Polygraphia et De Septem Secundeis

Name: Polygraphia et De Septem Secundeis
Author: Johannes Trithemius

Johannes Trithemius

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Polygraphy and the Seven Secondary Intelligences

Polygraphia et De Septem Secundeis

Johannes Trithemius

Latin

Johannes Trithemius 1508 · published 1600

32 pages

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First Complete Translation

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

The 1600 edition of this work contains two distinct texts: the 'Polygraphia' (a major work on cryptography) and 'De Septem Secundeis' (a short treatise on planetary spirits). While 'De Septem Secundeis' has been translated into English several times (by William Lilly in 1647, Francis Barrett in 1801, and Adam McLean in 1979), the 'Polygraphia' itself has never received a complete English translation. Consequently, this volume represents the first complete English translation of the 'Polygraphia' and the first time both works have been published together in English.

Related translations found:

The Seven Secondary Intelligences, trans. Adam McLean (1979) [complete]

The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer (Book II, Part III), trans. Francis Barrett (1801) [complete]

The World's Catastrophe, or, The Prophecies of Ambrose Merlin and Trithemius, trans. William Lilly (1647) [complete]

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Johannes Trithemius proposes that seven celestial spirits rotate the governance of history in fixed cycles. Discover how planetary influence dictates the rise of empires, the birth of religions, and the inevitable clockwork of human events.