The Sacrificial Body and the Day of Doom

Alchemy and Apocalyptic Discourse in the Protestant Reformation
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-15025-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 603 g

Reihe: Aries Book Series

This study positions Paracelsian alchemy, medicine and medical physiology within the apocalyptic discourse of the Protestant Reformation. A comparison is made between alchemical theory concerning the perfectibility of prime matter and Christian eschatological doctrine concerning human salvation through Christ's sacrifice in universal history and in the ritual of the mass.

A detailed analysis is made of the engraved illustrations constituting an integral part of the alchemical medicine and physiology of Heinrich Khunrath, Stefan Michelspacher, Jacob Boehme, Abraham von Franckenberg and Robert Fludd.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szulakowska, Urszula

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken

Über Autor(innen)

Urszula Szulakowska is a Lecturer in art-history at the University of Leeds. She has produced many publications on the history of alchemical illustration including The Alchemy of Light (Brill, 2000).