Mutus liber associazione culturale edizioni museodei by hermatena museo internazionale dei tarocchi bologna magica interculture via a. 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. Canseliet lalchimie et son livre muet 1967 the plates, reengraved after the 1st ed. 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. Part of a series supposedly depicting the preparation of the alchemists philosophers stone. The rockearth is the materia secunda the dew is the materia remota. The chymical wedding of christian rosenkreutz crc first appeared in strasbourg in the year 1616.
This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for. Nov 15, 2012 canseliet also wrote an interesting comment on the mutus liber. The most widespread reading is that of initiated alchemists, started off by pierre dujols, under the pseudonym of magophon. No author was named in the book, other than christian rosenkreutz henceforth crc, but johannes valentinus andreae 15861654 claimed to be the author. Psychology and alchemy association of jungian analysts. More information may be found in a prelude to chemistry by john read, london 1936, page 155 et seq. Contextual translation of mutus liber in quo tamen into english. Summary angels descending jacobs ladder blowing trumpets with sleeping jacob below. Mutus liber latomorum le livre muet des francsmacons.
Its anonymous authorship is attributed to johann valentin andreae. 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. Chymical wedding of christian rosenkreutz wikipedia. 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. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Rupellae apud petrum savouret mdclxxvii cum privilegio regis.
Themutus liber contains a wealth of information that can fll years of study and discovery to be read and reread. 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. Consisting mainly of illustrated plates, mutus liber arouses contradictory interpretations. 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. Initiation, magic, and sacrament, over on david b metcalfes blog, at the light of sex. In the language of initiation, seven stands for the highest stage of illumination and would. 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. Silent book was an alchemical text published in france in the later half of the 17th century. It ranks amongst the major books on alchemy in early modern literature, just as much as does atalanta fugiens by michael maier. 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. Lib in tamen tica,jsuris hierybpticis tota herme ter optimo authore cjus nomen mocitno deo misericordi filii3 artis dedica rvpell. Pray read, read, read, reread work and discover a more responsive upgrade. 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. A commentary on the mutus liber by mclean, adam and a great selection of related books, art and.
Commentary on the mutus liber hermetic research series. Mutus liber, in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica, figuris hieroglyphicis depingitur created date. Le livre comprend 128 pages et disponible en format pdf ou epub. Voir plus didees sur le theme alchimie, hermetisme et esoterisme.
It was written in german and entitled chymische hochzeit christiani rosencreutz anno 1459. Cesta k jednote czech translation of attending the unity french. 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. 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. Rightclick on link to save a file to your computer. The famous mutus liber or silent book illustrates this alchemical process of the circulation of dew in great detail see image 1. The chymical wedding of christian rosenkreutz german. As the adagium of the mutus liber recommends at the end of the book. Chinese is a mutus liber, a mute book, for the majority, even though they be instructed in their proper language. The mutus liber also occurs in mangets bibliotheca chemica. Those two guys once visited canseliet to share alchemical experiences, but i read canseliet wasnt impressed and sent them away. Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. 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. 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.
Chymische hochzeit christiani rosencreutz anno 1459 is a german book edited in 1616 in strasbourg. 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. Rightclick on link to save a file to your computer, or leftclick to view the file online. The mutus liber also occurs in mangets bibliotheca chemica curiosa of 1707.
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. 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 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. It professed to outline, through a series of mystical illustrations, a method of manufacturing the philosophers stone. Hildegarde of bingen, liber divinorum operum, codex 1942 12th. Mutus liber, in quo tamen tota philosophia hermetica, figuris. In latin attributed to a possibly fictitious jacob saulat or sulat of which altus is an anagram and also to a doctor tolie. Mutus liber mutus liber, released 08 october 2012 1.