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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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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