part contained all the Secrets of Fhyfic^ the Coe-^

lefiiallthofeof Afirologie^and the Spiritftalikl) thofe of Divinitie, Every one of thefe by itfelj jf? was hut a Branch or Lim, hut being united al fc| Ihree^ they were the Panders of the Science if«i Now in thefe thy dayes there is no man canjhen k thee any reall Phyfic^ or zAfirologie ^ neithei i hdvethey any more^ than a Tong^and^Book'^t Divinitie. The reafon of it is this ; Jn Procef h of time thefe three Sciences ( which work^ nc [«; monders without a mutuall ejfentiall Union ] wf were by mif- interpret at ton difmemhred^ and fet ff, iif^ft, fo that every one of them was held to bt k 0t Factiltie by it felf. Now thefe Three in one Naturall Subje[t, but ^ man hee feparated them, and placed thera in j?^ no gubjeCh^ but in his own Brain, there theji
nmains^
A new Magkatl Lrght^ 8ccl 17
ii\?mained in "awards and, fan fie ^ net in Sublian'- h Idl Elements^ and, Verttie, In this flate the ^^'ciences were dead and JneffettHall .. they 1^1 seldd nothing but Noyfe^for they were fe^a^ k'4ted'^ As if thofi fhouid*fi difmemher a '^ Han, and then expeH: fome one fart of him ifopt/d per forme thofe Aciions ^ which the ■If' \7h0le did, when he was alive. Thou doeflk^ow t% \y very naturall Experience^ that out of one 'li '>pecificali Root there grow fever all different i^ubfiances^ as Leaves^ Flowers ^ Frftit, and '^l Ued ; So out of one tiniverfall Root, namely 4 he Chaos^ grow all Specificall Natuns^ and fill heir J^dividualls, Now there is no true Sci' (s\ nee or Know ledge ^ but what is grounded upon i iC^iftble^ particular Sub (lances , or Hpon that n. knfible tiniverfall Sub fiance^ out of which all n ^Particulars are made. As for Univerfals in kvhe zAhflralk ^shere are no (uch things, they Ifldl re empty imaginarie WhymzSes^ for ^Abf^ra- [i\ T:ions are but fo many Phantaflic Suppofittons^ n^onfidernow Eu genius, that all Jndividuals^ )» \ven ij[i>in himfclf^ hath nothing in him Ma- jii erially^ but what he received from the mate-* sk "iall Univerfall Nature. Confidcr again, that ttti he fame Individiials are Reducible to their k wfI^"Phyficall UniverfMl Matter^ and by Con^ \ « 'equence this tiniverfall matter hath in it felf 'h^ ^ he Secrets and A^yfieries of all Particulars ; \u\ ' for
i8 Lumen de Lumine^OT j
for rvhtfttfoever includes the SubjeEt it felf^ in ^ i
eludes alfo the Science of that fubje^, % ^i
conclude .. In the firfl CM^tter^ the Divin, n
^ '^^ifdome is collected m a Generall Chaodicat wi
^> Center J but in the particfilars made of the firji m
^[^tt^ritti 4i[ferjed^a^^ I ij«
j^ere to a Qrcumference, It remains the) ,;,f
^ that the Chaos is the l[enter of all Sciences, tt h
^ yphich they may, and ought to be reducd , for i:
- it is the fenfible naturaliyi^^tn\xm Magnum w\
and under (jod th. Secondary Temple Oj ^
^Wifdome, Search therefore, and examine thi \\\
■^farts of this Chaos, by the Rules and InJlrU' in
ctions received, when I xvas with thee in thi '^
mineral Region, Drvell not altogether on tht ^
practice, for that is not the way to improve %r
it : be fur e to adde reafon to thy , Experience^ wf,
and to imploy thy mind afwell as thy hands ^ \,,
Labour to know all Caufes and their Effects \ i^
doe not onlyfludy the Receipt^ like that broy. \;.
ling frying Company , xvho call themfelvei n
(^'htmiflsy but are indeed no Philofophers, This u^
is all which I thinkefit to adde to my former ^^
Prefer iptions , but that which made me re^ iff
' turtle, was fomething elfe, and new thou fh alt ^
receive it , Thou haft heard fometimes I fup^ ^
pofe of the BerylUfttc part of Ol^^g^^ : have ^j
a care to apprehend me, and I will fhew the& pf,
^he Eoundation. Thou muft know the ftars \,
vck Ur- ,■ ^^..v^TXfj. can
A new Magicall Ltght^ &c. 1 9
\^ iij im-preffs no new Influx in perfeB comfleat ' ^ ioM^Sy they only difpofe, aiU in fome meafure '^^irufthat influence ^which hath been former- '[^ ' tmprejpd. It is mofi certain E^genius, that -' W^g Afirobolifm takes -place without jomefre^ - '\^ torn Corruption^ and Alteration in the Pa^ '^ 'eyit^ for Nature works not but in loofle ^moyft^ ^)^ ijcompofled Elements, This T>iflemper pro^ P ^eds not from the flarS, but from the Con^ ^™ ^arietie of the Elements amongft themfelvesi ' ^'^Oiffoluthn^ then the Cckflidl Fire puts in fn » reconcile them againe^ and generats flome new "' ^v'orme^ feeing the old one could confifl no Ion- ^/^ er. Obferve then that the Genuine Time of '11 w^prefftons is, when the Principles are Sper-- t\ tatic and callow^ but being once coagulated , i > a per felt Body^ the Ttme of Stellification is ' 'J tfl. Now the Ancient t^^agt in their jUoJ^ ffeake of fi range Ajlrologicall Lamps^ "« m.iges^ Rings ^ and T^lates, which being m^d '» t certatne Hours ^ would produce incredible^ w xtraordtmrio Effects, 7 he common Aflro^ 'I- ger ,he takes aflons^or fa^fK peece of Met all ^ i\ gnres it with ridiculous CharaBcrs^ and then f xpofeth it to the Planets^ not m an Alkemuft^ '■'^ ut 04 he dreams kimfelf^ he knows not how^ •'( ^^hen this is done^ all is to no purpofe ^ but fi hough they fiile in their pra^rice , yet they % believe
1 o Lumen de Lumine^ or \
hlieve they underfiand the Books of the Mi
gi well enough • Now Eugenius that thi l^r
may ft know vahat to doe, I mil teach thee . b^,
Example. Take a /ipe graitte of Corne^ th i2i
tshard^anddrie expofe it to the Sfin-bean- fld^
- £?.£j?^^^^'' ^^ ^^^^^ "^^Sfflly anSTii xpi '%
. be a drie graine for ever. But tf thou doe m
hiry it m the Earthy that the nitrojis Saltij i n
mojfiHreofthatElem£»tmaydijfolve it, tfjc^f-
the Shh Will worke upon it, and make it ffrin iff
and [pYout to anew Body. It ts juft thus wit\t\
the common Afirologer, he expofeth to th le'
Planets a perfe^ compared Body^ and by thi sd
means thinks to performe the xMagicia?^ ii
Gamadta^ and marry the Inferior and Supt 'h
rior VWorlds. It muft he a Body reducd inti l \
Sperm J that tloe Heavenly Feminine moyfture W
which receives and retains the Imprejfe o^il
the ji fir all Agent, may be at Liberty, am fc
immediatly exposed to the tJMAfculine tire oj »
Nature, This is the ground of the Beryl, but^
you muft remember that nothing can beftel- t^
lifted without the joy nt Magnetifm of three k
Heavens \ what they are I have told you
elfewhere, and I will not trouble you with Re- J"?
petitions. When (lie had thus (aid. (he toot ;
out of her Bofonic, two miraculous Medals^ ^
not Mcfalltne, but fuch as I had never fcen, \\
neither did I conceive there was in Nature ]\
fuch
^ A new Magicall Li^ht^ &c. 2 1
th pure, and glorious Subfiances, In iny i !gement they were two (Jlfapcall Aftro^ t w, but fhe caird them Saphtrics of the tit and Moo^e, Thcfe Miracles fhc com- % nded to my perufail, excufing her fell: as iw ng fleepic , otherwiie fhe had expounded k m for me. I looked, admir'd^ and wea- /fij d my ieif in their Contemplation . Their k mplexion Was io heavenly , tlieir coyitri- m^ fee (6 myflermts ^ I did not well know , ;»« at to make of them. I turn'd a fide to fee \\ he was ihll a deep, but fhc was gone, and fill s did not a little trouble me. I expeded i Returnc, till the Day was quite fpent, buc ^f/ : did not appeare. At laft fixing my Eys on wi it place, where fhee fometimcs refted , I m :ovei*d certain feeees of Gold, which flie 5 1 left behind her, and hard by a faper J itdi like a Letter. Theie I took up , and > (j A^ the Ntght approaching , the Evemng-^ \i r tinn'd in the Wefl^ when taking my lafi: ]i vey of her fiowr'te pll(Tw^ I parted from it: n'^isFerfe.
;r . ■ ■
Uf. ^^fiiy green Bank farewell \ and way ft thou wcare I Sun hcums^ and Rofe, and Lilies all tbeyeare I ly She il pt on Thcc : but needed not to ilied ^' t Goldj ^tivas pay enough to be her Bed. :eii| Flow'rs are Favorjts : for thk Joy'd Day 11 f wen my Rivals, 4^ wf ^ Her did play.
kr
2 Z Lumen de Lumine^or E
They found their Heav'n ^t hand, and in her Eys \ \i lnjoy*d a Copie ofih(ir abfcnt skies Their weaker paint didirith true Giorles trade, ^■fid miugl'd with her Cheeks, one 'ofie made, ^nd did net her fofc skin corifine their pride, ^nd with a skreen of^s'iik both Flowi *s divide^ ^ They had fuck' d W^^fom thence, andftdm her Heat Bmrovp'd a Soul to malie themfchcs compleat. 0 happy Pillow ! "Chough thou art l.iyd even vfiih Duft,/^; made thee up dmojl a H^^aven. Her Breath rain^'d Spices, a'lideach Ambei ring Ofbev brigf t locks slrew'd Bracelets o*y thy tpring. That Earth's not poor, did fuch a Treafure hold. But ihxiQZ inrich'd, with. Amber, 5picc, and Gold,
Baum
1 I fSr^^^cJcJi ^W-^v^^^
/--iA>aVV-a^ 'i-v-vhf. X
i)UH.Ul..AL JVLAGiCi^ TrPVb\
24 i^umen ae Lumtne^OT \
THis is that Smblcmaticall Mag. h call Type ^ which Thalia delivery loi I tomcintheinvifible Gmana. THdi firfi and Superior part of it rfpiCii' {t\\X.%^Q. ^JMomtdins o'i\\^z Moo?u The Ph j)i( lofbphers commonly call them the CMomm tains o^\ndta^Oi\\\\\Q{^Q. J ops giows their Ut cret and famous Lunar ta. It is an Heri ea(ictobefound,but that men are blind, fdeii it difcovers it felf , and fiiines after m^ k like l?earle. The Earrth of thele iJMomtaii i is very red and /^yf"/- beyond all Expreffio. |f, It is full or~CTyr}'f^aliiyic Rockjy which thai Philofbphers call their 6"/^^/^, and their Stone k Birds and Fjfl) (jay they) briiig it to then k Of thefe CMotintains fpcaks ^alt the y^r^ bian^z moft excellent judicious Author. V^ de fili ad Monte s\ndi(fi^(y ad ['uvtma^ pta ^ accipeex eis lapides honor atos qui ItcjUefi^ unt m i^qua^ quando commifce^tHr ei^ Gc my fon to the Adountains of I dia , and t thdv QftarriesovCaver-'^s.znd takechence oi freciotufio?^ef.^vj\\\ch diitolve or melt in w^ r^r, when they 2.ic ;ni^,^^'^d therewith. Muc indeed might be fpoken concerning the ^ Afountains /if kw^cre lawfull to publiflith« C^/?m^.(,buronethingI{hall not forbea to tell you. They are very dangerous pJao after Nighty for they are haunted with Fin ' ^^" "■"*"■ ar
d other grange ^j)paritwm, occafion'd (as m told by the C^f^\1') by ccrtaine y/>/W/-/; lich dMle lafcivioiijiy with the fj)erm of * world^ and imprint their Xmaginations in pioducing many times fantaflic, and mori- ons GeneratioKs, The Accefle and Pilgri- age to this place, with the Difficulties lich attend them, are faithfully, and ma- ierially deicribcd by the Brothers cf^. C. le'ir Language indeed is very fimfle^ and th moft men perhaps coKtsmftible .- Buc fpcake finely vJ2lS no fart of their Defigne, :ir Learning lyes not in the Thrafe , biic the Senfe, and that is it, which I propofi the Qjrifideration of the Reader,
D
26 Lumen de Lumine^ or
y^ Letter from the Bro therso/R- C.
Concerning the Invifible ^ Ma gicallMO UNTJ IME, And the Treafure therein . Contained,
\y^ TMufquifque natura dcfydernt cf „ I I Dux .-habere Aurecs ^ Argcntec 3^ ^"^^^ Thei'auros. & itiagnus videii coiai 5, Mundo. Deus an rem hxc omnia Crcavi|jp ,,ut Homo lis utatiir, Eorumque fit Dom: 3, nils. & agnofcat in illis fingularcm ejus Be ^jjiijatcm &: Omnipotentiam, Jpfi gratias a „ gat, Eum honoret, 6c Jaudet. Nemo autei 5, vult hsEC omnia niii otiolis diebus, ^null J, labore, & periculo praeciinte conquirerc ^^Jj j,nequeexlococo confequi, in quo Deus iij^^j, ^,]a pofuerit : etiamque vulc uc quaerantu .j ' 3, & Qj^iaruencibus dabit. Nemo vero vulc U l^^. J, dem (ibi in illo loco quserere, & pr9pterc )J^,^ 3, ctiam non inveniunnir. Siquidem a long ^" „ tempore Via, & locus ad Hscc incogniti ^' j^cftj & maximse parti abfconditus. Etian: J*!
Ill miio Krei toiiti
A new Ma^ia/ILight^ &c. 27
vero Locum 5i Viam difficile Sc laboriofum
/it invcnirc, locus tanien di invcftigandus.
Cum vero Deus coram iliis nihil abicondi-
tumvelit, idco in hoc ultimo feculo ante-
quam judicium cxcremum vcniat , Dignis
hxc omnia iunc levelanda : uti fobfcure ta-
men hns, nc manifcfta fiant Indignis) in
quodam loco inquit ; Nihil eft Abfconditum,
quod non leveletur. Nos igicur a Spiritu ^^'^^* '
Dei a6ti, banc Dei Voluntatem Mundo an-*
nunciamus, uti etiam ip. Diveifis linguis a
Nobis fadum, & publicatum eft. Iftam
vero publicationem autnjajor parsciliim-
niatar, aut contemnic, aut fine Deo pro-
Tiifla ejus penes nos qu^uric, cxiftimans nos
llos ftatim Do6luros, quo modo Aurum
Ghimicum fit praeparandum, aut illis affene
magnos Thelauros, quibus poiTint coram
nundo pompole vivere. fi^ipctbiie, Bella
"^^^erere, Lucra exercere, helluaii, porare , in-
:ontinenter vivere, & in aliis pcccacis vi-
'^|amcommacuIarc, Qiias tamen omr.ia con-
"^'' raviafunt voluntati ipfius Dei. Hi exemp]a
^l :apere debebanc a d:ce?n z'lrgt'f.ibm ill is
i^^' c\\XdS\xm cjHir?que Stolid^ a prudentibi'.s
^^^ Ileum petebant) effc mukum aliam ratio-
lo"! lem, dum nimirum opus fie, uc quilibec
0 yyo^rio labor e & ttudlo in Deo id confequa-
;ti3ii yxK, N
f P 2 ,;ex
28 humeri de \jiimne^ or
5, ex (ingulaii Dei gratia & Revelatione, etiaii „ex iplorum fcripcis agnofcimus, aures no 5, ftras obturamus, & quafi nutibus nos obdu „Gimus,ne Ipforum Boatus, & EjuJatus au 3, diamus . qui in vanum aurum clamant "" ,^ Atque hinc fit etiam quod multum Calum^ ^^yiiarum dc Convniornm contra nos effun ,, dunt, qua: non curamus, led Dem luo tern
„ Poflquam vero Nos Veftrum "Duorm "^ 5, Diligentiam, & ledulitatcm, quam in ver "^j ^^Cogmtione Dct ^ ^ Ldtione facrortim Bi^ . „ hliorum impcndiris , jampridem ( quamvj 'J' yjVobis infcientibus) bene icivimus, etiam 5, vejftro agnovimus fcripto , Nos etiam vc " ^,pr^ multis aliis millibus refponfo aliqui'^J 5,dignari voluimus, & vobis hoc fignificar» „cxpermiflu Dei, 6c Spiritus San6li Admo"^^j 5, nitionc, f'^'
„Eft cJI/OiV^ fitus in medio T^rr^"^^' „ vel Qntroorhis^ qui eft parvus & magntu ^^^ „ eft mollts , etiam fupra modum durm I "J^ ^^Saxofiis 'y eft unicuique fro-pi?iqHPis, & /(£?«»'''' ^^giyicjtms, fed ex Confilio Dei Invijibtlis, I »P^' 3,eo funt maximi Thefiuri ah(coYiditi^ que",™' „ Mundus numeral e non poteft s Qui /z? 5, ex In vidia DiaboU ( qui omni tempore Dt «'^J , Cjloriam, & Fdlicitatem Hominis impedit »"'' 33 multum trncibm ^nimdibm^^ aliis >4JkB^
w
A new mu^icau JLigm^ occ. 29
^^vihusrafaciyus circuindatiis eft, quse vtam 5, Homini reddunt dtfficilem^ & pertcubfam^ I „ ^ propterca hue ulque etiam ( quia Tern* ' ..ptisnondamell) ea via nee dum abOmni* „ bus quaeri potuit, aut inveniri. Nunc vero „ a Dignis (interim proprio cujufquc labore) „Via invenienda eft. Ad hunc Montcm itc „ Node quadam (cum ea C\t) longiffima^ & „ obfcuriffima, & prsepirate vofmetipibs per jfideles precationes. Infiftite in viam ubi „Mons fit inveniendus, Quaerite autcm ex I „ Nemine ubi via fit invenienda, fed fequimi- „ni fideliter vcftrum Duftovem, qui le vo- „ bis fiftet, 6c in itinerc vos offendet, vos veio ,, ilium non agnofcetis. Hie media no6le, ,j cum omnia tranquilla & obfcura funt, vos ,,adMontem adducct, led neceffe eftut vos ,j prsemuniatis animo magiio ^ heroico, ne >, reformidetis ea, quse vobis occurrent, & re- ,,cedatis. Nullo gladio Corporali indigetis, ^, necaliisAi'iTiis, {cd Deum rolummodo in- „ vocate Syncere, & ex Animo. Poftquam vi- „ diftis Montem , primum Miraculum quod „procedet, hoc eft. Vehemenciflimus & „ maximus Vencus. qui Montcm commove- ' „ bit , & Rupes difcutiet. Tuuc vobis fe of- ! „ ferent Leones & Dracones , 6i alia Terri- „ bilia Animalia, fed nihil hxc reformidate y 5; Eftotc ftabiks, 3: cavete ne rcccdatis, Nam D 3 veftcr
20 ijiimm at^ i^ummc^ or
5jVeRef Conduclor qui vosconduxic, non per „ii3ittec ut aiiquid Mail vobis fiat. Veruni ^Thcfaurus nondum c(l dete(^l:us, fed valde 5j^ropinquus. Hiinc Vcntum fequkur Terrx- ,, moms, qui abfol vet ca,qiK£ Vencus leliquit, 3, & a:quabit ea, Cavete tamen ne reccdatis, ,, Pofl TcriumoLiiui icquttur Ignis maximu§, 3, qui omnem Tcnel-lrem Materia ni coniuniet, 3, & Thefauium dcteget. vos veio cum videre j,nequitis.„Verum poft hxc omnia. & fcirnengj 33 circa Tempus Matutinuni eric tranquilli- 3, tas magna, &: arnica, & vidcbitis ftellam „Matutinam aicenderc, & Auroram afTiir- '3,gere, 3c magnum Thefaunim animadvert 3, tetis : penes quern prxcipuum & exaCtifli- 3, mum eft fumma quardam Tindlura, qua ,,Mundus ( ^^nusefTet) poffcc tingi, & in fummum Au „ rum Coverti.
3, Hac Tindura utentes uti vos docuerit L 3j veflcr Condus!:"^or3 vos qu am vis Icnes, red- ^i^^ 3,dct Juvenes, ^ in nuilo membro animad- 3,vcrtetis uUiim morbum. Penes banc Tin- ^,cturam invenieds etiam Margaritas, quasL^i, ,, ne quidem licet excogitare. Vos vero nihil j ^', capietis pro Autontate vefira^ led fitis con- .^ ,tcnticum eo quod vobis Condu(!rlor com- J, ., municabit. Deo Icmper gratias agite pro ^jHoc^ & fummaai curam intcnditc^ nc coram i
mundo
h
A new MagicaU Lt^ht^ occ 3 1
mundo fuperbiatis, (cd Dono hoc re6le uti- mini, ^in ca impendicc, cx\x Mundo func contraria, ^ ica pofTidcte, qiiafi non habc-, recis. Ducirc vitani Temperatam , & ca- vccc ab omni gencre pcccati, alioqui hie ve- ftcr Condudor a vobis ie diverret, 8^ pri- vabiniini hac felicitace. Scitore enim hoc ideliter, Qui Tindura hac abutitur, & non vivic excmplariter, pure, & Syncerc coram Hominibus, Bcneficium hoc amittct. &; pa • um fpei reliable, quo itcrum id Recipere poflic, &c.
Thus have they defcribed unto m the ^ '\[m'^t of ^^4 the myfhcall Philofbphicall ■i^ V^/» .-which is nothing elfe but the htjrhefl ,d p//r^y? fart of the J'^r/^A. For the fupe- )r fecret portion of this ELmer,t is He?// ound,^ 2.\xA Ariflotle tejs his Peripatetics^ iciu quo Excelftor^ eo ^Divinior, It is the ed-plot of tlit ^teryjall Nature^ the imme- itf^cjfcllyd.ud Recipte^t oi' Henv:n^ whei'c C^iinerals and Vegetables have their i^tf^r.r, d by which the Avimal Ivtoncirchis is \i-Maind, This philoipphi.call^ Black 5'^- O 22 mortifies anri^ %ercuri of the j^'«"-f, and on the contrary "^ : Mercury kils and dtffolves the Saturn^ .-■ ifli i out of the Corraftion of >Si?^/? ihc Ci?^-
1^1
«*r.'z/
5 2 Lumen dc Lumine^ oif
tral^ti^CircHmferentidl Suns generat ^ tiet^'''; ,,^Bodj\ Hence the Philoibphers dcfcribing thei -Jlom^izW us it is Lafis niger^ vilis^ c^ f£tens ^ Atcitur Qrigo MhpAi^ CT* oritur ficut Ger- 1 mimyitia. As for the Epflle of the V rater ^' mtie^ I fhall for Jatufuftiori of the ordt»ar\f Reader, put it into Engliih . I know fomi 2) they confefj'e their Ignorar.ce -, I can afTur'lic^ theni , The Stib]eB: is no where lb clearl k iiif covered, and for^the firft_ abfiruie ^refarA tion, there is no ^rivat Author hath w^^ i^/ withall moft fa'tthftilly defcrtbed, I confedi mt indeed their InftruElion wears a cJ^^^j^, i W fpeaks in Trop?s^ but very pUi^e and p^rr-z// ( c>%f , and the Svghjh of it is This, \
Every Man yiaturally de fires a Superi m ority^ to have Treafkres ef Gold and Stiver [b andto feeme Great in the Eys of the iVorl&K CJQd indeed created all things for the nfe o Ff/ Aian^ that he might rule over them^ and ac V h^ow/edge thcrci/i the fingular Goodneffe n i-rad Onrnipotencie of God, give him Tha&k 'fi for his Benefits, honour him and praife him fik But there ts Ho njun lookj after thefe Thingi f 'Jtbrryvffi thin b) {pending hps dayes idely, tk
yyofil
A new M^giuU Light ^ &c. 3 5
^ofild injoy them without any prezions labour^ Kd T)singer^ neither doe they look^ them out ftktt place, where Gad hath treafurd them p, who expels alfo that man jhould feek for ' hem there, and to thofe that feek , wHl he \vcthm. But there is not any that labours jr a T[offc(rioninthat^hcc^andtherfirethefe liehes are not found : For the way to this hcc,and thephcc itfelfhath been unkwmnfor \
long time^ and it ts hidden from the greatefi j
)art cfthe World. But notwithfianding it be \
ifficu/t, and laborious to find out this way and. lace, yet the ^hcejhould be fought after, But it • not the will of God to conceale any thing from hofe that are his^ and therefore in this lafi 4ge^ before the Ftnall Judgement comes^ all hefe things fh all be manifeflcd to thofe that re worthy : zy^s hee H^jelfe ( though bfcurely ^ lejl it fhould be manifejled to the mvorthf) hath fpokf'i i'^ a certaine place • There is Nothing covered that fhall not be evejiledjand hidden that fhall not be known. Ve therefore being moved by thefptrtt of God^ !^f declare the will of Go^ to the World^ which ye have alfo already rter formed^ (a) and pub- ^ '■(hed tn j ever all Languages. But mojt men (-Q^r^/j ither revile^ or contemne that our Manifefio, f^^;^/; ' relfe wavi'^^g thefpmtofGod^ they expe5iK*Q.
the
Ik
5 4 Lumen ae Lumine^ or ^ ^
thefropofals thereof from tis^fuppofwg we wk ^^| firaightway teach them hoiv to mal^ Gold b\ N ^rt, or furmfh them with ample Treafurei w, i whereby they may live pompoHJly in the faa Ic^. of the PVorld^ Swagger, and make Wars^ tun »- P'furers^ Gluttons^ and T^rankards, live un^ f chaflely, and defile their whole life with feve rail other (install which Thii^gs are cor.tr ar^'^'^l to the BUffed will of God, Thefe tJAien fhouk f ^ have learnt from thofe Ten Virgins {whereffjp Five that were fooJifh demanded Oile for theii i at Lamps,/rc?^ thofe Five that were wife) ho^ 'H that the Cafe is much otherwife. It is ex^e-^S"^ dient, that every man fhould labour for this "M! Treafure by the jiffiflance of God, and hii f'' own particular Search and Indufiry, But thi^^^^^ perverfe Intentions of thefe 'Fellows we un^ fs derfiand out of thar own writings , by thfi kj fingular Grace and Revelation of Cjod ; wee lf/i( doe flap our Ears, and wrap our f elves as it pi were in Clouds, to avoid the Bellowings andl'i Howlrngs of thofe men, who i» vaine crieout^^i for Gold, And hence indeed it comes to pajfe ^|' that they brand us with infinite (^alumni csui and Slanders, which notwithftandmg we doc not refent, but Cjod in his good Ttme willjudg^ f them for it. But after that we hM well knowH^ (thugh unlinown to you) and perceived alfi lai by your writing, how diligently you are to perufe
the
h
n new xvL^^icai^ L.igni^ occ. 3 5
Holy Scripture J and feel^ the true /(pow^ gc ofQod : we have at jo above many Thou^ is, thought yoti worthy of fame Anfwer^ ' ive fignifie this much to yon by the rpill of d^ and the ^Admonition of the Ho!) oft.
1 here is a Mountain fituated in fJ&^Midft he Earth, «^r Center of the world, which is ' fmall» andGv^2X, It is foft^alfo above ifure Hard and Sconie. It is far off, aucL I at hand, but by the providence ofQod, fifibic. In it are hidden mofl amph Trea^ /, which the world is not able to value. This ^untain by Envie of the Devill, who altpaies feth tlje Glory of (jod, and the Happnejfe Man, is compajfed about with very cruell ijls ay} d other Ravenous Birds, which make way thither both dijficult, and dangerous • therefore hitherto, becaufe the Time is yet come, the way thither could not be fought r,nor found out. But now at lafl the way > be found by thofe that are worthy, but not^ - 'oflnnding by every mans felf-labour^ and \eavours.
To this Mount aine you f^all goe in a cer- e Night (ivhen it comes) moft lon^, ^»^ -''^^ ,,j, } d^zk, a?id fee that you prepare your felves --*— ^ rayer. Inffl upon the way that leads to MoLiiitaine, but aske not of any man yvloere 1 . ther
36 Lumen de Lumtne^ or | ^
the way iyes : only follow your Guide, who tp . offer himfelf to yoH, And mil meet yon in r J^' \V2^i,butyonJh^l not k»ov(f him.This Guide n hrin^yofitothi^}Ao\xntMat Midnight, \vh 1 all thi)fgs are (\\^nt and DarL //• is necejfal that yoH arme your felves with a refolute ^1 rote courage^ leaTtyoufeare thofe things th 'J 'xvill happen^ and fo fall back^ • Ton needT. . ' Sword^nor any other Bodily roecpons, only cL tipon God fincerely, and heartily. When y ,1 have difcovsred the Mountaine, the firft Xi ' racic that will appear e, is this. A mofl 1 ' kement^ and very great Wind, that will Jha^' it^^ Mountaine, and flatter the 'Koc\iS to pe^^] ces. Ton fhAll be tncounter'd affo by Lions ai "' Dx^gonsy and other Terrible Beafts, but fea^J! not any of the fe things. Be refolute^ and ta ., heed that yoH returne not^ for your Guide w ^ brought yoH t hither^ will not fuffer any Ev: ,1, to befall "^ou. tt/^sfor theTreafure, it is » , yet difcovered^ but it is very neer. After t\. j Wmd will come an Earthquake, that will verthrow thpfe things^ which the wind ha^r left^ and mak^ all H:it. But be (ure^ thatji^ fall not off. The Earthquake being pafl, the / fhall follow a Fire^ that will confume the Eart ' ly Rubbifh, and difcover the Treafure, h M yet you cannot fee it , After all thefe thin^ / md nur the Day-break, there (hall be a gn ^^
\ new M^^icall Li^ht^ &c. 37
, Im, andjoHJhallfse the Day-ftar arife, and. Dawning TV/ i/ appears^ md you jhall per^ ]^je agreatTitdSmt. The Chiefefi tki'^gin jj zfidthe mofl ferfcEh^ u a, certain exalted ] i6lure with which the world Qj it faved I i^ and were worthy offnch Gifts) mtgkt bs j- red^ afjd tnrn*d imo mofl ptire Gold, I ''hts Tin6turc being ufed , as your Guide , 7 teach vou, Will make yon young when yot^ V old, and you jhall perceive no Difeafe int ' ' part of your Bodies, By means of this Tin- ,1 icalfoj you Jhall find pearls of that Excels 77, which cannot be imagined. But doe not ^ arrogat any tiring to your felves becanfe of ; r prefent pow r ^ but be contented wi^h that ich your Guide jhall communicat to you, dtff Cod perpetually for thts^his Gi^, and )e a jpeciall care iFatyou ttfe it n-st for 'Idly pride, but imploy it in fuch workes, ich are contrary to the world. Ufe it rights andinjoyitfo, oiifyoti had it not. Live h iperat life, and beware of all fin, otherwife r Guide will forfakeyou,and you (h^M be de- zed of this Happinefle. for k*?ow this of a ith, whoftever abufeth this Tin6lure, and ?j not exemplar ly, purely, and devoutly be^^ imen^he fljall loftthts Benefit, and fear ce hope will there be left^ ever to recover it vrwftrds.
This
^8 Lumen de Lumme, or 1 ^
This much we have from thefe pimoi'^^^^ and moft C^riftia?z Tht/ofophers : Men qi ^'' flionlcflc, that have rufFer*d much by thejr o\ i^' difcreet /// contemns them, bccaiile they appeare not ^^' die iVcrld, and conchidcs there is no fu"^^ SocisUe^ becaufe hce is not a member of "^' There is fcarce a Reader fo jiift^ as to confic \ upon what G'r and come not to the Sta^e^ when every F. Jd cries, ^-?7f^r. No man looks afta: them but f ^^' worldly Ends, znA truly if the ^r? it lelf d i^i not promife G' \mt few followers. How many are there in tiw world, rh at ftudy Nature to kf^owGod^Ci^^^ tainly they ftudy a Ac^.?;> for their pf^rfes, n- ^ for their /^/^Zf, nbr in any good fe»fe for th Bodies. It is fit then they fliould be left ' if their Igr.vrance^ as to their C'^r^* .• It may \ «^ the Nullitie of their 8xp€B:ations'^''^ reforn ts them , but as long as they contirme in tl: ^ Humor y neither: Gad nor Good menyj\\\^ /y?them.
The Inferior part of this Type prefents DarkjCircJe, charg'd with many Grange Ci> mara's^and ^rijhtle*s v^y!htL taphyjicall Beafi of the Schoolefmn, It fignifi' the innumerous conceited JVhimx^ies, and a]^ tieMoylnolmfigimtions oi LPdafj, For^befb;
ro
nl)
4 n ew Ma^tcall Light ^ &c. 3 9
attain to the Truth^ we are ftdjcEh to a Duiand Fanftes^ FiU^tom, and ^4-pprehenfi^ which wet fa/fly fi4ppofe^ and many Times lickjy propofe for the r^^/f/j it felf. This intaflic Region is the true Originall Si?w/- )te of all S^^j and their Dijjeraio?7s, Hence ic the defpayring Sceptic, the Joofe Epicure^ Hypocriticall Stoic, and the Atheous T^r/- 'tic. Hence alfb their feverall "Digladiati^ ' .about -Nature : Whether the /r/ Matter fire, (tAire^ Earthy or IVater, or a fV/^ of aginarie zAtoms, all which are falfe and lUlous Siipfof]tions,\^i wee look on Religi- and the Diverfities thereof; whence pro-
C ded the prelcnt Hcrefieszwd Schifmes, but m theDifeent, erroneous \m^2n? Indeed whiles weeToJlow oUr own ifies^ and build on bottomlefs unfettl'd Yma^ at ions J wee muft nttd^ JVander^ and grope hizDark^, like thofe that are Blmdfalded. the Contrarie, if wee lay the Line to our mghts^SLVxA examine them by Experience^ I are in the way to bee Infa'lUUe, for wee e hold of that ^///^, which God hath pre* is( for our IDireEiion, In i^^i« hath he made
J if^r^, if wee dwell on our own Conceptions^ make no ^ of her 'Tnnciples, It were a i^y Necejfity^ if our thoughts could not i/^-
j^froni her M^*?/*?/ ; but Certainly for us to
think
!B
40 Limen de Lumine^ of ^
thinkj that we can find the Truth by in«w* Contemplation v^'ixhout Experience^ is asgrf^' zmadnefs^B.s[{ z. Man (\no\.\\d Jhtitt his £)i from the S««, and then believe hce can tr r(i 'S/.«//e direilly from London to Grand C airm hy fanfytng htm [elf mihtrtght way, witho f' the AJJi-flance of the Light, It is true, that i w man enters the C^-^gicall Schoo/e^ but h wanders fir fl in this Region of Chimxra'si' ioi the I^^«/>;>j which we make before wp attaint© Experiment all Truths^ zx^ mofl {f them Erroneous, Howfoever wee fhould b!; fb rational, and patient in our Dtfejuifittof^ j as not imperioujly to obtrude and /(?r^^ the: 1^ upon the B^or/i, before wee are ^^/^ to ^ipr/j » them. as
I ever approved that regular and folid fpeec tli t£ B a fil Valentine : "Dijce igitur Dijputat^ii mi^ C^ inqtiire primum Fptndamentum ipjU octilis ^manu., quod N atura fecum jert an fconditfim .• Sic dentum frudenter^ o* ^^^ P f^ dicio de Rebus dijferere^ dr [apra inexfugn* ([ hilem Petram ddtficare poteris. Sine hoc a, w; tem vanus ^ phantafiicui Nngator manebu % CHJHS Sfrmones Ahf(^ ulU Experientia fupii^ t/^renam/olumfiftndati funt. Qui autemf^u. mocinationtbus ftiis (fr ^ugis me aliqmd 4 Ac cerevnlt^ismc verbis tantum nudis nonpay^t cat J Jtd Expnientid faUnm Documentu k
:v
A new magicau Light ^ occ. 4 1
ltd fit pr^flo oportet, fi?te qno non teneor
rhis locum dare , fidem(^He tis adhihsre »
d in another place, Nngatorem hand mo-
(faith he) cjni mn per Experientiam pro-
am loquitur : Nam €Ju4 Se/mones per in-
itiic fundati funt, cic Cdici Jud.tcmm de Colo--
\m, Queftionleffe all this was the Breath
; a true Philofopher^ one that ftudied not
; Names^ but the Natures of Thin(^s» I
pofe it as Batterie to the Scboolemertr^ if
y will needs mufler their Syllogifms^ \ ex-
} alio they fhould confirme their Noyfe by
»ir Experience,
Within this 'Phantaflic Circle flands a
tmp^ and it typifies the Light c£ Nature^.
iisis the fecret Candle of God^ which hee
th tinnd in the Elements, it burns and is'
■ feen, for it Jh^^es in z dark, place. Every
[urall i?^^ IS a kind ot i^/^^ri^ Lanthorne^
tl:arrfesthis Candle within it, but theI//^/?it
ipears not, it is Ecclips'dmth the Grofsneffe
the matter. The Effects of this Light are
parent m All things, but the L^^^f ic felf is
^l ^ijed^or elfe not followed JThe great worldh2.zh
\ Sun for his Life and Candle ; according to
; Ahfeisce andpre fence of this Fire^oM things
i ithe world /Zo^r//^ or wither. We know by
^j \cperience, and this in our own Bodies^ that
i ^longzsl^felap^thQXcis a cent inu all /
II
[\'e
n
4 ^ humen de humme^ or
^/W, a ccnzinfeethm^ or Boy ling within i This makes us /rt76'.'7^, and expire \n perpecu J)e fluxions at the fores , and if we Jay o hands to our skj,^^ we C2.nfeei our own ^^^ which muft needs proceed from an inclof
^ F/rg, or Light, All Vegetables grow, ari^J: augment themfelves, they put forth the /r?((//^j and Flowers, which could not bee, fbme Heat did v\oifiirt4f^ and ^/r /f ^ ; we fee moreover that in l^egetahles^ tb Light \% fometimes dif covered to the f^j'f, it appears in rotten wood, where the flar-fi.
■U?££i.3:fji'?L.N.!£^^^' ^^ ^^^ Minerals^ the fir (I m^itter is coagulated by this jir^^ yp/>i and altered from one Complexion to A ther. To which may be added this Trut
yfor A-iamfeflatwri : if the tJH^incrall Pri> cipleshc artificially dijfolved, that their fij\ and /pint may be at Liberty^ even CMeta themieJves may be made f^egetable ,9Th Fire or Light is no where to be found in fuc abtindmce and pnritie^ as in that fkbJeSt ^whic "' the «?/^«#, and C^/ ftAnthors corruptly write it ^al Alkali^ Th fubfl'-tnce is the Catholtcl^ Receptacle offpirit it is blejfed and impregnated with Z//>/:r fror ?' ^^^z'^, and was therefore T?;'/*^^ by the ^'l^^j^ r/^/^/j-, Domi'is ftgnata^ plena Luminis virdtatut Bi
A new Ma^tcailLi^t^ &c. 43
But to proceed in the Sx^oftcion of our '^s ; not far from this Lamp you may ob- ve the Angel or Gemm of the place. In ? hand he bears a fivord, to keep off the '^te'nttom and umvorthj : in the ^?/W • a C/^jj; Thread to /^'^^ in. the Humble^ and Harm^ ^e. Under the aA/tar lyes the ^r^f;^ Dr^- «, or the Magician's Merctiry^ involving" .jjitfelfa Treajnre oi Gold and Pearl, This ,J ,|neither 'Dreame noi Fan/te^ but a kpow/j, mionflrahle^ pr apical I Truth. The Tr^^- '^is there to hz found ^ infinitely Rich and - ^//.-Indeed we muft confefle it is tnchan. ', and that by the very ^Art and Magic ;he zyi'mightte God, It can neither be feen ■ ^ • />//-, but the C^h.^^^t that holds it, is every ly under our_F£^^ On \\\\s Treajure fits a Vi? C&ZJ, with this Inlcription, Non nip 't'H'js, It tcis us . how they fliould bee hfied \'A\o defire to be admitted to this e, Tliev muft be Innocent^ and very Hnm^ : not impudenr proud Ranntcrs^ nor Cc- 3US uncharitable Miners, They maft be ry /^.V, not Y^^;^/-^;?? /^/^j- : They muft love the ■ ;v f/j, and (to fpeak in a horaely Phrafe^ ■ ■J;J/ muft alio like C/?/7rir th, Ina word, they muft be as our Savi^^ hlmfc.ifhath laid Lil^ one of the I e little
This
44 l^umen de Lumlne^ or
This is the Summe of that Magkall Erri ^/fwe-whichr/W/^ communicated to me ii the Aiinerall Region, More I cannot /ay c it, for I was not trulkd with more in Rcia ', tion to a publick and popular ufe. I will no\ proceed to a Difcovery of fome other M) fleries, which I received from her, and thoi % y^^/:?, as are not commonly fotight after, Thi;; ^^7?/ of them all, is the vifible, tangible Qtih teffence^ br the firft created unity ^ out of whic the Fhjficall Tetraclys did fpring. I flia fpeakofthem not in a caft artificiall 7)^/1 cottrfe and Method^ but in their own Natu ^^ rail Harmonicall Order ^ and Firft of all c ^, the Firfi Matter, 0 :
The Firft Matter. ,{^j
WHen Iferioufly confider thtSyflen.]^^ or Fabric of this world ^ I find i^j,[ to be a ccrtaine Series, a L/»^ c ] Chnine^ which is extended a non Cjr^tdn ad no, ^^ (7r^^^w, From diat which is beneath all -A^'^,^ frehenfton.to that which is above all zAf '^^^ •prehenfton. That which is Beneath all Degree J of 5f ;?/^, is a certaine Horrible Inexpreffibl /,,, lyarknejfe. The Magicians call it Vrw^r j,j' A^ivdt. and the ^^^^^ of it in Nature i.^^^ Co/i^, &c. For Darknefe is -^^/r/// Fr(^^r/j[.^ tVikComflexiori.Bddy^ atid Matrix oi Cola^
a
A new Magic all Lifht^ &c. 4 5
s Light is the Face^ Principle, and Tonntain^ f Heat, That which is above all Degree of intelligence^ is a cercaine Infinite Inaccejfible ~ ire ot Light, ^lonjfms pais it Caltgo Di- nna.htC2i\x\Q it is Invifihle^ and Incompre^ ^enftble. The J^t?; ftylcs it Tlfc^ £/>, that is Sfihil or Nothing : but jn a Relative mfe^ or as the^'WjWwf^expiefle it, ^^ w. In plaine tearms it is T>eitas nada Jim ^'ndumento. The middle Sub fiances^ or Chatne |>etween thefe Two^ is That which wc Com- - nonlycaJl Nature, This is the Scala of the ;reat Chaldee^ which doth reach a Tartaro ^'Jprimum Ignem^ from the Subternaturall larknefe to the fupematurall Fire, Thefe Middle Natures came out of a ccrtaine ^^Jer, - vhich was the Sperm ^ or Firfi Matter of tfic 7r^4f 7^^r/^,andnow we will begin to de- :ribe it : Capiat ^(^m C^iperepotefl, It is in plaine Tearms, a:«'''*'«» ^ K'"'"'^"/' : Or ^father it is * X'^'^'*» chat is >«>*« x^f^*'''^^ *f^ ^ Wx«^ - 'cy^e -^ an exceedingly / gwijjg Earth : An Earth of w7^a:, that is c^- ' ^^/^ of all Formes and Imp.rejjions, It is r^«»fuwi>»>«» nd to fpeake as iht Nature of the rtr>^ rc- uires, >«»f«'>«if>%>'»'>«»/»M»X The learned ^r*
''''|fe/>«//? defines it, 6«o» 'Apj»'pw» f«*TiJie»9 'Ima-if Trf?
«/' 'iriwf «Jt is a X>/t^/« « E 3 of
4^ Lumen de Lumine^ or
:j6^ C^n?plexion(ov[\t'^\\:>it like Stiver, the /(-K^;
^^^''^^J}£.^£l^lk'^~ ^^^ ^JiJ^MiM^J^hiL^ ^ T^^c fop
^mtejfence of Fc>«r^ the Icrnarie qf_ 7 k?(?^ (|](
andthe7Vrr^if^^^w£'. Thefe are Iiis Cf^«
r^ions PhJJtcall^ and Ol^ taphyftcall , Thc^f^
y']^/^^ it felf' is a w?or/^ without Forme ^ nei-f^^
•ther fs^/^r/- -power ^ nor perftlt ^olton : but an
x^^'eak^/>^/>2 5^^_^w^, a certain foft prolififim
Venm.' the very Lf-'i'^anci ^t-ff^, the -^uY/zr^ftl
and t^Moyfiure of Heaven and ^
Mojfiure is the Mother of all 7 ^'^VTg-i in the ^^
?p
c^th^ Earth is their F^.ther. Now the J')v/,|(]c
who without Conttoverfi^ were the nijefioil
Nations, when they dilcourfe of the Genc^^.
ratun of Met^ils, tell us it is perjcrmed in this n/^
• manner The yl/^rrwic,oi Alweralliqi4or flay uj
they) is altf gether cold anc^p.ffive, and it lyes 4
in certain eai thy Subterraneous Cavermi But ^f,
when the Spf^ afcends in the S^'fi, his Beams ^^j
and Heat falling on this Hemtfphere, ftir ^^
up and fort J fie the imvard Heat of the Earthy ^^
ThusVv'e fee in -uioter weather that the cut^ ;,;.;
ward Heat of the »S'^;2 excites the upward na- mf
turallWarmth diowt Bodies^ and cheeyi^eth ]\
thcB/of^d when it is ahnoft^r^/^ and/r^^f;?^ f^
Now then the Central heat oi the Earth bt- ^j^.
wgfttrr'dzndfecondtd by the Circfimfirefi" ,j^,
mil Bm of .the Sur^^ works uppn the -^^r^, '^
ctiry^
A new Ma^zcaU Light ^ cue. 47
: ury^ :xndfrl;Iimes it in a thm vapour to the 'op of it's Cell ex Ca'verrj, But towards Night
'j/hen the ^S"^;? fets in the ^^y?, the //^^r of' le Earth bccaufe of the Abfence of that rent Lumiyiarie^ grows vceak^^ and the (^old >•^^'^;7d'/,fo that the vapours of the Mercu- V which were formerly [Hblim'd , are now r/idens'd^ and diftill'm Drops to the Bottome f their Cavern, But the Night hc'mgfpe^t^ le 5^;^ againe conies about to the £^j^, and ublimes the Moyflnre as formerly : This ^ublimMion and Condenfation continue fp )ng till the CMJercury takes up the Subtill uli^htireous parts of the Earthy and is *'«- >rpr/zW therewith, fo that this fu/phur coa^ ilats the f^Msrcury, and /"Arf^/? him at /^y? lat he will not fptbitme, but lyes iiill in a mderoHS Lump^znd is concocted to a perfeH: ditall. Take notice then that 'cannot be r^.^^^^/;;?ff^ without our Sulphur , )V T>ruiCo mn moritur fine fuo (Compare : it water that dtffolves and putrifies Sarth , and luft therefore take r^v^? principles to produce 7'/ifV^ Agent ^ according to that dark Receit ^ Hdi the Krabian, Kccipe C^nern {JM-^f- ilum Corafcenum^ ^ Catellam Krmema ^ onjunge , ^ f orient tibi C^^^^^^ ooloris leli. Take (faith he) the Corafcon Dog, and £ 4 th^
4^ humeri de l^umine^ or A
the Bitch o^ SrJ^emffi^ put them both to^ethet tj
y and they will bring thee a skje colour d tvhj ip
4- ^^This skJe colour a whelp is that Sovcraign^ at eH mii'd, and famous Mercury, known by tlf i Name of the Phtlofophers CMercury, Nourr. for my part I advife thee to take two hvtn p Mercuries^ plant them in a j)urified cJlf/« ral Saturn, waflb them and feed them WxUi water oi Salt Vegetable, and thou fhalt inn
th^t fpeech of the Adeptm verified : Taritrn
{jM vtfcofo nutrietj 0^ fe tot am ei in Ctbum ife; ici tet^foventePatre, But the Procejfe or Rece n& is no part o^ my Dejigf7, wherefore I wiil tnh turn to the firj} Matter^ and I fay it is no kjr lo of jT/z^^r whatloever. Reader if it bethy'Z>iit[ fire to attaine to the Truth , rely upon n r, words, for I fpeak the truth, and I am av Deceiver. The m [other or firfl Matter i n Metals is a certainc watery Sub fiance, neith( jj?i -very water, nor very Earth, but a 77;/r^ ?/;/» w. compounded o^Both,2ind retaining the Com 'i ■ plexion of neither. To this agrees the leai "ik Ticd Valentine in his appo^it and genuine Dc \\\ fcription of our Sperm. Materia, Prtm\t^ (faith he) efi hquofit Subfiantia , Sicca ri\\ perta, ^ nulli Materia comparahilts . Tb i\ firft Matter is a water i^ Sub fiance founnK 2)r/f,oroffuch a Complextgn that jt^^/ «p(
I
f
A new magtcaU Light ^ See. 4 9
Hand^ and nothing Itke to any other fatter what foever. Another excellent, and i\\ experienc'd Philofopher defines it thus. f 1 errena (tAqtm^ ^ Aquofa Terra, in ^rrdt ventre Terrte commixta, cum Qua fe wr/i-ifcet Sfiritm^ ^ Cdileflis iKptxas^ It (faith he) an Earthy water ^ and a watery zrth^ mingl'd with Earth in the Belly of the irth^ ^nd the fpirit zn\l rifluences o{ Hea^ ^n commix themfelves therewith* Indeed it mnot bee denied but fome kuthors have im'd this Sub fiance by the names of all or* nary waters^ not to deceive the Jimple, but hidek from the Rant iyig, tll-dtffojed Crew, »n the contrary fome have exprcfly and ithfully Informed us it is no Qmmon rr/f- ir, and elpecially the reverend Turha, Ig-* mi (faith kgadmon) ci4m audmnt nomen A- «4;, "put ant hquam Nubts ejfe^ quod fi hbroi oftros intelligerint, fc'trent effe hquam per* idnentem^ qudi abfque fuo Campari cum cjU9 iSiaeflunum^ permanens ejfe non pojjjt. The jnorant (faith he) when they heare us name i^ater, think it is water of the Clouds but if- hey underftood our Books, they fliould know : to be a permanent or fix'd water, which vithout its Sulphur to which it hath been imted^ Cannot be permanent. The noble and blowing Sendivo^ms tels us the very fame 'Thing-
50 Lumen de Lumine^ or ' ^
Thing: A qtia nostra efi Acjho, Coclefiis ft^]^ mci^efaciens mmus^ non vulgi, fed fereplfi\^^^ vialfs. Our water is a heave?ily water, whicl '^j 'j wefs not the Li>-^d^ not that of the commoM Mm^ bat almofl or m it were Plw^fiad'^^^ ■ We muft therefore con(ider the fe verall ^ Ijgiss 3.^di flmtluiides of Things, or we flial^^' ^^nevcf beableto undsrfimd the T*hilo(oj)herA^} ^^["TRus /i^?r then n?.-f J not the H'^;^-;/, which I ^' I »^^/ commm venter. It is a f^M:tdl'm€ bitter^ SaO^-' ttfhite^^or, Ithathatiuc miner all Compfexi on : H^bet (faith Kiymtind Lu^lbe) [peciem^\ foli^ (^ Lundi, (jT iyi tnU Aqi^n nobi6 app4' ^[ rtut^mnin Afj'yik Pontic, am pinvtif. But iff' ^n other place he dc/cribes it more fully, Efi ^ jiqna [icca (faith he) non aqna Nubts, aui ^' fhlegmatica,fed aqn^ Cholerica^ igne (^alidior, "j It is a ^r/> H^^f ^r, not water of the ^/^^Wj-, «'■ phlegmattcwit^r^h\xi2L CholPric water, mo^tt loot than Pire, It is moreover Green/(h to the <> fight, and the fame LtilUe telsyouio: habet^ colorem lacertdt Vir'tdis, it looks faith he, like ^ 2i green 1'tz.^rd. But the mott prevalent Co^^ 4- l(mr in it, is a certain incxpreffible zAxj^re , * like the Body of Heaven in 2, clear 1>iy^ It looks in Truth like the Belly of a Sndi^, ef^ --/-pccially neer the JSIeck^, where the ^^^/pj have ^ a^f^p ^/^»' Tmclm-e, and this is the r^
Nvhj?
A new Magicall Ugm^ dec. 5 1
,y the "Fli'ofopher^ call'd it their ferpefJt, [ their Drago'/i, The fredomina'/it Element ic^ is a certaine Fterte [uhtill Earthy and i\\\S\\^}revdeAtf^rt the Befi Philofefhers^' je denommated the whole Compomd. Pa- + t"//"^- names it openly but in ofu place, and :alsitr^?/i7^w 7e'?Ti, ThejS;//»i^ orr"//- t part o^the_Earth» Raymtind LuUie de- f)eth the Cr/^j, or Conftimtion of it in Te words. Sy^hfla?itialaptdu nofirt e(t*ma 7uif^ & Igne trnpregnata. The Snbfl^nce our y?^;?^ (faith he) is altogether fat^ot coi-i.^, and impregnated with^r )c6l he cals it" elfewheve not water, but th. Caff 06 Terr am m [h a?n {(uth he) ■regnatamaSole^quia lapi^ cfi. honor atus, ?rtHS in H off it Its defertis , (^ efi intm \u[um velut magnum Secretum, c!r The- \yus ixicavitatus. Take o\\\. Earth, which ^i^^^i^^:^^.^A9l wjj:h C/:'//^ by the ^fl^ foc - ij om precious ft o',ie^\\\{\c\\ is found indefo^ Hotifes, and there \sfhHt\x^ in it a great •et^ and a Treafure inc banted. And againe 1 certaine place he delivers himfelf thus. ma materi.^ Fih, eft Terra fiibttli^ fuiphu» , ^ h£c nohilis Terra diBum eft SuhjeCitim . frcfsrial . My Ion ^faith he) the jzr/? Mat^ ^ is a fubtil, Sulphureous Earth , and this k Earth is called the Mercurial fabjeSlr,
Know
5 2 Lumen de Lumine^ or
Know then for certainc that this Slimie mS I
Sperm, or Earth, muft be dijjolved into wat y
and this is the ^^f^r oFthe ThUofophers, n^'''''
any common water whafocver. This is li"^^
grand fecret of zhz Art^ and Lnllie difcovr'^^
it, with a great deale of Hone fly, andc'/r''^^
rr'tie, 'h.r gentium vivtim no^mm (faith h^''^'
nan efi hrgentum vivnm Vulgar e • I mo A ^^\
gently vivptm noflrum efi h'jaa alteri ^\
Natura^ qHA reperiri non pot eft frpra Ve '^^'
ram, cam in atbionem venire non pojftt /?, '^'
l^atnram^ absque adjatorto Ingenii^ ^ Hi ('^
manarum manuum operationibtis. Oar Me\ ™
cary is not common Mercury^ or Quick~fil^^ '
but our (^Mrcnry is a water, which canntT
be found upon Earth ^ for it is not made^j'
. manifeficd by the ordinary courfe of NatHT "^
but by the hn, and manual Operations ^y^y
K^Mm, Seek not then for that in natur^ 1
which is an Efs^ beyond her ordinary pr\ '^'
ce^e : you muft help her^ that (he may excet \
her common courfe^ or all is to no purpofe. In ['
word,you muft make this water ^htfott you cc"^
firid it.ln the interim you muft permit the PJy^
lojophers to call \iitix{ubjeB,oxChaos,^lVate
for there is no proper name for it^unlefle we c;
it a Sperm, which is a watery Sub fiance^ bi
certainly ;?^^^f^r. l.tt\t fuffice^ that you *f
mt cheated^ for they tell you rvhat it />,an''
A new Magicall Light^ &c, 53
it ft is not, which is all that Man can
. Iflaskeyou.by what'7^w
^mofdiChtck^j you will tell me it is the
teofanEgge, and truly fois the Jhell a*
1 as the Sperm that is wtthm it : But if you
it Earth or water ^ you know well enough
neither^ znd yet you cannot find a third
^e. Judge then as you would be judged,
this is the very cafe of the Phtlojoflofrs :
rtainlv you muft be very unreafomhle^ if
expert that language from Men^ which
:i hath not ^/Vd-;^ them. Now that we may
firme this our Thcorie and iJifcourfe of
Sperm not only by Experience but by
?/^^, it is neceffary that we confider the
alities and 'Xemperament of the Sperm, Ic
hen a Aim ie flippery, Diffufive CMoyflure.
% if wc confider any perfe^ produBs they
: firme ^ compelled , figurated Bodies, ana
pee it follows they muft be w^^^ of fome-
^g that is not firme, not compaSted, not/-
"ated, but a rp^^^^, qtiivering, altering foh^
nee. Qucftionlefle thus it muft be^ unleffc
make the %perm to be of the fame Com-
xion with the Body, and then it muft foL
\^2it Generation is no hit er at ion, Againe^
i» evident to all the world, that nothing is
o^ilfivezs Moyji-ure, The leaft: heat turnes
Iter to a Vapour^ and the leajt cold turns .
that:
(i
54 Lumen He Lumme^ or
that Vapottr to iVater, Now let ws comic what Degree of H^^zf it is, that atis in (fenerations ^ for by the Agent we may jt^^^^ ' atthe/V^^r^ of the yatient. We know tl Sft» is fo remote from us y that the Heat of i (as daily Experience tels i;s) is very faiyit^ ar r remijfe,* I defiie then to know, what S^^' jett is there in all Nature^ chat can be ^/^er^ 'k with fuch a Ty^.^?^^ Hec^.t ^ but Certainly ;? as Salts, Sto'4es y and A retaine their ^;?^//^.r/?;^-c m the moftvolcmV escefSve Fires, How th. n can we expert the; (houldhc altered hy a jrenle^ and almort/» ^, fc?3fthle PVarmth ? It is plaine then, and tha , hy i?2falUhiehfere?2cei^:om X.hcpro^.rrt;o'a am' farvcr of the A^^ent^ that Mojfture mud need ^^^ be tbe/'^//^^:For that Degree QifHeat^\\\S^^ Nature makes ufe of in her Generations, i; (b remife and jj^^^-z^ , it is t?npoffible for it tc ^Uer, any thing but what is /?/i?)y?, and w^^- t^rt^. This /r^'f/^ appeai;s in the ^Amm^i^]^^ i^4K^/7^, where we know well enough the Sperms arc mojjl : indeed in Vegetables the S^^^/ are Drie ^ but then Nature generats nothing out of them, till they ^xq firjl ryiace rated^ or may fined. vA'd^ ivater. And here my Peripatetic, thou art quite gene, and with ili^tihy pnr a f mm ia^ thsit pw/tric Chaos of '
the
\ new M^gicall Light^ Sec. 5 5
Son of Nichomachns* But I mufl advife Chimifts to beware of any Common Moy^ for that will never be altered otherwi/e to a Va-^ovr , See therefore that tty /?»r^ be weJi tempered with Earthy other- thou haft y'Othmg to dijfolve^ and nothtng oaguht , Remember the fr^Bice , and igic of tliie A'migt ti: God in his (jeation^ is mam fe (led to thee by LMofes, Infrin^ (faith he) creavit Dens Qoelum ^ Ter» : But the Originall if it be truly^ and ra- ally render d , fpeaks thus , 7^ frinctpo s mifctiit Rarum , (^ ^Dcnfum ; In the nning God mvrigl^d or tempered together Thtn and the 7 hick^.- ibr Heaven and ih in this 7>At (as we have told you in a/^f^ima {^[agica ) figriifie the Virgin ^rcHry^ and the Virgin Sulphur, This I prove out of the text'it (elf^ and that he vulgar received Tranjlation^ which thus : /n the Beginning God created the ~t \ven^ and tl^e Earth : Knd the Earth was %j mut forme and voyd^ and there was dark^ \tfpon the face of t^e abyffe, and thefpirit d moved upon the face of the Waters. In rfi part of this text Mofes mentions two tdprinctples^ not a perfect world as wc prove hereafter, and this he doth in thele *ralJ termes, Heaven and Earth, In the
latter
56 Lumen de Lumtne, Or
Later fart of it he defciibes each of th^^^ frincijfles by it fe/f in more particular term ' ^ and be Ifegms with the Earth. And the £^? ^j (faith he) wa^ without forme ^ and void. Her. j^ I infer that the Earth he /peaks of was a m( ;^y Rudiwent ox prmciple oi t\\\s Earth which in ^ now/^ t/ that the i. 'Mofaycall earth was the ^^^1,^. ydphtir^ which is an f it hath no determinated Figure, It is zLax five inft able iyicompfedfub fiance^ of a p^^'i-.^ cnfptyCrapiXxVit Sponge^ or S^?^/"^. In a wci^ I I have/^f^ it, but it is impoffible to defer i be ' \ After this he proceeds to the Defcription . bis Heaven^ or fecond principle^ in thefe fit r iequent words t And thar was Darl^tejfe ^j the face of the abjjfc, and the fptrit ^fOr moved upon the face of the waters. Here ir cals that an abjffe and fVaters , which \ y -^- formerly called Heaven, It was indeed t Heavenly CMoyjlure or Water of the C/;4 , outof which the y^/?^nz^ffl( Heaven^ or /^^' hitation of the 7?^r/ w^s afterwards ma This is clear out of the Orioinall^ for n3"')C ' Hamaim and rn''n^rt Hajhamaimaxe ij/ y^w;^ words ^ like A^^^ and ^^^ h^ua ^ fi they rignifie ^;?^ and the fame frbjhnce^ nan ' Jy fifC'i/^r. The ^fAt tlien being render d s ^- cord;
"A new magicallLtghty &c. 57
rding to the primitive naturall truth, and J undoubted /(f«/^ of the (sAnthor, fpcalis IS, In the htgiming (or according to the 'HJalem Thargum^ In wifdome God made -water and the earth : fhoHt forme and void^ and there was Darke fe upon the F ace ef the *jDeepj and thefpirit God moved upon the Face of the water s. ;rc you (hould obferve that God created V 0 princtpies^ Earth and Water ^ and of thtfe \
he compounded a third ^ namely the trm or Chaos, Upon the water , or moyfi n of this Sperm^ thtfptrit of God did move, i (faith the Scripture) there was Darkneffe i/ithefaceoftheDeep.THs is a very great ret, neither is it law full lopHblifh it expre- and as the Nature of the thing requires^ t in the cMagicali work^ k is to he feen^ I hive been an eye wttnejfe of it my fe. ^ • > -^- '■
To conclude .- Remember that our fuhje^ 10 common water, but a thicks, flimie^ fat 'th. This r^rf/> muft be dtjfolved into wa^ '^ , and that water mufi be coagulated a- C :n into earth. This is done by a ccrtainc iturall A^f;-/?, which the Philofbphers call- tixfecretfire .• for if you work with common -^ ■' p, ir wiIl^r/> your Sperm, and luring it to ' unprofitable, red 7)ufl, of the C^^/our oi . F 7r;7^
58 humen de humme^ or
wildfoppie. Their fire then is the J^ey of NatHrally without the Sm. I muft coiij^^ itis z'knottie ^jHyflcrie^ but we (hall mj*' liplahie, if you be not very Dim and Z5^' It requires indeed a ^///^r;^, fion, and therefore Readers, S^?^^ Candles,
The Philofophicall Fire. *i
Fhe^ notwithfianding the Diverfities^^ It in ihjs Swto^^r/> Kitchin of the '^^' lements^ is but one Things from ^;^^ /Jf['' Tht Effcits oryt arc varioiis according to 'Difia^ce, and Nature of ihcfuhjcB; whe^'; it re fides, for that makes it ^/Y^/, or rV It/Xf^-;?/ in mo[{ /fc^/ as in Flms^ wherF xsfilcntznAInvifible, It is a ki^:d of perd^^ lys clo/e hkc z Spider in the Qalpinet of^'^'' //'"^ ///7w'x. He never appears without his pr^;"' lnsf^^/-,.\vbcrehe finds oi^.gh that's Owt^ ftil^le there' he difcovers himfelf , for if p fpcah proper//^ he is not gefjcrated^ but ?)}fefted. Some Men are of Ofinion that - breeds noihwfr^, but devour es all things^ an ^0 therefore calFd /^^m (J'^/z// lyigignens .- ^ iszGrammticall JVkim^ for there is no#
A new Mmcall Lights dec. 5 5
n the world ^^^^?^^/^^ ne Philofopher then was Arifiotle, who teJs s~this (iAgent breeds nothing but his Vjr.m- ?^, a certain F/;' which he found, in hisC^^z- Ue, but could never be feen afterwards} In- ked :too much Heat burns and deflroyes, and f we defcend to other Natures^ too much wa- erdrowtisj:oo much earth buries and choaks the ^^^ that it cannot come up: And verily at his Rate there is nothing in the vporld that renerats. What an Owle was he then, that »uld not dtfiingHifh with all his Logic be- ween Excejfe and Me^^fire^ between V'ioUnt v\Al^ital Degrees of Heat^ but concluded he Fire did Breed nothings bccaufe it confu-
•d fomething ? "But let the CA^tde pafTe, for fo Tiato caird him, and lee us proiccute our "ef ret fire, ThisTzr^is atthe Rcot^ and, about he Roof (I.jnean about the Center) of all hings both Vtfible^ and Inviftble, It is in ' voter ^ earth, and ayr ; It is in CMinerals^ Herbs, and Bea(}s ; Icis in Alen, Stars^ and Angels ; but Origiyiafly it is in God himfe/f^^^ or he is the Fountain of Fleat and fire, and rom Him it is derived to the refl of the
r^^r/^r^i in a certaine flreame^ or Sun-fhine^
Ls„:.„„x».-..-.
^ow th« Magicians affoord us bat two Nc^ ions, whereby we may know their fire : it is iS: the^ defcribe it,:.Olf>yfi aa
6o Lumen de Lumine^ or '
Hence have they call'd it Venter Stjui^ ai^J Timm Equinti^ ; but this only by xoay di An '"" logie ^ for there is in Horfe^dmg a mof Heat,hutnofre that is vifihle. Now tb?' let us compare the common Vnlcm wi ^^^ this Phjlpfqphicall r^j?^^ that we may^'j' wherein they are different. Firft of all tb^^' the Philofophcr*s fire '\s tnoyfi^ and truly "' is thato^mt Kit chin too. We fee that flam^^' contraB 2Lnd extend thcmfclwcs, now they isif. J^ without ?»o7^«r^ to maintaine the flfix, ar"' (/)/!tmmie of their ;>^r^/t I know Arifiot 'i"i makes the/r^ to be fimpjy ^rj', perhaps bf caufe the effells of it arc fo ; he did not ind^^'^^ confider that in all [omflexions there are '^1 ther Qualities befidcs the pr Sure then this drie ftuffe is that element ^'^"^ his, wherein he found his Pyrauft>i\ but if oi'^J natur all fire v^tit ftm^l) dr ie^ the flames t^^^^ it could not f.otv^ and difufie themielves 'M they doe. they would rather fall to Dufi, turne like their /«^// to afhes. But that I mj^^f rctuine to my former Difcourfe , I fay t)t' Common fire is txc(filvely hot, but moyfl in *^ idX inferior degree^ and therefore dcftruBtvY' for it p^ On the contrary the warmth and moyflure I fr.^. the Magicdl f^gent are equally die^tjy
temperate
^ A new Magicall Light ^ Sec. 6 1
inperatcs, and fatisfics the other : It is a mid tepid fir e^ or as wc commonly exprefle r fcJves, Blotid-warme , This is their firft, ^|d greaeeft difference in Relation to our ^ired effeB:^ WC will now confider theiry^- ,hd. The Kitchin fire (as we all know) is -yi^le, but the Phi/ofophers fire is Invifible^ fid therefore no Kitchtn fire. This A Imam \i " exprefly tels us in dicfe words, Solos radios nftfibiles ignis noftri fnfficere . Our work lith he) can be performed by nothing, but ; the invifihle Beams of our fire^ And a- ine, Ignis mffier Corrofivm efi Ignis, qui pra noflrum vas Nnbem obdfictt , in cjm ^be radti hujus ignis ocmlti fitnt, Cuf Fire a (/)rro five fire ^ which brings a cloud about
[irglajfe or vejfell, in which Cloftd the Beams 'our fire are hidden. To be fhort, the Phi- .'fophcrs call this cAgent their Bath , be- ufe it is 7m)jfi as Baths are : but in very uth it is no kjnd of Bath, neither Maris, . )r Rorisy but a moft fubtil fire^ and purely ■ Jaturall, but the Sxcitatton of it is e>^y» gc/W/. This Sxcitatton, or Jreparamn (as have told thSmmy Calum Terra) is a vc- f tf'i'^i±^lyjl^j^ht, ridictiloHS thing; never- fieTcflcall ^tficreis q£ Corruption and Gem oration arc therein contained, Laftly, I think ; juft to informe thee, that many Authors F I have
6z Lumen de Lumine, ov \
h3iVt falfiydefcril?edii\isfireyznd that o^pur- fofc to fedti I have neither added ^ nor dimimjhed ^ thou ha({- here the tmc hiine fecrer, and in which k all the Eaflernftges agree : A I fid ^ aAlmadtr^ m 'Behn^ G'tehcrim\ Halt , Salmanaz^'ar , and Im Zddich : with the tfjree famous Jews Abra^^^ ^ir l:'a7?^^zyfr-efiks,2LndKa!id^ If thpu docft not k b^ this eimc apprehend it, thou art palt my fffi C/i/^jjtof I may tell thee no more of it, I may (jiji oiily teadi thee how to ?/y^ it. "' fc
TaU'eout hvo SerpCKts^ which are to bee Icfli found every where on the Face of the Earth; jc, They are a. //w?:^^ CM'^le^ and a Hviyjg Fe^ male, 'f ^^e them Both, in a Love-k^ot , and
. fhut them up in the Arabia?? C A R A H A. This i^ thy /Yry^^.f/'^^ir, but thy ^cxt is more difficu/t. Thou' miirt inca??i^ againft them with the Jirc of N'siture , and be lure thou doe(l t>n"g thy 'Line rouncl about . (^ircle themin, and//^j5aUAw;?^^j-j that they find no -^
-they will tmne to an ugly, flabbie. venemous, ^\A^ horrible, devovvnng t)ragon ^ creeping and weltring in the B vfir^os,'XQ\x(i\\ her not by any mea'ns, not fo nipch as with thy Hands for there is not upori earth fuch a violent, ttaftfcendeiit po)foTi, As
thou
n
A new ma^uau LJ^n^JXC. 5 j
lafttegun, fo proceed, and this Dragon will :urne to a Swan^ but more -white than the vering , Virgin Sj^ow ^ when it is not yec llted with the Earth . Henceforth I will ow thee to fortifie thy fire, till the Phiemx ppcars. It is a red Bird of a moft decpO- Wr, with z flnm-fig Fiery Hue. Feed this ^ird with the Fire of his Father^ and the (»^- A?r of his Mother^ for the firfi is w^-^f^ the ^cond'is Drink^^znd without this Ufl he at- aitis not to his fni/ Cjlory. Be fure to under- fcind this fecret , for fire fe^is not well, un- eflc it bee firf} fed. It is of it lelf drie and Zholeric^ but a ji^r^pd-r msyfiare tempers it , 5ives It a heavenly Complex ion ^ and brings it o the ^e fired 8x alt at ion . Feed thy Btrd Jien as I have told thee, and he will move b his A^f/?, and rife like ^fiar of the Fir- nament. Doe this, and thou haft placed ^a- ure in Hori^onte laft performed that Command of the (fuha- ^fii Figefinem in Princifio^ ficiit Flamnuim fHn ^B RL A TI ^£ mm , & non tenet fe^ findum. Unite ^ the Fnd to the Beginntni^ ike a Flame to a (Zoale ,- For God (faith Fe^
Ionti3er tfieii wliat you feelc : you feek an /?/- Ufioiuhlc, miraculous^ trjinfrntitiHg^ uniti:^^ F 4 »;?iV/j
64 humen de humine, or
mioff, but fuch a tye canuot be without the jirj} mttie i Qreare entm ( faith one ) atcjue intrinfecHS tranfrntitare ahfqtte violent ia , Munus efl proprttim duntaxat Prim^ Po~ tentid. Prima fapiema , Primi amoru. To Create, and Tranfrntite fjfsntially^ and »^- turally or without any violence, is the only proper oflBce of the fir Jl- power, thtfirfi fVif. dome, and the ^r/? love. Without this love the Elements will never be maried, they will never invoardlj and ejfentiAlly unite, which is ihe^»^ and/j^r/>ch^« of ^^ to underftand this, and when thou haft per- form'd , I will allow thee that Tefi of the Mekks^halim : Intellex'tfli m faptentia , (^ fapuiftt in Intelligentia, fiattiifti Rem fuper PuritatesfuaSy & Qreatorem in Throno fm collocafti.
For a Clofe to this Section, I (ay it is impof- lible to^^^fr^^in the patient, without a vi^ tall generating ^gent. This Agent is the Phi-^ lofophicalfire^ a certain moyfl, heavenly, in^ "vifihle Heap^ but let us heare Raymund Lul" lie defcribe it, Quando dtcimm (faith hee) quod lapis per ignem generatwr , non vident ^ Mitimignem^ nee alinm ignem credunt^ ^ifi ignem commnnem : nee aliud Sulphur , nee / _ aliud argentum vivum, nifi (it vulgar e, IdeOj manent decepti per eorum c^cas ejiimationes, i^
inhrentes ?
A new MagicaU Light ^ &c. 6 5
ferefttes quod caufa fumus [ha Deceptioms,
' qttod dedimus illis intelligere rtm nnam
alia, Sed non efi vertimfalva eorum pace,
cut prohahimtis per ilia, quA Thilofophi po»
iernnt in fcript'ts , Solem enim appellamm
'nem^ ^ vicarititn fuum vocampu Calorem
l^turalem . Nam illud quod agtt Qalor S^-
tsint^Mi^TU Metallorum per mi lie annos^
'jfe Calor naturalis facit in una hora fnpra
X'erram, Nos vere , & multi alii^ vocamm
( urn F ilium Jolis^ nam primo per fo lis influen^ ^' iam fuit generatHs per natnram , fine adjti- hrio Scienttdt, velartis. When wee (ay the i;Wf is generated by/r«?, Men neicher lee, nei- her doc they believe there is any other fire , mt the common fire : nor any other Sulphur )t Mercury ^ but the common Sulphur and Mercury, Thus arc they deceived by their mn opinions^ T^y^^g that we are the Qaufe of heir Error, having made them to mtflakf mc thing for another. But by their leave it is lot (b, as we fliall prove by the 1)o5irineo( ^^ :hc Philofopher/, For wee call the Sun z firc^-%) and the natural Heat we call his Subfittute^ or Deputy ; for that which the heat of the Sun perfcrmes in a tkoufitnd years in the t^Mines, the ^£^iJ>S J^J^P^^iJ^^otm^J^jobj^^ ^^rti ijif «f^i&^^ manyothei:
Philofophers have calFd this Heat, the Child
of
66 Lumen de Lumine^ or
of che Snn, for at firfl it was generAted natpi.-^ .■XJS/fe-byjhe f ^^g;gg-g Qj[^^^ '^?^. without the JJe/pofonr An or Knowledq^e, Thus Z/f^/- //> : But one thing I muft tell thee, and bee furc, Reader , thou doefl remember it . This jtijh T^egre^, and not too m;4ch fortified, for the Sun it felf doth not generat, but barne and fborch vjhczc it is too hot. Si cam igne npagno operatus fneris ("faith the fame Lullte) pro* frietas noflri fpirttus , q'Ad!. inter vitdm & mortem pirticipuit, fep^trabit fe , (^ Animci recedet in Regio?2em jfh^rtt f(i
^
our j'p/V/^ which is indiff'srent' is ^yct to i^fe or death, v/Alfeparate it felf from the Bod/ , and the Soak will depart to the Region of httorvn (p^^ere : Take therefore along with thee this fhort, but wholelbmc advife of the fame Author. Facias ergo Fili^ qnodin loco Gener^tionis aut Converjionis fit i.dlis po- tentiA (^deflis^ quA pojfu traftsformare JJh' midHm ex naturk terrefiris, tn form^m 'CT fpeciem tmnfi^Arentem , & fimjftmam . My Son C faith hee) let tlie Heavenly power \ or tyigent be iuch in the place of Generation or Mutation , than it may alter the fpermatic Humidittj from its Sarthly Complexion^ to a mofi fine tranfiparent forme ^ or [pedes. See
here
A new Magicall Light ^ See. 67
re now tF.e/9/»*?£»oLtki?^£^- ^^r^; 't' a tra^fiareni ilorious %MS& '• ^ «S ' fTrSFvGentiemen.isthe »>««?• which we ^ ok after, but not zWj common water whac- •ver. There isnothing now behind but that hich the Thilofophers call fecretum Arnsx thi»nh^t wzsatvttpuhnjheA and without hich you will never ferforme , though you ,0W both Fire and Matter h'.^inflance
;reof weehave in f &«^»» 5jf,f«r well enough and had both /^^ and ,r„ace painted to him bv ^bra^mt):^ m: but notwithftanding he err'dfor f^/^? ■Ars becaufe hee /^«f» not the tlwdfecret. , Jem Madathan a mott noble Ph.lofofher Iraaic'd upon the /^^/a-f for ^J^^ years to- ether but knew not the right method, mi nereforc found ««fW; " '»" ^^"^'^ ^'*''
J^^. Revelmonem ab ommfJtente Deo mpkt pncreditaefi : After the fixth year, I wasuv mfted with the Key of porter by toet Revc. \monMm^^Al>rJgky God. This Key of ^er or third fecret was never put to fafer ,y any ^hilofopher whatfoever P^r^«/> LWhathtouch'dupon it but fo obfcHr^ t is no more to the furfo(e then if he had, faid ,othi>,g. And now I fuppofe I have done e- wugh for th^ V'fcovery , and Regiment ^i
68 Lumenie Lumine^ or
the j7r^ J ifyou think it too little^ Imufts^cUj you it is much more then any one Author hath performed. Search it then , for he that finds >this)^r^, will attainetothe true temper^tment^ * he will make a noble defervmg PhHofopher;% and to fpeake in the phrafe of our Spaniard^ Dignpi^ erit pom ad Aienfam Dtiodecim parmm.
The River of Pearl. ^^^
r
T is a D^cjfy.pounded Suhfidnce , extreme heavy zndmoyfi^hut wets Mot the Hand, It Jhi»es after JViight like a fiar, and will in- lighten any Dar^e roome^ It is full of linall ^^jfparklinglikeP^^r//or Aglets. It is the whole Demogorgon^ but now actually ant^ \^ mated by ilianifeftation of his own Inward Lights The Father of it is a certaine tnvwlahle AfaJfe,fov the par tt of it arc fo firmly united^ you can ntithct^p^md them into J^^/?^ nor fiparat tliem By violence of F/r^. This is the j?i»^ of the pEiiofophers, ^/ /i^ omni parte (faith one^ circumdatus efi Tenebris^ Nebu^ lis^Caligine rjiabttat in mediis TerrAvifm ceribus. Qui tibi natm fuerit^ vefiitur quo^ dam vtridt Pallit? ^ humiditate qtiadam af- perfus^ ^ fum prognatus ab alicjtto^ fed Ater^ fiHs^ ^ parens omnmm Rernm. It is compaf-
fcd
A new Magicall Liqht^ &c. 69
about (faith he) with Darkncfle, Clouds, Blackncfle. It dwels m the inmoft Bow- ls ofthe Earth: but when he is hoTfje, hct iS
>athedwith_a ccrtainc Green Maj^tle^ and mwil'dowct with a certame Moyflt^re. He
not properly generated by any Naturall
ing. biit he is eternaJl, and the Father of all lings. This Defcription is very true and ap-
\ but (sy^nigmaticall : howfoever forget iot the Green Mantle, This is that iubrtance, vhich (^ieLertm Efen-Haen, or as the Rai^ie vrites him, Cjeher , cals L^^-pM in Capitnlis \qtm : a very fubtil Expreflion, but if well exa- [iin*d,itisthe Key to his "^hokBooke^ and o the writings of the old Pici/ofophers in Ge- icrall. But let us returne to our River of *£^/, and for our further information let us icareit delcrib'd bya nioft excellent d/^dep-^ Hs^ and that in the veiy •f«»fl«ff'ff , before the fall noon appears. W^^ opm ^^(faith hc)^mdmihf khguando oh oculos fofnit nr.icus Exech^difies^ %na^nas ijt^ifpe fornaies ^ ^^tcjue vitro einjdem ^arico redtmita4 oflendens, l^afa erant fin- .jula^hf ptis fedilihns habentiit fedimenta^ at- ^ae interim difpari dicM^m^ facrumi^tie Afr^-^ ms . Quid 'vero Rem tam ■ Dlvinam cclem imtiusfErar ir?tH-s circtf.maflaMoles qHdi.d:im^ ^mdiprafc ferenswi^gtnem i-pp(Jimi,Oiiipps ^i- Terra vid^Lnttr in medio omniiim coh*^.
Ctflcns
^o Lumen de Lumine^ or
Jifiens^a^tufque ctrcHmfnfa himYtd^ijfimis-^.^ vartos colles^ falehrofafuque rupes ajfnrgebi \ fruBumferens multiplicem^ tanquam kumt^ tis Aerts imbribus irr'tgua^ Vint etiam i{ debatur & olei, & /aCiis, atque prettofon\ omne gef^Hs Upidtir)^^ ^ Metalloram ijfe ■prtm'eferax. Turn hqtiA ipf fale qmdam pellueido^ alho inter dum, inu^ dum qmque rubeo qt ftilvo^ c^ Yubro ^ mp,^ tifqtteprtztereavariegato color ibus in I it a^^ i^ cjHe Jtiperficiem tpfam Afluaba.nt^ Jg^ie auti^ hiCcomma Jho^ Jed impercepto qutdem, atji Athereo move banter, \dveYOunumpr incrcdibibilemme rapiebat tn admirationev Rem bite tara. multa ur.iar.m^ tarn diver J ^ tamque in [m genere integra fingula^ pa,r^ etiam imbecillique adminiculo pro ducere :q^ fafto paulatim robtifiiore^ redirect tandcrt] at que coalefcerent in unum omnia ^ confident , ajfeverabat. Hie equtdem cb/ervavi f^/ii^ iUamfalis fpeciem ntkil ab ^phrolitho deg] T^erantem, atque arge7itHm illud vivum ^ c^ M'crcurii nomen ab hiijafce 7)ifciplin£ pY\\ cis imthorihtis indnum efi^ ilUm ipfam rej\ rsns huUianam Lunar iam^ adverjk fcande\ aiff{a^ noEltique relucens^ at que inter ditt gl, tin^tndi fr^ditum facultate. Here wee ha', pouriray'd unco us the whole Philofophic; i Lahotatoric.^ i^ur^iace ^ fire. an(^ Mfttt§\^
A new yiagicall Light^ &c. 7 i
with the Myflerious Germinatiom thereof. But becaufe the Termfs are Mjflcult, and not ;o bee underi^ood by any, but fuchashavc eenthe thi^£ ^^ fe^f, I wiil for the Readers benefit, I cannot fay Jatisfathton, put them mo Engltjh, This is the work^ (faith hee) JA^hich I have fometimes ieen with a fingular, mdamoftdeare friend: who (liewed to me ertaine Jargc Furnaces^ and thole crown d lA'ith Cornues of Glajfe, The Veffels werey^- Vernll, having befides their Triptods their 'edtmerits^ or Caskf^s, and within them was I Holy ObUtio?!^ or prejent dedicated to the 'ermrie. But whyQiouid I any longer con- ^
L
eale lb divine a thing? within this Tahru A^as a certaine CMaJfe moving Circularly, or driven round about^ and reprelenting the very figure of the^r^i^f world. For here_the_«^/i vVas to be feen ftanding__^of it felf in tHe w/2- ^£/?off?/4eompaffid abou t wi th molf clear rfffp, riling up to ieverall Hillocks ^ aiit ■'T^ggis Blocks y and bearing vnT^ny forts of Fr^/-, asifithad httn watr*d with fliowers rom the moyft Aire. It leemM alfo to bee I A {ciY^fi'uitfijIl for K'/^^^^i^ and milJ^^ with f\ ill kintJ- of precious fiones, and Metals, The v^/mtEemfelves like thofe of the S?^, were iiil of a certaine /■r^;?jJ> lovv kid^ thm tellm and jp;/r£/*ff^and as it \
to
'J 2 Lumen de Lumtne, or
wcte chamkttedWith various Co/ours^ whic did fwell up to the face of the waters. All the ' things were aBuated or flirr^d with the, ovJti ^ippropriat fire^hut in very truth tmpeil ceptible^ and ethereal/. But o»e thing aboi thereftforc'dmetoan incredible admiratiorj, Namely , that (b many things, fuch dtver, and in their kind fuch perfect particHla} iTiould proceed frotft one only things and th; with very [mall afijf^ce^ which being fm | r/j^r' ^] f//? faithfully affirmed to me that all the *T>iverfities would fettle at laft to one Boc , Here I obferyed i\\zt fnfil kind of Salt toloi nothing different Yrbm a pumice-ftone ^ ad that ^// £ oTthis Art call'd Mercury^ to be the fan)
*^rWith Lulltes L»naria, whole tvater gets
- ?
Tliis-isthey?;z/f of our learned ayfdeptfis^ at
"[ , againft the fire o^ Nature^ iknAfhtneshyntgh but by
for his hnalogie of the Philofofhic S^/f, ai , a pumtce^fione^ it cannot be well eoKceiv without tlie Light of Experience, It is th( a porous , hollow , froth-like , fpongious Sa, _. Tiie Confiflency of it is pumice4ike^ but ni ; iher /wr^, nor opacous. It is a thih^jlippe 'otlyjlib fiance in appearance like cj^w ^ ^^/^n?, but much more clear , Sometimes
loo
A new Magical/ LightySiC. 7|
7 |oks like Rojials and Rubies .• Sometimes it ^t^iolet Blew, Ibmecimes white as Lilies^ and- ;ainc moit green than Grajfe, but with a nara^dine tranj-^arcncie ,- and fometimes ic Dks like burnifht Go/d aild Stiver ^ The ^z- r of T^earlc hath her N^nms from /r.for there
': ?.t;?^j like the 5/?^rw oi^rogs in commonxva'* .
^\ 's. Sometimes it will move^and Iwim to the
, Td- of his Bath in thin leaves like wafers, twitli a thoufand miraculous Colours. This eiioughandtoomuch, for I hold it not my Jty to inhft upon Jecrets, which are lo far )m the Readers Ir^qptiry^ that I dare fay they beyond his Sxfet}ation»
The ty£ther^ or the ^ire^ of Paradife.
Itherto I have difcours'd of the firfi Matter , and the fire of Nature : Tcrmes jndeed commonly known > t the things jigmfied alC ieldome under ^ od, I (liaJl now defcend to mote abftrule rticular principles. Things of that j^^rme Aftthtiltie^ they are not fo much as thought much Icffe i^qnir^d after , The common 'imifi dreams of Gold and TraTjfrfiutatio'/^s^ • )ft noble and Heavenly Efccls, buf the 'eans wbereby hcc would compajfs them, G ay€
74 Lumen de Lumine^ or
ai'c vvorme-eaten , duftie , miiftie papers. Hii Study and his Noddle are fiitff'd with oU, Receits^ he can tell us a hundred Stories oi ' Brimflo»e and Q^ickr/i/ver^ wich many miv raculous Legends of zArfemc and ^nti* mome,Salgemm(£jSalprm Other ftupendious ^/ka/ies.zshi loves to call^ them , with fuch grange Notions and Charms^ doth he ^/»^-c(?, and y//^;?^^ his Anditors, as" j^^j are i^7/'^ with Thu-^der at the f^r^. In-|
/deed if this TV^//^ will carry it, let him alone, he can want no Artillery, Buc if you bring him to ihc field, and force him to his Pole. ^ wics^ if you demand his Reajon , and reje^h] his Recipe^ you have laid him as flat as a| Flounder. A rationally mechodicall DiJpHte' will undoe him, for he fiudies not the whole Hodyo^Philofophie : a ^^c^//- he would find' in an old Box^ or an old Book^^ as if the k^ow ' /(?^^^ oiGod and Nature w'ere a f/?/);^ of^ Chance^ not of Keafon, This idle Humor hath' not onlyfurpris'd the common illiterat -5r /^r, where in truth there is fbme Necejfuy foc' it , but even great DoBors and Phyficiansi^ Bate me the Impo flume of their Titles^ ancj' their Learning is not Conflderahle. Hence it' comes to pafle that fo w*««7 «?f« are und^fjc m the profecution of this Arr .• They are fo, wMdtool^ fir flfif»£s, iheywiIinot>^w/;;'
them'
A new Ma^icallLight^ Sec. 7 5
hem to their judgeme^^t^ but prclently bring :hem to the fire. Certainly they believe ftich diculous I-mfoffibiltties , that even hndte B-'eafis if they couJd fpe^:ks -> would reprove hem. Sometimes they mi [take their ownc ^xcreme'/2ts for that ^^M'-itter out of which Heaven and Sarth were made. Hence they 'ntdge^zxiA labotir mUri/ie, and fuch hUhie ixtyfiujfe which is not fit to be :-^.amd. But hen all conies to all, and their Cufiard fails hem, thev qi-iit their fiJihim-ffe^ but not their rror» They think of fcmething thats more 'ratable ^ Vind dreame perhaps that G' ae Ivor Id oi Eage-fhels or Flr/:t~sioncs, Truly hcfe Opi^iovs proceed not only from fimpie ^oph\ but from Dociors forfooth, and Phr^ fophers. It is therefore my T>efigm to dif- iDver fomc Excellencies of this krt , and akeitappeareto the Student that what is 'JklorioHs, is with all -D^j^a///^, This 1 fuppole , lay remove ^nx Eli-id^fluggifih Credulity^ .-I'hich prevents all IngemotaTitfcjHifttions ^ \id. C2^\\'C men perhaps to exercifi that kea- », which God hath otven them for 1) /cow- ries, I fhall'not dwell long on any one err;a^//«r, lam drawing off 'the y?^^^ in adl, ^a[le^ and rctumi-.ig to my fiirfl fohtudes. ^i \l'^4^'^^^'''fi^^'^ he vay Ihort^ and like the \lc/;oV iaft'57//i/'/^"f, impel fc6l. 1 intend it
*^"*% C^ '» onlv
51
7^ Lwm^w de humke^ or
only for Hint and fug^eftion to the Reader
nisnoffill Light but a Cfla-^ce, and he muft
improve it to h is better fatisfaBion.
y We are now to fpeake of the e/£f/>^r of
'' -^th^SfiitH^^^j which is the very j^fw^ in AT^-
'*^/ ture 2d\^fiihflance with the outward cither
o( the great world. That you may the better underftand what Jt is^ we will examine the Notion, before \\c fiate the tht^g. hrtflotle in his Book de Mundo derives this word '«»* *t% 'ail 5-im, k femper ctirrendo , becaufc the Heavens ajre in pcrpetnall CAt'^i'^on, This is a gcnerall irregular whjmz^ic^ for the y?^r; al- io afvvell as the Thc^^"^ is fubjec^ to a continuall Flux and RepAx^ and the ^/i?;/ rerileffe unwearied Pf///f. The more ancient Philujophers \^hofe Bool^ this Enemy btirnt^ derived It from «'^ naxagoras, who was better acquainted with Heaven than ^riftotle^ as it appears by his miraculous pr^dichion^ and the opinion he had of thacpA-zr^, namely that it was his Country^ and that he was to r^-z^^^r;? thither ^tzex death Indeed this lall Etymologie comes neet thcf' TjiiTture of the thing, for it is a Heating chce- rifliinoyJ7/r/f, but in its genuine C it burns not. I cannot then approve of thisf' latter Derivation no more tbin of the former:
A new Magzcall Light^ 5cc 77
Irathcr believe that c/£ther is a Compound of ««' 'A^'&i^ fironi its efc^ and ^jj^'r^, '««»i tS «W or«iji afemper C alefactertda, Suppoiing this to be the true Interj)retatioH^ Jet us now iee whe- ther it relates mor-e firiUly and properly to this prmciple^ than to any other Nature what^ foever. The ^y£ther is a nioft //?/» //^/^/^ fnb*^ fiance^ and the Region ot it is ^^^i;^ the ftars^^ m the CircHmference of the,*Z)/^/w Light, '^ This is the true, and famous ^Tt/^^tV which receives the In^nent Heat of (j(7^,and-^' r the Inferior Creatures, It is a p//?'^ Efence^-^
Idfi thing not tainted with any Mater iaii Con» ^ ^gion/m which /^«/^ it is fiyl'd of Pythago-^ r^s 'tiiu^ifoc'Ai^if^ the free ^ther. Qrtontam A ^ikith ReticlirP) a materia potent'tk fegregatKS, ^ prafervatHS in Libert ate ^ calefcit Di i Ar- iore , ac tnfenfbili motu Inferior a calsfacit^ ^ecaule it is freed from the prifon of the -^ Matter, and htin^ prefer v'd in its liberty ^^ t is ivarme with the /zr^ of CJ^ and by an in^ ^ 'enfible motion heats all the Inferior Na^ ^'
|„ ures. In a word, becaufe of it's puritie it is -^ 4accdnext to that Divine IE ire ^ which the "^^
jj ^exvs call Lumen Veflimenti^ and it is the very ^ t/? Receptacle of the Inflnences and D wf/W of the Stipernaturall World , which '^ G 3 fufficiently
2(
fff
f^S J^umen de i^umine^ or
fufificiently confirms our Etymologie, In the Beginnmg it was generated by Refl-exion of the firfi umty upon &^('dtlejii-il Q^he^iot the Jiri(^ht Emanations of God did fow like a ftreame into the Pa five nnyh and i-i this ndogie the Samuin ftyles Him w^^at'r "^ewM^^ *y- #«oj^ Fontem p.rpetfiie NatHr deriiand that the ^ther is not ^«^. but w^:^- mfold^ and the Re a fans of it wee {hall give you hereafter. By this I mind not a variety^ O^Stibfla''>cef^ but a QMtne of Complex ions. There are other Movfinres , and thofc too ^there^tU : They are FemaUs alio of the AfafoiUne ^Divine Fire ^ and thefe are the Fountains of the (^hddee ^ which the Oracle flyJes 3ii>a/atf«Kf9T«T«. Summ'ttates Fontanas ^ the \m£h\t upper fprings of Nature. Of all (uh fiances that come to our hands, this cs^^/?^r is the j?r/? that brings us Newso^a^ notherWorld^ and tels us we live in a c^r- ruptflace, Sendivogms call'd it the l^rtneoi Saturn^ and with this did he water his Lunar and 5 J^ina?) or'mntur MehuU , ^// Benedict as, (^ipfd> irngant Terras ^ (^ edu- cHKt Herhas S' E lores* In a word this Aftf;> finre is animated with a Ve^tahle tl^jjeddt-' vine Fire ^ which made one defcribe the •C^t fiery thus. Ex.Natnra.^ ^ ex Dtzim
fallam
A new Magicall Lifht^ &c 79
dEl-um efi : T>ivin%m enim efl^ qui a cum ^i- nnitate con]tmB:um Divt^as fuhfi^^tias ft- tt. To conclude, the I the lower Jfrmg 01 *n^^ namely \n thaitv thflance^ vv'hich the ArahUm call Vlos fi* ^^ s dht^ the Flower of white Salt, It is in- ^ \ttdhorneo£Salt^ for Salt is thei^c nfditis/i7^WwithaII inlocis falfifiSy in cer-^ tine Saltifh places . The beft Difcovery of ris>fc .-The Philofofhers call it their J^/- pr^/T^ ad hath Leaves and Fr///>/ in the Very T^^r^ofits Nativity. This is enouphj and ow I paffe to anpther jPriw//>/f.
The Heavenly tund^
■■p^His Luna is the Moon of the Min^, J» I a very ftrange fif^pifyi^g fubflance* Jj^ It is not /imp/e^ hixzmixt. The c^- r/j^r, and a iubtill white Sarth are' .Components^ and this makes it grojfer thari e t/£ther it /f //". It appeares in the yir;?{f ' an exceeding whtte ale , but is in ^ety' nth a ccrtaine vegefanf^owing^ fmooth, [ofi itMc.
G4 The
8o Lumen de Lumtne, or
The flar-foule. ^;^'
THis is tjie true Aflrum Salts, the founJel of th€ ^jEthr ^ and a Bloudie ^^Jierte^^^j2irjud_^E^ It appears in a gum-m'te [onfijiencyj but with a fierce^ hot, g! owing Complexion. It \^ Sub^ fiantially^Qtxi^mt furple^ animateci^ Divine
^'"^ '^'^'V^^ Prefter (?/ Zoroafter; ,
T is a M trade to confider,how the Earth,
which is a Body of- inexptclTibJe weight
znd ffeavi:?ejf?^ c:i.nhe fupportcd in. the
aJ Ajy.^Ji^etift^jeeldi' gfiil;ijlan£e ^^nd thorough
\ which cvQnjroth and ^yathers will j(i>^, and
^^ ^t^^hLit'^^L.F^y- I hope there is no man fo
j?^^^ as to think it is foys'd there by " feme
Cjeometricall K^^ack^^ lor that were Arttfi-
ciall,hmtheworl^o(God is f^ta/^ and iV^-
ttppil. Certainly if the Animatton of rhe :
~ "j^orld be denied^ there muR needs follow a
■precipitation o^ this Eler/^ent by its ow'n Cor- 1
fulencj and Gravity, We fee that our
-5 j Sixefupported by that Ejfe^ce^ by which
fhey are aUmtcd and mimated^ but wherj
that
I
A new Magicall Light ^ Sec. 8 1
'chcn that Ep^ce leaves them, they fall to hc^rojrnd^ till the /pint returns at the Re^ -^ urreBion. I conclude then that the Earth -^^ ^di in her a Ftre^foule ^ a moft pQwerfnU^ ^ongfpirtt^ that ^^^r/ /:^r f/^, as the fpirit -^' iMan bears up man. To this agrees Ray- V ?//W L/////# 4n the feventy fixth Chapter of iwis Theorie. T(?f^ 7>rr;^ plena efi IntdVigen* ma ad oprationem Nature inclinata , (jaa ^ntelltgentia movetur a nMura fu-perior^l 'taqtiodnatura IntelleEhtva inferior ajfimi^ atnr nature, Super tori. The whole Earth -^ ■faith he) is full o£ Intelligence, inclined to- he D.'fapline or Open'ition of Nature^ which '^ MntelUgence is moved by the Superior Nature: mo that the Inferior Intelligence is like to-^ •liilhc Superior, This fpir it or Intelligence is the -- «»$•»/», a Notion of the admirable Zoroafier^r Btslfind him render d by Julian the C^aUr i \Uaf9, It comes from »HS» ffro, and fignifics -- ffl f^Jghtmng^ or a certaine htrmingTurbo^ iyij^ j \vhirl-wind^ but in the fenfe of our Chaldee - ^* I IS ihcFrre-fpir it o'cLffe, It is an \ flnence - k bf i\iQ- a/Ilmigkty God, and it comes from - [iygrr^ l^iventifim, namely the fecond perfon^ i»hom tKe CaEalijls ftyle the Super natur all Jfe/i/?. For as the Natural Light of the %tiH wk fi^fl manifefled to us in thcEafl; i'o the ifl7//jj£^r;^^fj«r^/ Lfght was y^r/ mamfefied k\ -
8 2 tumen de Lumine^ or
the fetond ferfon, for he is ^rincipmm Alte, f at ionis ytnt Beginning ef the -wtyesof CjoA\ ot the firfi Mamfeftation of his Father*], Light in the Sf^per»atural GeHeratioft, Frorti this Terra Vi'ventiunt^ Or Land of the Li ving (tomes all Life or fptrit^ aceotding tof thzXfofition of the ^M^k^MiiH •
Omnis anima bona efl anima nov^ Vemens ah Oriente, Every ^W /^^f^/^ is a ^^i' /^«/ niing from the Eafl .• that is from t\Wy^ Cocfnah^ or the fecond Sephi^ roth, which is the So» of God, Now for the better undcrftanding of this t>efc€nt of the fofile^ wq? muit refer our ielves to another placet of the Cahalifls^ and this is it.
AnimA a Tertio Lumine ad Qnar* tarn Diem , inde ad Quint am de» fcendunt .- inde exeuntes , Corporis NoEt em fub intrant.
The fmls (lay they) defcend from the Third Lifht to the fourth "Day, thence to the fifth, whence they pafe out^ and enter the Night of the Body . To underftand this Maxme,yo\i mufi kiiow there 2Ltt three fupreme Lights or Sephiroths ^yitich the C^balifi cals, Sedes
m4.
new Magkall Light] Sccl 8 5
nm Dem S^-haoth, This third Light from
lence the fou/s delcend Js HJl^ 3 5/>?;j^, the
4? of the /^rff fefhiroths^ and iljtgnifies the
9/7 6'/:w/?. Now that you may know in
lat fenfe this Defcent proceeds from that
?j]}d fpirit^ I will fbmewhat inlarge my
fcourfe^ for the Cahaltfls are very obfcnre
ikhcpoifit, Spirare (fay the j^-fwi) Spiritrts
i nEHproprinm efi, to Breath is the proprietie
j,( ^he /f ^Z;' ^/j^/. Now we read that Cj^?^
^ |V»/^/j^^ ;>?r^ Adam f/j
•^i. j?ecame a living foule. Here you muft un-
ijiiand that the third Perfon is the lafi of
three ^ not that there is any Ifiec^nali'ty in
but it is lb in order of Operation^ for
ppliesfirfl to the Creature^ and therefore
i^^ Ai[/?. The meAnin(r of it is this : The
jJ^/r G^o// could not breath 2^ foule into A^
1^5 «, but he muH: either receive it, or /?^z^^it
^^ lirnielf. Now the rr;/r/j is he receives it,
a[l whatheer^rc'/'t/^j-, that hce breathe into
? tture. Hence this moft /w/)' (pirit is ftyl'd
,^1 the Cabal t^s VIhvipu egredisns e Para^ -
\^' ?, becaufehe breafhs as a ^iv^r fireames,
.^ is caird alio Mater Filiorum^ bccauife
\^ this Breathing he is as ir were delivered
j^^l thofe fouls , which have been conceived
y \?a!iji in the fecafut Perfon. Now that the
84 Lumen de Lumine] or
HolyGhofl receives all things from tht fii co»dTcrfb;i/is confirmed by Chrtfi himfeLj hni€,i$ IVhentheffiritof truth'tscomey he-will guid.^ you into all truth ^f or hejh-ill not fpeak^ rfhim,^ filf^hut whatfoever he fhall heare, that jha\\ he fpeak^^and he willjhc'wyott things to corm He jhall glorifie me ^ for he (hall receive 0^ mine ^ And (hall jherv it untoyou, ^11 thing that the father hath^ are mine -^ Therefor^ faid /, that he fhall take of mine. Here wo plainly fee, there is a centime fu^fe^nent orde\ or Met hod \n the operations of the hlejfed Tri ^. nity^{ov C^rijl tels us, that he receives frotr! \\\s Fat her yZn^i\it Holy Ghofi receives froii^ Him, Againc, that all things arc conceivec^ Ideally (01 as we commonly cxprefle it) erea. , tedhythc/econd perfon^ is confirmed by th ivord of ^od. The PVorld was made by him, (faith the Scripture) and the world k^ew him. not. He cOTfie unto his own, and his own recei' ved him not. This may fuffice for fiich as hove the Truth, and as for that which the Cabdift fpeaks of the fourth and fifth Dayes^ it fuits not with my prefent dejtgne , and therefore I muft wave it. It is clear then that Terra viventium, or the Ecernall Fire-Earth buds and fprouts , hath her iJ:^J^_STir^^^Jl F/w^r/j which we cz,Ufoules, aslcEis natural Sarth hath her natural Vegetables, In this
myjler'iom
' new Magical! Lights &c S 5
^k'ferioHsfefjfe is the Prefier defci'd in the^^jf 'Kicles xitttS wM^if ft »^!^, the Flower of thm/yCy :'5 ^, But that we may comcatlart to the ■^\ tg intended^ I think it not amiffe to inftru6l ''* Th'^'xS^ManHduBion, You know that -- '\ Artificer can huilii^ but the Earth muft- - ■» Jie Toundation to his Buildings for with- -- '^ this Ground-'work^ his Fr/c^ and ^6?r- — (- Xcdinnoiftand. In the Ci^eation when C7 \'bml.d^ there was no fuch ;?/ :^ »;. I aske then where did he refi his Mat" \ ' and Hi}on what ? Certainly he built ^ and "^ided Nature upon his own Suj>ernaturall vhter. He is /» /jer^ and thorough her^ and -•^h his etern a Uy^ir/r doth he /jf//7;orf /f^^- -^ ^: and Earthy as our ^£? / are fupported mh our fpirits. This is confirmed by that yfcle of the Apoflle , Omnia port at verba ^tutis (h£^ He bears up all things with the h-dofhis power ;frGm this power is he jult-
t \'^u : The i»finitly powerfully and the -^/Z- h^erfullpower-makiyig power, I fay then thac--" '^ and y^^"/^ are the Pillars oF Nature y^ props on which her whole Fabric refts^ I without jr/;/V/> it could not fland one lute. ThisF^> :hc Quimelfentiall Light, from whence he -^ 2^^/ himfcif to GtnfrMion^ as vs'C fee in
the
26 Lumen de Lumine, or
thf ejfuj]ioyt of the Sttn^heams in the gn rtjDrld, In this Dilatation of the Light confi^ they^7 oxfleafure of the pj.ffh^ /p^^^^, and its ContraEiion his C^frla-rjcho/ie or for rot'. We fee in the^r^^i i^W^ of Nature^ that 1 tuThiilent weather when the 5;/« is J^^r /»^ ' zxAcloptded^tht Aire is r/?/c)^ and ^////, an^ car aivK^p/rirj by fecret Comf^ffion wich tl-^^ fpirit o£ the z^tn 2ivc dull too. On the cor J traryin clear flrong Sun-jhtnes the v^/r^' !^ j^/c";^and7l)/;?, and thej^'r/>j of all (»Ayii w?^ are of the fame rarrjledj active Tempo It isplawe then that ouv.joyes and forrows pro eecd from thcT>ilatat!cH and Cor:traUion c our ^^!M? apparent in ^f/p^yriw^ Lovers^ who ^.Ycfid jeih to a certain violent^ extraordinary pan ting of the HeaYi ^ a timorous trcmblin! ^///^ which proceeds from the Afprehevfu. and /^f^r rf in relation to hi Mijc^rrtage, Notvvithffanding^ he defires ]^ dilated, as it appears by his pptlfe or Sal! it ^A;hcrein he doth difiharge himfelf ; but hi jPefpaire checks him againe, and brings hin X0 3ifeiddaif7 Retreat^ oi Cofftra^of?, Heno it comes to pafie that we ^vc fffh-jelh to figln which are eccajiond by the fiiddainpat'ife o die fpirit : for when hceflop , the Bread /?o/»j, butwhcn he loofeth hif^elfio ocnotit
wan
AnQwMagicallLightyScc. S'Jf
^ y-d Motion, we deliver two or three Breath f -'
t have been formerly omitted, in one hng
., piration^ and this we call a figh , This
) 1.0H hath carried many br.ive men to very
'* Extremities , It is originalJy oceafioa'd
."; I the f^irit of the Oififiru , or ajpUed
} ty : for her yJ^/V/V ferments or learjens the
',] r/^oftheL
rar as Nature will permit. This make, us
,1 ?;?; even {miles and jrowm, like Fortu^nes
I CMvsj^r tunes \ v.^ar Thoughts are liever
Home, according to that well-grounded
liervation, ^mmn efl ubi amat, non ubi
I mat : thcfonle dwels not where j^(? //'Z/^/,
3 where yii?^ /o-:/^/. We are imploy'd in a
;)petuall Contemplation of the
J pur very J^^^/and ^^^J are in her /^Aw^^r .•
' Cdiufet us to what Humor (he w///, as
npian was alter'd by the Muftc of his
?rfcfM to her luie Corinna]wg5, Hrr* Voice inlives the Leaden firings : But when of CoYrows fhe doth (peak, Even with her fighes the ftrings doe break. And as her Lute doth Live or Die, Lea'd by her Sajjiom: So doe L
This, and many more miraculous yj';^?;^^. j / proceed ftom die Attmciive n^urs'
of
88 Lumen deLumine^Ot
of the l^refler : it is a fpirit that can do
vponderSj'^n^. now let us fee if there bee an'
pffibility to come at him. Suppofe then we
fliould dilavtdat or difcom-pofe fome,
fctall Buildvig^ ftofie by fionc : There is n^
queftionhwi we fliotild come at Ufl to thi
Earth whereupon it is founded. It is jul-l fo "
^'Aiaqtc : if we open any Natural Body^ an*
, fe^arat all the p^^r/^J thereof ^^^ from anothei
. . wc fhall come at A?/? to the Trefier^ whici
- isthcCandle^znd fecret Light oi God, VVe
fhalJ know the hidden Intelligrr.cc^ and io
^•iXtncxprejJihle Face^ which gives the eat
ward Figure to the Body, This is the Sy/lo-
gifm we fhould look after, for he that hat)
once paft the v^^f^^j^^r, enters the Fire-worla
and fees w^hat is both Invtfible and Incredihl
r Xo the common CAUn, He fliall difcover t
-> the Eye the miraculous Qtnffiracy that i
between the Prcjler and the 5/^/?. Hee (lial'
know the />(rr
■ >^ and the fenfi of that deep Calalifw^ Non ep'
/,^ flanta hic infer iki cui n-on efljiellain Ftr)
^ mamentofuperiuSj&ferit earn flelL% cr di\
citeiCrefoe, There is not an Herb here he'^\
lew, but he hath a (lar in Heaven above ^
■^1 and the/^rftrikes him with her Beame^ zm^
^j fayes to him, (7r v. Hefhall know, how tbe
^ ' Ffre-fptrtt hath his Ro^t in the Spirituall ^ire '■}
■ fc B^rth
Anew Ma^icaULigk^&ic. Sg ,
Wth , and receives from it a lecrct Influx
poll which he /
,1 \uice and Ltcjuor^ which they receive at their
loots from this Common Earth, This is it,
t^hichour^i^'Z//^//r telsus, 0\ian lives not hy^^
-read alone ^ but by every-word that comes out
fthe Mouth of God. Wt meant not by Inke
lid^jpjfr^or the dead Letter: it is a cJIf>*
lery, and St. Pafi/ hath partly expounded it* ^
ic tcls the (lAthemans^ that
\h the end. That he (hould feek^ the Lord, if
\ Mppily he might feel after him and find him^
I kcre is a flrange Exprcflion, you will fay ,
\^x. a Man flhould feel after God, or feek^
I iim'^x^ his Hands. But he goes on, and
:1s you where you (Lall find him. He tsmt
ir (faith hc^from every one of us \for in Him
■ :e live, and move, and have our Bein^, For
le better underf^andmg of this place, I wifli
:, ou to read Varacelfm his '^hilofo'phia ad
; Athenienfes , a glorious Incomparable Dif-^
^i^omfe, but you will \hortly find it in Eng.^
,f /^. Againe: He that enters the Center ^
i lall know why all Influx o£ fire deicends
gainfi the Nature of fire, and comes from--' .^Leaven downwards : Hee (liall know alfo " vhyMtlielame /r^ having f®und a Body, af- ""^ jli jends againe towards Heaven , and gows - - ^j^( upwards, H Ta --
^ Lumen ^eLumtne^Qt
To conclude : I fay the grand Supre^me '^Mjjierie o^ Magic, is to mult tf lie the '^re- jhr, and place him in the ^oyjl-prene father ^ wrnch God hath piirpofely created to ^na- lipc the fire. For 1 would have thee know, that this yp/>/> may be fo chafd^ and thati .the mof^ temperat Bodies, as to undoe the ,. upon a fuddaiit. This thou mayft gueflc th ^fclfe by the ;«•"•«•? / asthe^/;7wi/?calsit. Place him then as Goi . 'hath plac'd the ftars, in the condens'd ^the\ of his Chaos ^ for there he will /^/;?f ^not ^//r;^ he will be -z^^^t/ and Calm^ not furious and ^/; Common ^rocef[e^2Xi^ 1 dare tell thee no more of it Itmuflremaine then as a >^^^/^in_^ ^^'^h^h^J.i ^'^^ ^ow it. may be dtfcovered^ dotthonConfider. '
IT is a TinBure of the Sapbiric ijl[ine^, and to define it fubfbntially, it is thd ^/W of our little InviGble Fire-world, .. it pioduceth two noble effect s, youth ^ .. and /:/"o/>^ ; wherclbever it appears, it is an in^ ftUible y?^^;^ of ///^?, as you Ice \\m\\q. fpring. ?:iw^,when all tlnngs arc G'r^^;?.Thc/^^''/:f of it
is
A new Magicall Lhht^ &c 9 1
is cheer ffflUnd rfrefhm^ beyond all zma(ri^,a^ tion. It comes out oftlie H' avenb E^rtl for' the S -T^/Vr AQr,\\ffe.rmnitz^^Zi t^eEts her Tin^ aures into the and ^^a^ifefied to the £r..This S ^/-.r is .^..^// of her y^-Z/^to the w/:o/e Co7?efoHrd forfhc is ?/;r^^/c,/.^ or hath in her three feverall f/pv^r^/ I have ieen them all, not in Ayric imaainarlc- juffofttiom but real/y with my bodtly ej°^ And ^ here we have itcd Problem refolved .- namely that Tir/^.t- '^^nj/ (hould facrifice a /v^Wr^^/ q-..;, ^;^,j^^j^ _ hee found out. ^' »f'>*W«/»^>.mv«,^5i;^ >»,/«,
"Stibtende-^t of a r/>k ^^r^ Tr/^;;;;/^ vvas
eqHivalem to thofe ;^m vS'hich r^;;/^;;/^
T^hc D/apafm^ or Magicall Perfume.
JT is comfoiwded of the 5'^^/;/V/V ^^r^/> ancl the.^^f/Vr. If it be brouoht to its fuil 8x- dm^on^t^^\\\jhrr^e\l],t l\,^ Day.flar in her ^reOi Eaflcrne G/V.>/. It hath a fafcinann- mraatvef.zctdtie^'[ox\£^o\X expofi it to the f^'^
^'^ ^ The
92 Lumen de Lumine^ or
The Regeneration^ Afcent^ and y, Glorificatior7,
T Have now fufficiently, and fnlly diicovercd the frhictpies of our C/?^^?/ ^ In the nexc V- place I will (licw you how you arc to nje «^ them. You muft t^mte them to a pew life^ and .a,v they will be regemrated by iVater and the Spt- ]^rit. Thef e ^M7(? are in all things, they are pi a- - ccd there by God himfelf, according to that jpeech of 7 r t fine gift pt^s , J^^umijuod^He habet rafeficmen [ha Regenerationis , Proceed then ■patiently^ but not mun'.idlj. The work^ is per- formed by an invijlhle Arttfi^ for there is a (ecret Incubation of the Sp/>/f of God upon Nature , you muft only fee that the outw^trd^ Heat faiJes not, but with the ffibje^ it fclfj you have no more to doe^ than the Mother hath with the C/:>//^ that is in her womb. The two former frinct-^les performc all, theS/?- rir makes ^//? of the fVater to purge and w?^^ his 5 Cclcitiall, immortall Conjhtutio;^, Doe noc you think this Impoffible, Remember that in the Incarnation of Chrifl Jefn^ the Qua- rn ternariit^ o\:four Slements as men call them \SQtQHmtcdio their ticxmW Unit ie and Ter-
mrins
S
A new AiagicaU Li^ht^ Sec. 93
narim. Time znd fo^ire make Seven': This S^ptemrie is the true Sakuth^ the Refi of G^i into which the Creature fhall f;?r(?r. This is the bed and greatcft MamdnBion that I can give you. In a word, Salvation-^ it Iclfis nothing cl/e but tranfmutation. Be- "^ hold (faith the Apoftle) / {hew joh a ^^T^roi'n S TE R I E : we Jhall mt all die, hut we jhallbe all CH A N GET>, in a Moment^ in the twinckl'm^ of an Eye^ at the found of the /afi Trtiwft, God of his great. Mercy pre- pare ws for it, Thatft'om hard fhibborn Flints of this world^ we may prove Chryfoliths and Jafpers m the new eternall foundation. That we may afcend from this prefent diflrefTcd Church which is in Captivity with her Chil^
tdren^ to the /r^^ Jertdfilem from above ^ which is the Oiiother of us ML
T
The Descent ^ and MetempfychoJJs .
Here is in the world a fcrlbllng, ill-dif'pofed Cjcner^tkn : they write only to gainc an Opinion of Knoiv- l(:dge ^ and this by am^'.zin^ their ^^'^K^^^fr/with whimzjes and Fanfies of their ^''''Iwn. Thcfc commonly call themrelvcsC/!/-
94 hu/nen de humine^ or
?«//?/, and abufethe great Myflerie of Na- tPiTe with the Name and Non-fenfe of L^- ' }?/> C hemic Hs, I find not one of them, but -hath miftaken this ^efcent for the A [cent ''^ox Fermemf.tto}?, I think it Neceffary there- -fore to informe the Reader there is a two fold ^^V e-rmentAtioii^ a fpirituall and a Bodily one, thtfprttuall Fermentation is performed by muhifljiMg the TmElures^ which is not done vvith common Gold and Stiver , for they arc not T/;;5m"/, but grole~compa(^ed Bodies. VThe CjoldzwA Silver of the Phtlojofhers 2x4 a fcule and //>/>/> : they are living Vermejns and pyificip/es o^ Bodies, but the iVio co77imon yJ^f-^'^^/i whether you take them in xh^wgrofe ^. C.of7)foJition^ of after a P hilojophicall -prtfa^ ^r^t'ion^ are no way fcrtineat to our purf^fe. ■)-/ The Bodily Fermeraation ^ is that which 1 ^ . properly call the T>e[ce-a^ and now we wili fpcakoFit. When thou haft made t\\c flone, ■ yOX U\tigic.ill t. 7ii-:ciicii7e^ it is a ligy.fdfurie, [prttttuiL fiibtlancc^ ^^^^''^'^'i^J^^ ^^ Sun, In ' thi^ ( omf'exion if you would ^r^/^^ , you - could hardly find ihc7j[// proportion^ the ver- ine of the {J/li-^diciyic'vi io intenfive ^^m^fower- ^:yfnlL The /V;//^/^p/v r.f therefore took one part ^-«^f^Ticir7;.9«£,_and did cai^ it U£Gn ten p^.rts '/-o^l MXQ/hicliQngoid. This fiiiglc (Inall ^^^^/-^f ?
I AncwMagicaHLight.&iC. 95
did bring all n thcjgo/d^z Uondte^powder^ - and^n'iHie r^'^fr^rj' tfie' j^roJfeBoel} of the - gold~M aBace cLc/;/r/^/^^//7?r^;?^^^ pTthe -
\imi^^^Aili' This Defcerit or li^corpora-
|/-/ iFermentation^ but the Philofaphers did noC>^- ;ufe c^ww^;? 6'^?/-^ to /^^g their flo»e as forae- "Jcriblers have xmV/^;;, they us'd it only to.™ ^^^mlifie the tntenfive power of it, when it is ~ w^^^, that they might the more t^\\\y fimi- .yMxQtdcmttie o£ hafe Metdl, they (liould - pr theJt.>?/^^/Vw nArabUn-Elixir , This fZ/.v/V the Vkilofh-- lp/?^r/ could carry about them, but the Me^^ dicUe it felf noc i'o^ for it is fuch ^jubtill mo)Jh - F/r^, there is nothing but ^/.?j(/r^Tt' wttl^^ hold it. Now for their OKctemgychofts, it hach indeed occafion'd many Errors concer- ning the /i'?^/ |ly to the fecrct ferformances of C^digic, \t-
done wich~_the' P^'^^oF^3'i^7d'^' l >^^^ jr/V^FTTaH tllFreTore
^'^^lll.?i^)^^£|^^rtliat fhill parte rtiTTV/f 4^ ,jR^^W/withoijtany'D/»//>;J^^^^ 7 ■ %\
~^ ISfowXi^t^Ihavs done; and for a fare-^ [ii
c^6 L.umen de l^umine^ or
w^U I w";ll give thee a mort noble, iecrct, facred trmk The Chaos itfdfin th* ytiy firfiA- . ^rMyfis is threefold^ iheS;7/>^/r ofvok. Chaos \s y likewife threefold. Here thou haft fix -parts ^ "vvhich is the Vjtha^oricall Senartm or Nh- merus Conjugii, In thefe fix the Inflnx of ' J ythe A^ct^ ■phyficalll^nitieisfole Monarchy and -> makes up \hQjeventh Number^ or Sahaoth^ . in which ^tlaft by the ^^Ajfi fiance of 6' Bod] fliall rf/. Againe, every one of thcfe fix parts ]st]vofo/d^ and thcfe ^Dapljcities aic Comrarieties, Here then thou haft twelve^ fix 2i^^m9i pxinidefperat Vtvifion^ and the /^;??/f/^ o^ peace amongft ^/j(??;?. Thefe 2);/- plicities confift of contrary Natures \ One