Restored Hermetic Science of the Ancient Philosophers

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—cherishing love for those studies original Latin: Studiis, [I was] encouraged to place this into your own high hands in the deepest submission original Latin: Submissio; a formal expression of humility before a superior. And although I am very well aware that it is only fitting to present to persons of high rank that which is ingenious in its invention, well-crafted in its style of writing, elegant in its words, rare in its content, and highly prestigious in its size: yet I am entirely of the opinion that the present work—however insignificant it may appear and look—could and should be dedicated to no one other than Your High-Countly EXCELLENCY German: Ihro Hoch-Gräffl. EXCELLENZ. A formal honorific for a Count of the Holy Roman Empire.. For though it be small in appearance, it is nonetheless great in value, as it deals with the Hermetic Philosophy A tradition of esoteric knowledge and alchemy attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, often seeking the "Philosopher's Stone." of the ancient sages, which [has been esteemed] even by the highest potentates original: Potentaten (from Latin potentatus), referring to powerful rulers or monarchs of the