Count Michael Maier: Life and Writings, 1568-1622

by J. B. Craven, R.A. Gilbert (Foreword by)

Overview

Count Michael Maier (1568-1622) is among the giants of the Alchemical Renaissance of the early 17th century. Atalanta Fugiens and Themis Aurea transcend their era and continue to inspire alchemical students today. But Maier's many other works remain virtually unknown—to our loss, for he was a champion of Rosicrucianism as well as a spiritual alchemist of the highest caliber. Reverend J.B. Craven had access to important sourceworks on Michael Maier as well as his writings, many of which were unavailable in English. In this collection, first published in 1910, he provides a biography of Maier, tracing his career as a physician/ his associations with the likes of Dr. Robert Fludd, Sir William Paddy, and Sir Thomas Smith/ and his pursuit of alchemy as both a science for transmuting lead into gold and a metaphor for spiritual attainment.

Craven also catalogues and reviews excerpts from Maier's most important works, including Atalanta Fugiens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892540839
Publisher:	Nicolas-Hays, Inc
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

R.A. Gilbert is an esoteric scholar and antiquarian bookseller who lives in Bristol, England.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Life of Maier	1
	References to Maier and His Works	11
	Introduction	13
	Works
	Arcana Arcanissima	31
	De Circulo Physico, Quadrato	51
	Lusus Serius	53
	Examen Fucorum Pseudo-Chymicorum	61
	Tocus Severus	64
	Silentium Post Clamores	65
	Symbola Aureae Mensae Duodecim Nationum	68
	Atalanta Fugiens	85
	Tripus Aureus	94
	Themis Aurea	98
	Viatorium	105
	Verum Inventum	111
	Tractatus De Volucri Arborea	117
	Septimana Philosophica	132
	Civitas Corporis	140
	Cantilenae Intellectuales De Phcenice Redivivo	146
	Ulysses	156
	Colloquium Rhodostauroticum	161
	Echo Colloquii Rhodo-Staurotici	161
	Christianae Religionis Summa, Diaz	163
	Scholasterium Christianum	163
	Contributory Works and Works Not Seen by the Author, a List of	164