The Great Astronomy (Astronomia Magna)
Astronomia Magna (Philosophia Sagax)
Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim)
German
1571
400 pages
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First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Astronomia Magna' (or 'Philosophia Sagax') is a massive work by Paracelsus that has never received a complete, cover-to-cover English translation. While significant excerpts and selections appear in major anthologies by A.E. Waite (1894), Jolande Jacobi (1951), and Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (1999), the full text remains untranslated in its entirety.
Related translations found:
The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus, trans. A.E. Waite (1894) [excerpts]
Paracelsus: Selected Writings, trans. Norbert Guterman (from Jolande Jacobi's selection) (1951) [excerpts]
Paracelsus: Essential Readings, trans. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (1999) [excerpts]
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Step into the revolutionary world of Paracelsus, where the stars are not distant lights but the very architects of human reason and physical form. Astronomia Magna unveils a universe where man is the 'Fifth Essence' of creation, gifted with the 'Light of Nature' to command the firmament and unlock the hidden virtues of the cosmos.
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