Section 37

Agreeable to both (but more copioufly delivered) is that of (Jorn : A" grippa, who affirmes, (aj Magic\ to containe the profoitndeft ■Contemplation of moji z) Ve occult. fecret things, together with the nature^ power, quality, fub/lame,and vctues thereof, PbilMh. i.ca. * . vsatfo the knowledge of whole nature: That inftrutifs m concerning the difference and agreement, of things amongft tbemfelves, whence it produceth its wonder.' fullcffetils, by uniting the venues of thingt through the applicatiotL-of^em one to the other, and to their inferionr futable Subjects, jcynivg and knitting them together throughly by the powers and venues offuperiour Bodies. This briefly is an account of ihaiLearning, whofe Operations and Effetits (being fuli of Miseries) was by the Ancients efteemed as the higheft and facred Pkylofo- pbiejthe fountaine of zWgood doUrine: Animadverts (faith Tliny) fummum Liter a* rumrUfititem,ghrianqii:,cxlucfcientii amiquims, &* penes femperpetitam.
What hath been hitherto faid, will not (I prefume) offend the E&res of the moft Pious y for here is no Incantations, no Words, no Circles, no Charmes, no other fragments oi invented Fopperies 5 nor needs there any : Nature (with whom true Magicians only deale) can worke without them, me findes Matter, and they Att3 to helpe and affift Her,and here's 1AII.
To inibnee the Generation of Froggs, Lyce, Wormes, Infcfts, &c. The worke of a Philosopher is therein onely to (b) tfrengthen the Seeds of Nature 3 , (for lhe alone Workes) and fo to quicken them that they haften the worke of b) Guli.iar.de' Generation /'and by fuchmeanes Tho* Aquinas fuppofes Pharos Magitwu, pro- wg-cap.M* duced Froggs) infomuch as it feems to the Ignorant not to be the Wor^e of N But they who are learned in thofe Arts, marvell not at fach working,but Glo- rifie the Creator. To whole Honour alone thefe Operations muft chiefly tendjor(c)keisbejlpraifed in his worses, and we knowing him in and by thefe c) Dz-Gells vifable things, may through fuch knowledge underftand his more Secret and Serm.i6so. Invifible things, and thereby be better inabled to Glorifie him, then men otherwifecan.
Now I deny that any meafure of underftanding, innaturatt Magic\, how large foever, or the utmoft and ^artheft fearch we can poflibly make into that pure and primitive knowledge of Nature, to be a prying in:o thofe Hidden Se* eretSi which God would have concealed and ranked among the number and nature of thofejhings he has prohibited us to' fearch into, (as 1 know there are that will tell you it is, and they fuch as weare the Coat\ and would be loath to want the reputation of ScbolUri) And this is fully manifested from tAdam,, who (d) before his Fall was fo abfolute a Philofopber, that he fully'underftood d) Gcn«i.v.i^. the true and pur* knowledge of Nature (which is no other then what we call 20. NaturallMagic\) in the higheft degree of Perfection, infomuch, that bjrthe K&ht thereofjUpon the prefent view-ofthe£VftttMWJ he perfectly knew theirATrf- Mr«,and was as able to beftow names futable to their Qualities and Properties,
Maim 3 For
(HO
For, This was a larger and cicercr Ry of the light of &aturc>the* ail the
induftry of man (fince the Fall) was able to hope for or attaine unto, and (to
atteft the allowance) beftowed up6n him by God himfelfe : Nor was it this
Naturall knowledg that introduced his Fall, or can be any Offence or Sin in us
(were it pofliblejto arrive at his TtvJc8im.Ho certain! yMd&ms tranfgreffion
e JBac advance f for wh>h,he ^0 was of a higher Nrftere;[even ^ proud inquiry into the/W
merit- /J , hnowlcdeo{goodandeviU,whhnolej]c intenttbcntomake a mall defctiim from
mem , /*/. 5. GwUji depend wholly upon bimfelfe and bis freewill.-] { F
4*' Befides, tis worthy Qbfervation,that God in conftituting Me^ to be zGover-
nor over his owne people, feemed as willing to make choyce of fuch a one for
that high Office, as was (f) learned in all the Sciences, then in requeft with the
Egyptians, among vihomMaghk was the cbiefe. And we find that upon Sale-
mon's Prayer to god fotWtfiome he granted him a Heart &$ Urge m the Sea
and therein lodged fo greate knowledge of humane things, that he penetrated
whatfocver the underftanding of .Sto might comprehend: and (to manifeft
the inofcnfaenefc of NaturallMagick,) never reckons it up in all his Re-
traclatiws Though he throughly understood it, and in his praftife attempted
the higheft Experiments, which had it been unlawfully certainly he would
not have omitted.
Thus much for a Treptfram/e. And now that I may come clofer to what
f) Aa.7.v.ii.£m°n}mnd$} andb"ng^g' Ench.Phif. itand that tne 0rder and Symmurj of the Univerft is fo fetled by the Laves of Reft. Can. 1 1. Crmw, that the loweft things[the SukeleftiaU or Elementary Region] mould
g) Canon.?..1 be immediately fubferviem to the W»//c 5 theAftfc [or C *leftiaUl~ to thofe
above 5 and thefe Itht Super celeftiaU or Intelligible] to the Supreme Rulers
becke. With this it is further to be knowne that thefe (g)Superiours and Infe-
"riourshwantdvalogicaUlikeneffe^nd by a fecret Bond have Iikewife afaft
« coherence between themfelvs through infenfible Mediums, freely combiening
"in Obeikme to the fame fupremejRw/cr, and (aj fo to Oie) benefit of Nature*
Infomuch, that if we take the foul Harmony in rhe Reverfe, we /hall finde that
fr;Cor. Agr.de things^ Supercelefiidl -may be-diawne down by C eh fiiall, and Supernatural
oc PMUi.«». bv Natural. Vox this is the Atom of o]dHermcs,Q)^updeJlfuperius, eftficun
3 8. z^ 9tt0* e# wferius. ' '
i) Tab. Sma- « And upon this ground ft) Wf/faeff conceive it no way IrratimU that it
ragd. mould be poflible for us to afcend by the fame degrees through each world to
.fc)Cor. Agr.de thc vet7 Originall world it felfe, the Maker of all things and fit ft Caufe. ,
Occult. Philof. But tlow co con joyne the Inferiors with the vertae of the Superiours (which
fe'A. J . Mp. 1 . Js mar7ing flmcs to Vines) or how to call out of the hidden places into open
light, the difpetfed and feminated Vermes, (i e. Vimtes in cemro centri latcn-
.^tf* tes,) is, the work of the Magi, or Hermetic^ Pbilcfopbers onely 5 4md depends
SiyjvV*** upon the aforefaidHdweny. For,
They know that the Producliou of things is Naturall, but the bringing forth of the venue is not Naturall: becaufethe things are Create, but the Venues Inereate.
Hence it is that' the Twer and Vermis not in Plants, Stones, Mine- rails, &c. (though we fenfibly perceive the Effcels from them) but tis that Umverjall and AlUpiening Spirit, rfaatbw qperrt w ^rfia and iwmrf «£/ 5We of worldly tbmgs^hzt God in the beginning infufed imo the Cfow, which is every
where
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where Active and ftill flowes through the world in all kindes of things by UniverfaU extenfion, and manifefts it felfe by the aforefaid Productions. Which Spirit a true Artift knowes how-foto handle (though its activity be as it were duVd and ftrcightly bound up', in the cloCtTrifm ofGrofie and Embie bodies) as to take it from Qoiporiexy, free/ it from Captivity , and let it loofe that it may freely xooi\e as it doth in the &£tbcriall Bodies;
But the memes whereby it is to be done (which is the firft Preparation) all Pbilofopbershwe hitherto concealed. For,
1) Co Cm) Create ^agnefia t^ep maoetto care, /) Hunt.Green
'Jnt%zit1$09h.t8 largely to oeriare. Lyon,
-fl&at fcofc> to 3Drt>cr ttaftct its Creation, m) U. To tell
C^cg left pooje J^en Uoitlpout C onfolation. what it is,
though a/Cnig- And unlelfe bidden 3zn& till he doth there is no humane indiMry can forcibly wreft the ^Kow/f^c thereof out of the Almighties bands. .
n^i te fata vocant, aliter von. n) Augurel.
Looke not then for it at the band oiMan, for tis the gift ofgod onely.
o) 9 flngtor gtfta*Hraceof fymmi$t?. °) Ordinal*:
N il dat quod non babet, Man has it not , (ihitis3) he has it not to beftow where he will.
pj Cltfl&fyicfop^atf S»£re^fSoo?«ecc^eone, p)Chan, Yeoni
Cfcat Hitp SjttiUe fci&ofcej it unto none, Tale.
fflttntml&o&tttotiMititLQ roanere,
$0% unto C^rift it 10 foicfeanbfceate :
^£$«£ |e Stf*l mt t^attt fc^co&erco fce,
115 ot fcj^ere it fcfectfj m fya Uitt :
9$ an to inipin ant) e&e fox to aefeno,
In fine, if any man befo bleft as to difcove: 2nd unvaife our 'Diana, he i'hall finde and confefle thar he was beholding to NuturatlMagi;*; ft r u. ons at the Beginning, Midle, and E?*d; at*) when k is wrought up 60 his bigbeft Mgrtetf Perfeftion, he mall fee things not fat to be :i (may I avec
it with awfull Reverencej AngeliaM wifdome is to be obteyned by it.
Pag.72.lUr. Catesotir Wjtte&toKs a $&**&
U! Nletfe the Medicitie be qualified as it ought, tis rfottft to taft the leaft ^*- tawe of it,becaufe itsNamre is fo highly Vigorous and ftrong above that of Man*', For if its leaft parts are able to ftrike fo fiercely and throughly into theZW/ of a bafe and corrupt Mettall, as to Tinge and Convert it into fo high a degree as perfect Gold, how lejOfe able is the Body of Man to reiift fuc-ha
force
force, when its greateft ftrength is far inferiour to the weakeft Mettall > I doe believe(and am confirm'd by feverallw4«*l&w)chac many Pbihfopbers (havin* a defire to enjoy perfecVH^/*/;,) have deftroyed themfelves by adventuring to take the Medicine inwardly, ere they knew the true ufe thereof, or how to qualific it to be received by the Nature of Man wichout defirufiion .
i
Pa.8 8.li.i $. • Qlfymzn gHomifsptrtUvMibt,
^oftpjccteoftimg to !eng$rm^I?ft,
THfc is the Stone which fom builders up of life Ibti* refufed, when in truth it was the cheife\Stone in the Corner '9It being produced from that undefiled np * a ish-f f ^wj11^15 yetl€(c with the Cr^«rc(a$ a final! remainder of the F/r/KB*f- q) K. Bolta nu.,.^;ig) and able to make a (^ perfecT: union betwcene the So^y, Soule and Jttri*, ■«H> whilft our lively Fire, (that Medium between the Body and ty/r/r/ byrecei-
- ving this ®&tberiall Medicine confifting of heavenly vermes (that confume the Impurities and Superfluities of the Boiy) is delivered from all Impediments, and the Body forced to agree with that incomparable Nature into which it is changing by fo fweete and powerfull Compulflons, and confequemly \ik Pro- rogued.
As touching the Prolongation of life, wee meete with fome Prefidents in Hiftones, and they not F*M«, where by the Application of things inward or outward, the Spirit hath beene renewed, the Body ftrengchned the Vitall and Ammall faculty qiiickned, /i and withered *Age renewed3&Lfo inlarged. Befides thefe Relations ,we perceive Nature is fo curteous to fome kind of Crea- tures &s the Hart^agle.znd Serpent ,that (he affords them meanes to obteinethe benefit oiRenovatton (here Nature teaches them Naturall Magic^, for tis no o- *)&. Bach. Ep. ther) and why then may it not be granted to Man if fought after? Nay the (r) De Secret. confideration ohhisFavourableBlefing afforded toAnimalls has been the princi- Natur.«f*. pall ground whence many Tbilofopbers have addided themfelves tothefearch " of this Miftery, hoping that might not be denyed to >Man, upon his fearch, " which is beftowed gratis upon the Creature. JJSeverin.Idea It is apparent that our (s)Vifeafcs proceed chiefly from Transplantation /'chough Med.Philof. * deny not buc fome Hereditary Corruption is intail'd upon Tofierity, from the Mpi i a., decaying, mouldering, and rotten Natures of our Anceftors) for, by what we
Eate or Drin\e as Nourifhment -y the corrupt and harmfully nay deathfull qua- tjS/VW.Raw.IjHes, which the (t) Divine maledicJion lodged in created things, is removed Bift./o/.6 f . from them into our Bodyes,*nd there grow up and multiply till phavin* height- ned the Sal, Sulphur and Mercury, into an irreconcileable Conteftation^throuoh the impurities wherewith they are loaded and burthened) they introduce a referable decay, which confequently become a Death : and this is the fooner haftned if thereunto we adde the heavy hade of Luxurioufnejfe andGlutony. Yet is not thisDeatb Naturall but Accidentall3and(as may appeare by what has been ujl W Epift faid) a/M) ^mh "ffigwof the fruits of the greate World which growesitp f. -" f**' by Tranfplantation,the Rebellious Difhbtdience of man provokinaGo/to/toa
w; i EfJ.cap £"*? m every thin§ thaihe had m*My Ac Cw/fc wherewith he had turfed the 7.VH.12J2 L, AndtothistheDoarine which the (w)Angell taught Efdras is agree- $' able. a
And though it is appointed aUmufldye, again ft whiehXtora tie Elixir has
power #
Cw)
power to rcfift, yet thk Ncikine is a remedy for the particular ccmption of M*n, to keep back thofe^rwfcj and difeafes which ufually accompany & mo- lett Old Age; infomuch, that that Death which man eates in his 'Bread may be brought to a Seperation, and confequently (in the comfort of an Uninterrupted Health) fpin oat his thread of life to the longeft end of that Nature fallen from Origin all fa/lice. For tisa certaine truth that what we receive into our 2?o~ tite,) ihe retaincs to £ccdt Vitality >the other (with an abhor*d diflike^ me ex- pells, as not onely ufelefle but Thttreftclive and Dangerous : and if thereupon we throughly advife with our felves we muft needes confelfe Her way is beft to be imitated, in feperating the Pure from the Impure, f which are joyned to- gether in every thing) before we make ufe of them, and where Jhe does mani- festly Subftraft and Divide, let us not there add and multiplie $ for doubtlefle the F^c^(y^profit nothing,nay in tick perfons they plainely opprefie the pens- y)Rotbm,Ce* trating vertue of the Spirit it felfe, and commit that feperating tArt to the difea- mentt fed Body, which through wea\ne([e is not able to perform e the Tas^e. The Brevity oitife came in with the Fall of Adam, and though fome of the Antients before tht Flood lived almoft a thoufand yeares, yet certainely their lives y/cvt prorogued by the ufe of this Medicine, with which they well knew how to feperate and corrccl the obnoxious JQuilities of all things, and I much queflion whether the generality of Perfons then lived fo long, or onely thofe \ « wRim who were the (z)true At!Ccjtors}o(Abrabam,they not being alwaies the eldeft J,a ^fr-Kmi- and firH begotten of the Patriarfa but fuch as god chofe out of the Family to " ° 4* continue the line, and had (by the permiffion of God, as a lingular and pe- culiar blefing) this Secret Traditionally committed to them,
Pa. 29M. 17. — 3 f*tor aia&e afTag
4Df tytlRefc S»o*fee befojetijts Dag.
HEnce fomeaffirme that J^'*^ neither had nor knew how to make the Red Medicine, but that' snot (o,i or to the time of publishing his Ordi- nal}, 'tis true, he had not zfecond time gon about to make ir,and why ?
fa) Cfce attfc appeared in t&te H5ofee before, a)0rrf.pag. %9u
W%m $ u s»a0 robbefc tijen t£ee Saouft no moje.
Yet that he was formerly at vflrfc, »M peares alfo (6) before, where he faith the (c) Merchants Wife ftole it ^om^^ I
faim, and that the misfortune thereof deterr'd him from making further C;S e A * progreffe therein. Befides, he avers his Mafttr taught it him, and that he fully ' _ n?Ja* nwhow tomakeit,forfohimfelf witnefleth. ° Pag«34»
d)Or^pag.%, (d J 3R fcao frftfj race t&t ttm ID ottd ft^ *0f Confttffon of tfce iSeti^e^cine.
And laftly, in the latter end of the ^Chap. of the aforefaid Ordinall, Nor- ton truly and cleerely declares how it is madc$ unto which! refer the Reader. Nun SP^etefajc
C+5<>)
l^stie moft obcbiertce to Cancellation.
Here our Ambon refers to the Rules of Aftrologie for Eleftinga time where- in to begin the Pbilofophkall woike, and that plainly appeares by the following lines, in which he chalkes out an Eleftion fitly relating to the Bufinefle.
In the ^m/ve part of this Science the Rules of Ajtronomie and Aftrologie (aselfewhert I have faid) are to be confutted with.
e) Pat.Saptent. (e; $ oj in 3tftronom:c t&ou mttft fcafce rtgljt goob f eelmg>
-3D? clfemt&telpo&etljoftfcljatt !>3be ample belfebing.
So that Ele Ui&ns, fwhofe Calculator} part belongs to Ajtronomie, but the judiciary to Aftrologie) are very neceflfary to begin this worke with 5 and the paincs that Norton hath taken manifefts no Iefle, moil Authors hinting the lame, although we take but little notice thereof. For
f) Ord ptg.to. CO &uch GmpU &nbe$anfojme&attb!tnu#oii^t,
$$u& craftily be mibztt tiUtlje enbbefongfot, % U tofyd) Ceaf on t rje? Ijabe rc ^bobe fo jmcb i^aturw to ftertr^ 3tn8ttencc.
Generally in all Eleclions the E#ft«y of the ftitw are ufed as it were, by 3 certaine application made thereof to thofe unformed Natures that are to be )M V 'nn wr0USht uP°n> whereby to further the working thereof,and make them more &/jnar*ncinus. available to our purpofc (g) Forfime botbinferiour andfupemm Caufes concur to every effect, itfoUoweth that iftbe one be not confidcred as well as the other, tbh Negligence mil beget Error. And by (achEleclions as good ufe may be made of the Celeftiall influences,** a Tbyptian doth of the variety of Herbes. Agreeable to which is that of Ptolomy Apbor. 8. A luditiout man belpes formtd the Ce- leftiall cperationjven as a difcreet Htabandman afti ft sN autre in his plowing and pre- paring the Ground. But Nativities are the Radices of Elections, and therefore we ought chiefly to Iooke backeupon them as the principal! Root and Pom* dation of all Operations, and next to them the quality of the Thing wejntend to fit, muft be refpe&ed ; fo that by an apt portion of Heaven, and fortifying the Planets and Houfes in the Nativity of the Operator, and making chem agree with the thing fignihedj the Imprcftcn made by that Inftucnce,m\l abun- dantly augment the Operation. h) Sir C\m And this \^ upheld by very evident reafon of Nature^) for ( faith a learned