Lumen de Lumine, or A New Magicall Light

and like midnight. Now I was somewhat troubled by these unexpected occurrences, when a new appearance diverted my apprehensions original: "Apprehensions"—here meaning fears or anxieties.. Not far off on my right hand, I could see a weak white light, not as clear as that of a candle, but misty, and much resembling an atmosphere. Toward the center it was of a purple color like the Elysian sunshine original: "Elysian Sun-shine"—the light of the blessed afterlife in Greek mythology., but in the expansion of its circumference, it was milky. And if we consider the combined tincture original: "Tincture"—an alchemical term for the essential color or quality of a substance. of the parts, it was a painted evening original: "Vesper"—the evening or the evening star., a figure of that splendor which the ancient Romans called (a) the Sun of the Dead original: "Sol Mortuorum"—a mystical light described in ancient ritual or myth..

(a) Boxhorn original: "Boxh"—Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, a Dutch scholar and historian. falsely interprets this concept.

While I was occupied with this strange scene, there appeared in the middle of those purple colors a sudden commotion, and out of their very center sprouted a certain flowery light, like the flame of a candle original: "Taper".. It was very bright, sparkling and twinkling like the morning star original: "Day-star".. The beams of this new planet, issuing forth in small skeins and rivulets, looked like threads of silver; reflecting against the trees, they revealed an exquisite, green foliage original: "Curious, green Umbrage"., and I found myself in a grove of laurels original: "Bays".. The texture of the branches was so even and the leaves so thick and in such harmonious order that it was not a wood, but a building. I truly conceived it to be the Temple of Nature, where she had joined discipline