A commentary on the mutus liber by mclean, adam and a great selection of related books, art and. A volume in hebrew, sanskrit, chinese is a mutus liber, a mute book, for the majority, even though they be instructed in their proper language. The word pan is then explained, p, the letter of mars, is a hieroglyph of two pillars, and therefore suggest duality. In the language of initiation, seven stands for the highest stage of illumination and would. Canseliet lalchimie et son livre muet 1967 the plates, reengraved after the 1st ed. Rupellae apud petrum savouret mdclxxvii cum privilegio regis. The chymical wedding is often described as the third of the original manifestos of the mysterious fraternity of the rose cross rosicrucians, although it is markedly. Nov 15, 2012 canseliet also wrote an interesting comment on the mutus liber. It was written in german and entitled chymische hochzeit christiani rosencreutz anno 1459. Nox adds to 210, which symbolises the reduction of duality to unity, and thence to negativity, and is thus a hieroglyph of the great work. Those two guys once visited canseliet to share alchemical experiences, but i read canseliet wasnt impressed and sent them away. Media in category mutus liber the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Chymical wedding of christian rosenkreutz wikipedia. Mutus liber associazione culturale edizioni museodei by hermatena museo internazionale dei tarocchi bologna magica interculture via a.
Mutus liber, in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica, figuris hieroglyphicis depingitur, ter optimo maximo deo misericordi consecratus, solisque filiis artis dedicatus, authore cuius nomen est. Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. It professed to outline, through a series of mystical illustrations, a method of manufacturing the philosophers stone. Cesta k jednote czech translation of attending the unity french. The most widespread reading is that of initiated alchemists, started off by pierre dujols, under the pseudonym of magophon. The chymical wedding of christian rosenkreutz crc first appeared in strasbourg in the year 1616. Pray read, read, read, reread work and discover a more responsive upgrade. The rockearth is the materia secunda the dew is the materia remota. Initiation, magic, and sacrament, over on david b metcalfes blog, at the light of sex. Its anonymous authorship is attributed to johann valentin andreae. L initiation alchimique bnam bnam img pdf initiation pdf fichier pdfl initiation alchimique treize lettres ine dites les the ories et symboles des alchimistes, enfin, en dernier lieu, nicolas flamel et lalchimie au xive 7009 4 lart royal alchimie et initiation. No author was named in the book, other than christian rosenkreutz henceforth crc, but johannes valentinus andreae 15861654 claimed to be the author. Although the engravings seem to outline an alchemical process in detail, their message is not immediately obvious and it really requires a commentary to make it intelligible. Themutus liber contains a wealth of information that can fll years of study and discovery to be read and reread.
It ranks amongst the major books on alchemy in early modern literature, just as much as does atalanta fugiens by michael maier. As the adagium of the mutus liber recommends at the end of the book. Rightclick on link to save a file to your computer. Contextual translation of mutus liber in quo tamen into english. The mutus liber also occurs in mangets bibliotheca chemica curiosa of 1707. The alchemists and their symbols serge hutin, frc, dlitt serge hutin 19271997 was an important figure in french esotericism, a doctor of letters, a graduate of the ecole pratique des hautes etudes, and exattache of research at the cnrs the french national center for scientific research. The chymical wedding of christian rosenkreutz german. Summary angels descending jacobs ladder blowing trumpets with sleeping jacob below. Chymische hochzeit christiani rosencreutz anno 1459 is a german book edited in 1616 in strasbourg. Silent book was an alchemical text published in france in the later half of the 17th century.
Aug 01, 2015 mutus liber, in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica, figuris hieroglyphicis depingitur, ter optimo maximo deo misericordi consecratus, solisque filiis artis dedicatus, authore cuius nomen est altus. The famous mutus liber or silent book illustrates this alchemical process of the circulation of dew in great detail see image 1. This picture but without the stones geometric lines is one of the illustrations of the mutus liber by altus, published by him in 1677 the mutus liber mute book is without text, but contains nonetheless all the hermetick philosophy depicted in hieroglyphic figures the name altus meaning high is most likely a pseudonym and anagram for the authors. Rightclick on link to save a file to your computer, or leftclick to view the file online. In latin attributed to a possibly fictitious jacob saulat or sulat of. The mutus liber also occurs in mangets bibliotheca chemica. Although the engravings seem to outline an alchemical process in detail, their message is not immediately obvious and it really requires a commentary to make it intelligible to the presentday reader. More information may be found in a prelude to chemistry by john read, london 1936, page 155 et seq. The fifteen plates of the mutus liber the mute book, are well known, and this book without words is recognized as a classic of the seventeenthcentury alchemical tradition. Commentary on the mutus liber hermetic research series. Mutus liber latomorum le livre muet des francsmacons. This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for. According to adam mclean, a renowned authority and scholar of alchemical manuscripts and illustrations, authorship is assigned to an anonymous figure named altusthe high, deep and profound one. Chinese is a mutus liber, a mute book, for the majority, even though they be instructed in their proper language.
Canseliet also wrote an interesting comment on the mutus liber. Mutus liber, in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica figuris hieroglyphicis depingitur, ter optimo maximo deo misericordi consecratus solisque silus artis dedicatus authore cuius nomen est altus 21. Mutus liber, in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica, figuris. Le livre comprend 128 pages et disponible en format pdf ou epub. As the solar and lunar forces act together to accelerate the turning of the wheel of life, so is evolution hastened, ultimately producing the perfected gold or purest potential essence of the object or. Consisting mainly of illustrated plates, mutus liber arouses contradictory interpretations. In latin attributed to a possibly fictitious jacob saulat or sulat of which altus is an anagram and also to a doctor tolie.
One has then, to get used to this very simple idea, that the mutus liber is a book like all the others and can be plainly read, once one has the grille. Psychology and alchemy association of jungian analysts. Mutus liber mutus liber, released 08 october 2012 1. This publication was originally started by the late jean laplace and unless i am very much mistaken the source is the same in the arche publication as it was in. Voir plus didees sur le theme alchimie, hermetisme et esoterisme. I believe this hand colouring makes these images even more accessible, and i have tried to use a consistent colouring scheme to emphasise the various elements of the symbolic sequence. Mutus liber, in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica, figuris hieroglyphicis depingitur created date. Part of a series supposedly depicting the preparation of the alchemists philosophers stone. Mutus liber emblems hand coloured by adam mclean i have now june 1999 painted hand coloured versions of the fifteen pictures that make up the mutus liber series. Lib in tamen tica,jsuris hierybpticis tota herme ter optimo authore cjus nomen mocitno deo misericordi filii3 artis dedica rvpell.
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