourand infeiiour : for it doth not onely retain a peife<^ fubrtance, and refift the hammer^ as the Sm and Moon^hxxi alio as thofe which are wkhin it felf^ as Jupiter and Satur^^ and the likt. Whereas therefore it thus worketh in Metals , it fhewsth that it bath the fame eitec^ in the bodies of men, that is^t produceth relu^ancy;efpecially where it is taken for a difeafc not convenient, it gr ievouf* ly affli6leth the members with pain. Never the- lefs, when it is taken and applyed for wounds, fuch as do not exceed its own degree^t cleanfeth and mundifieth them, &c. Wherefore this fpirit is not much lefs in power and virtue then one of thefuperiours, in thofe things for which it was by God and Nature ordained. Chap,
lo FaracQlfusofde
Chap. Vn^
OfthSpiriPof^p,
OF the fpirk ot Jupiter^ we are to know, that it is derivedof a white and pale fubftance of firei but it is of a frangible and brittle naturejHot enduring the hammer/o as ^^r/; wherefore it is a brittle Metal : ah example thereof appears, if it be mixed with the LMoon , it c^n hardly be wrought to its firft malleation, without great la- bour : the fame eflFe6^ it hath in all other Metals^ : except in Saturn onely. And the fame operation | which it hath in the bodies of metals , it alfo | produceth the fame efFe6ls in humane bodies; but ; burneth Sccorrodech the members,hindring them from their own perfeft operations, thereby difa- : bling them form performing the work which na- ;! ture requiresjSc neceffitates them unto.Neverthe^ Ij lefsjthis ipirit hath in it this virture, that it tak- I ^thiway the ulcers of cancers, fii^ula'sand fuch j like^efpecially fuch as exceed not the degree of j its nature which God and Nature have giveii
Bnto lu
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Chap^VIIL
Ofthe Spirit of Ti'
THc Spirit oi Saturn is formed and created of a dry, cold and blacke mixture of the Ele- ments ; whereby it comes to pafs, that amongll all other Metals , it endureth leaft in the fire : Whereas the 5;#;;and CHooh arc proved to be durable : if Satum be added to them, it clearly refineth them; necerthelefs the nature thereof is to diminiih their hardnefs.The fame operation ic hath in the bodies of men , but with great paio and dolourjas Jupiter and Mars^ by reafon of the mixture that it hath with the cold, wherefore ic cannot fo mildly operate.But it hath great power and vertue it\ the cures of fibula's , cancer?: and ttlcers, which are under the degree and nature^ thereof: it expelleth out-A^ard diieafes , and rhe outward impurities of the 'LMoon, Neverthdefs if it be not carefully applyed^ it doth more hurt then good ; wherefore he that would rightly ufe it, ought neceffarily to know the nature thereof, and what difeafes it cureth , and may be applv» ed unto.- which being neceffarily confidered^ no hurt will follow thereby.
1% FarsLcdfusofthe
Chap. IX. bftheGrofs Spirit of ^'
THe Spirit of tMercmj^ which is onely fubje<5ted to the other fuperiour Spirits, hath no certain determiriate form or fab- ftancein it felf : hereby it comes topafs that h admitteth every other Metal: even as wax receive eth the impreffionofall forms of Seales^fo this Elementary Spirit cometh to be compared to th^ other Spirits of Metals : for if it receive into it felf the Spirit of the Snn , this (lull be mad^ out of it felfjif thQMo&n<^(ht is made out of it feffs thefameeffe(5^ this Spirit worketh with all th^ .other Metals with whom iragreeth,and receivc^H iheir properties into it ielf: for this caufcjaccord- inig to its body, it is appropriated to the other Spirits above written, even as the Male to the Female: for the Sun is the body of Mercury^ ex- cept onely that the Sun faftneth and fixeth the Meravry^xxt the common Mercery is inconftant and volatile: neverthelels it is iiibjeA to all the Spirits ijforefaid, and geiierateth again,not one- ly the metallicke Spirits and tin6tures afore Ipoken of^, but the Metal it felf, by which the aforenamed tin6lures do come into their opera- tion : But if the mean be not obferved,it will be inpoffible ever to bring thofe kind of tindlures to perfe£lion i for if the fire be too high which
fliculd
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ftiould vivifie this tinfltire, it doth extinguifli it^ \ that it cannot operate; andthefame effc^i?,if Ic be too wcake : wherefore in this place it is jieceffary xoi>e known what medium is to be ob- ferved in this Art, and what are the ftrength and properties thereof; and alfo after what manner at is to be ordered, and how thetinSures are CO be coloured, and to bfingthemtoaperfed worke > that they may germinate and appeare. Thus briefly do we conclude and end our firft Treatife.
The end of the firft Treatife*
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li. Paracelfuso/^tfe
The fccond Treatifei of the Philofophers
Mercury >znd the mzdrnmo^Tindimts.
In thefiyji Treatife ws h4v& written of the Spirits ani^ 'TinBmes of MhoIs , 8CC, "Declaring all the^ properties and natmes^ and what every Metal ge' fjerateth. In this fecond^ we (hall treat of the me- dium $fTinUHres^that is^fthe Philofophers Mer= cury 5 whereby aire made the TinBures and Lea* venofMetalsj in feven Chapters following.
Chap.L Of what the TinUures and Leavens are mMe^
WHofoever defirah to have the tin6lure of Metals , he ought to take the Phi^ lofophers Mercury-^ U let him caft the fame into its ownend^that isjinto quick Aiercurjy from whence it proceedeth;^ hereby it; wil come to pafs , that the Philofophers Mercury (hail be diflolved in the quick Mercury^ and fhall receive its ftrength rfo that the Mercmj of the Philofo- phers kilieth the quick Mercury^ Sc'maketh it re- main fixed in the lire of the fame exigence with it felf : for there is the like concordancy between ihefe MercHTieS'^zs is between Male and Female,
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man and wife ; for they are both derived of the grofs fpirits of metals, except that the body oiSd remaineth firm 8c fixed in the fire: but the quicke Msrcary is not fixed ; neverthelefs they may be appropriated one to another^as graine of corn or feed are to the earth ; which we will demon- Ikate by an example, after this manner: If any one fowe barley, the fame he (ball reape i if Wheat or Rye, or any other grain, the fame he fliall gathetj&c.even io it is in this arc;if any one fowe the Gold of 5^/, the fame he reapeth 5 & of the MQon^hz (hall gather; and fo alfo of all other Metals, For this reafon we fay in this place, thac the Tinctures do fpring out of Mentals, that is, oucofthePhilofophers Mercury^ and net from the quicke Mercnrj ; but this produceth the Seed which firft conceiveth.
Chap.il
Of the CoYijun^ion of A4ale and Fenia!e^ of man and woman,
TT is firft of all neceffary ro beknown,that the Mercury of the Phiiofophers, and the quicke Mercury , are both to be conjoynedand firmly united and fixed together; how much there^ of is to be taken: neither more nor iefs then equal, is to be taken, left it hindretb 3 or alto- gether deftroyeth the whole worke 5 For the feed is luffocated with fuperfiuicy, that it cannot live io long until it be joyned and fix^d to the C 2 Phi-
i6 FarsLceKus of the
Phllofophers Mercur^3ut if there be too little, that it cannot be diffolved into a body, it is alfo dcftroyed , that it cannot be able to bring forth any fruit : wherefore the Artificer ought certainly to know how much of the one, and the other ought to be taken , if he would bring this worketoits perfeft end; the Receipt thereof is this 5 Take one part to two , or three to four, and thou canllnot erre , but (halt attain to thy defiredend.
Chap. III.
Of the form of the InfltHments ofGlafs^
T^He Materials being thus rightly and duly prepared and mixc together, then you md\ have Glafs-veffeis^of due proportion, and even fi^nefs and capacity^ neither too great nor too litcle^but fit : For if the vefiels be too big , the Female, that iy, the flegme, is difperfed and loft ; whereby it comes to pafs that the feed cannot bring forth r where the veffels aretoo UtEle, the growth is liifFocated that it cannot come to fruit, no ctherwiiebut as if feed (houldbe fowne under trees or under thornes, fo that it cannot bud and fpringup, but perilbeth without any fruit; therefore no little error may happen by the veffels ; which being once committed,cannon be any more mended in the fame workes nei- ther can that worke be perfewled or brought to
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any good end. Wherefore, note what follows, to wit , that you take three ounces with the half, and four pounds ; fo the proceeding is right, and you fliall prefcrve the matter that it be not dilperlcd, nor the Phlegme nor the generation lmpedited,&Ca
Chap. IV.
Of the -prof er ties sfthe fire^
\X7Hen you have placed the matter in fit vc& ' fels, you fliall carefully keep and maintain the natural heatj that the externall heat do not overcome or abound over the internal 5 for if the heat be too much, there can be no conjunction made, by realbn that the matter is difperied and burnt by the vehemency of the heat 5 (o that no good arifeth thereby, Wherefore the middle regi- on of the air is by nature ordained between hea- ven and earth;otherwite the Sun and Stars would burn up all the creatures upon the earth 5 fo that nothing could be produced or fpring forth from it: therefore fo work, that you put fuch ati Airy part or diftance between the matter and the iSie • after this manner let it be donc/hat the heat may not eafily do hurt any wayes , nor di(» perfe the matter, much -iefs burn it : but if the fire be too littkjand not quick enouoh/.he Spific then refteth, the fire nothing operating upon its humidity; neither will ic be exficcated nor fixed :
C 3 for
iS FataccKusof the
for the Spirits of Metals arc dead of thcmfelves,! and do reft, fo that they cannot at ail operate of themfelves^unlefs they are quickned by the fire. It is no otherwife in the great Univerfe of the world, where feed being caft into the earth, is dead, and cannot grow nor increafeof it felf, unlefs it be quickned by the heat of the Sun ; It is chiefly neceffary therefore in this worke, to cred and build the fire right and proportion- ably , neither too great nor too little ; other- wife this worke will never be brought to a per- fed and defired end/
\^H A Pa V »
of the Signes dppemn^ in the union of Cofijunttion^
TTHe fire being moderately kept gc maintained, : the matter by little and little will be moved toblackneisi afterwards, when thedrynefs be-: gins to worke upon the humidity , there will likewife arifein the Glafs , various flowers of divers colours, fuch as appeare like the taile of a , Peacocke, and fuch as no man ever faw before. ^Ifofomtimesthe Glafs appeareth as if it were! aimoft drawn into Gold % which being perceived,! it Hieweth certainly that the feed of the Malci dothrnle and operate upon the feed of the Fe-I in^ks and that the fame is fixed together; that j is, this )l<fr/^/ir;'isFxedand worketh upon the! Quick Mfra^rjj and heginneth ^o be mixed with |
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it: afterwards, when the humidity begins to weare away by the drynels, thoie colours do dit- perfe, and the matter then beginneth at length to wax white,and ib proceedeth until it come to the higheft degree of whitenels. But efpecially ic is to benotedjthat the thing is not to be halkned^ according to their opinions who fuppofefuch work to be like unto that which is difcerned in the produ<9:ion of corn, and of mankind 5 to wir^ the time of bringing forth the one, is in the Space of nine moneths 5 the other, ten or twelve moneths. For fo foon the Sun and Moon do cauie Maturity, and bring to the birth, as the in- fant from the belly of his Mother; fo the grain from the bowells of the earth. For it is to be known, that every thing that is quickly or haftily made or born, doth foon perifh: An example hereof,both men gc herbs do afford.They which are looneft produced or born, their life is fliort i it is not lb with the Snn and Moofi;£or they caufe a far more perfed nature in men ; whereby it comes to pafs,that they produce long life to them, and preferve them from many accidents and dif- eafes.
Chap. VI,
Of the knowledge of the ferfeB Tidlure
TN the foregoing chapterjwe have fet forth how
the matter it felfworketh by degrees s but In
C4 this
20 FaYSLCQlmsof the
this5 we (ball declare, by what means it may be known when it is perfect. Thus do ; take the wliice ftoneof the Mdo^^by which the- white fpringech , and feparate a little peece from it with a paiie of Sciffars, and put it upon a plate of Copper^heating it glowing hot in the fire s if it fmoke, then the ftone is not perfed, therefore It muft remain longer in the deco<5i:ioii5 until the ftone come to its degree of perfeftiombut if it do not fmoke, thenbe affured it is perfe^l -. the fame is to be done with the Red ftone of the Sm^ in the degrees of the operation thereof.
Chap. VIL
To A^gm^nt or MyJtivlytks TtnUmes^
V^^Hen you would Multiply or increafe the
Tiadure you have foundjtnixt it together
igain with common Metcuryj and worke it in all
things as at firftj and double one part a hundred times more then it was coloured before ; this do bften-times over again^ until you have as much matter as you will; and by hov^much the longer it remaineth in the fire, by ib much the higher aiid more fublime will the degrees thereof be; fo that one part thereof will change the infinity of the quick MercHry\ into the bell and moft per- itdcLtma zndi Soh New yen have the whole progrefftoG from the beginning to the end 5 wherewith we e;id ihh fecond Treatife^and be- |inthe third. .- - The end of the lecond Treatifee In
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In the [econd Ireattfe^we have told how the TifiBmes or Leavens opight to he made ^ inthe third^we jhaH declare and amply fet forthvpherewith the 'Tin' ^ tires of the Sun and Moon are made ; and after vphat manner Sol and the ether Vianet s opight to he made ; to wif^ with the Furnace and the Fire*
Chap, I.
Of the building of the Furnace ; and 5 */ the Firec
MErcurim Hermes TrifmegiJtHS'^imh^lhtLt he which would perfeft this Art^ muft^ a^ it wercj build a new World -, for after the fame manner 06 God created the Heaven and Earthy the Furnace with the Fire is to be hudt and governed. That ife to fay, after this manner : Firft, Let there be a Furnace built of the height of (ix fpan?, ex- tended from the top of the fingers to the rhumb ; and in breadth one handful •, in the innde^lct it be round and plain,lell the Coals cleave i3nto it j from whence let it a little decline to the border thereof; and let there be holes iefranderneath
four
%z raracdius of we
four fingers broad y and let every hole of the Furnace be fupplied with a Copper Cauldron to contain the Water. Afterwards, take good and hard Coals, which you (hall break in Gobbets a- bout the bignefs of a Walnut ; with thefe fill the long Furnace ; which then is to be liopped up, that they may not burn out. And afterwards, let fome Coals be kindled to the holes below : if the Fire be too great, lay a ftone before it ; if too little, ftir the Coals with an Iron-inttrument, ihat they ma^ be pierced with the Air , and the Heat may be increafed. This way you may keep your Fire, according to the true Exigency of Na- ture ; neither too exceffive , nortoofmall • but molt fit and apt for the motion of the Matters this is compared to the Firmament* There is alfo in this place another Firmament, to wit, the Matter contained in the Glafs ; after which fol- loweth the form of the World. Therefore the Furnace is to be placed as the Sun in the great World, which giveth Light, Life and Heat to the univerfal Furnace, and all Inftruments, and to all other things whatfoevcr concluded under it.
Chap.
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Chap, II.
Of the CoHJunBion of the Male with the Ventale.
HAviDg now treated of the Furnace and the Fire wherein the Tindures are to be pre- pared, now we intend largely to write how the Man and Woman do agree , and how they are joy ned together: that is to lay , after this man- ner : Take the Mercury of tbe Philoibphers, pre- pared and mundified in its higheft degree ; this refolve with his Wife, ita wit, with quick tMer* €Hry\ as the Woman redeiveth the Man, and as the Man cleaveth to the Woman % and even as a Man loveth his Wife, and the Woman loveth her Husband, fodo thePhilofophers Mercury and the quick ^<er^/^r;' , profecute the greatett love^ and are moved by Nature with a great afFe^^ion towards us : So therefore the one and the other iJ/^rr/^r/^jareconjoyned each to other, and one with another, even as the Man with the Woman, and flie with him, accordmg to their bodies, that thereis no difference between themiand they are congruent in their ftrength and proprieties, fave onely, that the Man is firm and fixed , but the Woman is volatile in the Fire. And for this Caufe , the Woman is united to the Man, fo that (he receiveth the Man , ar.d he fixeth and faftneth her firm and conftant in any balance ; as it followeth 5 They are both to be fo clofe
luted
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Imed and covered, that the Woman may not e- i vapofate or breath out, otherwife the whole it Work will come to nothing. n
Chap. III. Of the Copulation of the Male and Female. '
"y Y"^^^. yo" have placed the Man and the Wife in the Matrimonial Bed ; if you would that he may operate upon her, fo that2 Che may bring forth , it is neceffary, and muft be, that the Man have his operation upon the Wo- man, fo that the feed of the Woman may be co- agulated and joyned together into a Mafs, by the fecid of the Man; otherwife it produceth no Fruit.
Chap, IV.
Of the Philofefhical conjmUion of the Man and fVo*
man.
AFterwards if you perceive the Woman ro be of a black colour , then certainly be aflbred that (he hath conceived , and is made pregnant : and when the feed of the Woman embraceththefeedof theMan, this is thefirft Signe and Key of this whole Art ; therefore be
carc«
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careful continually to preferve the natural Hear, and the blacknefs will appear , and be difperled and confiimed away by the natural Heat ; as one Worm eateth and devoureth another^and conti- mieth confuming {o long, until there be no more blackneis left.
Chap. V. Of the black, CoIoht^
THe blacknefs manifeftly appearing , then know, that the Woman is pregnam ; buc when the Peacocks Tail begins to appc ar.thit is, when many various colours will appe^ir iri the Glafs^itrheweth the working of the Phiiofophers ^/rrr/^r;' upon the vulgar ^^r^ ^r^'^and itretche;h out her Wings until (he hath overcome it.There- fore when thedrinefs operates upon the moiilurej thele Colours do appear.
Chap, VI. Of the Btid.s ^Yingmg and affs^nng in the Ghp.
ITWHen you perceive thefe various Colours,
then be condant in your work, continu-
ngtheFire, until the Colour of the Peacock's
"ail be fully confumed 5 and until the Matter of
the
z6 raracelms of the
the Mis&n appear white and candid as Snow, and that the Veffiel hath brought it to the very de- gree of its perfe(Slion. Then at laft break a little piece thereof, and put it on a Copper-plate in che Fire ; if it remain conftan t and firm,and keep its Tin6lure , it is then brought to the moft per- kd: fubftance of Lma, This King hath ftrength and power, notoneiy to tranfmute and change all metals ; but alfo to cure all difeafes and in- firmities. This King is laudable, and adorned with many vertues , and with fo great power, that he can tranfmute and change Fenm^ LMars^ Jupiter J SMurn^ and Mercury^ into the moft con- Ihnt Lam^ to every touch-ftone ; and alfo frees atjd delivers the bodies of men from infinite dif- eafes, as from Fevours,Feeblenefs, LeproRe , the French difeafe , or Morhm Gallic fi^^ and from a great many other infirmities and difeafes • which no Herbs, RootSj or the like Medicines can poflt- bly Cure, or take away. Whofoever maketh dai- ly ufe of this Medicine , fhall attain to, and pre- ferve himfelf in a found and peifeil: long life,
Chap. VII.
Of the red Co low,
AFter this King is indued with a perfeS whitenefsj the Fire is condantly to be con tinned , until the whitenefs begins to takei yellow Colour i which Colour follows next af- ter the whitenefs t for by how much the longer the Heat worketh upon the white and dry
Mat-
k
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Matter, the more Yellow and SafFron-like grow* cth the Colour, until it come to perfea rednefs^ which by degrees the Fire worketh to the highcft degree of the red Colour ; then is the fubftance of (Sold prepared, and there is born an oriental King, fitting in his Throne, and ruling over all the Princes of the World.
CHAi>.Vm.
Of the atigment^tioH or mfthiplkathn hereofm
THc multiplication of this Matter is to be af- ter this manner, to wit, let it be refolved into its moifture, and then put the Fire to it, to the height as at firft , and it will work upon its moifture oftner then before, and change the fame into its own iubftance, turning the whole quan-
Iiity of the matter into the fubftancc it felf: where- fore theTreafures of the Earth are unfpeakable, ^ the world cannot compare unto them ; witnefs AuiHrellHi.
The Concl»Jion,
This iecret was kept by the mod ancient Fa- thers amongft their moft occulr and hidden fe- crets ; who kept the fame, left it fbould come to A the hands of wicked men, who might thereby be ta inabled the better, and more fully to accomplifn 0 their vvickednefs and evil ends.We therefore do •|i require you whofoeverfhall attain to this gift of ijid God, that you will imitate the Fathers 5 and fe-
cretly
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cretly ufc and preferve this divit^e Myftcry : for if you tread it under your feet, or caft Pearls before mine ; you (hail receive a great judgement from God the great Judge and Revenger of all things. But unto thofe whom God by his fingular and fpccial Grace , hath given abtUnency from all vices, this Arc (hall be more fully revealed then to any other $ for with one fuch man fliall more wifdom be found, then among a thoufand Ions of/ the world,by whom this Art mall never be found
GUI.
Whofoever fhallfinde out this fecfct,and At- tain to this gift of God , let him praife the mort high God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft ; the Grace of God let him onely implore,that he may ufe the fame to his glory , and the profit of his Neighbour. This the merciful God graiit to be done, through Jefus Chrift his onely Son ouf
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TheophtaUm Paracet/m
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ThcPrologde.
^J this enfuing bool^
^ wc do intend to txtu
^ of the greateft and
^ moft occult fecrets of
^-Q Phifofophy, and of all
thofe things v^hith do
appertain tb Magtckeg
Nigromancy, Necro-
maacyjPyromancy.Hydromancy^andGe^
omancy? Ckarely and fully demonftr^-
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ting and fetting forth every thing that may be inveftigated^cffedied and brought to paft thereby : this Philofophy in the pradice thereof is much abufcd ^ by €Je? temonies and other abufcs 5 and hitherto the foundation thereof hach been buik falfcly upon the (and 5 whereby the whole Artifice and inftruments thereof are Of erchrowne with the leaft [winds, and fometimes the Artificers themfelves^efpe- cially the Nigromanccrs, are taken away out of the very sniddeft thereof, with the windcsjthat is^ with tha Spirits, and are vanquifliedjOvercoHie and carryed away. It is therefore neceffary that the foundati- on of thefe and of all other Arts be laid in the holy Scripturcs^uponthe doftriEC and faith of Chrift ^ which is the mofl firmc and fore faundacion, and the chiefe corner ftooe^ whereupon the three prin- cipal points of this Philofophy are grounded* The firft is prayetg whercunto agrees this word of holy Scripture, A$k^ feeke^ an^kmcke^&c. By which we are to ficke uuto God^aod faichfully believe his promifes-,and doing this with a pure heart snd minde, f r lliall be given tanco uSj, and we iiisll.fiade what we feake afcer: and
thofe
tnofe things which before remained oc€uk and fscret , (hall be made open and ma-, nifefted unto us. The fecond thing found-* ed thereiBg is faith, which i§ able to re* move Mouacains into the Sea % for untd the faichful all things are polfiblej as Chrift hath fpoken. The third point is founded in our imagination, which after- ward is kindled in our hearts^ and then aptly agreeth and concordcth with %Xm ffiith aforefaid. ''.'^.
Therefore aH Ceremonies jConjoritl- ons, Confecratioos. and fuch like vanities are to be rejected and caft away^ with all vain foundations, & the true corner- Clone isthe foundation that is oneiy to be im-- braced in our hearts, thatsSj every thieg which proceedeth and fpringech frojiE the holy Scriptures , the light of oaturej, and fountain ofcruth; we will write therefore in moft briete and plain words^ the moft cccnir and fecret iWngs^ whfc^ neither CorMli^.:.nj4gnfm.nm F€ur]0 K^hano^ much lefs Tritsmim , never un« derftoodor wroteof. Neither iec ais^ oneraife fcandall upon this iBf writing of Philofophy^ but firft rather let him well perufe and ponder every w©rd 5 and then D 1' ^ U
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itwillappearcfromwhomi fpeake^ arid whether I have this knowledge from the Devilj or from the experience of the pure light of nature^
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Theophrajlus Taracelfus
OF
Occult PHILOSOPHY.
Chap. I,
Of Confecrationh
EeingGod thegreateftof all good old in the beginning of the Crea- tion of the World, plentifully and abundantly blefs and fanftifie all things which are therein ; both Places, Inrtruments, and all Crea- that have their being upon the Earth- is no need of other Bleffings and Confe- crations; for he is Holinefs himfelf : wherefore all things that he Ordained and made , are alfo coni'ecrated by and through him. Therefore no humane things do need any more or other Con- P ; fecrii
cures.
There
l^ Paracelms of
fecrations 5 but may better , nay bert of all , be without them, efpetially fuch .as fetting Crcffes in [he way^CroffesjCirclef?, Swords, Veftures, Candles or Lights , Water.., Oyls, Fire, Fumiga- tions, Chara;^ers, Writings, Books, Pentacies, Sq3,\so( Solomo/^^^ Crowns, Scepters, Girdles, Rings, &c. and many other things of the lilce- kinde,which the Ceremonious Nigromancers do yle againft the Prtantailick Spirits, as if they could not be compelled and bound by any other means ; whereas Faitii is the chief and principal Foundation againd them.
As often as the Ceremonial Nigromancers fay, cbat this is confecrated and bleff::d,or that many M.>ffes are celebrated thereupon. Wherefore they all fa^jthat they are cf power againftthe de- vil and the malignarjt Spirits, who are terrified with fear and dread thereof, and flie there-from, ^■•c, and dare not come neer it„
O you very arch-Fools, and ignorant men of sio worth ! even unworthy of the name of men, who do give Faith and credit to fuch monfirous and palpable lyes^when yoU fee notwithftanding examples thereof before your eyes ; when h miich lightning fallg upon the Temples , that it burns and deftroyes the Altars ; which chiefly happens by the Tempeftsraifed with Inchant- mnts I alfo, when the Devil and the malignant Spirits are feen to raii^n about thefe places , and rare heard by the M^igitians what they fpeak. Theref ■ re Negromancy with all its Ceremonies^ r^abolute wickednefs, aViper ufed amongft 1115k rsg a wicked woi:kj which blindeth the eyes
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of the fpedators, deceiviDg them of their Money; but in truth is not to be etkemed worth a half- penny, icarce aftravv or ruQi : wherefore are not to be induced or made ule of herein ; as Judens Solomon in his book hath w ritt en, which the Ni- gromanccrs call. The Key of Sokmon. For God would not have them to be ufed ; but hath given another thing inflead thereof 5 to wit, Faith; which perfe<aiy conlecraceth all things. Never- thelefs , I would not have all Conlecrations to be rejeded , but onely thofe Ceremonies, which are affumed to be ul'ed againft the phantaftick and malignant Spirits. But I do not defire,that any thing (hould be derogated from thofe Ma- gical Ceremonies and Operations, which are made for Phyfical ufes : neither, elpecially the Confecracions in Matrimony , and in the Sicra- ments of Baptifm, and the Lord s Supper, which are to be kept and obfervedby us in the higheft efteem and reverence alwayes, unto the la(t day. For at that dme we are all perfe(^ly confecrated, and fandified, and clarified with a heavenly body.
D 4 Chap,^
^ Paraceifus of
Chap.IIo Of Coyjfimm^c
BEfore we come to treat of Gonjurations, whence they proceed , and what is the foundation of them ; It is firft neceffary to de- clare, who invented them, whoufed them, and what hath been brought to pais by them ; and how more and more they came to be abufed* Know therefore, that they had their original Spring and fountain from Babylon ; and there did mightily increafe and flouriOi : afterwards it came into £gypt, and from thence to the Ifrae- lites ; and laft of al 1, to us Chriftians, Amongft the Nigromancer^ it is very familiar, and held in great eileeme, fo that in their rude and igno- rant underftandings, they all attribute more ef- ficacy, power and vmn^ thereunto, then unto prayer and faith. This foundation, which is drawneonely from their opinions, is to be con- ciemnedj fo that no man almoft ought to remain rherein i but they ail Juftly deferve to be punifti-^ t4 by the Magiftrate who perfiil therein. Al- though Conjurations may be able to effeft fome things in themfelvesjrieverthelefs they are not to be ufurpe^ by any Magit:|an or vvifeman, be- cmk they are contrary even to God himfelf, and to his word and commandments, and alfo to the light of pature s For nothing of truth can
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be forced or drawn from the Spirits thereby s although they are ibmecimes forced to appeare in their greateft and Magnificeni: pompe, and with terrible pride and hanghtinef?, nevertheiefs they are not bound or overcome by this Conju- ration ; for that can onely be done by faith a- lone,
I fayj thofe kinde of Nigromancers who de« (ire to perform and effect all things by their Conjurations, fo as to compel, binde, afflid and Torment the Spirits 5 forcing to do what they will have them, a' e molt like and fitly to be compared to thieves and Robbers , that lurk in woods and p'aces to Rob and murder ; who can kill and lieale fo long, andfo far forth as God ihall permit them, but no longer : But when the time and hour comes , that their villanies and wickednefs fhall be tiiade manifeft ; then not one of themoft fuhtii and craftyeft of them can ef- cape : whereby it comes to pafs^that one for Robbery receives his death , another is acciiled, and at la(l com?;s under the power of the hang- man, who renders him a reward according to the defert of his workes : No otheiwife are we to judge of fuch thieves whobreake houfes and fteal fo long^till at lall they pcrifh at the gallows. So iikewife doth the Nigrnmancer call and invo- cateSpirits,corjure and zffild them with punifh- ments and Marcvrdcmes , fo long as he fhall be permirted by the Lord God^ut not without the curfe of God:and when the time and hour of his .punifhment is come, then as the Proverbeisshe receiv eth his frmcsi he erred in his Conjurations,
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iS Paracelfus of
not drawing his Circle as he ought, out of the will and power of the Spirits, which they often fay unco him : To wit, thou haft erred in Con- juring, cr thou haft not tightly drawn the Circle, thou haft not Chaftifed and prepared thy felf e- nough ; or that thy Scale and Pentacles are falfc : wherefore thou receiveft this punifhment ; fo thy debts are paid thee in ready money , a long time referved for thee ; and which long fince thou oughteftto have had: fohe defervedly receiv- eth his reward from the Spirits, who leave fome notable eminent niarke remaining upon him ; or may me him in fome limbe or member, if not; quite breake his necke : and by this he becomes his own executioner.
Therefore let thefe Ceremonious Nigroman- cers take heed and looke what they do; let them fet this chapter as a looking-Glafs before them, left by their own frivolous and wicked ope- ration they themfelves become the fervants of the Spirits, and fufFer them to rule over them, and be their own executioners : Which being don^jthe Spirits will not (uffer themfelves any longer to be forced or compelled by thefe fer- vants 5 neither will they do what they will, but now the fervants (hall be forced to yeeld obedi- ence to the Spirits, who are become their Lords. The hang-man alfo doth the like, he hearkneth not to him that is to be fcourgedjneither will he (new any mercy or favor at the prayer of him that is condemned ; but he execmeth the com- mand of his Mafterjand what appertain? unto his office.
Even
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Even fo alio the Malignant Spiiits are the hang-men and executioners of God, who can execute nothing without the commilnon of their MaJiirate, that is 5 of the divine Majefty.
1 lay therc^iore that all Conjurations are againd God, and are contrary to his word, the di ine law. and the light of nature ; which are prohibi- ted to be uicd not onely to Spirits alone, but alio iuch as are dire^led to herbs , ftones and fu:h-like, and efpecially thofe which are made againlt men ^ it becometh not us 10 ail like the Heathens^who when they were not able to ule men after their own wilh , and could not force and compd them , they did Cor jure them (as by many examples it h found in the Scriptures ) fo that they were forced and compelled to ex- ecute and ae^ fach things as were contrary to their wills and nature. Woe therefore to fuch wicked Knaves, and to all them whofoever imi- tate them: how great wickednefs do they com-i mit? And what grievous Plagues will come to them at the laft^ and what fearful and horrible accufations fhall they heare the Devil make a- gainftthem before the wrath of God ? If after- wards it were lawful for them to iignifie to fuch
kinde of men, their mifety which they endure, they who do fuch things,?nany thoufands of thenri
would be brought to repentance.
Cnap,
^•o Paracelfus of
Chap, 1 1 1,
OfCharaBers^
tX71 are not to give credit alio, neither to Char ra(fter5 nor Words ; for the Poets and Ne- cromancers do alio much exercife themfelves in them , and do fill their Con juring-Books full of them, which they raife out of their own imagi- nations, meerly and rafhly, without any Founda- tion^and do feign them againft all Truth 5 whepas many thojfands of them are not worth a nui:--Oiell. But in the mean time I will be filent in their Cha- ia6lers> which they draw in Paper & Parchment^ whi:h are ufelefsly blotted with fuch trifles. It was a curtome amongft thole kinde oif men, which amongll ibme is hardly left to this day , That by impofing thefe Chara6lers upon thefe men,they drew them to admiration of themfelves with thele Chara£lers,and fpeaking fuch words ^s are wonderful to me, and which were never heard of ; yet they fay, they are found out and cfevifed by themlelves. Wherefore it is chiefly neceffary to have perfed knowledge , to difcern thefe Letter , Words and Charaf^ers,
There are many fuch-kinde of words found amongft them, which have no affinity at all with the Idioms of the Latine , Greek , or Hebrew Tongues, neither with any other 5 which cannot poffibly be interpreted by any man^ nor rendred
into
Occult Thilojophy. 4.1
into any other Tongue. Therefore I fpeak not without caufe^and fay, That we are not to credk all Letters, Chara^^ers or Words, but to keep to thofe onely which are true , and have been often proved , and taken out of the Foundatioo of Truth.
That we may come to thefe, and declare what Words or Charafters are juft and true ; we (hall onely in the firft place detect and unfold two ; although there may be found many other, yet ncverthelefs , thefe are mott efpecially and principally to be accounted and el^eemed of, be- fore all other Character.';, Penucie , wd ^eils i note the delineation of them, vvhi h h thu? :
Two Triangular Figures, cu>: ting one another thorow with a crofs,are fo painted or engra- en, that they do include and diade t^ -^^ 'vpc into feven fpaces within , and do n. .kc ux corners outwardly , wherein are written fix wonderfill Letters of the great Name of God , to wir, A- donaj/y according to their true order. This is one of thofe Charafters whereof we have fpoken.
There is another which excelleth the former in power and virtue , and this hath three Hooks cutting one another through by a crofs , and are fo delineated , that by their mutual interfe^Sion they include fix 'paces,and outwardly five angles, wherein are written five fyilables of thefupream name of God; to Wii^Tetragrammaton^ alibac* cording to their true order,
I would have put down the Figures themfelves; but becaufeyou may happily finde them in many
other
j^i ParacelRis of
other places and Books , I have the rather omit- ted them.
By thefe two Chara^ers feme of the Ifraelitss ' and Nigromancers of Judea^ obtained many things 5 and thty are now efteemed of great price amoagtt very many , and held as great fecrets ? for they are of fo ^reat virtue and power , that whatloever is pufftble to be dona by Chara<9:ers and Words , ch^ (^mt may be efFe<^ed by theni croneofthem. I would gladly inow, where and in whai pla e i.i ail the Books of the Nigro- m nicer s may befcniiti any ether, wherein there i: niade the like againft the malignant Spirits, D.^vils, 6c Inchantmenrs of the Magitians^by all | the deceits and devices of theSorcerers.For they do deiiver him that is already inchanted either in his mmde or undertianding, fo that he is forced or compelled to a^ any thing araiiiit his own natural will or nature ; or if he luffer any lofs or | hurt in his body, by the adminilt ration of theie,' '^ made in their juft and due time and hour, aad being taken in his mouth with a Wafer, Pan- cake,or fucb-like thing, in four and twenty hours hefhaU be free from the Inchantment.
There are alfo many other thing which are helpful in fuch cafes % as thofe whichfbali beby me laid dovvn hereafter, when I come to fpeakos |n Tempefts, and the Seafons« ;'
Briefly, thefe Charafters are of fo.great force and power , that if the Nirromancers did liut know and believe their power and and virtue, they would forthwith rejes^: and cait away all other things ^ even all their other Chara.5lersv
Words^^
Occult Thilcfophj. ^5
Words, Names, Signs, Figures, Pentacles, con* fecraced Seals of Solomon^ Crowns , Scepters, Rings, Girdles, and fuch-Uke Ceremonies what- foever, and wherein hitherto they have repoled any hope, thinking by them to iecure themlelves from their dangerous experiments and operati- ons, when they would invoke, conjure, or think to compel and force the Spirit?. Truely thofe which we have fpoken of , are the true Pentacles to be had and uied againft ail unclean Spirits, which they do all fear , even they which wander in the Elements. Neverthelefs , Faith doth l^rengthen and confirm all theie things.
But Tome may carpingly obje 61, although unde- fervindy, and lay , That I break the third Com- mandment of God, of the firft Table of ^^- [esy wherein it is forbidden of the Lord God, for any one to take his name in vain. But who a« mongft any wife men, can be able to fay, That I have done this ; or, that I have herein ofcnded God ? whenas I ufe not this for that piirpofe,nor after the fame manner, as the Nigromancers and Inchanters ; but onely for the extream neceffity and help of men, and in thofe dlleaP's and infir- mities wherein no Medicines, no Anrum potabile^ nor quinteflence of Gold, neither Antir en- ,nor no fuch fecret can help them , akhcu. h they are of very great virtue and efficacy.
It becometh a Phyfitian to know the origi- nal canfe of all difeafes, that he may know which proceeds from evil meat or drink , as from Ap- pleSjHerbs, and other fruits of the Bare h : and in
isex"
Paracelfus of
IS expedicntfor him to know the fecrets of Hefbi and Roots, ^c. whereby the difeafe may be cured. But if it happen under the caufeof Mi- nerals , fuch difeafes are to be expelled by the fecrets of thoie Metals ^ which the fecrets of Herbs and Roots do not admit of, and have noc power to do.
In like manner , if difeafes do proceed from the influences of Heaven , neither of the fecrets aforefaid, are able to profit any thzng in the cure thereof, but it muft be expelled by Agronomy and the heavenly influences, as it is written of Farficaria*
Laiily, if any difeafe or grief happen or be in» Aided upon any man in a fuper natural mannerj; by Inchantment or fome Magical Sorceries, none of thofe three remedies aforefpoken of, will help them ; but there muft be a Magical remedy whereby it may be expelled , as we have before delivered. .
Many men who have in this kihde been made miferable through inchantment s,have alfo hifher* to been forfaken and caft oflf by the Ignorant Phylitians ; becaufe thefe things hitherto were bidden unto them: And if they chance to be told tbem of others , they will anlwer, that if they fliould ufe them, they ftiould a£^ againil God, and take his name in ?ain ; and that this which I have done hath no truth in it. But if I fbould ufe thefe thin^^ to the hurt or prejudice ofman,! (houkJ Blafpheme againliGod; or if I fliould Conjure any Spirits, man , herbe, roote or flone, 8cce by his name, it might then juftly
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Occult Tmjophj. ^5
be faid that I did take his name in vain, and of- fend God; but not before. Let the Divines thcm- felves alfo,and the Sophilkrs fpeake what they lift to thele thingSjthe thing which I fpeake will not be found contrary to the truth, although herein their opinions may be very contrary unto me i they will call me Inchanter, Nigromancer, and a contemner of the Commandments of God, which Calumnies and reproches I do not at all care for : for ic will be moft certainly made ma- nifefl, that their exceptions againft me, will ap- peare no otherwife then thcfe of the Jews and Pharifees who carped againft Chrift , became he healed the ficke on the Sabbath day : Tor they faid unto him, that Chrift had broke the Sabbath and the commandment of God : the like they did with B'^ivld when he was forced and oppref- fed, and did eat the fliew-bread ; But amongft thefe fault-finders and flanderers , how or what fhall be done that will pleafe them all ? But the Ignorant will not ceafe to talke until the beafts or ftones can teach them^ which we muft expe^ will be a long time, and then they will hold their peace.
Chap. IV,
Of Spirimd vifions^ apparing in dr games t,
T
Here is a twofold kinde of vifions that do
appcare in dreames, that is to fay^ natural
E and
'^d Pharacelfus of
andfupernatural; but various kindes of appari- tions and vifions there are^which do appeare in fleepe and dreames, ot which ia this place it is unneceffary to make any mention , becaufe they do molt uiually happen, either by reafon of for- rowfulnefs , or fome trouble and perturbation of theminde, uncleannefs of the blood, Cogitati- ons,that is,operations of the minde and under- l^anding, and occupations thereof about multi- plicity of bufinefs and dealings that men are im- ployed and converfant in ; as gameftcrs, of the aice arid chards, of great gain or lots ; Souldiers do dreame of warlike afFaires, as of their gunnes, pieces of Ordnance^ Powder, Armes, and all manner of weapons and inftruments of war ; of viiSlory or overthroweg : the Sons of Bacchus, and great drinker j,of good wine and great cups, which they feeme to fwallow ; and of fuch other things filling the belly : Pyrates dream of their fpoyk sand preyes, and what gain they have met- with : Robbers, of ManflaUghters ; theeve?, of theft ; and fornicators, of their whores. All thefe phaniafies and vifions the Spirit of the night produceth an d bringe= h unto them, whereby he playeth with them in the* night, and deludeth and temptech them : Such things are kindled in the blood, ( alia^ ) the un- derikndinp,ard begetterh fu; ha fire, which can- not eafily be extingdQied, which for the moft part may be feef in the venerecus family.
Many wonderful Arts and Sciences alfo have feemedtobe made appeare toArtifts in their dreams i the reafon whereof hath . been, becaufe
they
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they have always had an ardent afFeftion to thofe Arts : fo powerful an imagination thereof, hath for the moft part followed the fame , (hat they have fuppofed in their Jreames , that fomc 1 hi- lofopher hath taught them thefe Arts :this often-- times happeneth,but the greatell part peri(heth in oblivion : feme ri^ng early in the morning,fay, This night a wonderful dreame appeared to me, even as that Mercury, or this or that Paiiofo- pher corporally appeared unto me in a dreame^ who taught me this 0£ that Arc ; but it i;- fallen out of my memory, fothat I cannot remember any more thereof. To whom any fuch thing hath happened, he ought not to go forth out of his chamber, nor fpeak with any manjbut to remain alone and fa(l,unriil he call to remembrance thac which he had forgotten. And thus much is iuf- ficient tobefpoken concerning natural d ream s, and vi(ions appearing in the night in dreames of what belongech thereunto : But for the conclu- fio'.i of fuch kinde of vifions , one thing is yet to be declaredjthatamongt^ all thofe dreams that do rejoyce our Spirit-^, grieve us, or caule forrow^ commonly chat which is the contrary Cometh to pafs? wherefore fuch like kinde of vili- ons are not alwaye? tobecreditedi
But the other drej.mes which are fuperhatu- ral, are moft certain Ambaflador?, and true Le- gats & meffenizers fentunto us from God^which are nothing elfe but Angels and Good Spirits , , who fometimes do appeare to us in our ^reateft neceffities : Even as it happened to the three wife men when they had come a great Jouine/ E 2 to
^S raracellusoj
o i's^ke the youn g infant z after they had found him they would have returned to Berod , to tell him wnere the child was , and how they found him s but the Angci oi the Lord appeared unto them in a dreame,faying > Do not return to h*m^ hut return inte your own Countr) another wfiy. For God knew the falfe heart of ii/>r/?<i , from which he [poke, wherefore he would nor fuffer his will to be performed. The like dreame happened £0 Jofefh and Jacoh^ when he would go into j£gypt : the fame in like manner happened to A'- ndwiis ^ ^ornelius^ znd many others ; all whofe dreams are fupernaturahfuch dreams do fomtimes alfo happen to men in our times^but they are no- thing ei^eemedjyet neverthelefs they are not fal- lacious. We are likewile to know that thefe kinde of vi(ions may be obtained by us by prayer from our Lord Godwin onr greateft neceffities, fo that our prayers be made wiih a liacere heart , and with a tru^^ and undoubted faith, then he will at length fend his Angel unco us^who will appeare unto uj, and fpiriioally admonifl:!, teach, and promiieus.
Ba/adm w^s moft expert in thefe kinde of vi- fionsrfor every ni^hr^ as often a? he would, he could obtain a viUon of this kinde: yet the Scrip- ture hath given him an obfciire nn me, to wit, an Inchanter i k is not expedient to make an y dif^ ierence, for the Scripture obferveth no difFer- ence herein, but callerh all them Inchanters who | have esperienc e and knowledge in the vermes of \ natural things? • neverthelefs, great difcretion is to be lafed in thefe chings ,• God would have
us
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US to walkc in fimplicity, as the Apoftles did, and noc to Tearch too deeply into fuch high , ab- ftrufe, and iecret things above nature ; that we fall not into the abiile thereof, and therewith hurt our neighbour : and rocomeinco condem- nation both of body and fouie. They are not therefore all Inchanters which the Scripture call- cth fo : for then it would fojlow that thofe three wile men of the E^/^fhould be Arch-Inchanters j when as in all Arcs , efpeciallyin fuch as were fupernatural , they excelled all others before their time : therefore that the Scriptures do not call them Incbamers,but uife men i what elfe can be gathered from them, but that they did in no wife abufe their Arts and occult wifdome ? For Magicke is fuch an Art and fcience which demonltratech and declare th the power and vir- turc thereof by faichsneverthelefs Inchantments may fpring from thence, to wit, when it is ufed abulively 5 and before, it cannot be called an In- chantment.
But that 1 may fpeake more largely of vifions in dreams;it is to be kncwn^that fome have been fd fpiritually lifted up to God in a dream, that they have feen his glory and the joy of the Atdt^ and thepunifhment of the damned5'which they could -never afterwards forget, but have carryed the %amein their hearts and mindes until the end of their life ; It is poflibie, I fay, for us to fee all thefe things in a fpiricual manner-.when we feeke for and implore the mercy of God , with a true faith and prayer, we may behold all the Myderyes ©f God very well^as Efaias & John % Thefe kinde
E 3 of
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ofvilionsare certain and true; to which more faith is to be givenjthen to all the precepts in Ni^ gromancy by iooking-Glaffes, Ch rivals , Beryls^ miles of the fingers^ ftones^waters, and the like ; for all thefe are falfe and fallacious: and although &ch Spirits do fometime fpeake in fuch appcar- ancesj and anfwer, and do aflert the lame with an hundred Oaths^ with ere6lion of the fingers ; ^et we are not alway to give faith or credit un- to them^unkfs perchance it be done out of the fpecial command of God : otherwife they cannot poffibly fpeake truth of ail vifions^which we have fpoken of ; thofe Prophefies do come from a true ©riginaljwhich do agree with all the Prophets, From whence had the Prophets their wifdome and knowledge, and from whence were thofe Myfteries of God revealed unto them, by which they had thofe Spiritual and fupernatural viiions in dreams? It is neceffary therefore, in the firft place,to the finde out the true foundation there- of, and to lay the fame upon the right ftone , «Rrhich Is the word of Gcd and his prcmifes ; and £0 pray daily unto God ; whereby it fhall come to pafs that he will give os all things which he hath proRiifedin his word.
There is alfo another vificn belonging to dreams, which we may take from them that arc dead; and do appear fpiritually urito us in dream?5 although they have been dead fifty oe an hundred years: this is very much to be taken into coniidemtion ; for many have undertaken sto treat thereof, which for their too much pro? li^iry^ (which Feendeavcuito^vpid) w^ will "■; "^ ' pafs
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parsthem by, relcrving them to their place: Nevcrchelefs this I will declare, {viz,,) Where it happeneth that one of thefe Gho/is do ap- peare, it i:; moli neceft^ry diligently to note and marke what he fhcweth unto us, what he Ipeak- cth with us about, or d^^th fpiritiially Negotiate ; and not alvvays to account thereofas fables: For if it were poitlble for a man to retaine the fame reafon fleeping , which he hath waking, that he could aske and enquire of fuch a Spirit , he fhould know the truth from him, about all his defires whatfoever : But it's not needful to ipeake any more largely in this place concerning this thins;.
Of Fer[ons and Spirits vvarArmg mder the Sarth,
UNder the Earth do wander half-men, which poffels all temporal things , which they want or are delighted with ; they are Vulgarly called Gnomi^ or Inhabiters of the Mouncainss but by their proper namejthey arc called Sylphes or Tigmies \ They are not Spirit?^, as others are, but are compared unto them, for the Similitude of their Arts and InduRry, which are ccmmon to them with the Spirits : they have fle(h and blood as men, which no real Spirit hathras Chrirt fpoke unto his Difciples, when became amcngft them, when the doores were (but, and they were af- {tnd^(^yin^^FeeUme^a»d tonch me^for a Spn-it
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hath not fiefh and blood nor hones^ as 1 have: By this he himlelf hath taught u ^, that a Spirit hath no tiiie body that can be touched v nor bones, nor fleOi^ nor blood , but exilieih in its own effence of winde or Aire. But of this we have briefly ipoken enough ; But to recurnto the earthly Pigmies or halfe-men, we are to know that thefe are not to be reputed Spirits, but like to Spirits i but if they are or fliall be called Spirits, they ought to be called earthly Spirits, becaufe they have their Chaos and habitation un- der the earth, and not in the winde and Aire, ^s the other Spirits have.
Many terrene earthly Spirits are found , feen, and heard to be in foch places , wherein great treafures, and mighty l^ore of wealth and Riches are hid ; and aUb under thofe Mountains, where there is plenty of Gold and Silver ; with which things they are delighted, and do take the care and cuftody thereof, and not willingly do they part from it.
Such as digge Metals have the beft knowledge ofthefe Spirits, for they are moft troubled with ithem5and do vexe them , and much perfeciite them with blowes and llripes: fomtirtles alfo chey doafford benefits unto them , admoniflbirig thejn5and warning them of death ; as when they are heard cncc^twicejihiice oroftenertoKnock andfirike in the fame place* it (ignifies the death of him that diggeth or labbureth in that place ; either he is buryed up by the fall of the Moun- tain, or dyeth by fome fuch occa^on : this is cer- tainly experienced by them that do digge in Mines„V^'v^^ , ■ \- /:: .i ' Thefg
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Thefe Spirits are worft. againft thofe who do noc appear to be Devils , and chiefiy againft thole which they hate: but between thele Spirits and the Devil, there is a great difference -, be- cauiehe dyetbnot , but theie perifli after they have lived a long life, othcrwiie they might be called Spirits for this rearon:but that which hath flefli and blood , is obnoxious to death , and ought once to die. There is another thing which we fhall more largely declare from the com- mon proverb , whereby it is reported that the Devil aboundeth in Riches , and poffeffeth much wealth,,money, goldjandiiiver; and to have all treafures hidden in the earth under his power, and to give out of them what he will, to them that make any Covenant with him. And from hence that common faying tooke its beginning, that the Devil for this very caufe giveth not one- ly Riches plentifully, and every thing that he de- fireih, gold or iilver to any one that prefcribeth himfelf unto hirn5& giveth up himfelf folely to be his,fo as to renounce and forget his Creator^But I fay that all thefe things are lyes and fained fables, without any foundation cr ground; which ought to be rej'eiled of every difcreet and wife man:For the devil is the pooreR of all creatures, fo that there is no creature fo miferable & poore, above or under the earth, or in all the other Elements, Neither hath he any money,nor Riches, nor any power over them;how then can he give to this or that perfon,that which he poffeffeth not ? But he is infinitely skilful and cunning in Arts; and hath power to give and to teach them to thofe he
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favoreth, and that he can wreft away and delude with his deceit : he hath no money, neither, gold Bor filver can he give to any one ; neither doth he ever take or require any bonds or obligati- ons from men fealed with their blood, or any o-» ther compaft or Covenant. But there are other Spirits which do iuch things, iuch as are the 5j/- -fhes^ or ^jgmks-i^Wi&i although they are perfons that are little by nature, yet they can appear to men as they will, great,or little ; faire,defoniied| rich or poore .* they are not defei^ive nor want- ing of know ledge in all kinde of Arts that are or can be found out in all the light of nature ; but they have them 5 and contain the knowledge of rhem ail within themfelves : they have enough of gold and filver, and the mines of all Metals ender their power and cuiiody. In old times many of them have been found and heard a- mongll: men, but now they ceafe ; but no man hitherto hath known, or could give a reafon of their fevering and le^aration/eeing they have al- wayes been efteemed to be Immortal creatures ; becaufe no man could certainly be able to know or finde out their death , or could coniider any caufe of their abfence : neither could any man for a long time be able to know what they now are, or whence they proceeded, or whither they wander, or what gift or office they have. Many do luppofe that where they bring any benefits or ^ood to men, thatthey are Angels, or good and familiar Spirits , fent to thofe men from God, and are afterwards by him taken from them, by f esfon of the greatnefs of their fins % for often- I
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times they bring to men very many good offices and benefit^ and do undertake and Maine many hard labours f^)r them.
Others beiieve that they will not be feen by us, becaule that when a man Teeth them, he cry- eth out ; lb that they vanifh away, and will not appear any more.
Many that do fee or hear thefe Spirits, fuppofe that they ara the Spirits and foules ot men that have come to an evil death, fo that they have ei- ther defperately drowned or hanged themfelves, or killed themlelves fome other wayes ; and de- parting from God their Saviour , have given themfelves to the devil : and for that caufe, do wander about,and are referved by the devil unto the day of the laft Judgement,
There have been fome who have fuppofcd that they are vaine Phanta{ies,and that they have fore-fhown and prefaged much good fortune to thofe places wherein they have been feen or heard ; which many times alfo hath fo happened and come to pafs : but for the moft part, faith ef*' fedeth it ; for of their own nature, they do not bring any fortune, unlefs God compelleth thertt or our faith. And on the contrary, they are not able to caufe any misfortune, unlefs it be by the permiffion of God.
And many do thinke that they are the Ift« chantments of the Magicians. ,
There are others who having feers and heai d them about treafures, have judged that they are the Spirits of men,who have hid treafures in that place ^ and ought to remain there until the the
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Laft Judgement, or umiil their Guflody thereof is found out ; and this opinion tbey receive from the wordsofChrift, where he faith, Where yourtreafureis, there will your hearts be aifo. Bnt I do not lee any reafon why they fliouid un- derftandthe heart for the Spirit , but that there is much difference between them ; wherefore I fay that all the Judgements which are fpoken of before, are but falfe opinions, when as thefe are to beunderftood to be halfe-men,that bear rule tnd wander in the four Element sjand in the firft and priftine times of nature,they have been taken and worfliipped in fiead of God .' Thefe arc they ©f whom God Almighty admoniftieth us in that Commandtnent of the firft Table, faying , that we rtiall not have any other Gods but him , nei- ther in the waters ( whcxQ the Nymphs are un« derftood ) nor under the Earth , ( by which he meaner h Sy If be sot 'Tygmies) For the Lord our God is a jealous God ^ and for fuch an offence puniftieth the fins of ^.he Fathers upon the Chil« dren unto the third and fourth generation.
The Mountain of ^«i^' in Italy ^ was much poffeSed with thefe Spirits? for Ferjus her felf was t Nymph^znd that Mountain was by a compari- fon as her Kingdome and Fdradice : But (he is dead, whereby her Kingdome ceafeth to be : hot where or in what place is there any mention heard to be made of them, as in former time^ when Danhanferm ^ and many others entred in unto them ? Neither did they invent thefe fables : they were of fuch a nature and conditio 0%that they loved all men that lov«:d them;
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and hated them that hated themrwherefore they gave Arcs and Riches in abundance, to them who prclcribed and bound themfelves to them ; and they knew both our minds and thoughts' whereby it comes to pafs, that they are eafily moved by us to come to us. I do not fay this, that I would give this Counfel to any one, but that the true cround and foundation thereof might be known, and the true difference which is between the devil and thefe Semi -homines. The devil hath not any body, unlefs he take any thmg to himleif from the four Elements 5 for he hath neither flefh nor blood ; he remaineth per- petual, not fubjea to any infirmities or a finite death ; wherefore he dieih not, but the Ty^mies do : neverthelefs they are both fubjea to a na« turaland everlaiiing death, and are both de- prived of everlarting life : wherefore whofcever giveth or iubfcribeth himleif unto them, the fame event happeneth unto him as to them : Let every one therefore have a fpecial care unto himfelf, and confider well what he doth, before he fub- fcribeth himfelf; for he fuddenly doth that whereby he (hall alwayes be compelled to be obedient unto them, and to fulfill all their com- mands ; And if he fhall chance to be difobe^i- ent unto them, or anger themj they very much impaire,or totally defiroy and take away' his life.- there have been found many examples of this kit5de,to wit,fometimes men have been founcl dead, their neckes turned about, or otherwife miierably handled: where any fuch thing hath happened, it hath hitherto commonly been faid,
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that the Devil hath done this for this caufe^eifcheir that the man hath not kept his promife and corn- pa^ with him, or that the time which he cove- nanted and i'ubrcribed himfelf unto him for,is ex- piied;and that now he receivcth his latt reward. But thcfe opinions do not proceed from the fountaineof truth : for the office of the Devil containeth no Cuch thing in his power, but ra- ther he fuggefteth unto men, evil thoughts and Cogitations, whereby he draw eth them awa/ from obeying the will and commandments of God; by which means he maketh them to be the greatett finners , and to forget and deny God their Creator : and afterwards draweth them into defpaire, fothat they cannot anymore be able to pray unto God s wherefore the Elemen- tary Spirits are moft like unto the devil5and often- times they are execudoners of the wrath and vengeance of God ; neverthelefs they do often- times alfb admonirii and warne us, and do watch over us and defend us frcm many dangers, and fometimes do deliver fomc from prifon, and af- ford to men many other helps.
Wherefore fuch men as are burdened and o- verwbelmed with grief and forrowful Imagina- tions5are not to be left alone, but ought to be entertained with various andpleafant difcourfe, which may delight their mindes, and expel their forrow:The Devils likewife are in thcfe cafes not idle;but as bufie a? thofe terrene Spirits,^ do eali- iy tempt fuch kinde of men. From hence it comej to pafs , that fome people, efpecially women m cbild-bedjhave been ib oppreffedia the night in
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their fleepe, that they have thought themfelves to be as it were Orangled , neitxSer could they poffibly cry out, or call any helpe, but in the Morning have reported that they were Ridden by a hag: And they are liili accounted to be witches, or Inchanters that do this ; whereas their bodies cannot polTibly enter into the chambers,where the doores and Windowes are fiiut jbut the Sylfhes and Njmples eafily can.
O thou of little faith ! as doubtful as Teter^ who fuffereft thy ielf to be toflcd with every winde, and art eafily drowned : thou thy felf are the caufe hereof, by reafon of thy littkjdubious, and weake faith 5 aifo thy evil thoughts do draw thee unto this : Thou haft alio in thy felf a fe- cret Magnes that attra6ieth every like. This is theCeleftial Load-llone above all others, which attradeth Iron and fteeI,abovethe Quintelferice and ftarry Magnes, which maketh the dejected and hidden Iron to appcanfor the Celeftial Mag- nes isof fuch power and virtue, thatfrcm the dirtance of a hundred thonltiid miles, even from any place whatfoever, from the four Elf ments^ he attracteth the Iron to himfelfawhen he palTeth into his own exaltation. Bvt this we OialL make more largely to appear, in two excellent examples following.
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Ofthe ImaginatioMyandhow the fame cometh into ifs exaltation^
IXJHat powerful operation the Imagination ^ ^ hath, and how the fame cometh to its hi^ht and exaltation, may be feen by an example taken from experience in the time of peftiiencc,where in the Imagination poyfoneth more then any infc^ed / ire ; and againft which, no Antidote, neither of Mithridate nor Treacle, nor any fuch prcfervative^can exhibit anyhelpe; unlefs that fuch an Imagination do pafs away and be forgot ten, nothing q[(z will helpe. So quick and fwifti a Runner and Meffenger is the Imagination, that it doth not oneiy fiy out of one houfe into another, out of one ilreete into another, but alfo moft fwiftlypafleth from one City and Country into another; fo that by the Imagination onely of one perfon , the Peftilence may come into feme whole City or Country , and kill many thoufands of men : as may be underftood by this example. Put cafe there were two brethren dearly loving one another, and one of them lives .^j in Fr^;?r^ and the other travels into Italy^v^ho is taken away by the Peftilence in the middle way, andnewesfhould be brought to the bro- ther living in Trance^ chat his brother in Italy was dead of the Plague ; at which he being af- frightedj itpierceth through his Skin , into his Imagination/© that he cannot forget it % and it is
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kindled in laim, and this fire doth (o long revcr- berate and worke, as it may be feen in the try- alof Gold and Silver, which do fend forth their flowers lb iorg, until they fliine bright again ; which is not before they are perfeftly deare^and feparated from the other impure Metals : After the fame manner alfo the Imagination iWketh backe^and worketh it felf unto the higheftde» gree, after there will be a relucency thereof, now it is received in a veffel in the man , as the ipcrme of a nwn is received in the Matrix of the woman, whereby the conception of the wo- man immediately follows.So doth the Peftilcnce go from one to another, fo long till it fpread o- ver a whole City or Country : Ir is good there- fore to keep far ofF; not becaulc of any corrupt cr infefted Aire, for it infeds not the Aire, ( as fome Ignorant people fay ) but that they may not fee or heare the operations of the Peftilencc, which ntay infe£l their mindes. But thofe peo- ple to whom any fiich ncwes is reported as be- forefaid , ought not to be left alone y neither muft they be fufFered to mufe filentiy with them- felves, whereby the Imagination may labour in their mindes ; but they are to be comforted, and the Imagination is ro be expelled from their mindes , by exciting them to mirth and joy i Neither let any think that I fpeak this as a fable* as though it (hould feem to be a light bufinefs ; neither is the remedy fo eafie for oppreil Ima- ginations; for the Imaginadon is as it werepitch$ which eafily cleavcth and iHcketh , and foone laketh fire, which being kindled^is not fd eafily
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cxtinguiflied : wherefore the oncly remedy to refifttbe Peftilencein fuchmen^is to quench and expel the force of the Imagination, This is one example wherein the power and operation of the Imagination is declared, with the exhala- tions thereof,
But now fofpeake of another example,know, that the Imagination doth not onely operate on men in time of Peftilence, and to deprive many of their lives, but alfo in war: how many have perifhed in war with the feare of the (hot ? the caufe of whofe death hath been onely their Ima- gination which they have had unto their death : That is, they have been fo greatly overwhelmed with feare, and fo terrified at every (hot, that they have thought no other wife but that they (hould be Wounded with every dart : fuch men are far oftncr Oaine then thofe that are bold, whogocouragioufly and without feare againft their enemies ; they feare no fhot or wound, but have a firm faith and hope of Vif^ory be- yond the other Souldiers ; fuch are ftouc and true Soul diers: how many Towers, Caftles, Ci- tyes and Country es have fuch warred againft, and overcome and Vanquilliedthe people there- of? But the other that are fearful, whether they be great or little, Noble or Ignoble , Knights, Earlsj or other?, dofcarce defervea halfc-peny to go againft an enemy , much lefs any wages. Wherefore it becomethhim that defireih to be an old Souldietjorto gain Knight-hood or any honour in war, to fix and faften his mindc and Imadnation firmly upon fome moil excellent
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(^out Head and leader of m Array, fuch as Jhllm CafoTyXnd many amongft the Romans have been ; and by fo doing,if he know how to ufethis Ima- ginaticn well ^ and be of a firm and conrtanc minde, and as he if would attain to and accom- plifhallthe heroick noble a6ls of fuch a man; he fliall not onely attain to be an old Souldier, but fliall accompliOi his defites in attaining to the like honours.
This hath fuddenly happened to many who have followed the proceis of their Imagination, fo that they have attained to great honour and Riches.
Obje£^. Buffomc may Ohjeti^ that fortfir.el ftrength and. indnftr) hath helped thern^ and fromo" tedfnch men ; alfo , that fome have worne herbs^ rootes andfiones-i &c. by reafon ef the virtue rfherC" #/, they could not be overcome nor wonnded.
jinfw. I lay that all thefc things are conforts and helpers with the Imagination, which is the chiefe and general ruler over all others ; al- though I grant that there arc many fuch thing?, which do prefer ve in the greateft iieceflity a- gainft all enemies and their Armes, fo that he that vvears them5Could not be wounded; where-* of I fliall make no mention in this place,but re- fcrvc it to another, Neverthelefs faith is the ex- altation and coofirmation of all thofe thingsifor without faith thefe things and ali fuch like are 7aynQ and void of (hength,
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of trenfitrc and %Jches hid under the EArth,
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E fhall declare ibmching concerning Trct- fures hid under the Earth ; and (hew fomc meanes whereby they are known and gotten. And alfo what things, fomtimes evil, and won- derful, do happen about them.
The firft thing to be treated of, (hall be the fignes whereby they are known, that it may be certainly made manife(l, and not outof meerc opinion onely.
Note that it comcth to pafs,where fuch places are, that there do appear many Phantafmes, and fomtimes immoderate (Grange noifes are heard , wherewith they that go out in the night arc (Uucke with terror and fearc ; fo that fomtimes they arc caft into a cold fweate, and their hairc of their head lUnds upright, which for the moft part happens on the Sabbath night. Alfo if any lights do appear and fecm to fall about thofc places, and there their light is extingui(hed and goeth out ; and fomtimes there fecmc to be great flafhes of wind in their houfe whofe the treafure is, and where it is hid ; and there are fcene many vifions and (Grange Phantafics : and many lirange Rumors and noifes arc there heard. Where fuch things happen, they arc heard and do (hew themfelves mof^ commonly about the middle time of the night; And the caafecf thefenqifes^d fights arc, commonly
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that there is trcafure hid, in or about that place, neither is there any other reafon thereof to be given. Ncverthelefs many who have notun- derftood thcfe things , have had many various opinions hereof.
Some have thought that thefc Phantafies have beencaulcdby the devil, or by Tome Inchanc- ment ; or fay fome in ihat houfc vr ho have fomc workc or famliaricy with the Devil, or who have given or bound themfelvcs to the devil , or have made fome promife unto hinn, whereby it comes to pafs that that wicked and malignant accufer cauleth thefe things to be feene and heard , that they might cxpeil the expiration of their dayey, which he doth fo much dcfire (hould be ful- filled.
Others do believe, that fome have been fe- cretly died andburyed there ; others do thinkc that fome wicked man hath died in that place, whofe Spirit hath been forced to wander there- abouts : and there have been other various and fundry opinions.
But all thefe Judgements arc vaine and falfe, except onely thofe who conclude that the oc- cafion of the noifes arc, that there is treafurc hid about that place; orthic fometimes when the devil hjith been driven out of fom body thac he hath poflcfTed , he hath been permitted to ttay about that place: but where thofe noifes are, it is a great Teftimony that there is trcafure hid there.
There are two kinds of treafures hid;fome that
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the difference whereof is this: fuch is cafie to be found, which containeth the Metals of Gold and £lver, and arcfoch kinde as we make, and have onely been ufed and handled amongft men : that kinde of treafure is no; ea(ie to be found, which is Gold and filvcr, that is made, coyned,and bid by the Nymphes and Sylphes ; which kinde of Gold and filvcr doth fomcitr.es come to be found and ufed amongft men, and is by the Nymphes fuddenly again buryed in the earth , andf after- wards cannot eafily be found and gotten again.
Thefe things are moft worthy our knowledge , efpecially the %nes before fpoken of are moft diligently to be noted 5 becaufe there are Magical Rods, which are deceicfulj and arc too eafily inclinable to bend to any money chat is letfallorloil.
There are other vlTions alio which appeared in looking-glafTe^jChrillals, and fuch like things^,* which Nigromancers that &^ trealures do ufe s but they are ail faife arid deceitful .5 wherefore there is little credit to be given unto them.
We come now to fpeake of the manner of digging for treafure, how a time may be takeisi, that we may have a happy prot^rcfs in the digt? ging, which is as foUoweth, Firft, under an in- 1 fluenceof the Moone ot 5^f^r», and when thcti Moom tranfics TaHrmyCapx^corne or Virgo , IS t ' ^' '>d time to begin to feeke or dig «fter trca- i.ir :. , Neither need you ule any , other Ceremo- i i I iO draw any Circles, or to ufe any In-r
t..h:-:s:.tms whatibever ; onely thofe that dig ^:^^^- ^ e of a cheerefiil minde , fte^ tnd j^liena^ . '/ . - ted
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ted from any evil thoughts or cogitations, and not to be moved,nor feare any phantafies^vifions, or Imaginations of the Spirits ; although they fhould corporally appeare , yet they are onely viiions. Therefore thole that dig ought to dif- courfejfing^and be chesreful, and not to be af- frighted at any thing^biit to have a good courage: And by no meanes foever let them keepe filencc, as fomc perfidious Negromancers have taught.
Now when they come ncere to the place where thcTreafure iSjthat it is almoR detected, and do heare many noifes ; and ftrange vifions and horible fights are feene , which oftentimes happens to be : It flieweth that the Vjgmies and S^lphesztt there, who do envy that men (hould have thofe treafures ; and will not willingly part From them, efpecially if it be their owdj or iiich as they brought thither. Such treafures arc to be left, if the keepers thereof confent not,^ And although they may be gotten and taken a« way as a Rotfjery from thole keepers , yet thefe keepers have an Art whereby they can change thefe trcarures,in this way gainedjintoa vile and bafe matter, as into earth, clay,dung,and fuch-like things , ( as I have Teene by examples:) wherefore when any fuch tranfmutations happen, we are not therefore to defpaire in our mindes, although we find nothing like either Gold or filver, neither would any one fuppofe any fuch thing to be there. We ought therefore to fly ^o the holy Scripture, which faith thus , God fliall Judge the world by fire; and in the Pfalmes thus, V 4 Gcii
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Gold and filver arc tryedin the fire, and are found pure and cleane : wherefore in any fuch tranfmutacions, the fire ought to be the judge ; the proceeding in the tryal thereof, ought to be after the fame manner , as the refining and fe- parating of minerals and Metals ; And by this me2ne$,it will be forced of necelTity to return to the fameeffcnce which it had before.
There is another thing remarkeable in thefc kindes of tranfmutations i for fomtimes the dig-, gers are deluded, and there are found oftentimes pots of earthy full of brafs^ridiculous things and matter,as bone^^egge-ftielis^pieces of wood, and fuch things, which have* been huryed there many years before* And they that have found the fame, have fuppofed it to be the true treafure. Gold or Silver, and to have been changed by the evil Spirits ; which is falfe. For treaUire found fuddenly andunfoughtfor, cannot be changed by the Spirits, butremaineth in the fame lub- ftance which it had before. Therefore thefc chings arc not to be accounted a tranfmutation, but rather a vexation;for fomtime thefc vexcrs of men do bury fuch things, that they which feeke after the treafnre might labour in vaine: There- fore fuch things are not to be regarded, which are of no worth, and may eafily be known by the Hghtnefs of their weight ; But if they be of a heavy and ponderous body, like to a Mineral or Mineral fand, there may an espcrimeint thereof be made by fire.
That we may omit nothing that may conduce
|ipre::jto, we will addc alfo this objeftion.
.,.. .- - . , Some
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Some may aske, How comes it to pafs that Trea- furc is ibmtime eafily fouod which is not fought after ? The caulc whereof we may fuppofe to be this. Thofe Spirits which are the keepers of treafures , do belt know the mindes, thoughts, and cogitations of men : therefore becaufe they know, that men have not any thoughts or willtodigorfeeke after any treafures in fuch a place, they give r^o diligence to keepe the fame, neither do they fufpefl it; whereby it comes to pafs, that it iseafiJy taken from them. It happeneth to them, as it doth to thofe men who iuddenly get fome prey from their enemies, they not thinking of them, whereby the axe eafi- ly overcome , or fpoiled by them. There are two caufes chiefly why treafures are fo greedily fought after by men. Thefirft is the Covccou!- nefs of them who thirft after riches; & the other, that thofe places where the treafures are^ight be afterwards made habitable/ecure, fafe, and quiet from being infefted or molefted with fuch Spi- rits. For there are at this day many ancient houfes and Caftles which are inhabitable, by reafon of thefe kinde of Spirits : and the chiefc caufe thereof i?, that there are great treafures hid about thefe places. In thofe places where fuch things happen, it is chiefly neccffary that great care be taken in the digging thereabout i not fo much for the money and treafure, as that the place may again be made quiet and habitablce When any one goeth about this workc with diligent digging , one of thefe things common- ly happens ; either the treafure is found , or ■ carried
JO ifaxacdlusof i
carried deeper bthe earth, or removed by the keepers to fomc other place i as vifions in pure Chrii^als have often (hewn, and as they have told the diggers: I now fee mmy pygmiesynk^ the treafure quite away. Credit ought to be given hereunto, and the digging to ceafe.
It is further to be known, by how much the \ greater noiies are heard about the place, and fights and vifions feen,by fo much greater the treafureistobcjudged to be,andneerer to the fuperficies of the earrh«
CHi(p. VllL
Of thofe that are pofefed of malignant Spirits^ and
&f theVevlL
AFter what manner men are poffeffed and overcome by the Devil, the Apottle « Peter largely wrirethand declareth unto us : But that che words of his admonition may be underftood according to the true fence thereof, a little ex- pofitioB is needful : For the ApolHe briefly and fomrriarily comprehendeth the whole matter in two words, to wir, fafting and prayer : Thefe feem to be very little and light things at the firft %ht| neverthelefs they are of very great Mo* mehtj^and fignifie very many things, if they be confidered rightly and attentively ? When therefore the Apoftle Feter doth i:o earneilly ad- monifii \i^ faying^ Be ye fober and watch : for
your
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your enemy the Devil goeth about as a raging ' Uon,fe€king whom he may devoure;Afterwit(is he concludeth, that by faith we may be able to rclift the Devil ; therefore Pfr<?r would have us to underftand his firft word of Sobriety, fo,as if he (hould fay. Beware of allkindc of glut- tony and drunkennefs.
Fordrunkennefsis the fountain and original of all evils and vice^, which are afled and com- pleatcd by drunkards through the pecfwafions of the Devil : wherefore obfervc a mean in meat ind drinke, lc(t your hearts be troubled and bur- dened therewith ; for the Devil is alway pre- fent, although invifible; he is a Spirir,and under- fttfidethall Arts, andean be in what place he will,throughout the Circuit of the whole earth: he is the author and A6^or of all evil and wick- cdncfs which is done by men in the whole earthy he is as watchful over mankindc,as a Cat is over a moufe ."Wherefore he feducethyou unawares, when you have filled your fclves with wine ; and then fiUeth up all vices in you : he then ccmpaf- iicth you about with his fnares and bonds, as the bang - man doth evil-doers and malcfaftors, un- till he hath killed them 5 (o alfo doth he with thofe that are drunkc ; befieging them with foares and Temptations , untill he either hath deftroyed their body es, or brought them into defpair.
Take h^ed to your felves thcrefore,Oh yovi Epi* cures and drunkards,and alfo Souldicrs, who arc always filled with wine night and day. Therefore a fouldicr that fo overcbsrgeth himfclf with meat
or
yi raracelfusof
or drinke 9 ought to be accounted brutidi as (mncy fccii^ both of them arc Ignorant and ui^ certain of the time of their deatb, or how foonc they may be flainc.
This is the meaning of the firft word of St, Peter of Sobcrnefs:now we come to undcrttand what he meaneth by watching.
By watching Peter feemeth to underftand, as if hcftiould fay, Walkein uprightncfs and jurticc; be of oood courage, not faint-hearted ; caft away all evil thoughts and cogitations, and all Phan- tafies of the Devil, that luch Imaginations may not have any place with you ; For hereby man/ have been overwhelmed and befiegcd by the de- vil, thereafon whereof hath been their own wicked and evil thoughts and Imaginations* Therefore relinquifli and caft them all away, and have God always before your eyes ; pray unto him, and let him be onely in your thoughts; make your felves like unto him and his children ^ and then he will fend you his holy Spirit , who will guard you, rule you, and declare the won- derfisl workes of his mercy by yon, as he hath done by P^»/ and ail the other Apoftles , who have been all after this manner prefervcd by his holy Spirit ; follow them therefore,and exclude and caft away the Devil and all evil cogitations, and wicked thoughts, wherewith we may alfo ihdnct and deceive our felves , and thereby at- tt&R and draw the devil into us , and be cor- porally befieged and poffeffed by him , and (o comgintodefperationpthat wemay deftroy our own lives; even as did Jndi^^ Achito^hel^ and maiiy ocher^. Thus
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Thus much of wttchitsg9& the inttrprctttion thcrcof,which Peter if cmld hive to be undcrllood thereby. For by watching he doth not tnctn ib- iHncnccfrcm the bed andflccp,ts the Cmrthmjt- 4HS and other Monafiert4S do teach and obfervc; for God created and ordained reft andflecpc, md firft fuffered ic to enter into Jdam. Where- fore every one ought to fleepe in due feafon^ as much as his nature requireth, &c«
Laftly, note how P^ter concludcth and con-
firmeth his word from God, faying, Let us re*
fift the devil by faith ; as if he fliouldfay ^ Do
notinanywifefticke orftumbleat the word of
God, or doubt of his mercy; do you not burdem
your confcience , nor trouble your hearts 5 do
not perfwade your felves thacGod r^ardeth yon
not, or that he is forgetful of you ; or that he
iccounteth you unworthy of his mercy, fo that
you ought not to come unto him, becaufc you
have a^cd againll his Divine will, or have
broken his commandments, and committed
ij many Cms i But rachcr,hrmly believe his word,
t| that Chrift would not the death of a finner, but
j rather that he (hould be converted, and
live : Alfo, that became into the world becaufc
l| of our ftns, that he might take them from us up*
sj on himfcif; which alfo he hath done: there arc
I many fuch comfortable words to be found in the
tlHoly Scriptures, which ou^ht to be propofed to
i\ luch pcrfons as are wcake in their fauh, for thcic
(j comfort and confolation: After this manner a
ij man rcfifjeth an evil confcience and the Devil,
ifothat he is freed from them, and not tempted
^ny mere. Of
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Chap.IX.
Of the tnAmer of detiverin^ them that are pojfefl hy evil Spirit Sf and the great ahufe which hither^ \ to hath been committed by man]^ in Juch kjndi of hnjinefs^
NOW to come to fpeake of the driving a#ay of evil Spirits ; it is to be known, that very few fince the times of Chrift and his Apoftles have rightly been driven away. For they kneW not how to ufeany other meanes but Ceretno- nyes and Conjurations, wherewith they ch- deavored to expel the malignant Spirits and thi: devil 5 whereas this is altogether a falfe founda- tion, and by no meanes to be followed or imi* tated. Although fometlmes fome have beeii delivered by this way, and the devil hath been driven from them ; neverthelefs it hath not been donejneither can it be done without lofs: tike as if a Prince would vanquifti fome Country or City, with the Sword, this he could not pot- fibly do without fome apparent damage and loft to that place. A common proverb hereby cont- cth to minde, which faith, That he that cannot get good words from good men, fliall much left wrelt them from evil men , although they bt compelled by forcesthe more evil is to bcfeared, %s by examples is too often fcen to come to pafs, Therefore that opinionated power is to be re-
linqmfheJ'
Occult ^hilofofhjl 75
ilnquiOied which is ufed in Ceremonies a^nd Conjurations. But you ought to cxpell wicked Spirits as Chrilt and his Apoftles did, and no o- ther way : But if you do otherwife^you under- take great Labours againft the Devil: for certain- ly the Dc\il is forced through great difficulty to go out of men>and feekcth all iniquities and wic- ked occafionsto ftay, and retdn them in his power. But when he feeth that tic can no longer ttay^and remain in the poffeffed,but is forced to go out, then he requireth power and licence to enter into fome other man , or beaft, or into feme other place : which if he be permitted , there foUoweth a §r eater lofs thereupon. • Therefore there is no other place to be per- mitted or affigned unto him, but hclt^, frosi whence he cometh,and which God hath ordain« edfor him,and caft him intoithat it may not bap- pen, as we have an example (as we faithfully be- lieve) when Chrift permitted the devil which he ctR out of the man, to enter into the herd of fwine, which no fooner had the devil entred in- to them, but they were drowned in the Seaw Therefore they are in no wife to be permitted to enter into any other nien, left fuddenly after they deprive them of their lives , as they did thefe fwine: Neither are they to be permitted to go into any Rivers, lakes, or ponds ; which if it (hould be done , they will drown many men therein, and draw them into the deepe un- der thofe watf^rs ;and will deride them as a fool doth his matter with his fingers ; and therewith the devils ^re more delighced iheD beforemeither
oaghc
^6 Paracelfus^
ought they to have any power given them, or t© their defires to go into any houle or Cattle ; ioi they will perpetually poffels it, and will fo rcigne there, that no body will any more be able to dwell or inhabit in that place, but they will al- way be inhabitable , as many both houfes and Caftles are in many Countries, which are left de- iblate for this very caufe ; many whereof I could wme in this place, but I pafs them by, to avoyd prolixity : let Satan therefore aske what he willj where, or to what place he would go , nothing clfe ought to be granted to him, then to return into hell, which God ordained for him,and thruli him into: from whence be came into the man, and into which he ought to enter when he goeth out of the man, &c.
Alfo if the devil (hall caufe the man to fpeake many vaine trifle5,we ought not to anfwer therc- unto,or to fpeake much with him: But if any one will fpeake with him , let him fay, I com- mand thee, Ob thou unclean Spirit,by the word, power and virtue whereby thou wert caft out by Chrift & hisApoftles,that thou go out of this man, &c. He is no other way to be conjured ; neither are thefe words to be taken for a Conjuration, but for an anfwer, by which alone he is not caft \ out : but this is firft to be done, to wit,to watch and pray ; for Chrift faith , This kinde is onely to be caft out by fafting and prayer with faith.
Wherefore it is chiefly neceflary to induce and force fuch as are thus poffeft, to prayer ; though it be very difficult to be done,becaufe the devil fo Ruleth their tongues , that he fufFereth
thenfi
Occult Thilofo^hy. jj
them^not to pray : Therefore there itiull: hi prayers made before them ; and if they will not fjray-with and after thofe that are praying , they muft be more fliarpiy dealt withall 5 That is to fty, the podeiled mull be fall bound both his hands and feete, and afterward? kr fome o- thermanlie acrofsover them , and iliew him- felf to be very angry with them, and leverely Compel them to prayer; but he ought to pray be- fore them, and to exhort them to pray after him the fame words. By this meanes fuch people; may be induced to pray, when they cannot ht brought to it by any other meanes 5 which ought to be continued day by day,and the devil will go' out of them and leave them. This fnail fufHce to have fpoken concerning the calling cut of un- cleane^nd evil Spirits, becaufe I am reitrained c6' uie'brcvity in other places.
Chap.X, Of rempfls
THat we may now come to ipeak of the origi- nal of Tempefts, & how they;may be expel- I led away ; Alfo how and by vvfoc:m?aner any 1 one may preferve himrelf iind bis frdmth and:: r, ( lightning and haiie ; We foali .declare in the ftrPt 1 place , that all Tempefts do proceed from the fl four Capital windes, vtz., the Eafi^Scmk Kffi^ ^ mi North % Then from tine C<fntf e of bcth^
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that is to lay, of the Aire and Firmament , there are no tempefts can trife ; But from the fou Fountaines before fpoken of, which cosnes chief- ly to be confidered.
Wherefore he that defires to preferve hig goods, HouiCj Lands, garden, field, meadow, and fuch things from all manner of thunder, haile. and Tempeft ; he ought firft to know thefe ihingSjwhereby he may alfo know how to affimi- late inferiours to Superiours- We will therefore in this place briefly declare the original of all Tcmpefts.
The original of tempefts is certainly nothing elfe,butrhe appearance of Spirits; and lightning or corrufcation preceding , is the prefence of them : whereby it may be certainly known,whc- ther thofe tempefts will pafs away with or without danger; and that after this manner is to beunderiiood ; to wit, as a flranger will not en- ter into any ones houfe,unlefs firft hefpeake, fa- thefe Spirits do not appeare untp os without fpeaking firft .But their voice is thuriider5which as we fee immediately follows every flafliof light- ning. Alio if aftrangcr ftiould fuddenly fly into thehoufe of another, where he is not known | it feems to fignific no good,but evil rather; either he himfelf is profecuted by others,or elfe brings fome damage to them*. So likewife are we to underftandof the lightning of heaven ; the more; quick it comes, the more dangerous it is,forcoitt* monly fome Thunder-bolt followds. It is there- fore very neceffary to know how every one may defend and favc himfelf herefrcm,that he fall not
into
OccuhThilofophy. j^
into fome place that he would not, or receive fome other hurt : the Ringing of Bells do availc nothing in thefe cafes ; although I do not rejedt them, efpecially in fuch tempefts as arc caufed by Magicians inchantment? , by rcafoti of the Spirits by them railed in the Aire, For the Spi- rits do love filence and quietnefs, whereby it comes to ptfs that great noifes,as the founds of bells and Trumpets, do partly diminifli and dif- perfe tempelh by them ftirred up : But in Thunders and haile they do no good , as the Monks andSacrificers have to their lofs too often found. And for this caufe they ufed ceremo- nies , wherewith they feduced the Vulgar and common people, perlwading them that bef prick- ling places vvijh holy water ( as they call it ) pre- fervcd them iafe from Thunder and haile 5 like- wife by burning holy candles, orfomepalme, or other herb by them fan6^ified,or with the per° fume of Frankincenle, or Myrrhe of thcfe facrifi* cers they were preferved fecure.
O thou fool, and unwife facrificer and Monk, who art hitherto Ignorant of thefe things ; and underftandeft them not, in this place thou mayft be taught the contrary ;how that Malign antSpiricsr are not driven away with fweet perfumes , but are mightily delighted therwith, and do run more freely & fwifdy to them,then to linking Imells 1 whether they be good Spirits or evil. But if in fiead of Frankinccnfe and Myrrhe,vou had taught to have made 1 fumigation of ^jfa Fetida^ ycu BHght there with^ drive away both good and evil Spirits s For the ^ood odour of FrattUncenfc "^ H2 and
r
80 Paracelluso^
and Myrrh is nothing elfe but the facrifice of the Spirits, wherewith we attrad and draw them unto us. But of this we havefpoken enough;
Now to return to that which we intended to write ofiandfirftjhow any place may be prcferved from Thunder andhaile : note therefore, that to place a prefervative in the centre of a houfe^ gar^ den, or field, ^c, availcth not at all ; but at the four Angles, E^/,^^,5'^^^/f, and North i then= the place ftiall be fecured : as a buildipg fet upon four Pillars is more ilrong and Jfirme then that which is founded onely upon one , which is fet in the middle of the centre, or fome other place : this is more eafily overthrown by the winde or Spirits. Now the materials which belong to this prefervative, and of which thefe four pillars are made^note that they confitl: of fimple bodies, every one whereof is fu{!icient,and hath ttrength and virtue in it felf for the effe^ls before fpoken of: As Mugwort, St J<?&' s wort, Pere wine le, CelandinejRue, Devils bit, and many fuch herbs and roots, and efpecially if they be gathered and taken in the right influence.
There are alfo other things of far greater firength and vertue'; as Coral, Azoth ; and one of theCharadersl^eforefpoken of being drawn in a certain table, or ingrayen : In thefe three things is a great fecret aga^nft all Inchantments and workesof witches and the Devil himfelf^ In which prefervatives we may truft in cur great- eft necelTtties.
Of
Occult Thilofophy. 8 1
Chap. XL
Of the great ahpifeof the (JKagicke Art by them that fife it for Negromancy and fVttch-crafp,
THeMagickeArt inkfelf, is the moft fecret and occult fcience of all fupernatiial things in the world : That thofe things which are im- poffibleto be fearched outby hiimape reafons , bythis ArtjtowitjMa^ick^it may be found out and known : wherefore it is the moft .occult and fecret wifedom ; and reafoning againR ir, is no- thing elfe but extream folly. It were therefore very neceflar^ that the Divines would learn.to know iomething of this Ajrt^and be experienced in Magickwhat it is; and not fo unworthily, without any ground at all, to call it Witchcraft. The Magical fcience were very profitable for them to know, feeing they, will undertake to be theMaftersand teachers of the holy Scriptures^ and perfwade themfelves to be fo : Not that I would have themufe the Magical Art ^or operate any thing by it ; but to be expert therein, and to know the virtues and effects thereof, for the high and great mylieribus fecrets which are hid- den in the holy Scriptures, delivered by the A- poftles, Prophets, and Chrifl- himfelf 5 and which we by our humane reafon cannot underftand nor fearch out. What Divine that is Ignorant of Magicke , G 3 can
$z Paraceliiis of
can caft out the Devil, drive away or bindea Spirit, or that can call one unto him, and comr jnand him to come ? or that which is far lefs,can he healc the fick, or adminiftef any other help to him by his faith alone?! wil be filent of his remo- ving a mountain into the Sea. There followetli then that faith whereof Chrift fpeaketh, of which jchey underliand neither much nor little: Never- thelefs they tnake a great ftiew and profeffion thcreofyviththeirmouthes , and do teach and fpcake much thereof ; but themfelvcs know not how to make proofe thereof, or to give any figne thereof, by their faith, whereby it may be Jaid that they underftand this faith, and to make «fe of it in the proofe thereof. But if any one (hould come, who by his faith and Magick^ jfhould perform a good figne, you haying not the reafon of knowing whether it be good or evil, will forthwith call him a Negromancer and Witch , becaule he hath done fomething above your reafon and humane wifdomjwhen you your^ felves cannot tell how to diicemea Negroman^ cer or Witch , from a Magician.
Magicke is therefore a moil neceffary and pure' ^rt; not defiled nor corrupted with any Cerc- jBonies or Conjuration?, as Nigromancy s Fqr in Magicke there is no ufe of Ceremonies, Con^ fecrations , Conjurations, pieflings or Curfcs ; but of faith alone Whereof Chrift fpcaks, faying] that by it we fliall be able to remove Mountains and caft them into the Sea; A^nd to compel,loofe|j and binde all Spirits s This is the true foundar| tiop and Inftrument of Magickeo
Truelyl
Occult Thilofophy. 83
Tniely therefore k is a thing chieliy neceffary to looke into this Art , that it be not turned into fuperiUtion and abuie, and to the deftru^i- on or damage of men ; and hereby it is made NL- gromancy , and Witch-craft ; and at length , not undefervedly , fo called by all men , be- caufe Witches and Sorcerers have Yiolently in- truded themfelves into the Magickc Art, like Swine broke into a delicate Garden, So is Ma- gicke corrupted and made Nigromancy by thefe perfidious men ; wherefore it hath not unde- fervedly been burnt in the fire with thefe Wit- ches and Sorcerers. For thefe kinde of men { are the moft noccnt and hurtful, and the worft e- nemies to mankinde , that they have not worfe enemies in all the world, which profecute them with a more deadly hatred : from a prefent pub- lique enemy, and corporal perfecuter , who en- deavoreth to invade us with the moft cruel wea- j' pons, Guns, or Darts ; we may beware of fuch . a one , or take up Arms againft him for our i. defence, with Brigandines or Darts, &c, or elfe a man may tarry in his houfe, and keep himfelf, ^ fuffering none to enter in but his Friends, But I. of thefe Witches and Sorcerers, no man can be- ; ware or defend himfelfjbecaufe againfi: this kind , of Enemies of God andmen^no Weapons,Coats ; of Mayl or Brigandines will help, no (hutting of ^oors, or locks 5 for they penetrate through all th ings, and all thlnos are open unto them. And if anyone were inclofedin Towers of Iron or Brafs, he would not thereby be fecured from thefe enemies ; Although in their own propei
G 4 bodies
84-
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bodies they ieldom bring hurt to any one , but
raiie upjand fend Spirits unto them, by their cor-
lupt Faith, and hurt them in ibmc pare of their
bodies, although they are abfenc from them an
hundred miles diftance; they either fmite,wcund,
or kill them J although no outward and external
wound can be feen appear % becaufe they cannot
hurt the outward man, but only the internal fpi-
rir. Wherefore no Coats of Mayl can defend
.them, be they never fo good ; but they muft put
on orh^r weapons and fortifications, to wit, the
Armor of Faith: This is the true way, and then
let him be clothed with a Linen garment^ the
wrong end turned upwards : and after that hath
been often worn, thou (liak be more fafely deii-
vered5 than if thou wert armed and girt with all
raanner of weapons. ^^ ■- : • ,
. Although there are many prefer vat ives which
will keep and defend men from all thefe Fafci-
nations and Witchcrafts which are wrought by
the ariting of thefe evil Spirits, fqch as are Coral,
Azothj and die iike^ which being ufed according
to their due ufe and order,will well preferve from
i:hefe enormitiss before fpoken o£ For the pre-
.vei:ition and r relervation from them is eafie, but
I'-.e core is difficult i neverthelefs it is pollible 3
But in fiich caies^tbe proceeding thereunto mud
be magical and fupernatural 2 From thence fprung
that faying vYhkh lome wfe. That none can bettei
help toe bewitched5 than them that hurt them :
This is a true laying which cannot be con tra--
elided I but they, which ufe itj underftand not
ii^e Cn^ife of this things neither can they give any
reafors
Occult Thilofophy. %
jceafoiithereofjwhy Witches do beft of all, moft happily, readily, and fiirely help, and Cure the bewitched : Therefore of this thing you (hall be here fufficiently iniiru6led.
Some Witches make and form Images in the form and likenefs of fome man which they propofe to themfelves, and conceive in their own minds ; and do ftick a nail in the fole of his foot, and after this manner hurt the man , that he in- vifibly feeleth the pain of a nail in his foot, ahd is fo tormented therewith, that he is not able to go, until the nail is pulled out of the foot of the Image ; which being drawn away, the man is hea- led: which no man knoweth better how to-do, than he that fixed the nail in the Imager nor where it was fixed, or what the Caufe of the Dif- eafewas.
It oftentimes alfo cometh to pafs, that after the fame manner a nail is fomtimes by thefe wit- ches fixed in the teeth of the Image of the man, ib that afterwards he cannot take any reft in his teeth, unlefe the nail be raken away, or his teeth drawn out: In like manner are nails firuckinto any other members of thr Image by thefe arch- Sorcerers, and hereby they hurt men without making any impredion or figne thereof upon their skin.
: Oftentimes alfo it fo happeneth to men^thar there ariie Tumors in their heads or elfewhere a- bout their bodie?, which are like Pun:ies i or sky- colour ipots, that appear fuddenly and vex men in their bodies, as if they had been beaten with knotted Ropes % to whom any fuch accident
hap-
8^ Paracelfus of
happenetb without any viiiblc blow or bruife t® be perceived ; he will not judge any otherwife, but that he is ftnitten by thefe Images.
It is too often feen to fall out, that a man fomctitnes lofeth an Eye fuddenly , or is ftruck quite blind ; or deaf in one, or both Ears ; dumbjorfomeimperfeftion inhisfpeech ; croo- ked, lame, or dieth ; all which accidents are wrought by Witches , through the divine per- miffion : All which are Magical acception^ and torments, and are made and completed by the Afcendants.
In thefe Cafes the Phyfitians ought to take heed, and be advifed, that when they perceive fuch kinds of Difeafes tQ be fupernatural , that then they do not ii|4ge them to be natural Dif- eafes, and fo think to Cure them with their com- mon Apothecaries Medicaments : For thereby rfiey will reap nothing but difgrace, which often happens to many of them : It is a crofs (fay they) or afflif^ion by God laid upon them, which no Phyfitian can help. Oh you Quackfalvers, it is not as you think, but indeed it is a chaftifement, by the permiflion of God,.wrought by Witches and evil men ; wherefore the Phyfitian ought to confider the Signs, whereby he may know, and judge of the Difeafe ; and thereby may inform himfelf which way to tStdt the Cure thereof : And Medicines are to be ufed,and applied there- untOo
In the firft place it is neccffary that he ask the Patient, How, and in what manner the Difeafe took him , or happened unto him 5 what was
the
Occult Thilofophy 87
the original of the evil, Whether it were occa- fioned by any fall, blow, thruli, bruife ; or if any other natural Caulc can be perceived ; or that there be anyFlux,or inward corruption of blood: but if none of thcfe figns appear, then let him a- gain demand of the Patient, Wbethet he hath a- ny body in Tulpition that is n enemy, (or one not wifhing well to him, that might be a Witch ? If he anfwer that he hath fome mirtruft of any fucb, then he (hall judge that it hath happened to him as is above declared. Therefore it is molt necef- fary for the Phyfitian to underftand rightly after what manner he is to deal widi the Patient, if he defire to be perfe<^ in this art. But the Ancients have not written at all any thing concernmg this kinde of Cure, neither Gak^t nor Avicema^ nor any other ; we {ball therefore lay down the manner of the Cure in Order, which follows.
They who are bewitched, cannot be Cured any better, than by hurting agab the fame place afBi6led ; that i*^, by making (through Faith and imagination ) fuch a like member as is hurt, or clfeawhole Image out of Wax, which he (hall either anoint or binde up withPlaitkrs , where the Tumors, Signs, or Spots be^ is a prefent help for that perfon in whofe name it (hall be made ; and the pain (hall ceafe, &c. But if he be fo be- witched, that he is in danger to loi'e an eye , his hearing; or be impedited in the Generative fa- culty of his privy Members, in his Speech, or hath bis Members made crooked or wreathed *• wry ; then let there be made an Image of the whole body of Wax, with a firm Faith, upon
whick
88 Paracellusof
which Image let the intent of your imagination be firnnly fixed ; and afterwards let the whole Image be confumed with fire in due order.Make no wonder that people bewicched are thus eafily ll Cured : neither be like the Sophifters of the A- \i cademies, w ho feoff and deride at fuch things ; |! and fay, That they are impoflibilities, and againft God and Nature, becaufe they are not taught in their Schools. !
It follows then, fince they are true , That a Phyfician ought not to reft only in that bare knowledge which their Schools teach, but to learn of old Women, Egyptians, and fuch-like perfons ; for they have greater experience in fuch things, than all Academians.
We come to fpeak alfo of the Dartings and Jaculations of all Witches, as the Inchanters and Witches do call them i when they afflift any man, that they inferi aflies, hairs, feather.?, briftles of Hogs, fins of Fifhes, and fuch like things into thefoot, or fome part of the body, without any ©peniogof the skin.
But how, or after what manner this is done, we iballnot here fpeak of | left if it be known to fome, it may be by them made ufe of to do evil ; wherefore vire ftiall pafs k over, it being only ne- eeffary to wrice of the manner of the Cure, that the fame like wife may be effefted without opening of the skin, and fuch griefs taken away. The way and ufe of the Ancients in fuchkinde of CureSj is efpecially to be avoided, who ufed to lance the part affefted with Razors, about th^ centre thereofyand that very d^cp^ where there
are
OcedtThilof)pJ^ 8p
are no hairs^nor any thing elfe to be found -and by that way of proceeding, do affli£l the Patients with moft intolerable torments, as if they were racked in the hands of the hangman : for by this kinde. of Remedy, very few are Gured^ but many have thereby loft their lives. Wherefore this proceeding is quite to be left, and a better to be chofen s which is : Let fome quantity, the whole, or half, much or little, of the like injacu- latedmatter,which may be found and buried ei- ther in an Elder or OaK,'aiid fixed with a wedge towards thcEaft ; which being donejt here needs not any greater labor, for then that which re- mains may be extra^edfrom the bodyj and the Cure will follow withouc ufing any other Reme* dy : But it will beothefwife, if the extra^ed matter be not placed in a right places whatfoever it be, it caufeth hurt, and diminiOieth not the in- jaculated matter. Wherefore it were to be wifhedjthat it might be extrafled frcm the body of man, without labor G-r pain, without making any incifion, combulHon, or opening thereof: Ic is therefore efpecially to be noted, that the fame ought to be done by the virtue of the Magnes, (which attra6leth all bewitched matter to it felfr) fuchasis Oak-kaves, Celandine, Azoth, and powder of Coral : which if any one of them be by himfelf bound and faftned about the Centre, in 24 hours it will extrafl from the body all fuch matter, as by any fuch means of Wirchcraft is injaculated therein.
I (hall only add this one thing, which is a com- mon faying , ufed by many to fay, I am an enemy
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po Paracelfus o/i 3cc.
to, and hate fuch Witches and Sorcerersjwhcre- fore I am fare they cannot hurt me : And this is firmly believed by &chkin4eof faithlefsandig aorant men, that thofe Witches and Sorcerers that they hate , can do them no hurt ; but only fuch as they love, and give fomchirig to, ^r. But thisisfalfc: forwhofoevef they are chat are their cnertiics, doalfogive them thereby ahoccafion to life hatred and enmity towards them ; and from that Spring at laft arifes the Perfecution, according to the manner, power, and proprieties of the enemies. But if we would refift them that they cannot hurt us,we muft do it by Faith ; for that confirms and ftrengthens all things, rai- feth up, and cafteth down, and performethall things.
The end of Occult "Thlofophy , e/Paracelfu^.
Pa::
91
Paracelsus
Of the Myfteries of the Signes
of the Zodiack :
Being the Magnerical and Sympa- thetica! Cure of Difeafes, as they are appropriated under the Twelve Signes ruling the parts of the Body.
Jhe Prologue.
,T is without doubtjthat many will be much ra- viflicd with admiraci- onjW hen they fee thefe my Wriciirgs bfoughc into the light , becaufe of the admirable ef- feds & vertues which are icmni in Meials^ being irit rightly and
duely
p% The Trokgnel
duly prepared with the hand and art l whkh^among'many people^ are |i|ld and accounted to be fijferftitious and wicked operationsj and againft nature ^ that they are idolatrous operations , and that the help of the De?il is ufed to bring them to perfe^ion. They fay, How can it bepof- fifale^ that Metals being engraveii upon only with Charates^Lettcrs and Words, ftiould ha^e any fuch power, unlefs they were prepared through the Graft and Af- fiftance of the Devil f To thefe we An- fwer^ I hear you give Credit to them, and do believe that they have power and vir- tue, being prepared by the help of the De- vils and do operate through him 5 And are you not able alfo to believe thar God^ who is the Creator of the whole Work of Nature, hath as much power in Heaven, and alfo that he giveth power and virtue to thofe operations in Metals , Herbs jj' Roots, Stones, and fuch like things f But in your judgment you feem to make the Devil more wife and powerful, than thd only Omnipotent Lord God^ who of his great Mercy ^ hath Created all Metals^ Herbs, Roots$ Stones, and all things whatfoever, that live^ or moye, in, or upon the Earth;^ Water and Air y and hath
endued
. TheTrologue. ^5
endued them with their feveral degrees of virtue, for the benefit and ufe of mankind : It is alfo moft certain^and approved by ex- perience evidently. That the Changes and Mutations of time, have great and power- ful ftrength and operation 5 and that chiefly in Metals, which are made in a cer- tain determinate time, as itismanifcft td many, and very well known to us by fun- dry experience?. No man likewife can teach that Metals are dead fubftances, or do want life 5 feeing their oyls, fait, fuU phur,and quinteffence are the greitcft Pre- fcrvatives, and have the greateft ftrength and virtue to rcftore and preftrve the life of man, before all other Simples, as we fhall teach in all our Remedies affigned thereunto : Certainly if chey had not tife, how could they help Difeafes, aad reftor^ the decayed Members of the Body^by put- ting life, and ftirriag up corporal vegeta- tion in them i as in Ci)ntTaftures , th^ Stone, Small pox, Dropfie, railing- fick • nefs, Phrenzy, Gout, and feveral other DIfeafeSjWhich for brevities fake I omit to mention. Therefore I fay, That Mctalf, Stones, Roots, Herbs, and all other Fruits have life in them, though of divers kindsj According to their Creation and growth*
H and
^j^ TheTrologue.
and the due obfervaxion of the time con^
cingem thereunto. For the times have
in them lingular power and virtue 5 which
manifcftly appeareth, and may be proved.
by lundry Arguments, which we (hall not
here produce, fince they are fo commonly
known. For it is not our intent here to,
treat of things that are focleerly known 5
but of more weighty and undifcerncdfc^j
crecs, which to fence feem contrary. ,
Chiiad^rs, Letters, and SigneSjC^^r.
have feveral virtues and operations 5
wherewith alfo the nature of Metals^ thei
condition of Heavea, and the influence ofj
the PlanetSjWitb their operations, and the|
fignifications and proprieties of Cha-jf;
rafters, SigneSj and Letters, and the ob-,
fervation of the Eimes,do concur and sgreej
together. Who can objefl: that thcfc Signsj
and Seals have not their virtue andopera-j
dons, one for infirmiiies in the hcad,bcing ^^
prepared in his time 5 another for the .j,
light 3 another for gravel in the Reins and [^
Stone, ^c. but every one is to be prepa- l
red in his own proper time, and helpeth j^
fuch and f uch infirmitiesg and no other ^ as ^
drink is to be taken within the body, anC,
not otherwife f but all this is to be donej^^j
by means, by the helg and affiftance of th4 '
Father
TheTrologue. 5^
Father of all Medicines, our Lord Jefus Chrift, our only Savior.
But if any one (hall objed, that Words and Charadiers have no virtue | and fay as well as others, That they are of no more power than a bare Mark, or naked Croft or Signe^ Alfo, thai imx'^^i^ '^^^h no more power in the Greek tongue, than in the German, but only fignifies the death of a Serpent, or feme fuch thing : Let him tell me, who believeth fuch things, from whence it comes to pafSg That Serpents ia Helvetia^ or Smvia , do underftand thefe Greek words, ofii^ efija^ cfii i^ fince the Greek tongue is nor fo vulgar in thofe Countries , that venemous worms fhould underftand it, or in time learn it ? How fliould they come to underftand them, or in what Univerfitie have they learned them, that as foon as ever they hear thefe words, they will immediately ftop their eares with their tayles, that they may not hear them again ^ For no fooner do they hear thefe words, but immediately they lie ftill, contrary to their natures, not hut- tingjOr offering to bite or caft any venomc at any man 5 and afterwards if they hear any man to approach towards them, they fuddenly fly into their holes. If thou dofl:
f6 The Trologue.
fay that nature doth effeft this^ it is the fame which I did exped thou fliouldcft anfwer : but if Nature workcth this upon a SerpentjWhy doth fha not the fame among all other Creatures i But if you fhould fay. That the noifc of the mans voice cf- fedieth it, and that thereby the Serpents are terrified and ftupified § or that it is done by any power in the man 5 why then do they not in the fame manner lie ftill when a man maketh a far greater noife, ei- ther crying out^ or difchargeth a Gun^ or the like f
Charaficrs and Seals have likewife in them wonderful virtue^ which is not at all contrary to nature, nor fuperfticious : Al- fOgif you fay that words are of nocffed, but as the bare voice of men 5 I fay on the contrary, if you write the fame words in Parchment, or Paper, in a feleiled time^ and put it upon a Serpent that is taken, in what manner you will, he will remain and lie ftill, as if you had fpokcn the fame words.
Neither is it any wondcr^tbat Medicines can help men not taken into the body ^ but only hanged about the neck as Seals : For it is common co the Bladder with Cantharides^ That it turneih his Urine
into
TheT^rologue. py
into Blood ^ that holdeth Cantharides clofe in bis band, the Bladder holding the Urine J and containing k that it cannoi pars out of the Body^ the hand being held far from the Body.
Some Creatures do retain the lame vir- tue after they ate dead, as I prove by the Bird called the Kings Fifber^ whofe skin being taken off froti his carcaf e, and being dried, and banged up upon a nail^ will caft bis feathers many years^and new ones will grow again 5 and chat not only for one or twpyeers, but many yeers one after ano* then
But if you further enquire^ out of what Author or Writer I read of thsfe virtue?, or where I learned fuch experience 5 I an* fwer you Sophifters and Contemners of the Gifts of God, that very Nature her > felf demonftrated before your eyes, doth far excel all the Authors and VVriters of the world, I pray tell me which of your Authors or Writers taught the Bear^when his fight is dimmed by reafon of the abun- dance and fuperfluity of his blood, to go to a ftallof Bees, which by their ftinging him, pierce his skin, and caufe an efFufion of the fupei fluous blood f WhacPhyfi^^ lian prefcribed the herb Di?.tany to be me- H 3 dicine
pS T^he Prologue.
cine for the Hart i or who taught the Ser- pent the virtue of Briony and Dragon^ wort i who taught the Dog to take Grafs for his Cordial and Purge i And who prefcribed the fait Sea«water to the Stork for a Clyftcr ? Did you teach this know- ledge to them e or do not they teach you i The fame might I fpeak of infinite other Animals, that know naturally the Cure of their own Difcafes. What ! Have the Bfuit-beafts taught the Medicinal Art f If you fay. It's a Natural infliind^and that Nature tcacheth them, fo fay I too. If Nature hath infufed fo much reafon into Bruit-bcafts , how much more (bould men learn thereby, who are made accor- ding to the Image of God, the Creator of all things 5 and are indued with reafon from God, to confider and contemplate fuch things^
Alfp to fay that things outwardly ap* plied, and not fubftantially entring incq the body, cannot Cure any Difeafes , is ifialfe : For the Sun^which giveth us light, warmth, fpkndor, and infufeth life into allth|ng$5 penetrateth into themoft oc- cult and clofe Manfiofis of the Earth 5 and dpth ^ivifie and quicken all things that lie tinder the earthg even to the centre thereof y -• - ^-^ ^ . -... : ^ For
The Trologue. pj>
For who can deny that in Spring-time, efpecially, the Sun penecrateth into the moft fecret places of the earth, giving heat and warmth thereunto, when it (hines only upon the upper part thereof -f From whence the roots of all things therein re- ceive juyce, ftrcngth, and life? and why therefore may not the fplcndor of Nature, and the influences of the Heavens, Stars, Planets, and other means which we ufe to extra6t out of MetalSj Hsrbs, Stones, and fuch like things, give their virtue into the bodies of men, and penetrate into the in- ner and private members thereof < as into the Nervs, Veins, and other internal De- feds lurking in the flefli and blood of men, and have been there a long time growing. Difeafes, Infirmities, and Ac* cidents, are divers 5 fo likewife are the leveral Cures thereof to be oppofed to them according to their qualitiesg in their peculiar dayes and times : Againft which alfo, Metals do beft of all help 5 being prepared and ufed in due time and means j As if I ftiould undertake to Cure the Le- profie with Gold 5 what fliould hinder but that an Oy 1 made thereof may Cure it byUndioaf AlfOjif I fhouid anoint the Small Pox with Oyl of Mercury, do you H 4 think
ipo TheTrologue.
think I am able to Cure them with thi$ Mercury i without doubt 5 cfpecially if I obferve a fitting time for this purpofe, without which laft means, ail anointings are in vain, although the fick were bathed in Oyl of Mercury : But in fuch Difeafes where the Mercurial medicines are not fuf- ficient, we ought then to ufe other reme« dies : which unlefs I fliould do, having a due refpefit to the obfervation of time, not only the Undions, and all Ubor befides, will be vain and fruitlefs, but they will bring the Patieat into a worfc condition : for it is mod certain^that Difeafes come to men for the moft part from the power and influences of the Stars upon the bodies of inen^ yei not fo fuddcnly that the fame can prefently ba perceived, like a ftripe, or the Falling ficlnefs* But they do cncreafe in procefs of time by little and little as it wer^ a diftillationj as oyl caufeth water to wax fat by drops falling into it. A man may al* fo perceive his own defciSs, by the flirink- Ing or decaying of his Members, lofs of Appetite to meat and drink, pain, ^/r. ac- cording to the condition and property of every Difeafe, the operations of the Scars, ^nd the accidents by the Air, prepared and attraded -upon U3» ' . ^ - , , ... ^; ^ ii-:. 1- - Paka-
lOI
Paracelsus
Of the Myfteries of the Signes
of the Zodiack :
Being the Magnetical and Sympa- thetica! Cure of Difeafes, as they are appropriated under the Twelve Signes ruling the parrs of the Body,
Ch A p. I.
Of the Common griefs of the Head^
,He Ccmmon Difeafes and Pains of the Head are various : Some proceed from our ow^ proper petulancy, through the excefs of meat and drink; others come from evil vapors afcending from the Stomach to the Head, and they proceed from
feveral
101 Paracelfuso^
feveralCaufes, which in this place we intend not to treat of ; but only of the more grievous
Difeafes of the Head, which follow.
Chap.il Of the T alliHg-Evil-
>He firft thing to be taken notice of in this Difeafe, is the figns of the Falling; whe- ther they happen at certain equal times, months, dayes, and hours, and how often ; or whether they be unequal, happening at divers times ; and whether a little before they fall, the Patients do ufe to (hake and ftagger a little, or whether they fall to the ground fuddenly,and unawaresrwhich, being perceived, if they fall at certain times and hours , then the Difeafe doth not take them fo fuddenly ; neither do they prefently fall. But if it come at unequal times and hours, the contra- ry will be feen co happen ; to wit, the failing eomes upon them unawares. The firft kind, to wit, when there is a little fhaking and daggering before the fall, is mortal i But if they perceive the fall before ic come, the Difeafe is accounted not to be fo dtngerous,buc more Curable ; which proceedeth not from Nature, as the firft ; nor is not common therewith, wherforeit lefs wcaken- eth : The firft brings Phrenfie, atid Madnefs ; but the other is a falling Difeafe, The Cure of thcfe, is thus ;
Firfl,!
Celejlial Medicines. 105
Firft, Confider in what day, and what hour he Fell the lalt time, and wiite it : then Tee what Planet rules that hour ; alib the fign and degree of the Patient are to be known.
Then the yeers of the Patient are to be num- bred, and his Sex, which aho keep noted in wri- ting ; then give this Medicine every day in the morning to drink ; which foUowes,
R: oftheSpiritofr/rr/WjQuinteffenceof^^- timony^ each 5 drops. Quinteffence of ^earle^ 4 drops.
Give all thefe in the morning to the Patient to drink in a little draught of Roie-water 9 and let him faft four hours afterwards : Let him ule this proceeding by the fpace of 2 9 dayes ; and in the mean time, prepare the Lamen following , made after this manner,
R: of fure Gold^ 5 fs. and when the Moon comes to the 12 degree of Cancer^ then lignifie the Gold in an Earthen-pot , and then let it be poured out into pure clean water. Afterwards mark when there comes a Conjun3ion of two Planets in the Heavens, and at that time precife- ly melt a^ain this Gold.^ and in the point of the Conjun^ion, poure in ^ is. of the moft perfed and fine D > that there may be an equal mixture ©f the G and]). When this matter is poured our, and cold, make it into a Plate, that it may be four fingers bredth on both fides; then cut it in- to the form of a trmngU', as appears in this figure^ ' Heate
104. Paracelfus o/^
Heat this La- ment very hoc
M DDV ^" ^^^ fircjand
,/^lvH\ then let it reft
until you find
the Cfoo» in
i4"|r^ \ the fismefigne
^ §> -iyl \ & degree that
^yji-. ^4 - \ (he was in at
ei OjaVds: \ the time of the
'<? ^?lT^ Hi4--S \ coming of the
— -^ laft fit before;
and in the fame hour, carve and ingrave thefe Signs and Chara6lers,beginning with the Letters as they are fet uppermoft , in the Lamefi of Gold and 5[iiver. And you muft make hafte, that the Figures and Marks be all made and finiflied in the fame hour, or elfe all your labor is in vain. Thefigne of the Planet of the hour in which the Fit of cheDifeafefell, is firft to be engraven in the middle of the Lcimeny as you may fee it is in this foregoing Figure, which was made for James S€stz>y BKliop ofSalisburgh^ now living ; who fell in the hour of $ : Make the reft of the Signes as you fee in the F igure, only this excepted, that for a Woman, inftead thereof you Oiall put this Cha- rader : and under the other the Age Y r J, of the Patient, as in the Figure you ^^ 1 1^ (hall fee 3 4, io many yeers old was * t\\t indi James Seitz.. Therefore the ^ — 1^ number of yeers is to be written to OT^lQ^ every Difeafe according to the Age ^" JL of the Patient, The
Celejlial Medicines. 1 05
The Figure being now prepared according to the diredions ; .after a Fit cometh, command that his Hair be ftiaven off from the Crown of his Head, according to the Latitude of the La- men : Then prefently where he fell and iieth, with art andinduftry pouribme of the Secret be- fore prefcribed into his mouth, and fohold hirra that it may defcend into his Stomach; then forthwith apply the L^«;f» to the place fliaven, fo that the Sculpture may touch the naked flefti, and let it be bound on that it fall not off; which being done, let the Patient be carried to fome place where he may quietly fleep. And after that Fall, without doubt he will never Fail more, al* though he hath had the Difeafe 3 o y eers : Buc let him alwayes wear the L^mcn about hi^ oe ky and (have his Hair at every Mcnchs end, in the fame place where they were firft Q.aven<,
Chap, III. Sor^)e other Figures to Frefervs the Sights
MAketheea roVi^ALamen of the befi: Lead in the hour of $, the d being in the Signe T, and in the fame hour; to wit, in the hour of $^ engrave the Signes and Letters which you fee written in the following Figure s Afterwards in the hour of ^ make a Coffer Lamen of the fame Qi^antity and Form as the Leaden one ; When D is inthefigne y?^ the Charafters which
y9«
iq6 Paracelfuso^
you fee in the Figure, are to be engraven. And then both Figures are to be kept and preferved i'o ion^ until 5 comes into Conjunaion with T? s and then in the point of the Conjunaion both the Figures are to be conjoyned together fo, that the Charaaers and Signes may mutually touch one another ; then clofe them faft with Waxjthat they receive no moifture, and few them up in a piece of Silk, and hang it about the Neck of the Patient on the day and hour of $. This is the beft Remedy to recover the Sight of the Eyesj and to preferve the Eyes from Pain and Difeafes. It preferveth the Sight in old Age, asperfeaas it was in youth.
To Preferve the Sights
Cha?.
Cekjlial Medicines, loj
Chap. IV.
t/€aain[}: Vrinefs in the Brainy and other Vifeafes in the Head,
T
A K E of the following Metals, well re- fined t
Of goldy^k. 0[ Silver^ ^il OfC^pper^ol Of Tynne^ 5 ifi.
Let them be all melted together in the point of the new Moon ; then pcur them out, and of that Mafs make a piece of Piate of what Latitude you will : After that theie Metals have been melted together, they muft not be put into ihe fire any more. When the Planet ip is in his own Houfe, to wit, in X, let thefe Characters and Signes be engraven in the inner-fide of the Mo- ney, and in t^e back-fide of the Money let thofe words be writrer^ which you fee in the follow- ing Figure, in ihe fuperior part of the Circumfe* rence of the Money : then let there be made a Ring of pureGoidy and affixed thereunto when the Moon is declining, for it to be hanged by z it matters not in what day the Ring be made^ fo that it be done in the hour of o. This Money being thus prepared, let it be hanged about the Neck of the Paticnc in the point of the new
Moon^
io8 Paracelfus of
Moon. It is of wonderful operation againft all Difeafcs of the Head, and Brain.
for Difeafes of the Brain*
Chaf<^
Celejlial ^SMedicines. i op
Chap.V.
^gainfl the Valfef , 4 fkojl f^celkm Stcnu
F Or the Confolation ofthofe that are affli6lcd with the Fits of the PaiCy^ to write a Re- medy tberecfjthat not without ca«fc,it riisy be ctlied my Archidcx, lecirg it txceiicib aii other Cures : Although d me Ancients have thoughc (but failely) that this Di.eafc i iDCurable.Thcfc- fore if any one be in any manner taken wnb ihi# Difcafej lethimthusdo,
Be of p»rf Cold<f I ii, cfLeadi Z ii.
Both thefe Metals ought to be moft purely r€« fined. And firH, when the Sun ilts, goii g, lender the Earth, in the fame hour (which you fnali cal- culate according to the time of the year^ melt the Gold in a new Farthcn mehing-pot, a^ade and prepared for this purpofe. Which being dorie, immediately after the Sun is fet, calt the Lead in- to the Gold, and forthwith pour the^ out toge- ther, for the Lead will be diffolvedby theCold ifia moment : Keep this Mafs. Afterwards when J) is in the 1 2 degree cf the figne vfl, melt again this matter of o ardl?, and it will appear like Bell-metal 5 to which adde 5 drams cf $ : but let it not be long in melting , but pcur it out, and keep it. Then when Dccmesirtothe 12 decree
1 * of
no Paracelfus^
of tti , melt this matter again,and caft into ir one dram of IA5& prefently pour it out; but cait it in- to a broad form^becaufe k admits Kot of any im« preffion neither of the Haitimer or Sciffers.Then keep it tiii O enters into the figne y , which
commonly* happens Agamft the Faffcj.. every yeer on the 10 day oi March 'if Then engrave thct Charailers with the ' Signes and Word^ on both fides as y.ou fee them drawn in this Figure, and be- gin to engrave them in the hour of o,^ andfinifti them be- fore the end of that hour. It needs not be obferved what day the fame be done, only this,, that o be in T, as ir> a- bovcfaid. The Mo- ney being tbu : pre- pared ,i> to be kept 5 And when the Pal- fey taketh anyone, letthetime,':^ay,and 'C hour be diligently enquired of the beoinnin^of theDilbafe,- and the lame hour of that day,' let the Signe be hanged about his Neck. This is a great Myfiery : but in the mean time let the AmumTotMs of our defcription be admini- itredtothePatienc. Chap
Cele^ial QS\d^edicmes. in
Chap.VL ^gAinfi the Stone and Sand in the Reins.
THe Money againft the Stone , confifts of 4 Metals: to wit, of Gold, Silver, Tynne,^ and Lead: Asfolloweth,
Vco^GoU^Zn\. oiSilver^ZvCi. oitynr.e-^Zu of Lead J D u fsa
Let all thefe Metals be melted together in a new Melting-pot for Gold, en Saturday at i o of the Clock before noon, D incre ;f.n^ ^ wni . h oe- ing melted, cali in Saltpeter mixi^d with Tartar, for this caufe only , to make them the more tradable, and ealie to be molten ?!cd wrought upon. Afterwards, let them be poured cut and caft into the form of a Lam^n^ and let jt be cut, and polidied, and filed in the hour of ^ and dzy of 2 5 but as yet, let nothing be enc raven there- on. Alio, the Ring i? not r o be forged, that it come not into the fire any more after the mel- ting, but is to be formed with a File : wherefore the hamen is to be poured out,and caft the larger and broader, that the Ring and Lamsn may be both one piece. And if it can be, let the L^- wi?» be fo poured out after the melting, thac by the mixture of divers Metals, efpecially cf the Lead and Tynnc, the brittle matter may evade i
I 2 and
Ill Paracelfus of
and the fubftancc remain hard, that k mayiiot be wrought with the Hammer, nor cut wich Scif- fers. This being done,, then look for the i^p<?« ; and in the point of the New Mcon^ then begin the Sculpture : and make hate, that one fide of i\i^L4imen may be finiflied in that hour,which if marked with the Letter -/f. Afterwards, let this Money be fafely kept until fome day of 5/,, when 2) is in Afpcft with forfte good Planet,as 1^, J, or S ; then let the Words and Chara^ers be engra- ven on the other-fide,marked with By 10 the hour of$^, as you fee them in the following Figure. Then let the L^»;^« be hanged about the Neck of the Patient that hath the Stone, when the Moonh dccreafed,on^hc day and hour of D. The Ring ought to be made of Iron, to which the La*^ W!i^«is hanged. Let the Patient alfo drink Wine every morning, wherein the faid Seal hath beeir fteeped all night, and afteryjMirds hang ic about his Neck again. This doth wOnderfdly expel the Stonc,and Sand or Gravel but of the Reins ; for which thing alfo Spirit of Roman V^itrid 13 good to drink.
For the Stone in the Reifis,
Cma?^
Celejlial <iP\/Iedicines, 115
T
Chap. VII.
Of the L^femhrs of Generation,
He lofs of Strength and Virtue in the Mem* bcrs of Generation, is a certain Sympathy proceeding from orofs Fatnefs, which as a cer- tain S^afma impeditcs the power of the Mem- bers of that place. This happens by divers ac- cidents ; fome whereof are natural, others arc againft nature, by Witchcraft. For the Remedy of the natural Paffion, we ufe this remedy ; Let thefe Word?, with the Charaf^ers adjoyned, be written in new Parchment, which afterwards is to be boimd about the nut of the yard,
A V G A L I R I O R <m.\iyjtt.hpK 1*23'^
This Writing in Parchment ought to be re- newed every day by the i'pace of 9 dayes,before Snn-rifing every morning, by binding ir, or rowiing it with the Writing backwards about the Prepure, and there let it remain night and day ; and as often as you renew the Parchment, or change it, let the old-one, which you take ofF^ be burnt to afhes, and let the Patitnc drink it in a draught of warm wine. Thij is a moii excel-
I 3 Icflr
114- Paracelfus of
lent Remedy, to be had with the leaft coft. But ifany onede'iresto be preferved fromthefee- vils, let him weir about his Neck a Lamen of Sil- verj wi h the lame Words and Signs engraven ibereopon : Or if one make a Lamen of Gold, and enorave the fame Word^ and Chara6l:ers thereupon, it will be far b etc er. Bur when it bappe ;«i x\yit this Difeafe h Srouobt qpon any one by Wirchrrao:? ivr f-rjine Diabolical Art, wrought by the malice of wicked people ; let the Patient take a piece of a Horfe-fhooe found in the high-way^ of which let there be made a Tri- dent-Fork on the day of $, and hour of T?, as you fee in this Figure following.
P^o-vJiD2£:PPE
The Fork aforefaid being made, let thofe Words with their Carafters be engraven upon the Three teeth, as you fee in the Figure. And upon the Handle thereof,thofe Words and Signs which you fee io the Figure, on Sunday before Siin-riling : which being done, let the Fork be fafined in the ground under a running Stream of Water, fo deep, that the handle may not be feen,j |Dd chat it casiiot be found ; by this means, thou'
(halt
Celejlial ^S\feciicines. 1 1$
(halt be delivered in 9 dayes 1 and the perfon that hath wr-ught this miichief u on thee, iliall get lomthin;^ himfelf in thac place>)f cm which he fhaii tict To eaiily be delivered : So we ought 10 relilt Diabolicall Arts by Nature, a^ Chrilt by the holy Scripture propoled to the Devil in the Wiidcrnels.
Chap. Vlllhf Jv That a Horfe (h(dl live Somi a longrme*
SOme will think that I write Witchcraft, or fome fa:h like things ; which are far abfent from m?, Forthi<i I certainly affirn:i,That I write nothing here, which is fupernamrai, and which is not wrought and efFeiled by the power of na- ture and CelelHal influences; and whereof, for the moft part, we are not altogether ignorant. As this : Let a Sadler make a Bridle for a Horfe of a Lyons Skin, and upon ihc Reyns thereof let thefe Wcrds and Characters following be writ- ten in their certain time. And you (liall per- ceive this Horfe to live iv'^t like a Horfe, but like a Man ; and lcnger,'an4 hi<^ ftrength not to be abated ? So that you do not ufe him extraordina- rily, contrary to his wonted cuftoaie. Alfo, ac- cording as you apply thofe Bridiy-rein. to him, he will live thirty or forty yeeti-, more or lef*^^ contrary to the common term ot a Horfcs life. TheBridle^s thus to be prepared, that it ferve 1 4 hira
v^y
II 6 Faracelfiis 0/
him for a Halter, without a Bit. The leather* Dreffcr ought to prepare this Skin in the hour ofV-^ that is, then to put it into his Pit; which being To prepared, let the Sadler cut the Thong* «of it in the hour of G, and afterwards make it in$o a Bridge when you will. To this Bridle is to be affixed the l^amens following in the hour of 5 upon the thong of the Head, made of Tynne.
S.U.R.Q,L*R.E.
Upon the Thong,
f^ d > going down froirt
^'""^ ^^ the Fore-head to
thcNolejlctth^lre be affixed thefe which follow, made of Coppef in the hour of 2), ■ ' ''
The followine; Lamf^ts ought to be made of Silver, in the horr of ^ j Arid affi^d to the Bridle In the hour of i^« ' "^
^ ly^ ^Z. S^ thefe Which are
la(V omhtiobc
X ^ made of Gold ,
Q A Jr and affixed to
^ . ^ the Bridle in the
hour of $. 5,9.
^» And apply this Bridle to the Hrrfe in the
«ottrof 5:5 then you /hall fee with what power
Naturr
Celej^Ul ^^Miedicines. ny
l^iturc worticth in Words and ChartiSlcjcj, w here time is duly obfcrved.
Chap. IX.
^n aJmiratU Ojntment for Womds.
Slmpathy, orCompaflior, hath a very great power to operate in humane things : As if you take Mofs that groweth upon a ScuH, or Bone of a dead body that hath lain in the Air^ CO wit.
Take of that gj^/f , 1 ii. of Man^igreafe^ ^ ii. of Mtimmy^ and Mans Bloody each | fe. Lmfeed'O^i J 3 n, OjloiRofes^ and BoU'Armomack:^ each 3 h
Let them be all beat together in a Morter fo long, until they come to amoft pure and fubtil Oyntmcnt ; then keep it in a Box. And when a- siy wound happens, dip a ftick of wood in the biood,that it may be bloody; which bebg dryed, thruft it quite into the aforefaid Oyntmcnt, and leave it therein ; afterwards binde up the wound with a new Linen Rowler, every morning wafh- ing it with the Patients own Urine ; and it (haH be healed, be it never lb great, without any Plai- ner, or Pain. After this manner, you may Cure any one that is v^ounded, though he be ten milef diftant from you^ if you have but his bloode
It
iiS
raraGellusof
It helpeth alfo other oriels, as the pab in the Teeth and other hurts, if yoq have aftick wet in the Bloody andihrult into the Oyntment , and there left. Alio, r a Horfes foot be pricked with a nail by a Farrier Qi Smith, touch a iiick with the blood, and thrul): k int the Box of Oynimcnt, and leave ic there^ it will Cure him, Thefe are the wonderful Gifts of God, given for the ufe and health of man^
Chap, X, The H^edfon-Oyntmefit*
THere may alfo an Oyntment be made, where^ with if the Weapons be anointed where-^ with a wound is infli6^ed ) the laid wounds fiiall be cured without pain.This is qnade as the other, except only 5 i. of Honey ^ and 3 i. of Cx-fat is to be added to thi^. But becaufe the Weapons cannot al way es be had, the Wood aforefaid is better.
Chap,
Celepal (t^haeaicines. up
Chap. XL Agitipfi the (jaat.
'Ake of Mummy y Maflichj^ JteAMp'rhe% Olihanum'y Ammeniacum^ Oppopa-^ fiaxy BdelmmyZ2ic\\ 5 \u Vitriol^ tt> ii» f/i7»f7, ft) ii, Tartar j^ijs. AqnOr viu^ gal, iii.
Let ihem be all Diftilled together into an OyL Then take little Flyes^ fuchas are bred in the deadCarcaffes of Horfes, and make an Oyl of them, being well bruifed. With which Oyl of the Horfe-flies, mix|ii. with|iv. of the other O; 1 : Thefe two Oyls being well mixed toge« ther, let them be DilHlled again, and let this Diidlled Oyl be prefcrved.
Then prepare the Charafters, in manner fol- lowing,
R of pt^re Goldy pure Silver^ filings of Irony each 3 i. oiLead^ oil.
Let them be all melted together in the hour of the J\few Moon^ by a very ftrong fire, that the filings of the ^ron may be melted. For they will hardly melt. wherefore Tome Boroii^ to be added 10 them. Then let ail the melted matter be
poured
%3J0 Paracelfuso/^
|K)urcd out tog thcr upon t broad fmooth fiofie, chac it may make a thb L^imen: for it cannot be wrought with the Hammer afterwards, bccaufe of the Iron : afterwardsywhen T? is inConjundi- on with ^, jn the lame hour let the Charafters, WordS| and Signcs of the Lamen be engraven thereupon, like two ftamps of a piece of Money j and let them be tioi(hed in that hour.
forthe^ouu
tetboth the faid pieces of Money be cngra- T^n only on one fide, in the hour of the faid con« jundion of 1} and $ ; and let them be fo kepc^that they touch not one another*
Afterwards let there be made a Sigilof pure Gold,not fo thick as the other Lafiten : when J is inConjunftion with ^ or ^, let th^ Charaders, Signes, and Words be engraven thereon. But note, that the Seals are to be conjoynedto- gcther when there is a Conjundion of 2 and 1^ : The fecond face of the Goldenseal, mark*
cd
Celeflial Medicines, ut
ed with the number ^t " ^^ ^ turned agtinR the engraven face of the fupcrior Seal which hatb not the Image of a man, and is marked wi.h the number 4. But if $ be in Conjunaion with ^^ then the iccond face of the Seal marked with tl]rc number ^^ is to be turned upon the face of the upper Seal, which hath engraven upon it the image of a man, and iaiarked with the numt)et 5. And when d conies to the 6 degree of s ia the fame order as is before fhcwn, let the pieces of Money be both jo]jncd together, the Gddi being placed in the middle. Let them be all bored with one hole through the middle, and ftftened together with an Iron-wyer, and let the Patient hang them about his neck. And let his Members be anointed with the Oyl before pre* fcribed : hereby you (hall try the powerful ope- rtrions of Nature, even in fuchas are ^ojcefi
old.
The ViBurt of Golden tJ[€on€j for theQoHt.
t/i Symfi^_
mz FaraeeMus oj^
t/i SjmpAii^^i Oyntment againfl
;;t€ttKe Blood of the Patient affli(5ted with the Gout, fee referved : And that you may know how to uic itj, Diltil ^ Water from it mBakea
:*#tilt^(^fvii;^t^ adde, of Oylcf
; Jlpfes^ 'TemceSope^ each|fs. of Map^'s
dfeafej BiarsGreafe^ juyceof Sengrcen^
^ j \ cich I i. Mmow of an Ox^^ k. ^
tct thetii be all g^iitly hoyled in a veffel 6| BiriKjcill they come to me'thicknefs of an Oynt- oaemVcptsanudiy^lJtm^ left ic burn: Af^ tefi/^ardi noon tfie elghrh day of the Mom*^ en- cttdidmy ler the |ole> of ti;eFeet of the Patient bepricked vvith jin infirument, as it ufes to be doneih Applicaioiirfor the Windet and the place grieved^beiag in tbi^: manner opened? let them ^CtK^i^ted v^iih this Oyntment very hot, that it may p^netrate.^nd by fe doing^weeWj heftallbeCuredcteS:bfthe6Qiit.!j^ "^
{brcc^ndvptue^eingkeptina'coia^a4e* /
A
Celejlial Medicines. 125
Chap.X;II,
Againft CentraUnres,
OYl of Sulphur ag^lnfl: Contraftur^? and {hrinking of Sinews, h not to be contem- ned, but rather to be efteemed asa prbci|iar Remedy againrt luch infirrn-ities. This Oylis made as^ followeth : take of the bcft ^^^Z- f.ur^ lb XV, Sublime it in a CuoJirbite of Eirdi lihrcugha Glafs LimHeck. Put the iubiimed mat- ter in a cool Cellar to difolve, and in fuccefs of time, ir will le refolved into an Oyl, Then make ihe foaowing Compofition,
< R Gt*^ ?;/ of StiJfhur^ 5' "• Blacky S'oSpj % uu Jqt^.^.v'itdi^ 5 V. Oyl Otiv€y Oyl ofRofes^ eachj^i.
Letallthrre be boy led, as the other, unto an Oyrtmrntfcr the Gout 5 alwayes having a care that the ffairifetake it not : Let the Members.be fujvcry wcU anointed with this Unguent for ;o dayes;. cauling the Patient to fwearina4fy Bath. It ejicellenti^ helps dpntra.%d i^^ft^b^rs*
Take what quantity you pleafe of Gold thrice purified by Antimony /or if you wiii^the weight
of
n^ Paracelfus of
of a Ducat. Addc to it a little Bor^^ and melt it wbenD is in the i^oT lo degree of yj>; and caft into it, as foon as it is mokeD, 5 o ;^rains of the filings of i under the (ame hciir. Which be- ing melted andmixt together, potr them out to« gcther, and let them for^^ma in until d is in the fame degree of m : Then melt it again, and caft in 3© grains of the filings of Iron, and pour it out again as at firft* Then kitep it till D is in il ^ tnd then form and fartiion i: fit for the Sculpture; which ought to be dene in the hour of 1^. You need not any further calculate according to the Courfe of p, till the Seal come< to be applied, having only refped to the hour beforehand, let the Signes which you fee here drawn in the Fi-
fire, be engraven on both fides of the Money : his Money mull be fewed up in a fineGlothj and is to be hanged about the Neck by the Cloth only, and not by its own body, inthedayaad hour of 2A» l> cncreafing*
For C'oiftrAtiuris^
12 5X
Cha#^
Celeflial Afedicines, 125
r . . 11 «i I, I w i[i I I >T
Chap, Xllli For fVomens Termsi,
AN inordinate Flux of this Difeafe, doth tt^ tremely grieve many Women , fome« times divers years : by fo much the more heal- thy and ftrong fuch women are, by how much they have their Courfes in their ordinary fea- fons, and are then delivered from them. From whence arifes a twofold way of reducing them into due order. The firft is, to ftay the Fluxjand reduce it into a due courfe : the latter is to be ufed in the defers thereof, to provoke them to an ordinary Flux : the ddtdt of them bringeth death ; wherefore to provoke them, let there be formed of pure Copper, vVithout mixture of any other metal, a Seal in the hour of $, as is in the following Figure: But if the fame cannot be perfeftly^'finifbed in that hour, let it then re- main unperfea until the fame hour of 2 conies again, and then perfeft it ; The form whereof muftbethis*
n6 Paracelfus of
VorthetMefifirml
This Sigil ought to be formed with a File into one piece , and is to be bound with a firing up- on the Back of the woman through two Ring% applying it at the beginning of the Back-bone upon the Teftes, laying the^Sculpture upon the flefti, and that in the hour of d.
But if Nature fuffer through too much abun- dant Fluxes, let the Charafters be engraven in pure Silver in the hour of g, on both fides of the Money, as they are drawn in the following Figure. Then let them be wrapped and fewed ttp in filk, ( for it muft not be applied to the na- ked fieCh) and let it be bound upon the Navel of the Woman, turning that face next her body which is marked with the number i o* And af- cerwards when the Flux begins to flay^ let her
wear
Celejlial Medicines. \%y
wear it 30 dayes,and then t^eit cfF: for if (he wear it any longer, there is danger left they be quite driven away and flopped ; and fo caufe a greater hurt than the firft,
FortheMenfirm, i
X^VJ
^"^^
SELD
Chap. XIV. For the Leprojie^
THis Difeafe comes to the Lepers frdm their Nativity^and not only by accident^. Where- fore we have many other Remedies for themj conducing much unto the Cure thereof. It is certain that Anrttm Totabik drunk, doth palliate and hide the Lepro(ie, but not quite take k oue ©f the blood. The caufe whereof i^^, becaufee* very clean and found man hath Balfom^ but the K 2 Leprous
izS Paracelfus of
Leprous perlons have none in them ; byreafon whereof alfo it comes to pafs, that they have no health in them : alfo, a congealed Member wan- teth Balfom ; and therefore it is infenfible when the ftrength of the Gold comes into the Sto- mack, which afterwards diftributeth it into the feveral Members of the Body 5 from thence f e»
fultcth a certab humi- t^or the Leprajic* dity which ingendereth the Balfom ; wherefore theLeprofie ceafeth to increafe^fo long as therdl^ is any virtue or firength of the Gold in the Sto- mach/ AlfojaPhyfitian cannot know or difcern the Diieafe of Lepro- lie, iF the Leprous per- fon hath drunk Gold three dayes before his viiitation. We intend not to fpeak in this place of fuch ns are ma- nifeftly infeftedjbut on* ; ly of fuch whofe Dif- eafe is doubtful.
If any do ufe the Si- gil above written , and iiich like Remedies, lee them not doubt of help. Let this kinde of Sigil bemadeof pureGold, and wrought into a Lif^ tn^n in the hour of \ 5 but the Characters ought cabcingraven inthehour pf ©J whep |ji§in su
ai»4
Celejlial (^5\fedicines. i ip
and O in the fame fign ; which ufually happens mjuly. Let it be hanged about the Leper in the hour of 2, the Moon increafing : Let the Pa- tient alfo drink Wine, wherein the fame Sigil hath been fome time fteeped.
It ought to be renewed every year in Julj^ for this Sigil lofeth its force in a year.
The Leprofic working fo ftrongly in the body of man, wherein it fixethrooto
Chap. XV« For the Vertigo*
Mhny who do labour with this difeafe, the Heaven and Earth feems to theni to turn like a wheel, and all things to run round. To others there feems a kinde of a Circle to Bie be- fore their cye^. This is a kinde of the Falling- Evil or Palfie more or lefs. For there is fuch a Convulfion of the Brain , that the Spirits of the Sight and the Brain, are impedited by a certain grofs thick vapour afcending from the Stomach £0 the head, through the opcick Nerves. Againft this Difeafe make the Sigil which follows.
In the hout of Mars^ and day of Jupittr^ the Moon in ^r/>j-,which is the beft Afpefl o^ Mars% but fee that (he hath no evil Afpe«A from any o« ther Planet-
K 5 'Thg
ip Paracelfus of
4^ Take of G 5 is. of (J 5 ii. of D 9 v.
Letthefe 3 Metals be purely refined and mel-' red together into one. Let them be poured ouc and wrought into a very thin Lamen, and formed with a little Ear ; afterwards when the Moon is in the 1 2 degree of Tmrm^ engrave the Signes which follow, and apply it ro the Patient in the hour of the iNT^w Moon^ on the very point that it firfl: beginncth,
f life this Remedy with the Seal %
Ik of Or^afium^ £rams ^, Of Unicorns-horn ^
f rains 2, Mmk^y grain i. Spirit of . Itrio/y grains <J,
Let them be adminiftred every morning in a fpoon, about 3 a Clock after mid-night, continu- .j ingit 1 3 day ef 5 and after every time taking it, [j reft one hour c
F;or the Vertigo,
VOLG
>ze'
Penfioiis
Chai>;
Celefiial Medicines. 131
Chap. XVI. for the Qr^^f*
MAke a mixture of Sol^ Luna^ Venui'^ and Mays ; and let it be wrought into a L;i- fnen^ and thereof make a Sigil when the Sun is under the Earthy in the hour of Smurne, And then in the hour of Jfsptter engrave thefe Cha- raders and Signes with the words in the hour of the Sun ; and apply it in the hour of the Sun when he is under the earth.
You may alfo make a Ring of thefaid Metal?, on which engrave the fame Signes, and wear the Ring on the finger of the Heart ; but this ought to be done in the timejday^andhour before pre« fcribed«
Chap. XVII. For the trembling of the Hearty
THe Hearts of men do fomtimes fuffertrena* bling, efpecially of Nobles and great men ; for feldom doth this Difeafe take poor and mean men or women. From whence may be fcen how God Almighty hathfo artificially K4
i^% Paracelfus of
diftributed paffiong to every flate and Conditio on for their correftion and admonitionj without srelpea of perfons« It is not to be numbered tmongft eafie Difeafes : for where it begins to rule, it cafts the Patient upon the earthy and be« reavethhitn^ ftrengch and fenfe, andlomtimes of life. It rileth from the Membranes and re- ceptacles wherein the Heart is involved , it be- ing compreffed with corrupt and ill Flegm. A- gainft this, make a Sigil as follovy?^ obferving the due times/
Firft, in the day and hour of 2)^ take of D ^ fti wfeich put and keep in a melting-pot until th^ hour of the Sun j which is the 4 hour following in the order of unequal hours ; then melt it with the fire, and the B being melted, caft in two ©unces of o purely refined, as the d ought to be ? thele two Metals being well nielted and mixt together, leave them to cool in the Melting-pot by themfelves, and keep them till the hour of Ve^fu next following t then melt them again,and caft in two drams of pure Jjand pour it out; then work it into a Lamen with a Hammer, Sr prepare |c ready for the engraving of the Signes : then mark when the Moo^ and Fenm behold one ano-* lli?r with a good Afpe^ : then engrave upon the Money thefe two Signes which you fee here,. '
Afrerwafd^
Cekjlial (iSM^eciicmes. 155
Afterwards in the point of the JSFew Moon en- grave thele three Chanilers following under the other two.
l-u-ffo
>-e:
Let It reft from that New Moon until! the next FullMoon^ and in the point of thzt Full Mom in the fame face of the Money overall the Sig»es let thefe following words be written.
For the trmlflwg of the Hearh
ovum
This being done, mark when thtSm enters Leo ; and in the fame hour of his ingreffion, in- fcribe the Gharafters and Words you fee in the other figure, on the other-fide of the [Money 5 and let them all be begun and ended the fam^ hour.
This Sigil being thus prepared and finiflied, i^ m be hanged about the Patients Neck in the
12^ Paracelms of
hour and point of the Full Moony that k may touch his naked fledi upon his Heart.
Againft this trembling of the Heart, there is al- fo a moft excellent fecret ; our Aumm PotabUe^ and Quintcffence of Pearl, of our defcription, alfo oyl of Coral prepared as foUoweth.
The manner of Preparing Oyl of Corai
againji the trembling of 'ths
Hearty
fc c£C^raly^ I. O? Common Saliy
Let them be v^rought into a moft fine powder, tnd put it into a Glafs ftrongly Luted according to the fequent defcription: Take common Clay, or Potters white Clay, aflies made of the bones ©f the heads of four-footed Beafts^ filings of Iron, Glafs in powder, common Salt, Cerufe, &f. which being wet,mingle them together,^r. put the luted Glafs with the matter into A(hes contained in an Iron Kettle, according to art; kindlefirft a gentle fire, and increafe it by de- grees until the Spirit and Fumes do pafs into a Veffel below ; then increafe the fire more vehe- mently, until there remaineth no more moiftureo This Oyl is a moft excellent Remedy for the trembling ©f the Heart, taken alone byitfelf* yvichout any thing elfe a-dded to ir,
CeleUial (^fAaedicines. 1^5
Afi Apfendtx concernwg Ruftures of the Bones^
In what manner foever Bones are broken^they are excellently well knit and confolidatcd, with the following Unguent , and are all orderly
joyned.
R: OfUonejY'LU Of Antimony -i andOyl^f Vitriol 0 ii. Of Badgers Greafe^ Veers Sewet^ Bears Greafe^and Sopey each 5 i. Terpentine 5 ijfs.
Let them be boy led into an Oyntment , and therewith let the Ruptures be anointed with a hothand againftthefirej it wonderfully Cure s^, Heals, and Confolidates^ above all other.
The endofthefrjl Treatife.
THE
n^
The Second
TREATISE
OF
Qieflial <:5Medkmes,
Containing,
The Myfteries of the Signes
Of the
Z 0 T> I J C E^
^He Heaven is compaffed abouc with a large Circle in a Circuit which we call the Zodiack, and h divided into Twelve equal parts I thefe arc named with the Names, and Dc&nated With the Charaaers which follows
Ceiejlial Medicines^, i^y
Y Aries. [
b" Taurus. j
IC Gemini. 1
© Cancer. [
^Lco; [jl^Saglttary.
n^ Virgo. 1 1 yp Capricorn*
^ Libra. L^:;^? Aquary,
m Scorpio, J X Pieces.'
The Seal of X is m^ie ef the foUgmng Metals^
Thefe Metals, in the day, hour, and very point wherein the Sm enters the firft degree of jirm^ ( which for the moft part happens the tenth day o^Afarch^ or thereabouts ) are all to be melted together with a very ftrong violent fire 5 but firft the Iron is to be reduced into filings, or elfe it will not be melted. They being all melted and prepared, on the day of ^, d being in the p oc lodegreeof e/^nVj , or thereabouts, which is once every month : in the fame hour it ought to be finifhed ; but is to be applied when Mars Is in the Ninth Houfe of He^vcn^ or the Eight.
%^rks]
[^B Paracelfuso/
tAries»
Thiis Seal is a moft certain Experiment to Cure all Fluxes and Catharres de- fcending from the Head upon the Brain, &c. For it purgeth the Brain, and drieth up all Flegm of the Head, and all Difeafes which appertain to the Head j it amen- deth all Maladies thereof^being worn night and day, the Signeof Aries be- ing turned next the Brain.
The
Celejlial o^^edicines. i^p
The Sea! of Taurus u wade of the
tj^fetals following^
R0/2ii. Of^Zi. OfSlk\ Of
They are all to be mked together by melting them, the Sun being in 'Taurns , which every yeer happens about the eighth day of jipriL And in the very point of the Sms ingrefs into this figne, this Seal mnft be begun, and forthwith finifhcd, or elie the whole work will be fru- ^firate. And when the Moon is in the i o degree of Taurui'i it is to be applied .
For the expedition of this work, there may be engraven fome ftamps of Iron firft, wherewith the Seal may be coined after it is melted, where- by all the Signes and Words are qnickly imprin- ted. So all the other Seals may be done ; for oftentimes the hour flips away before they can be finiflied, and then happens the greateft detri- ment to this work. Wherefore the time is chiefly to be noted, as having the greateft power in thefe operation?,
Taurml
i^ Paracelfusof
The Nature and Property of this Sigil, giveth a molt excellent Remedy to them who have loft their Genera- tive Virtue : if it be fo hanged that it may touch the Na- vel , the Sign Tau" THs being turned next the flefli and the body, it giveth i;he beft help to men orv^fomena
R of GqIA and Silva^ of each Z H
Let them be both melted together i^tSuh entringtheSigne^^w/;?/; which happens about the lo or 1 1 day of <Meiy , according to the couffe of the ycer» Whejefgre the yeei whereia
the
Celejlial (SM^edicines. i^i
tbeSigil is to be made, youmuft firft calculate : There are two Lamens to be made out of the mixture of the aforeuid Metals, whereupon the Signes are to be engraven as they are pofited in the following Figures, when the Mom is in the figne of Leg or Fifces : but the Seal being per- feiledj is to be applied at fuch time when 5 is in the firit Koufe of Heaven 5 the air gentle, milde^ and ferene. That facecf the Money that hath theiignen, i^ robe turned towards, and worn upon the naked skin : both the {ziA-Littmens nc to be connexed toeeiher with a Circle mad« of fhe fame matter, almofta fingers- breadth to be afunder in the middle , that they may not touch one another , with thefe faces^ or fides, that are without fignes : for there mull be fo great dh ttance between them, that there may be a Pipe interpcfed, that may receive a Goofe- quill full of Quickfilver, and afterwards to be flopped with Mafiick : it mnft aifo contain a Pipe of Me- tal, which muA hold the Quill : when the work is completed, ht the Quick-fiiver be poured in- to the Qui:!- the day and hour of C^tsrcsery^ih^ Moon decreafmg.
The relt was defired in a German example, eves the ftrengch and virtue of this kind of Sidl, for which it is made : but that we may not here traduce you, until perhaps hereafter by fome ex- amples it may be made known ; we will not feign any thing of our felve-,which might agree there- with. In the mean time, if any have ib great a defeeto know the power and virtue thereof, that ihey cannot ftay in expeitaiion of it, fcek L * to
i^z Paracelfus o/^
to the mo9- approved Authors in Agrono- my, what are the Virtues oi Gemmiy in pro* ducingDifeafesand other things: And then at laft, according to the procefs of the preceding and following Signes, maturely judge.
^emink
The Sigil of this Signe is made of moft pure Silver, in that hour when Sol enters the figne Cancer,^ ( which ufes to be about the i o or 1 1 day of J me) but when the il/(?(?» is in a good Afpe^, and not affli6led by any evil Planet, thefe Figures muft be engraven in the hour of the Moon when (he is increafing : in the fame hour they muft be begun, and finifbed 5 or cife - the whole labor is in vain,
^ancer,
c
Celejlial Medicines,
Ca»cer.
m
This Seal muft be applied in the day and- hour of the Afbo;;, (he decreafing • and is to be kept and worn very Clean. The Virtue thereof cau- feth happy journeys : it is very profitable to be worn againtt the Dropfie, and all Defe(5^s of the Body proceeding froai moilhirej or faperflu-
ons Fiegm
Leoc
This Sigil of Leo is tb be made with great di- ligence in J;^// only, when the 5/r;? i.^ in his own Houle, to wit, Leo^ about the 1 3 or 1 4 day of the fame Month. It is to be made of pure Gold, riieked and y/rought into a Lm^en,^ v'vhen the Sun enters the firlt degree of the Sigiie^ and per^ feded before the end of the hour. Afterwards when Jpi^iter is in Tifccs^ the Si^nes are to be in- graven on one lide thereof, as they sre in the firft Figure : And the other fide is to be engra- ven when the Meo^^ is in the Houfe of Jupiter-^ that is, in Pifces, And nctej that after the mel- ting of the Sealj it mull net be put agsia into the firej elfe all thinss are in vain,
L 2 LeQi
i^^ FanctKusof
Let it be applied in the day and hour of the Su». It hath a moil excellent virtue : it caufeth great Favours to men and women that wear it t It is a very good Remedy againft Quartain Fca- ver.-?. The Liquor is alfo good to be drunk, wherein ii hath been infufed all night. It is efpecially approved againft Peftilence and all in- ward infev5lion ; and againft all Difeafes in the Eyes coming from heat, and from all other evil Heats and Rheums which we call flying Hu- mors. It is good alfo againft Burnings, the Seal being applied upon the place , certainly and forely draweth cut the fire This way we^ cured the wife of or^^Mx. Nicholas Berber ourCoun- try-ma% dwelling at a place called Fillach in Tfanfylvmia ; who had a very great Burning, which we Cured, and drew out the burning fo, that the burned place was healed without any fore, or running Matter, only by applying fuch a Sigil i which (he wore upon the place until the end of the Cure.
Virg09
Celeflial Medicines. 145
ought CO meked
The Seal of Fir^o is made of j 3 i.
or o % fs. of
}) 0 II. 1/^0 is.
Thefe Metals be all together on Sunday about the 13 or 14 day of the Sun 's in- grcis into Firgo : And after they are melted, to be re- duced into a thia Lamer.: afterwards in the houi of Mermry ^ when M. reury is well iVrpc^ed of the ether Planets; lee the Names and Characters be en- graven upon the himen , foj that they may be finiilied in the fame hoiir.
Let it be applied when Mercptry v in th- firft Houfe of Heaven , the air being clear and fe- rene, (.for then it is much better) and in the hour of Mercury^ foc then he ruleth the firfl Houfe of Heaven ; but if it cannot be, refer it to zn hour of like nature , although the hotir of
1/^6 Paracelfus o/^
This Sigil is to be made of pure $, and to be melted, poured cue and made when the Sun enters Li^r^, which fomtimes happens on Sun- day the i 3 or 1 4 of Seftemher,^ according to the progrefs of the yeer : And this is to be noccdj That when Venm is the ruling Planet,or Referva- tor of the yeer, the Sigil will be of much more virtue,' efpecially if thofe wear it , who were born under the fame Planet ; and if it be. made and prepared for them. When $ is in the fign ttbra^ the Signes, Gharafters^and Words which you fee in the following Figure, are to be engra- ven in the Seal ; afterwards in the day and hour olV^nHSy in the firft or eighth hour, which V^snm governs J let it be applied.
It is an admirable Remedy againft all Be- wkchings of Women, which hinder the aft of generation/ and efpecially in thofe whom they tiates Iq brlef^ this Sigil is moft profit able and
excellent
Celejlial Medicines. 14,7
excellent againft all Makdies whatfoever 5 cfpc- cially all griefs of the Secret Members.
Scorpiff,
The Seal of Scorpio muft be made of pure Iron in the day and hour o^Marsy when the Sufj en» ttts Scorpio y which happens about the 12, i^, or 1 4 day of October : And in the fame hour let one fide of the Lamen be engraven with his Cha- railers. Afterwards, when the 5/^;^; is entered into Ariesy let the other fide be engraven. It may be applied at any time when you wilL
Scorpit
lOi
It is a moft excellent Remedy agalnft all Pd^^ fon and Difeafes thereby infe6^ed. It is excel- lent and admirable for Souldiers, Captains, and fuch as are in daily Controverfies : Alfo, if fuch an Animal as follows be made of pure Iron 5 when Mars is Lord of the ycer, and the Sun en- ters the firft dcgrecof5r<?r/7/> 5 afterwards when L 4 ^^^'^
148 Paracelfus of
iMars is in his own Houfe in Anes^ let it be en- graven as follows. Then let it he applifed in the hour o^Mars : the Houfe wherein it is hangedjtc defendeth fafe from all Scorpions ; and all Ser- pents that are alive will flie out of it : it is a moil: excellent Remedy againft all venemous bi- tings: mightily help^th Souldiers in Fights: and is very good againft the Leprofie to be worpj and the Patient to drink potable Gold.
I.et it be engraven as this Figure,
Let there be affixed a Ring of pure Gold to the Tayle thereof, that it may be worn hanging about the Neck with the Head downwards. It is a certain Remedy to drive away all Flies from the Bed where it is hanged.
Sagittarj^
This Sigil is to be made in the hour of the a^/^«-fingrefs mioSagittary{yNhv± annually hap- pens on the 1 2 or I 3 day o^ November ) on the Hrft degree of the ingrefHon: l^i k be figned it? rhe hour of Jupiter^ md applied in rhe fame
hour,
Celejlial <^5\dedicines. j^^
hour, the Mor,^ encreaiing. This is the fecond Seal, that I knew after long fe^rch and enquiry ; and which, according to the Art that I profefs,! have often uied to the fhame and fcorn of my Adverlaries, that tiiey have ttood amazed like Affes, and diir(^ not open their mouchs. There muil be a filver Ring to hang it in, and ic muft be made of pure
Tyrn^, without Sa^ttarj.
addidon of any ether Metal; and lobe wore and kept very ckan : But it mull be left off in the time of Copula- tion, orelfe it lofech its virtue. We are again forced to com- plain of envious and perfidious men, who envy- ing that in o- thers , which they have not themfeiv?, leave nothing perfe 61; that it may the fecond time ap- pear in this
Book, that their (Irength and power is taken a- way, as above is done concerning the figne Ge-
i5o Paracelfus of
fmni ; By the Proceftation of the fame Au- thor, in this Chapter, when he faith, That this is the fecond Seal which he efteemed to be moft powerful in the Medicinal Art, The envious therefore labor in vain ; for whether they will or i30,fte will bring into light every thing that they have taken away out of the Books oiTheo^hra- fiiu Paracelfm. For that Author before his death did prudently inclofe thofe Books in divers pla- ces in Walls ; fo that if after his deathjthey were loft in one place, they might be preferved in a- nother, for good men ; left that if any fhould come to the envious hands of wicked men,^ ftiould be perpetually loft, or torn in pieces. Hereby they were preferved for us whole , thae in due time the lives of wicked men, loving no- thing but themfelveii,may appear out of darknefs,
Capricorn,
^^T^<
virtm, sm
Now we come to treat of Samm and his pro- geny : this Seal is to be made of Gold ; for Lead bath no operation with other Metals.Thcre rauft
be
Celejlial (^fTidedicines. 151
be made a Ring of Copper; and together with the Seal, are both to be made in the hour when the Snn enters Capricorn , and is fartheft di^ant from us ; Let the Seal be engraven on the day and hour o^Saturny and when Saturn is in a good Alpe^ with fome other Planet. Ic mnft be ap- plied when the Moon is decreafing or diminiOied in light: but the hour o? the Afpeft^whether it be of the ^/^c« or any other Planer^ matters nor. This Seal may vulgarly be called the Sigil of Fa- vor. This Seal throughly heals the Itch or ScurflF in the Thighes : Our Piedeceffors could not by Art findc out the Cure of this Difeafe^accounting it uncureable ; when as this is the beft way to Cure it, withe ut any other meanso
j4qtiaryo
When the Sun enters aAqu^ry In the Month Oijammy^tt the Seal be made in the fame hour, of theie Metalsjbeing mixt and melted together s oiCold 5 fs. Lead 3 ii. of irof:, 3 i. Aad when
the
i5i Paracelfus o/^
the Planet Saturn is in the Ninth Houfe of Hea* i^en, let thefe Signes and Words be quickly en* graven one after another ; you ftiall nor apply it till thtSm is under the Earth, and in the hour cf Saturn • and then it is good, being han^^ed a- bout the Neck, againft Contraaureb^ coldDif- eafes, and Sinewes flirunk ? it i% very profitable to preferve the Memory , to get Favors amoDgft men^ and vory good againft all Poy fon, as may be proved by putting any venemous Spider upon the Sigil 5 it forthwith flieth away, and caiinoc poflibly remain upon it.
The Seal of Pi/2-^i is to be made in Februdry^ when the Snn enters ft[ces^ of thefollowim^
Metak« '°
ft of GoU^ irm^ Opferj Silver, of each 5ii. Of I3'^;^^|fs,
let them be ail melted together, and the Seal
formed
Celejlial (^^M^edicines. 155
formed and engraven the fame hour of the Snns ingrefs ; afterwards let it be applied when Jw pter is well placed in the eighth houfe of heaven, and in the day and hour of Jupiter^ This is an admirable inftrument to loofc and expel Choler, of which do grow many grievous Difeafes, as Contra6lures5thePallie,(hrinking of the Joyntj, Burnings, &c. againft which it gives wonderful help to men or women : it mitigateth the pain of the Gout, tikes away the Cramp, and ail Griefs proceeding from Fluxes.
This Seal ought to hang down low upon the Navel,
^^^5^^^^:?^ ^^^5^
Hi
ere
15+
^oH^ aiiSvS^ sefS^ £PSVSW • WvfMi<&XKb ^Y» S^Ja
Here foUowes fome more Com-- mon Secrets of 3\Qature^ of Paracelfus.
Aving found a Conjunftion of Sa- turn and Marsy take a piece of Iron, and frame a Moufe of l^ before the Gonjundion paffcth over: andiiithehourof Jupiter ^ engrave upon the Belly of the Moufe thefe wofds: ALBOMATATOX« Afterwards, when the Moon is in the p or i a d:egree of Cancer , on the right fide engrave m^i^^^Mt Afterwards, the Mqoh defcending, and is in the 9 or i o degree of the figne Tifces^ on the left fide engrave as followeth : ann^i^l V, and upon the Back thereof, from the beginning of the Back-bone unto the Taylc, engrave this word, with the Charafter as you fee IO+ NATURA SUA. Note that from the figne o^F'e- nm unto the Centre of the other Chara£ler, a Line is to be drawn over-thwart. Then prepare a Collary for this Moufe^ of pure Lead, ^ mtMoof^
increafing.
Celefiial Medicines. 155?
I increafing, on the day of Saturn^ and ftrii hour of the night, which is the hour of Samm ; and en- grave thereon thele Chara^S^crs, ILCort. 3. 2^* AB.Ea/^. This being thus perfoi'med, fit the Collary in the Conjun^lion of Satmn with Mars as abovefaidjand place ic about the Centre or middle of the Houfc, all kinds of Mice wil| flie away that are in the houfe % and if afterwards any Moufe come therein, he will not ftay there an hour. And if anyquick Moufe be bound with a thred to this Metallick Moufe, he will not live above an hour, but will die, andiwell, as if he had eaten Poyfon.
Of Sheep.
That We may not cnly have feme means to drive away and expel hurtful Creatures, but alfo thai we may preferve the profitable ; When Sheep are Corrupted with their Difeafes, make a Sheep of Mudd as followeth :
Take Muddy or Potters Qaj^ from three fever/il place Sy Muchabom the place where Jf off live » %/€lfoy take Sand of a runn'wg Water ahom that place where for the mofl part Sheep drmk^ heat them all together when the moon decreafes : and of this Clay ma^e the Image of a Sheep^ Hxder that hour wherein the Moonftiffirs her dimmmion: fuperfcrih thefe fol-^ lowing Signs with the Words here and there upon the Ir»Age.
EFERET.
If 6 Paracelfus of
.EFERET t HOGERET. f. J A G E R E L. ^viua n
Vy T ^C*^s7s f^, nwiQ ^^^J'a. Sanor> —^i^ .-4-«-o Panor.Tanor.
Set this Sheep in the Shedp-fold fprinkied over with Salt, and let ihe living Sheep lick it : And as many as lick it, or tafteof this Salt, fliall not be infe^Sicd, nor die with any Murrain or Rot of Sheep ; And thofe that are infecled, by licking thereof^ (hall be Cured.
The fame means may be prepared for Oxen, Kincjand Hogs ; and ether Anicnals ; every one being prepared according to their nature?, day, and time. Oxen and Kine have a Difeafe in their Blood, which caufeth the Murrain in them ; as Horfes fomtimes fuffer fudden death through a Difeafe in the Uv^U.Vov the Bloodjwrite upon an Egg new laid, i,
Ambrammomis ' I J[ V
Gorelis
eth^'M 'WAtix
Z""^:^ Vortix j [— ^
V — r^ '"f^^x •'tj-
Open the Mouth of the Beaft, and break the Egg upon his Tongue, and force him to fwailow
«>
Cekfiial (^fedicines. 157
k,and ic will forthwith heal it ; but lee him not drink in twelve hours^aftcrwards.
The fame is to be given to a Horfe 2onely this
excepted , that in Ikad of this Word and Sign,
Amhammom^ , and the Grofs above, let there
be writ this Word ardSitn-, K^p--
Ofamilo'r7 J an d t h en le t h im i w a i low ic ; afterwards give h^m a meafure of ^\J " Q-'ts with Salt and Vbegtr^ and af- jT terwars he (liall be ciirccl in twelve
hours : but prekntly after he hath eaten the Oats 5 ride him an hour or two 5 that he ma/ fweac : then let him reft. Thefe are the fecrets of Nature, which are effected by times , oaves and hcurs;?ind without the obfeivation of thefej nothing can be cffededa
. Thefe Creatures do much infed Men^s \\o\^t% in Summer-time, and do corrupt andrucdfie meat : to drive them away, do thus;make a Cof- fin cffteel , and upon the Coffin engrave thefe signs which you fee in the Figure following;
^ And upon the C^ ffin , from the feparation ^ tfie faid Sfens ind Word?, let there be ensrav en three lines tending towards the Cufpt one in the new Moonj the fecond in the full Moon, and the,
M third
158 V aracQlfm of ^ dec.
third in the new Moon again. ^fterwards,i!nder the Conjunction of T? and the D, write the w ords and %ns toUowing.
If you fix this upon the Wall of an Houfe, and draw a Circle round about it with Chalk, a- bout the compafs of a round Table , all Fiycs that are thereabouts will enter within the Cir- cle, and there remain, until you take the Steel a- way ; and then they wiii flie awayjvexingrtien as at firRp
s&'i^^*^ ^-^^^^^'^^
FINIS,
^
^l^^^f^
An Eledlion of time to be ob- ferved in the tranfmutation of Metals.
IF St any time you fiiaUdcfireeotranf- muteand change any Metal inta^no- iher kinde, a$ Gold into Silver ^ or rather Silver into Gold, or any other Metal 5 ic IS neceffiry , that you learn to eled a fie time for that purpofe out of the Table following 9 whereby you (hali eafily^ foonerj and wirhom danger bring your Work to your defired end.
M2
Mi, M M IS • Mk » #1 kk
diaQo>2f£nAa'
A Table (hewing the fit time when to trandnute Metals.
Toe
mtoO
1?»
S.
;^"
B^gz^ 'n^hen the Moon is in the fixtb Degteeef
T
K
Alwayss begin in the horn of that Timet whofe Metal you. would change.
Fir ^Degree of
0,
i '
2
In trvelve T>e- ^yees ef
2
o
SI
o
D
©'
»
(J
Twrp^Of VegYees
m
S
^
of
b'
2
IP
>^
V-
5 ' )
n^
2
10
Id
$ I?
V- 5
Mmih Degree of
I AW
ra the Hour of
o
2o
Eighteenth De- gree of
The Hour of
The third De- gree of
m
Hour of
©
D S
O
I
Take this one Example onlyj and fo work
by the reft j as, if you would change Luna into Sol^ begin when the Mem is in fix De- grees of Ca^^cer , in the Hour of the Moon • and fo ohferve of the reft , according co this Table : for the obfervation of the time is not to be held of a vaia account in the tranfmutstion of Metals 5 for all nego- tiations and a(atons in this world are moft happiiy brought to pcxk&ion ^ which are begun with due refped to thcGourfeand influences of the Cekftial Bodies § for our
njor-
mortal Bodies are ruled according to the operations qf the fuperiour Bodies of the Firmamenc , and they are ordained for that purpofeby Alraighty God the Crea- tor ^ and do bring vmo us, both healch, fickncfs, infirtiiities,and hcahh again ; and ifi like manner the timesaretobenored, and duly obferved in Medicinal Opera* tions ^ that their i^irmes may wor^ the morepowerfuUffeds, >
FINIS,
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