The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged

PREFACE. 7

use and enjoy this gift of God in His fear; do not hide yourselves from me, and if you know me little, know that the faithful will be tested through the cross, and their faith will become known, but security and pleasures obscure it. May God be with us, Amen.

[An alchemical or astrological diagram consisting of a square within a circle. The outer ring contains the twelve signs of the zodiac. Inside this ring are four segments labeled with the four elements: AER (top), IGNIS (right), TERRA (bottom), and AQUA (left). In the center is a square containing a seven-pointed star with planetary symbols at each point. In the center of the star is the text:
MIRA
BILITAS
Naturæ]

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