Alchemy
Heinrich Khunrath
Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae
Hamburg: 1595
The Four, the Three, the Two, the One
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The Four, the Three, the Two, the One
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The Four, the Three, the Two, the One
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The Four, the Three, the Two, the One

Heinrich Khunrath. Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae. [Hamburg: s.n., 1595].

Surrounding the circular image of the the Four, the Three, the Two, the One is engraved text (cf. notes on the transcription): 

Decebit nos, igitur, prius pie lotos atque paenitentialiter purgatos, offerre, supplicesque, fide sincera, commendare deificae luci, et tunc, illam sapientiae aeternae, desuper rorantem mannam, supercaelestisque nectaream, et aquae et ignis, pluuiam, sicut stillicidia stillantia super terram, in corda, animas, uires mentesque nostras, hoc est in corpus, spiritum et animam, siue ternarium Microcosmicon renatum, descendentem, praeclusis sensibus seditiosis, mente quieta affectuque omni puro, fixe durantibus, tam immediate quam mediate, iuxta et dormientes ac uigilantes, patienter expectare; et sic, diuinitus, accendi; illustrari; illuminari; sanctificari; yhvh[1] frui; diuina pati; immo, in Deum, ineffabiliter, rapi; et quasi deificari. Laudantes interdum et adorantes (in soliloquiis, praesertim, iisque quotidianis, ut plurimum, matutinis) id pelagus misericordiae immensum, oceanuumque bonitatis omnis infinitum; ex quo, non tantum uerbi mirifici yehoshua Christou crucifixi, et sacrorum yhvh nominum atque uerborum omnium (quae, quoad nos, mansiones sunt sensibiles Diuinitatis, nec non memoracula nos docentia: stimulantia quoque, adiuuantia et eleuantia appetitum animae, mentisque, in nobis, operationem admirandam, in nosmet ipsos et extra nos, uirtuose promouentia) numen designantium et simul exhibentium; uerum etiam mirabilium omnium (facit enim yhvh mirabilia solus) ad nos usque deriuantur radii, destillant fluenta, et diuinissimi emanant riui. O felix terque quaterque felix, in admirationem, meditationem, amorem et perceptionem horum, qui rapitur. Numen, sic, summum, realiter praesens sentiemus; yhvh mirabilem, et in nobis, et in natura, et in scriptura, mirifice loquentem, ueridice audiemus, sufficienter uidebimus, fructuose obseruabimus; angelos bonos, nobis amice assistentes, nos fideliter monentes. yhvh iussu benigno familiariter docentes, atque in uiis nostris tuto ducentes, sine fallacia experiemur. Humi, igitur, procidentibus nobis, hic hymnus, aliique huic non ab similes, Ionico modulamine et accentu, sacris animi concitandi causa, debito, proferendus est:

Rei omnis generatorque opifexque, 
Superum rex, genii lux, hominum spes, 
Tremor umbris tenebrosi Phlegethontis, 
Amor incredibilis caelicolarum, 
Pauor inuincibilis Tartareorum, 

Celebris religio terrigenarum, 
adonai avinu elohenu 
Basileus, Pantokrator, Prôtogenethlos
Deus unus, Deus idem, Deus alme 
Veniens desuper, illabere nobis. 

Tu, Tu, Tu, 
Huc sedeto; 
Immota commoueto; 
Quae falsa sint moneto; 
Quae uera sint doceto; 

V. Angelloi, a nobis, ad yhvh et inde, ad nos, uolitantes, Reuerentia Tremorque sunto. 

VI. Erga illos, secundum notam probationem, iucunda oboedientia, esto. 

VII. Sacra, quorum mysteria, sic tractaturi, uenitis; palam dignis, clam prophanis, sunto. 

Te ipsum nosce, ex libro Sanctissimae Scripturae; Naturae totius Vniuersi, qui est, et Macrocosmos totus, et Microcosmos, siue tu ipse, secundum et corpus, et spiritum tuum; denique et mentis tuae, Deo coniunctae; theosophice; physice; physicomedice; physicochemice; physicomagice; hyperphysicomagice; cabalice.

yhvh nosce, ex Sanctissima Scriptura; creatura; etiam ex Se Ipso; et quidem, luce sua, in mente tua, immediate oborta; theosophice; naturaliter; cabalice.

Henricus Khunrath Lips. Theosophiae amator et Medicinae Doctor, Dei gratia, inuentor. Paulus vander Doort. Antverp. scalpsit, Hamburgi, anno a Christo nato, 1595. Mense Maio.

Note

1. Tetragammon.

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