Polygraphy and the Seven Secondary Intelligences

...[the memories] of living things were extinguished with time. Many men shone in those times, most learned in every kind of science and most eloquent: Theologians, Astronomers, Physicians, Orators, Historiographers, and those like them—not only among the pagans original: "gentes," often referring to non-Christian nations or Gentiles., but also among Christians. Finally, the persecution of the infidels against the Church ceased,
Constantine the Great becomes a Christian.

after Constantine Caesar the Great embraced the faith in the year of the world 5,539, past the middle of the reign of Anael himself, the Angel of Venus. Although the Church was afterward occasionally disturbed in part by the impious, it nevertheless remained entirely peaceful for a long time. From that point on, the human race,
Divine worship of God restored.

which since the time of King Ninus Ninus was the legendary first king of Assyria, often credited by medieval historians with the invention of idolatry. had wandered miserably for 2,300 years regarding the worship of idols, was mercifully called back to the knowledge of the one God. Various arts of great subtlety increased in these times, and through the suitability of the nature of Venus, they took on beauty
notable.

and growth. For the customs of men change with time, and lower bodies Refers to the physical world and human bodies. are disposed according to the influence of the higher ones Refers to the celestial bodies or planets.. Indeed, the mind is free and does not receive the influence of the stars, unless its commerce or connection with the body, which it has as its foremost part, stains its own affection by inclining itself Trithemius argues that while the physical body is affected by the stars, the human soul retains free will unless it chooses to give in to physical impulses.. For the Angels who are the movers of the Spheres original: "Orbium." In medieval cosmology, angels were believed to physically move the planetary spheres. destroy or subvert nothing of those things which
Comet.

nature has established. A comet of unusual magnitude preceded the death of Constantine.
Arian heresy.

The Arian heresy A significant early Christian conflict concerning the nature of the Trinity, specifically the relationship between God the Father and the Son. disturbed the Holy Church in many places at the end of this reign; in the time of Julian Caesar Julian the Apostate, the Roman Emperor who attempted to revive paganism.
Crosses on clothes.

crosses appeared on the linen garments of men.