The Mage's Images: Heinrich Khunrath in His Oratory and Laboratory, Volume 3

Mage & Alchemist
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-70208-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 635 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Aries Book Series

This is the 3rd volume in a 4-volume work entitled The Mage’s Images. The work provides the first in-depth examination of the life and works of Heinrich Khunrath (1560-1605), ‘one of the great Hermetic philosophers’, whose Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom (1595/1609) has been described as ‘one of the most important books in the whole literature of theosophical alchemy and the occult sciences’. Khunrath is best known for his novel combination of ‘scripture and picture’ in the complex engravings in his Amphitheatre. In this richly illustrated monograph, Forshaw analyses occult symbolism, with previously unpublished material, offering insight into Khunrath’s insistence on the necessary combination of alchemy, magic, and cabala in ‘Oratory and Laboratory’.

Autoren/Hrsg.

J Forshaw, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Eklektizismus, Esoterik, Anthroposophie, Theosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

List of Tables

Introductory Note

5 Magic: Physical, Hyperphysical and Divine 1 Occult Forebears 2 Hermes Trismegistus 3 Reuchlin’s Threefold Art of Miracles 4 Agrippa’s Three Books 5 Paracelsus’s Sagacious Philosophy 6 Giovanni Battista Della Porta 7 1) Natural (or Physical) Magic 8 Theo-magia of the Macro- and Micro-cosm 9 Signatures of Natural Things 10 Phytognomonica 11 Character Reading: Physiognomy, Metoposcopy & Chiromancy 12 2) Mathematical, Celestial or Astral Magic 13 i) Heavens: Meteorology, Astrology, & Astral Divination 14 The Most Accurate Observations of King Zebel 15 Image Magic: Talismans and Gamahaea 16 Khunrath’s Practical Applications 17 ii) Earth: Geomantic Divination and the Casting of Lots 18 Sortilegia of the Apostles 19 Liber Albedachi 20 Liber Almachbale 21 Compendiaria Secretissimaque Operatio Geomantica 22 iii) Oratorium, Auditorium, Laboratorium: Magic, Music, and Alchemy 23 Oratory as the Sensorium, the Space or Place of Magic 24 Counsel concerning Vulcan’s Magical Forging of the Arms of Achilles 25 3) Ceremonial or Ritual Magic 26 Hyperphysical Magic 27 Divine Magic 28 Theurgy or Angel Magic 29 Necromancy 30 Addressative Magic and Intermediary Beings 31 Seven Oracular Laws at the Entrance 32 Consilium Dei 33 Naming Demons 34 Condemning Nigromancy 35 Reformation of Magic 36 Magical Prayer 37 A Hymn to the Generator and Craftsman of Everything 38 Sigillum Dei: Virtu

Über Autor(innen)

Peter J. Forshaw, Ph.D. (2004), London University, is Associate Professor in History of Western Esotericism at the University of Amsterdam. He was editor of the journal Aries (2010-2020), has edited essay collections and published articles and chapters on esotericism and occult philosophy.