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Secular or Eclectic : Alchemy

16th Century

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Timeline (1562 - 1622)

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English version by
Anonymous

Original Language
Latin

If BOREAS can in his own Wind conceive (from Atalanta Fugiens)

Themes

Light

Recommended Books

	Count Michael Maier, by J. B. Craven
	Count Michael Maier: Life and Writings, 1568 - 1622, by J. B. Craven / R. A. Gilbert
	Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens: Sources of an Alchemical Book of Emblems, by H. M. E. de Jong
	Quest for the Phoenix: Spiritual Alchemy and Rosicrucianism in the Work of Count Michael Maier (1569-1622), by Hereward Tilton
	Themis Aurea or Laws of the Fraternity of the Rosie Cross, by Michael Maier

If BOREAS can in his own Wind conceive
An offspring that can bear this light & live;
In art, Strength, Body, Mind He shall excell
All wonders men of Ancient Heroes tell.
Think him no Caeso nor Abortive brood,
Nor yet Agrippa, for his Star is good.

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