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První české vydání traktátu Johanna Trithemia o působení sedmi planetárních andělů ve světě. Česko-latinské vydání.

Benediktinský opat Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516) je autorem spisů věnovaných mystické teologii a historiografii, ironií osudu se však zapsal do dějin jako kontroverzní postava, o níž kolovaly legendy podobné těm o jeho současníkovi doktoru Faustovi. Jeho spis „De septem secundeis“ představuje na svou dobu výjimečný pokus vtisknout dějinám cyklickou formu a zaslechnout v nich rytmickou pulzaci božského Logu, artikulovaného...

This little book contains three short alchemical manuscripts from the 1th and 17th centuries. All three have been rendered into modern English. First there is the Immortal Liquor; Alkahest, of Philalethes, showing the nature of and creation of the infamous precursor to the stone of the philosophers. Second to this is a tract on the Everburning Lights of Trithemius- a second-hand account of his phosphorescent capabilities. Finally, there is Pontanus' Philosophic Fire, containing the secret of the alchemical process with regards to the secretive and all-important fire used during the work...

Trithemius is best known for his hidden writing- the infamous Steganographia, but his other works, including this short grimoire on the use of crystals in summoning celestial spirits, are no less potent. Through the use of a simple wand, pedestal, lamen, and a polished and clear crystal, Trithemius states that it is possible to manifest and converse with celestial forces and to constrain them through the use of simple invocation and prayer.