Preface

CPera etviua
The H A R M O N Y
of the IVORLD^ being a Difcourfe of God, Heaven^ Angels, Stars, Planets, Earth, the miraculousDefcentions and Afr cncions of fpirits, with the Nature and Harnio^ ny of mans Body ; the Art of prepa- ring Kofu Cruc'iM Mcdicims to Cure all Difca- ks. Their Rules to ralfe, bodies decayed, which are verified by a Praftical Exi^ mination ot" Princi'j les in the great World.
IVhereunto is added^ thejiate of the Nevt? Jem -
falem, grounded upon the knowledge of Nature ^
Light of KeafoH^ Phjlofophy and Divinity.
All fitted to the Underftanding.Ufe andProfic of
Wifdomes ChLldrenjand communicated to the fons ot Arr=
By John Heydon, Gent, ^iKoyoixQ- ^ afcrvant of Gody and Secretary of Nature,
And 1 faw another mio;hty An^iell come do'vn fiom Heaven, cloathcd with a Cloud, and a Rainbow was upon iiis hcad^ and his face was as it were the Sun, and his feet as Fillers of Fiic : And 1 heard a great voice out of Heaven, faying : bchold,the Tabernacle of God is with men, and he will d'AclI with them, and they fhall be his people, and God himfclf flialibewith them, and be their God, K-. lo .i. & ii. 3.
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the Royal Excb^ige, 166 1. \
TO THE
Moji Honourable, Mofi Loyally Magncwi"
nwus and High Borne Vrince
fames ^oteler^
Puke of Ormond, and Lord Lievitnant of his Majefties Kingdome of Ireland.
Externally Internall and Eternal/ f/jp- finejje be ff'ifoed.
My Lord,
An had at the
firft, and fo have
all fouls before
their entrance in.
to the body, an explicite
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niethodicall knowledge , but they are no fooner vefTel'd, but that hberty is loft, and nothing re- mains but a vaft confufed notion of the creature; ihushad I only a Capacity without power, and a will to do that, which was farr enough above me; in this perplexity I ftudied fe. vcrall Arts; for my own fuUen fate hath forced me to feverall courfes of life, but I finde not one hither
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to which ends not in bur- fets, or fatiety, and all the Fortunes of this life are fbllyes: thus I rameld over all thofe inventions which the ignorance of men call Sciences ; but thefe endeavours fortius not to my purpofe , I Studied then the Semi- nall forms of things; The Soul of Man, the diffe- rence betwixt the Soul of an Angelland an hu- mane Soul, the Nature M of
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ot God 3 the Order of Spirits ; how they give fplendor to the Stars and Planets, how Senfation , Immagination , Reafon and Memory are made , and how the bodyes oi (jhofts have as much ot folid corporeall fubftance in them as the bodyes of men, what kinde of pu- niflimentsthe i\erialOf- licers inflict upon their Malefad:ours ; and how the fpirit of nature is pre-
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lent eveiy where, and fnatcheth into confent the jmmagination of the mo- ther , which forcibly re- teyns the note, and will be fure to feale it on the body of the Infant, for what rude inchoation the foul of the World has be- gun in the matter of the FaetuSj this fignature is comprehended in the whole defigne, and after- wards compleated by the prefence and operation of
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the particular foul of the Infant. i\fter I knew what the foul was before it came into the body : I found prefently what it was in the flefli ; then alllde- fired was but to keep my body in health, and this being obteyned : I went yet further , To fee what TPoM become of the ^enii, when the firing of the JVorld has done due execution upon that unfor- tufiate crue^ and tedious
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and direfull torture has wearied their' affiiBed §hoJis that are earthly ^in- to an utter receffe from all matter, and thereby into a profound jleep or death ; that after a long feries of years ^ when not only the fury of the fire is utterly flah^djbutthatyafi Jtmof- phere of Smoke & Vapours , which Was fent up during the time of the Earths con- flagration , has returned bach^ in [ppious ShoWers
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of '^atne IPhkh TPill again make Seas dnd'^tyers^ypill bind and confolidate the ground'^ and falling excee- ding plentifully all oyer , make the foyle plea f ant and fruitful I and the Aire coole and wholf)me^ that 3\Cj- ture recoyering thus to her adyantage^ and becomming _ youth full again^ and full of genitalSalt & moijiure^the fouls of all Hying creatures belonging to thefe loWer 5^ egions of the Earth and
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Aire^ TptU atpaken orderly in their proper places^ the Seas and ^lyers will bea- ^ain replenifl)ed With ftflj ; the Earth Will fend forth all manner offowles, foure foo. ted beap^ creeping thins^s; &the Souls of men alfo fljall then catch life from the more pure and 'Balfa- mick parts of the Sarth^ and he cloathed again in terre- Jlriall bodies; and la ft ly the Jertall Qenii , that Ele- ment becoming again whol-
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Jome and 'vitally fiaH in dm order and time , awaken and revive in the coolroridJire, t>hich expergefaBion into life is accompanied fay thej, 'Pith propen/tons anf'Pera- bletothofe rejolntions they made TPith themfehes in thofe fiery torments ^& with which they fell into their hngjleep^ thisistheprima^ tive truth of the Creation^ the Antient^ real ^hyhjo- phyofthe Hebrews and 8- ^yptianSj But new Philo^
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fophy to our common Scribers , and I propofe it not for your inftrudion , Nature hath already in- riched you withLearning, judgment and Candor , and 1 would make you my Patron not my Pupill; if therefore amongft your ferious and more deare re- tirements, you can allow this Edilis but fome few Minutes, and think them not loft, you will j3er-
fea
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fed my Ambition, that is to prefentmy fclf^
November, 1 2th.
i66.-.
My Lord
Tour Honours moft
humble Sarvant^
'.
John Heydon.
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IN Mr. Sii^ei Orchard at Sidmouth in Devon^ about the dawning or d/sry- break 5 being tyred with a tedious foli- tudc 5 and thofe penfive thoughts which attend it , after much loffe and more la- bour ^ I fuddeuly fell afleep ^ Here then day was no foonei born then ftrangled : 1 was reduced to a ni Tinfture than that which 1 had formerly fpent : My "fancy placed me in a Region of inexpreffable obfcurity, and as I thought more than Natural 5 but with- out any rerrouf s ^ I was in a firm even temper, and though without incourage- mentSjUot onely lefolute^but well pleai led ; 1 moved every way for difcoveries, but was (till entertained with darkneile and filence 5 and I thought my felf tranf- a lated.
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Uted to the land of DeJJolation. Being thus troubled to no purpofe ,and weari- ed with long endeavours J Irefolv'dto reft my felf ^and feeing I could finde no- thing 1 ex peftedjif any thing coul d finde me. 1 had not long continued in this hu» mour, but I could here the whifpers of a foft winde ^ that travell'd towards mc^ andfuddenly it was in the leaves of the Trees , fo that I concluded my felf upon the fouth-fide HewiUvi^ovi Hazle-hil/ in Warwick; Jloire^ among the fhady walks of thofewoodsj wherein often by the Ri- ver fide, & by the Chriftal fountain, ha- ving loft the fight of the reft of the world, and the world of tne^ I found out in that hidden folitude very excel- lent experiments in Medicines, admira- ble glorious tinftures , and Telefmes in the Earthy and the fecrets of Nature, d^^. with this breath came the dayMght , and with it fuch a bright flime^ that it feemed to exceed that of the Sun : After we had done our holy things at the twentieth
houre
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houre of the tenth day of 'jum 164^. there appeared touSj after their ufuall manners Seven men cto^thed injilk^gar-^ menU^ with Cloakj after the Englifli moae^ VPith fur fie Stcckim^ and Olmfon Velvet Codtf^ red andjhining on their Breaji : nor VPere they all thus clad^ but onelj tvpo of them^ vpho mre the chief : On the rnddier andtal/er ofthefettco^ other tnpotvaited^ hut the lejfe and paler had three attendants: So that they made up feven in all ^ they were about forty years of Age^but lookt as if they had not reacht thirty ^ when they were asked who they were ? They anfweredj that they were Homines Aerii^ Aerial tnen^ who are born and dye as we , but that their life is much longer then ours^as reaching to three hundred years^ and they raife each other from death to life. Being asked concerning the Im- mortality of D^mem ? They anlvvered , nihil quod cuique froprinm effet fuperejfe'^ that they were of a nearer affinity with »-ne Divi then we: but yet infinitely dif- a 2 fereat
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ferent from rhem : and that their hap- pinelleorniifery, as much tranfcended ours, as ours does the bruit Beafts 5 that they knew all things, pad:, prefcnr, or to come, and what is hid, whether Mo- neyesor Books 5 and that the loweft fort of them, were the Genii of the beft and nobleft men amongft the Rojie Cru- cuzns^ as the bafeftmenare the trainers opofthebeftfortofdogsj that thete, nuity of their bodies was fuch, that they can neither do us good nor hurts favingin what they may be able to doe by//?er7re/and tetters^ and impartent of l{nowkdgc^ we .nfked what Religion wa s befl: amongft us? they anfwered the Vro- ti'fljtit'^ and Epifcopacy was the beft Form oj church Government^ and that they were both publick profeffors in ^uAcca" dtj^y^ and thjit he of the leffer ftature had three hundred Drjdplex^ the other twenty : we a{kt:d further, why they would not revcalc fuch treafures as they knew Uiito men? They anfwered, that
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there was a fpeciall Law againlt ir^ upon a very grevious penalty.
Thefc Aireyall Inhabitantsfiayd at leafi: ten hours difputing and arguing of fun- dry things, amongft which, one was the Originail of the World : 7 hi Taller de- nying that God made the World^ ab dterno: The Leiler affirmed that he fo created it every inoment^that if hefhould defif); but one moment it would perilh, whereupoti the other cited feme thtngsout of the diffu^ tationsofRX, tlediione frattrnitatis ca^ •pat'^ in the Kofic Crucian Axiomata.^ the fe^ cond Booh,: which books, if this be ac- ceptable , I (hall fhortly publifh ; and the Rota^ 7he Wife mans Crown--^ i he fe- cond Book oiRofie Crucian Phyfick^ and 'Ihe 'temple oj Wijdome^ The Book oiGc" omancy^ Ajirology and Telffmec, And named feverall other Treatifes, part whereof I know, part not, which were of the Rofie Crucians Writings,and with- all did openly profefle himfelf of the Fvevei end Order.
a 3 As
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Asihefewent away from us , there cameamoft Heavenly Odorous Aire ^ like that offweet Bryers,but not fo full andrankes in this admiration were we conveyed I know not how, into the prchardagainj where this Perfume bc- ^ng blown over^ there fucceeded a plea- (ant humming of BeeSjamcngft FlowerSj Herbs and Leaves thst were there, and this did fomewhat difcompofe mc^ for 1 judged it not fuitable with the com* plexion of the place, which was now a« gain darke and like midnight, then was 1 fomewhat troubled, with thefe uncxpeSed occurrences 5 When a new appearance diverted my apprehenfions. Not farr of! on my right hand, I could difcover a white weake light, not fq cleereasthatofa candle^ but mifty and much refembling an Atmol'phere, to- wards the centers it was of Purple colour like the Efefianffinjljifie^ but in the Di« latation of the circumference Milky: And if we confider the;oyntTin(ftureof
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the parte, it was a fainted ^efper^ a figure of that fplendour which the old Romans called Solmortiiorum'^ whilefti admired this ftraoge fcsene, there appeared in the middle of the fur fie colours^ a fudden commotion, and out of their very centre did fprout a certain flowery Itgktj^zs it were thcfltme of a Taper ^ very hrighf it was, fparkling and twinckling like the day- Star ^ the beams of this new Planet ilTu • ing forth in fma! skeins and rivilets , lookt like threds of filver ^ which being reflefted againfl: theTrees^difcovered a curious green Umbrage^ and I found my felf in that Mathematical Grove of con- fpiring Apple Trees, &c. fet by Mafter William Slade-^ Under this (hade and skreen, did lodge anutnberof Nitin- galesj Thruffaes, and Owfc/s or Black- birdsj whichfirft Idifcovered by their whitifh breafts 5 Thefe peeping through their leavy Cabinets, rejoyced at this ftrange light , and having firft plum'd themfelvesjftirr'd the ftill aire with their
Mufick
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Mufick^ ihefe (with many other little
birds that ftreined their pretty throats)
which I thought was yery pretty, for
the (ilence of the nighty fuiting with the
iblitude of the place , made me judge it
heavenly : The ground both neer and
far off, prefented a pleafing kindeof
Checquer, for this new Star meeting
with fome drops of dew^ made a multi^
tade of bright refractions , as if the
earth had been paved with Diamonds.
Thefe rare and various accidents kept
mySoule bufied^ but to interrupt my
thoughts, as if Jt had been unlawfuil
to examine what I had feen 5 another
more admirable Objeft interpofed, 1
I could fee between me and the lights a
moft exquifite Divitje Beauty^ black and
lovely, her frame neither long nor fhortj
but a mean decent ftature:, Attyred Jl)c
was (according to the molt Curious mode
oj the Country^ at Sydmcuth in the Cofwty
of Devone v\Q2iV Exeter^') In a habit beft
pleafedher oVv^d nature, for Jhe valued
net
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not Vanity^ her Eyes were quick, frefli and CekjUall^ but had fomething of a Startjasiffhehad been puzzled with a fuddain occurrence 5 her Countenance was Amiable, from her black vaile, did her features break forth, like.Sun Beams in a miO:, her hair e ran difbevelled to her breaftsj and returned to her cheeks in curies, and that hayre behind was row- led to a curious Globe, with a fmal (hort fpire Flowered with Purple and Skieco- r loured Knotts^ her RJTigi were pure en- tyre Entbralds^^Qx (he valued no IVtettals, and her Pendants oi burning Carbuncles ^ To be fliort, her whole habit was Touth- full and Flowry^ of skje Cokitred Silk^ , thin and look^Fancied with Violet^SHver^ White^ Blew^ Green an-d Scarlet Ribbands 5 which lookt very fine and pleafantina Golden Morning, and fmelt like the Eaft and was throughly aired with rich ^ra^ hian Diafajms. But whilft I admired her perfeftionSj and prepared to make my addrefleSj p^e prevents mo with a voluntas
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ry approach. Here indeed 1 ocpefied Ibmedifcourfe fromherj, but flie look- ing very fcrioufly and filently in my face takes me hy the hand^ and I thought it notamiffeto walk with fo fweet a £/tf- dy^ when (he fo fairely invited me^ now ihcUght which I had fonnerly admired, proved to be her Attendant : for it mo- ved like an uQier before her. This fer- vice added much to her Glory^ and it was my only care toobferve her, who though (lie wandered not 3 Yet verily (he iollowed no kncwn path. Her v/alkewas Greeo^ being Furred with a fine fmall GraflTej which felt like Plu(h, for it was very foft^ and purled all the way with Dajies^ Vrimrojes ^Violet s^ Honey* fuchjes^ ^andfvpeet flowers-^ when we came out of this our Arborelox Courtly Orchard of Apple Trees 5 1 could perceive a ftrange clearnefTe in the 4ire^ not like that of Day '^ neither can I affirm it was night -^^ the Stars indeed perched over us , and ftood glimmeringj as it were on the tops
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of high hills 5 for we were in a molt deep bottomej betwixt Ct7r/e and Bnlver* ion^ and the c^r^^ overlooktus^ fowe walked over a little Rivctet^ through «ry Fathers firji^ Jccond and third Courts^ and paffed the laft gate, that direfts to a bridge , which we went over 5 and we had not gone very far^ when Ihada great defire to hear my M[irtjjt fpeak^ (for lb I judged hernow)that if poffiblej might receive fome information from her : how to bring this about, 1 did not well know^ For (he feem'd very coy, rough and averfe from difcourfe,but ha- ving refolv*d with my felf to difturb her. I asked if fhe would favour me with her Name ? To which (he replyed very familiarly, as if fhe had known me long before, My true and faithful! Servant (faidfhej my Name is Beata-^ you do here behold^ The Harmony of the World^ Man^ the Soul^ Nature and Religion^ and had it been your fortune barely to know the fccrets of Nature^ Rcafon and rhilofo-
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fhy^ with all the fweet circumllances of theoijWhich few uponEarth underftand, I would not have been your Adijiris: and nov*^ niyc early belovedServantJ.H.pub- li(h this Kojh Crucian mifteryp and add it to your former difcourfes^i^/ss.lZjerTeA^. pic ofl^'iplome^TheKoJieCrHcian injallibk ^xiomnta: Your new Method OfKofie C'ucian Vhypck^ and MedicineSj for long ife^ Haaltb^ Jonih ^ V V if dome and Vert ue^ and to alttr^ehange and amend the Jiate of the body 3 And if the rude Pveaders be fo wifeihey cannot underftand you^ leave the difcovery toGod^who when it is his blefltd will can inftruct the better fort of thccfij I charge you upon pain of loo^ (ling my Love, teach no man , what you have from me^ unkflb you finde them of your own difpofi.ion, its truth the World looks for Dreams and Revelari- cns, as the Train to their invifible Righ- teoufneffe ^ but you fliall deliver what I ftnd to the Sons of Art ^for folcall tbofc wbofe Qualities are asyours^ let
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them know by the Rojie Crucian Hi xhdit there are but two Elements^ Earth and t^Taier^Aiv n the Cxmcnt of two worlds and a Medly of Extreams. It is natures common placcj her index, where you may finde all that ever (he did or intends to do 5 This is the Worlds Kendtzvons'-, in this are innumerable idea's of Men ^ Beads, Fifh and Fouij Trees, Herbs, and all creeping things, this is A/areKeruf^ jnvifibiUHnt^ for all the conceptions in Jinn fyferjorit naiur£^ wiap themfelves in this Tiffany, before they imbarkcin the (hell- It rctayns the fpecies of all things whatfoever, and is the immedi- ate receptacle of fpirits, after difibluti- on,whence they pafTc to the ^Ethereal Region, which is a mofl (ilent Fire. This Fire paflTeth through all things in the world,and it is natures Chariot, in this (herides^ when fhe moves this movej^^ and when (he frands this ftands, like the Wheels inEzektel^whofe Motion depen- dethon that of thefpirit, this is the
Mask
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Mafk and Screen of the Almighty^ wherefoever he is 5 this Train of Fire attends him. Thus he appears to Adofes in the Bufi^ but it was in Fire^ the Pro- phet fees him break out at the Nortk^ but like a F/rexatching it felf^ at Horeb he is attended with a wightyjtrong toind rending the Rocks in pieces, but after this comes the Fire^ and with it aftill fmall voice, Efdras alfo defines a God, whofe fervice is converfant in VVinde and Firei^ this face is the veftment of the Divine Majejiy^ his backparts which he (hewed to Mofes^ but his naked roy- all Effence none can fee and live. The Glory of his prefence would fwallow up the naturall man ^ and make him al- together fpiritua), thus Mofes his face after conference with him ftiines. and from his fmal Tin&nre you may guefs at you luture eftate in the regeneration^ for to know nothing is life eternal, be- caufe allinvifiblescame out of the invifi-
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bleGod^Sc thisisThe tx^ ay to blif j-^wh^n you come to the Chaos you (hall find it hlood re^jbecaufe the Central Sulphur prefents it fo) in your preparation it is white like QHkk:rfilver^^ tranfparent like the Hea* venSjSc before the fall of manjthere was a more plencif uU and large Communion between He/i-ye^ and Earthy God and the Elements^ than there is now in your days upon mans tranfgreffion 5 Malcuth was cut oJfFfrom the Han^ fo that a breach was made between both worlds, and their Chanel oi Influences difcontinued. Now MalcHth is the invifible Archetypal Moon^ by which your vifible C£lefiial Moon is governedj and impregnated^and Codio punifh the fin oiAdam^ withdrew himfelf from the creatures, fo that they were not feafted with the fame meafure of influences as formerly.But the Angels became Minifters of the Gofpel^ and the Law was in their handsjtill chriji fhould take it into his own , and Razielthe An^ gel'^^% prefently difpatched to commu- nicate
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nicate the intelligence to Adam & to ac- quaint him with thzHarmony oj theGocis^ & their Divine Idea's^ Angels & thtir Ge- w//*, 5pAere/ and their Spir/ts^ Stars ^ Via- nets and their SohIs or naturall ideas^ Men and their Guardians^ and how by the influence of the S/^rr/ thefe vifible creaturs receive Vertue, Life^ Knowledg, Senfe and Motion^ and God when the matter was prepared by love, for light, gives out his fait Lux, which was no Cre^jtion as moft think, but slu EmjKati-^ on oitht fVor Id mvfhotn was life^ and that life is the light of men, this is that light Saint John fpeaks o{\th^t itfiines in the darknejje^and the darknejfe cowfrehen- deditnot. No fooner had this Divine Light pierced the bofome of the matter, but the Idea of the whole material world appeared in thofe primitive waters like an image in a Glafle : By this idea it was that the H^/; GA^t/i^ framed and modled the univerfall (trufture. This R. C. mi - ftery of the Idea is excellently manifeft-
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ted intheMagicall Analjfis of bodies t fot he that knows how to immitate the protochimiftry ot the Spirit , by fepararion of the principles , wherein the life is imprifonedj may fee the impreffe of it experimen- tally in the outward naturall vefti- ments; when the Unity of the Trinity had applyed themfelves to the matter^ there was extrafted from the bofome of it a thin Jpirituall celejiialfubliance wch receiving atinfture ofheatSclight proceeding from the divine Treafuries^ became a pure fincere innoxious firejof this the Bodjies of Angels Conjift^ as alfo the Emfyreall Heaven^ where intelleftu- all effences have their refidence: this ex- traft being thus fetled above, and fepa- rated from the Mafle, retaynd in it a vaft portion of light, and made the firft day without a Shrr^ but the fplendour of the word expelling the davknefs down- Wardsj it became more fetled, and com- paft towards the centre^and made a hot- b nble^
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rible thick night ^ and thus God was be- tween the light and darknejje^ for the fpirit remained Itill on the face of the in- f eriour portiouj to extraft more from it: in the fecond reparation was reduced ^kr Agilif^z fpirit not fo refined as the formerjbut viiall^and in the next degree to it, this was extrafted in fuch abun- dance, that it filled all the fpace from the Mafs to the timp^reall heaven^ under which it was condenced toa water^but of a different conlVltution from thcElemen^ /tf/5 and this is the body oUht inter-JieU lir sl^je^ the inferiour portion of this fe« cond extraft from the moon to the earth remained Aire^ ftill partly to divide the infer j our and fuperionr IVaters , but chiefs ly for the refpiration and nourifhment of the creatures, and this is that which is properly called the Firmament 5 Jndonih^ fecond day God Created the Spirit of J he Firmament ^dinA in the out- ward Ceometricall Comyofttre it anfwers to datura media^ for it is fpread through »llthingSp hinders vacuity and keep> all
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the parts of nature in a firme invifible u- nioh^ Nothing now remains but the two inferiour principles, Earth and ^^/er^the Earth was an impure fulphurous fub« ttance,or Caput mortnum^ of the Creation the Water al fo was phlegmatick jCold and raw, not fo vitall as the former extradi- ons,but the Divine Sprit to make his work perfcft moving alfq upon thcfe, imparted to them life and heat, and made them fit for future produdions, the earth was fo over caft, and mantled with the water, that no part thereof was to be feen, but the fpirit orders a retreat, that it may be expofed to the C^leJif.iU jnjiHences^ the light as yet was not Gonfi* ned, but retayning his vaft flux and pri- mitive liberty, equally poffeft the whole creature- On the fourth day it was col- leded to a Snn^ and taught to know his Fountaine^ the darknefle whence pro- ceed the corruptions, and confequently the death of the creature, was imprifo- nedinthe Centre^ but breaks out (till when the day gives it leave; and you b 7 muft
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muft know every Element \$ threefold , tor example, there is a threefold earth : Firlt, there is Terra Elewentaris : then there is Terra C£le(iis^ and laftly Terra SfintuaUs^xht influences of the Ipiritual earth by mediation of theCeleftial, are united to the tcrrcftrialj & are the caufe of life^ &CC. Thefe three are thefunda- mentallsof art and nature, the firft an- fwerstoC(?^/AeF4/Aerjbeing thenatural loundation of the creature: thefecond principle is the infallible Magnet, the Millery of Union, by this all things may be attracted whether Phificall or meta- phifical, be the diftance never fo great, this is Jacahs Ladder without this^there is no afccnt ^ or defcent either influent!- all or perfonall, thisanfwers to God the Son^ for it is that which mediates be- tween cxtreams , and makes injerionrs and fuperiours communicate: the third Principle is not ex quo^ but fer quod om^ 7//^/, this can do all in all, and the facul- ties thereof, I may not tell you, it an-
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fwers to the Holy Ghoji^ and amongfl: na- turalls it is the only Agent and Artificer, &c. and by thefe you may performe mi- raculous things, for there is not a com- pound in all nature, but hath in it a little Sun and a little Moon^ and what offices focver thetwogreatlluminaries perform for the confervation of the great world in generall, thefe two little Luminaries performe the like for the confervation of their Microcofme in particular^ xh^Sun and A/^(?if are two principles, the one a- 3ive^ the other pajjive^ this mafculine that faeminine,they have Spirits and An- gels attending them as all bodies have, and the Starrs likewife have fpirits that carry influence to one another and to the Earth, C^c.
And as the great world confifts of three parts, the Elemental!, the C^leftiall and the Spirituall^above all which God him- felfisfeatedin that infinite inacceflibic light,which ftreams from his own nature, eveafo Man hatb in him his Earthly Ek- b 3 mentarll
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merit all farts ^ together with the Ce/e/?#- ali and Angelicall ttatures'^ in the Centre of all which moves, and fhines the Di* vine Spirit^ the SenfualljCseleftial^ ^the- rial part o f man, is that whereby we do move^ fee^ feel, taft and fmell, and have a Commerce with all materiall objed» whatfoever, it is the fame in us as in Beafts, and it is derived from Heaven , where it is predominant to all the infe- riour Earthly creature*, it is Anima Mun^ ^/, vulgarly called by Ajirologers^Ani»ta Media^ becaule the influences of the Di- vine Nature are conveyed through it to the more materiall parts of the creature, with which of themfclves they have no proportion^ by means of this anima fm^ ^/i?, or the xtheriall Nature, man is made fubject to the influence of Stars , and is difpofed of, partly by the Calefiiall H^r- monx-^ for this middle fpirit is of a fruit- full inftnuating nature, and carryes fuch aftrangedefireto multiply it felf, that the Casleftiall forme ftirs up, and excites
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ihe Elementally as is maniftft in thofe Herbs which open at the rifing, and fhut towards the Sun fet, which motion is caufed by the Spirit being fenfible of the approach and departure oftheSun^ for indeed the flowers are as it were the fpringof thefpiiitjWhere it breaks forth and ftreams , as it appears by the Tweet fmells that are moftcceleltiall, and com- fortable there. Again this is more evi- dent in the plantanimalls, as the vegeta- ble Lamb, the Arbor CaiJj^ and feverall others 5 butthis will not (ink with any, but fuch as have feen this fpirit fepara- ted from his elements, where I leave it for this time: Next, to this fenfuall nature of man, is the Angelical, or Rationall fpirit, this fpirit adheres fomtimes to the fnens or fuperiour portion of the foul, & then it is filled with the Divine light s but moft commonly it defcends into the ^ethereal, inferior portion, which Saint P4«/ calls tiomo AuimaHs^w^htxQ it is al- tered by the CdUniuli influences^ and di-
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verfly diftrafted with the irregular affe^ Qions and paffions of the fenfuall nature^ above the rationall fpirit is the mens ^ commonly called fpiracnlum ^//^r^w^this is that fpirit .which God breathed into. manp and by which man is united again toGod^ Hence there is in nature a cer- tain fpirit which applyes himfelfto the matter, and Aftuaies in every generati- on. That there is alfo a paflive intrinfe- call principle, where he is more immedi- ately refident then in the reft, and by mediation of which, he communicates with the more grofle materiall parts, for there is in nature a certain chaine or fub- ordinate propinquity of complexions between vifibles and invifibles, and this is it by which the fuperiour, fpirituall ef* fenfes delcend, and converfe here below with the matter:do not miftake me Gen • tlemen^ I fpeak not in this place of the Pivine fpirit, but I fpeak of a ccrtaia Art by which a particular fpirit may b^ united to the vip^vpi^fall, and nature by
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confcqucnce may be ftrangely lexahcd and multiplyed. Now then in every frame there are three leading principles, thefirft is this Anima aforelaid, the (e- cond is called /jp />//«/ mundi^^ind this fpi- lit is the medium fer cjitod anima. injun^ ditnr ^ movct fuum Corpitj : The third is a certain Oleus setherial water: This is Jldenjtrum and Matrix Mundi^ for in it all things are framed and preferved^as foon as ihepaffive fpirit attrafts the^^- nima^ which is done when the firftlink in the chaine moves, then the setheriall water in a moment attrafts the paffive fpirit, forthisisthe firftvifible recepta-? cle wherein the fuperiour natures are concentrated, and this paffive fpiririsa thin Aireal fubftance, the only immedi- ate vcfliment wherein the Anima wraps herfelf, whenfhedefcendsand applyea Xo generation^the radicall vital 1 liquor, is a pure cseleftiall nature, anfwering in proportion and complexion to the fupc- li^UT inter Jielkr waters ^ the ^^/// being
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thus confinedjby lawful! Magick,^ in this liquid Chriftall, the light which is in her ftreams through the water, and then it is Lux manifejle vijibilis adocculnm^ in which ftate it is firfl: made fubjeft to the Artilt: here now lyes the miftery of the R. C. his rnoft fecret and miraculous py- ramid, whofe firft Unity or Cone is al- wayes in Horizonte EternitaUs^ but his Bafis or quadrate is here below in Hori^ %onte Temporis^ the Anim.t confifts of three portions of light, and one of the matter; the Paffive fpirit hath two parts of the matter and two of the light, wherefore it is called Natura Media ^ and Sph^ra equdlitatis ^ the Caeleftial water hath but one portion of light to three of ^ the matter. Now the chain ofdefcent which concerneg the fpiritual parts, is grounded on a fimilitude or Symbol of Nature^ and there being but three por- tions of light in the Amma^ and two in , the paffive fpirit, the inferiour attrafts the fuperiour, then there being but one
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portion in the cselcftiall nature^ and two in the middle fpiriti. this fo/itary Qiining unity attrafts the other BinarioHjjco for- tifie and augment its felf, as light joynes with light or flame with flame, and thus they hang in a vitall magneticallferies. Againethe chain of afcent which con^ cerns the matter is performed thus: The C^/e///^/ nature differs not in fubflrance from the Aireal Spirit )^ni only in degree and complexionj,and the AircAl spirit dif. fers from the materiall part of the foul in conftitution only, and not in nature : fothat thefe three being but onefubftan- lially, may admit of a perfeft Hypoftati- call Union j and be carried by a ccrtaine intelleftuall light in Horizontem Mundi fuper fupremifiuA fo fwallowed upof im=- mortaliityrthus have I (hewed you what you defire, viz, 7 he Harmony of the fVorld^ how the foul defcends and afcends to the body, what the foul of the World is, and what the foul of the Earth, and how the fnmnm mobile fcts all a going, you know
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now the univerfall fpirit of nature, & his ftrangc abftruce miraculous afcent 8c de- fcent J (hall fpeak one word more of man &his ftate after death^and this will prove not a Preface only, but an introduftion or a key to the following difcourfe,& the fe- crets of nature even fro God downward. And now what I fpeak of the diffolu- tion of man (hall be very brief, becaufe Iwillclofeup mydifcourfe, as he doth his life with death, death is recejjus vitx in Abfcondttum: not the annihilation of a* ny one principle^ but a retreat of hidden natures to the fame ftate they were in, before they were manifefted, thisis oc- cafioned by the difproportion and ine- quality ot the matter; for when the H^r- ptony i? broken by the excefTe of any one Principle j> the vital twift (without a timely redudion of thefirft vnity)dit bands and unravells, In this receffethe feverall ingredients of man returne to thofc feverall Elements, from whence ihey came at firft, in their accefle to a
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compound; thus the earthly parts, as we fee by experience, returne to the earth, the Caeleftiall to a fuperiour Heaven- ly LymbuSj and the fpirit to God that gave it: and the breathing of it into j^daf^ , proves it proceeded from God 5 and therefore the fpirit of God : Thus Chrifl breathed on his j4fofiles^ and they received the Holy Ghofl : In Ezekiel , The fpirit comes from the four e mndes^ and breathes upon theflain^that they might live* Now this fpirit was a fpirit of lite , the fame with that breath of life^ which was breathed into the firft man , aiKl he be- came a living foul 5 but without doubt^ the breath or fpirit of life // the fpirit of God : Neither is this fpirit in man alone, but in all the great world, though after another manner ^ For God breathes conti^ nually^zxid pafleth through all things like an aire that refrcflieth ^ Hence it is that G(?^inScripturehaihfeveralname8jnow at the diffolution, the principles of man,