ATHANASIUS KIRCHER

Of the Society of JESUS

THE MAGNETIC

KINGDOM OF NATURE

A PHYSIOLOGICAL DISCOURSE

On the triple MAGNET in the Nature of things,

arranged according to the triple grade

of that same Nature:

INANIMATE

ANIMATE

SENSITIVE

Wherein the hidden forces and properties of certain prodigious motions, which are observed in the triple Economy of Nature in various newly detected bodies, are brought into the open light, and demonstrated by clear arguments, with experience as our guide.

To the Illustrious and Eminent Man

ALEXANDER FABIANUS

A native of the New World.

AMSTERDAM,

From the workshop of Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge

The widow of Elizeus Weyerstraet. 1667.

With Privilege.