Paracelsvs Of the supreme mysteries of nature.: Of [brace] the spirits of the planets. Occult philosophy. The magical, sympathetical, and antipathetical cure of wounds and diseases. The mysteries of the twelve signs of the zodiack. / Englished by R. Turner, philomathēs.
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Paracelsvs Of the supreme mysteries of nature.: Of [brace] the spirits of the planets. Occult philosophy. The magical, sympathetical, and antipathetical cure of wounds and diseases. The mysteries of the twelve signs of the zodiack. / Englished by R. Turner, philomathēs.
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Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
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London :: Printed by J.C. for N. Brook and J. Harison; and are to be sold at their shops at the Angel in Cornhil, and the holy Lamb neer the east-end of Pauls,
1656. [i.e. 1655]
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Astronomy
Astrology
Occultism
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"Paracelsvs Of the supreme mysteries of nature.: Of [brace] the spirits of the planets. Occult philosophy. The magical, sympathetical, and antipathetical cure of wounds and diseases. The mysteries of the twelve signs of the zodiack. / Englished by R. Turner, philomathēs." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76997.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2025.
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The Contents of this Book.
OF simple Fire. pag. 1, 2
Multiplicity of Fire. 3
Variety of Metals. 3, 4
The Metals of the Planets. ibid.
The substance of Metals. 4
The Spirit of the Sun. 4, 5
The Body of Mercury. 5
The Spirit of the Moon. 6
Of the Spirit of Venus. 7, 8
The Spirit of Mars. 9
Of the Spirit of Jupiter. 10
Of the Spirit of Saturn. 11
Of the gross Spirit of Mercury. 12, 13
Of Tinctures how they are made. 14, 15
The Conjunction of Male and Female. 15, 16
To form of the glass Instruments. 16
The properties of the Fire. 17
Signs of the Conjunction united. 18, 19
To know the perfect Tincture. 19, 20
To multiply the Tinctures. 20
To make the Furnace. 21
To place the Fire. 22
Of the Conjunction of Male and Female. 23
Of their Copulation. 24
Of the Philosophical Conjunct. of man & woman. 24
Of the black Tincture. 25
Buds appearing in the Glass. 25, 26
Of the red Colour. 26
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To multiply the Tincture. 27, 28
Of Occult Philosophy. 29
Of Consecrations. 33
Of Ceremonies Magical. 34, 35
Of Conjurations. 36, 37, 38, 39
Of Characters. 40
Of Pentagon and Hexagon. 41
The power thereof. 42, 43
Supernatural Diseases must have supernatural Cures. 44, 45
Visions and Dreams. 45, 46
Dreams natural and supernatural. 47, 48
Of Spirits and Persons wandring under the earth. 51
Of Pygmies, what they are. 5••, 52
What places the terrene Spirits do most frequent. 5••, 54
Several Opinions of them. 55, 56
That they are subject to death. 57
The Devil seems to imitate the terrene Spirits. 58. 59
Of Imagination. 60
The power thereof. 6••
Examples thereof. 61, 62
An Objection answered. 63
Of hidden treasure. 64
Of Spirits frequenting such places. 65 66
The manner of obtaining such treasures. 66, 67
How the Spirits change the treasure 68
How they remove it. 69
Of such as are possessed of evil Spirits. 70, 71, 72 73
How to deliver them that are so possest. 74
The abuse in such cases practised. 75, 76
Of Tempests. 77
The appearance of Spirits. 78
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To fumigate them away. 79, 80
The abuse of Magick. 81
The purity thereof. 82
Preservatives against Witchcraft. 84
Images made by Witches. 85
How they afflict men therewith. 85, 86
The manner of helping persons bewitched. 86, 87
Experience of Egyptians herein. 88, 89
Of the mystery of the twelve Signs. 91
The Vertue of Characters and Seals. 94, 96
Of Words. 95
Celestiael Medicines. 101
Common griefs of the head. 101, 102
The falling Evil. 102, 103, 104
To preserve the sight. 105, 106
Against dryness in the brain. 107, 108
Against the Palsey. 109, 110
Against the Stone and Sand in the Reins. 111, 112
Of the members of generation. 113, 114
To preserve horses sound. 115, 116
The sympathetical Oyntment. 117, 118
The Weapon-Salve. 118
Against the Gout. 119, 120, 121, 122
Against Contractures. 123, 124
For Womens terms. 125
For the menstrue. 126, 127
For the Leprosie. 127, 128
For the Vertigo. 129, 130
For the Cramp. 131
For trembling of the heart. 131, 132, 133, 134
Oyl of Coral to prepare. 134
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Of ruptures of Bones. 135
The mystery of the twelve Signs. 136
The Seal of Aries. 137, 138
The Seal of Taurus. 139, 140
The Seal of Gemini. 140, 141, 142
The Seal of Cancer. 142, 143
The Seal of Leo. 143, 144
Virgo, and its Seal. 145
The Seal of Libra. 146
Of Scorpio. 147, 148
...Sagittary. 149, 150
The Seal of Capricorn. 150, 151
Of Aquary. 151, 152
The Seal of Pisces. 152, 153
Secrets of Nature to destroy Mice. 154, 155
To preserve Sheep. 155, 156
For Oxen and Horses. 156, 157
To destroy Flyes. 157
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