Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa: Of Occult Philosophy, Book I.

(part 1)
This digital edition by Joseph H. Peterson, Copyright 2000. All rights reserved. You will need a Hebrew ont installed to read so!e o this boo". #or an e$%ellent edition o this i!portant boo", see Three &oo"s o '%%ult Philosophy . Heinri%h Cornelius Agrippa ()*+,-)./.0 is the !ost in luential writer o 1enaissan%e esoteri%a, and indeed all o 2estern o%%ultis!. 2ithout doubt, his boo" de occulta philosophia should be at the top o any re3uired reading list or those interested in 2estern !agi% and esoteri% traditions. 2ritten in three boo"s between the years ).04 and ).)0 (he would have been 2/ at the ti!e0, it was an a!bitious atte!pt to re5uvenate the art o !agi% whi%h had degenerated during the dar" ages. He did this by asse!bling an intelle%tual and theoreti%al oundation ro! his e$tensive %olle%tion o sour%es. Agrippa started with a 6syste!ati% e$position o ... #i%inian spiritual !agi% and Trithe!ian de!oni% !agi% (and0 ... treatised in pra%ti%al !agi%6 (7. P. Couliano in Hidden Truths )4+8, p. ))*0. 'ther !a5or sour%es used by Agrippa in%lude Liber de mirabilibus mundi o pseudo-Albertus 9agnus, :iovanni Pi%o;s Oratio de Dignitate Hominis and Apologia, Johannes 1eu%hlin;s De Verbo Mirifico, Pliny;s Historia Naturalis, as well as Picatrix and the Her!eti% and <eoplatoni% te$ts. The resulting te$t %ir%ulated widely in !anus%ript or!. 'ver twenty years later Agrippa undertoo" an e$tensive e$pansion and %are ul revision o the wor", whi%h was printed in ).//. Typesetting had s%ar%ely begun be ore the boo" was denoun%ed as hereti%al by the =o!ini%an 7n3uisitor Conrad >?llin o @l!. These last !inute di i%ulties a%%ount or the in%lusion o the lengthy retra%tion appended to boo" /, as well as the absen%e o the printer;s na!e or lo%ation. (C . A. Perrone Co!pagni, ornelius Agrippa! De occulta philosophia Libri tres, BeidenC D.J. &rill, )442, p. )).0 7n his M"steriorum Libri, John =ee !a"es re3uent !ention o Agrippa;s boo", to the e$tent that he see!s al!ost to have !e!oriEed it. Portions o Agrippa;s wor" are also re3uently ound appended to !agi%al !anus%ripts or even liberally !erged with the te$t. The Dnglish translation appeared in Bondon in ),.). The translator, identi ied only as 6J.#.6 was probably John #ren%h, not J. #rea"e. (Fee #erguson, 7, )/ and =<&.0 7n )+0) Agrippa;s te$t, in a slightly abridged or!, was sha!elessly plagiariEed and published as his own wor" by #ran%es &arrett (The magus, or elestial intelligencer, Bondon )+0)0. This wor" %an still be ound in print. The latter was in turn plagiariEed and published as his own wor" by B.2. de Bauren%e (The #reat $oo% of Magical Art,

Hindoo Magic & 'ndian Occultism, (Chi%ago, )4).0G He !anaged the ;Hindoo; part by repla%ing %ertain o the Hebrew na!es with pseudo-Fans"rit abri%ations. This edition is a trans%ription o the :regory 9oule edition (9ouleC Bondon, ),.).0 7 have added te$t in HI pri!arily to a%ilitate sear%hes, but also to in%lude so!e %orre%tions based on the original Batin (BeidenC D.J. &rill, )442.0 <ote the 2illis #. 2hitehead edition (Chi%ago, Hahn J 2hitehead, )+4+0 was used in the initial stages o this trans%ription, but it was ound to be less a%%urate, so 7 went ba%" and redid the trans%ription to re le%t the earlier edition. His editorial e orts, aside ro! !oderniEing spelling, !ainly %onsists o substituting euphe!is!s or se$ual re eren%es or deleting the! entirely ( or e$a!ples see %hapters ). and ),0. The Hebrew lettering in the Dnglish edition is ull o errorsK there ore 7 have used the Batin Ddition (BeidenC D.J. &rill, )4420 to restore these per Agrippa;s original intent. @n ortunately, this does not help tra%" errors propagated ro! the de e%ts in the early Dnglish editions. #or the drawings 7 have relied on the ).// >?ln (Cologne0 Batin edition.

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[Contents]
7ntrodu%tion Agrippa to the reader. Agrippa to Trithe!ius. Trithe!ius to Agrippa. Chap. ). How 9agi%ians Colle%t vertues ro! the Three- old 2orld, is =e%lared in these Three &oo"s. Chap. 2. 2hat 9agi% is, 2hat are the Parts thereo , and How the Pro essors thereo !ust be Luali ied. Chap. /. ' the #our Dle!ents, their Lualities, and 9utual 9i$tions. Chap. *. ' a Three- old Consideration o the Dle!ents. Chap. .. ' the 2onder ul <atures o #ire and Darth. Chap. ,. ' the 2onder ul <atures o 2ater, Air and 2inds. Chap. 8. ' the >inds o Co!pounds, what 1elation they stand in to the Dle!ents, and what 1elation there is betwi$t the Dle!ents the!selves and the Foul, Fenses and =ispositions o 9en. Chap. +. How the Dle!ents are in the Heavens, in Ftars, in =evils, in Angels, and lastly in :od hi!sel . Chap. 4. ' the vertues o things <atural, depending i!!ediately upon Dle!ents. Chap. )0. ' the '%%ult vertues o Things Chap. )). How '%%ult vertues are 7n used into the several "inds o Things by 7deas, thrugh the Help o the Foul o the 2orld, and 1ays o the FtarsK and what Things abound !ost with this vertue. Chap. )2. How it is that Parti%ular vertues are 7n used into Parti%ular 7ndividuals, even o the sa!e Fpe%ies. Chap. )/. 2hen%e the '%%ult vertues o Things Pro%eed. Chap. )*. ' the Fpirit o the 2orld, 2hat 7t 7s, and how by way o !ediu! 7t @nites o%%ult vertues to their Fub5e%ts. Chap. ).. How we !ust #ind 'ut and D$a!ine the vertues o Things by way o Fi!ilitude. Chap. ),. How the 'perations o several vertues Pass ro! one thing into another, and are Co!!uni%ated one to the other. Chap. )8. How by Dn!ity and #riendship the vertues o things are to be Tried and #ound 'ut. Chap. )+. ' the 7n%linations o Dn!ities. Chap. )4. How the vertues o Things are to be Tried and #ound 'ut, whi%h are in the! Fpe%i i%ally, or in any one 7ndividual by way o Fpe%ial gi t. Chap. 20. The <atural vertues are in so!e Things throughout their 2hole Fubstan%e,

Chap. 2). Chap. 22. Chap. 2/. Chap. 2*. Chap. 2.. Chap. 2,. Chap. 28. Chap. 2+. Chap. 24. Chap. /0. Chap. /). Chap. /2. Chap. //. Chap. /*. Chap. /.. Chap. /,. Chap. /8. Chap. /+. Chap. /4. Chap. *0. Chap. *). Chap. *2. Chap. */. Chap. **. Chap. *.. Chap. *,. Chap. *8. Chap. *+. Chap. *4. Chap. .0. Chap. .).

and in other Things in %ertain Parts and 9e!bers. ' the vertues o Things whi%h are in the! only in their Bi e Ti!e, and Fu%h as 1e!ain in the! even A ter their =eath. How 7n erior Things are Fub5e%ted to Fuperior &odies, and how the &odies, the A%tions, and =ispositions o 9en are As%ribed to Ftars and Figns. How we shall >now what Ftars natural Things are @nder, and what Things are under the Fun, whi%h are %alled Folary. 2hat Things are Bunary, or @nder the Power o the 9oon. 2hat Things are Faturnine, or @nder the Power o Faturn. 2hat Things are @nder the Power o Jupiter, and are %alled Jovial. 2hat Things are @nder the Power o 9ars, and are %alled 9artial. 2hat things are @nder the Power o Aenus, and are %alled Aenereal. Things are @nder the Power o 9er%ury, and are %alled 9er%urial. That the 2hole Fublunary 2orld, and those Things whi%h are in 7t, are =istributed to Planets. How Provin%es and >ingdo!s are =istributed to Planets. 2hat Things are @nder the Figns, the #i$ed Ftars, and their 7!ages. ' the Feals and Chara%ters o <atural Things. How, by <atural Things and their vertues, 2e !ay =raw #orth and Attra%t the 7n luen%es and vertues o Celestial &odies. ' the 9i$tions o <atural Things, one with another, and their &ene its. ' the @nion o 9i$t Things, and the 7ntrodu%tion o a 9ore <oble #or!, and the Fenses o Bi e. How, by so!e %ertain <atural and Arti i%ial Preparations, 2e !ay Attra%t %ertain Celestial and Aital :i ts. Chapter $$$viii. How we !ay =raw not only Celestial and Aital but also %ertain 7ntelle%tual and =ivine :i ts ro! Above. That we !ay, by so!e %ertain 9atters o the 2orld, Ftir @p the :ods o the 2orld and their 9inistering Fpirits. ' &indingsK what Fort they are o , and in what 2ays they are wont to be =one. ' For%eries, and their Power. ' the 2onder ul vertues o so!e "inds o For%eries. ' Per u!es or Fu u!igationsK their 9anner and Power. The Co!position o so!e #u!es appropriated to the Planets. Chapter $lv. ' Collyries, @n%tions, Bove-9edi%ines, and their vertues. ' natural Alligations and Fuspensions. ' 9agi%al 1ings and their Co!position. ' the vertue o Pla%es, and what Pla%es are Fuitable to every Ftar. ' Bight, Colors, Candles and Ba!ps, and to what Ftars, Houses and Dle!ents several Colors are As%ribed. ' #as%ination, and the Art thereo . ' %ertain 'bservations, Produ%ing wonder ul vertues.

Chap. .2. Chap. ./. Chap. .*. Chap. ... Chap. .,. Chap. .8. Chap. .+. Chap. .4. Chap. ,0. Chap. ,). Chap. ,2. Chap. ,/. Chap. ,*. Chap. ,.. Chap. ,,. Chap. ,8. Chap. ,+. Chap. ,4. Chap. 80. Chap. 8). Chap. 82. Chap. 8/. Chap. 8*.

' the Countenan%e and :esture, the Habit and the #igure o the &ody, and to what Ftars any o these do Answer -- when%e Physiogno!y, and 9etopos%opy, and Chiro!an%y, Arts o =ivination, have their :rounds. ' =ivination, and the >inds thereo . ' divers %ertain Ani!als, and other things, whi%h have a Figni i%ation in Auguries. How Auspi%as are Aeri ied by the Bight o <atural 7nstin%t, and o so!e 1ules o #inding o 7t 'ut. ' the Foothsayings o #lashes and Bightnings, and how 9onstrous and Prodigious Things are to be 7nterpreted. ' :eo!an%y, Hydro!an%y, Aero!an%y, and Pyro!an%y, #our =ivinations o Dle!ents. ' the 1eviving o the =ead, and o Fleeping or Hibernating (wanting vi%tuals0 9any Years together. ' =ivination by =rea!s. ' 9adness, and =ivinations whi%h are !ade when !en are awa"e, and o the power o a 9elan%holy Hu!or, by whi%h Fpirits are so!eti!es indu%ed into 9en;s &odies. ' the #or!ing o 9an, o the D$ternal Fenses, also those 7nward, and the 9indK and o the Three old Appetite o the Foul, and Passions o the 2ill. ' the Passions o the 9ind, their 'riginal Four%e, =i eren%es, and >inds. How the Passions o the 9ind %hange the proper &ody by %hanging its A%%idents and !oving the Fpirit. How the Passions o the 9ind %hange the &ody by way o 7!itation ro! so!e 1ese!blan%eK o the Trans or!ing and Translating o 9en, and what #or%e the 7!aginative Power hath, not only over the &ody but the Foul. How the Passions o the 9ind %an 2or" o the!selves upon Another;s &ody. That the Passions o the 9ind are Helped by a Celestial Feason, and how <e%essary the Constan%y o the 9ind is in every 2or". How the 9ind o 9an !ay be Joined with the 9ind o the Ftars, and 7ntelligen%es o the Celestials, and, together with the!, 7!press %ertain wonder ul vertues upon in erior Things. How our 9ind %an Change and &ind in erior Things to the Dnds whi%h we =esire. ' Fpee%h, and the '%%ult vertue o 2ords. ' the vertue o Proper <a!es. ' !any 2ords 5oined together, as in Fenten%es and Aerses, and o the vertues and Astri%tions o Char!s. ' the wonder ul Power o Dn%hant!ents. ' the vertue o 2riting, and o 9a"ing 7!pre%ations, and 7ns%riptions. ' the Proportion, Corresponden%y, and 1edu%tion o Betters to the Celestial Figns and Planets, A%%ording to various Tongue, and a Table thereo .

The life of Henr Cornelius Agrippa, !night.

This introdu%tion is not ound in the ).// edition. -nr" ornelius Agrippa, =es%ended ro! a noble #a!ily o Netteshim in $elgia, =o%tor o the Baws and Physi%" H!edi%ineI, 9aster o the 1ols, and Judge o the spirituall Court, ro! his youth he applyed his !inde to learning, and by his happy wit obtained great "nowledge in all Arts and F%ien%esK a terwards also he ollowed the Ar!y o the Prin%es, and or his valor was %reated >night in the #ieldK when 5e was by these !eans a!ous or learning and Ar!s about )./0. He gave his !inde to writing, and %o!posed three &oo"s Of Occult Philosoph". a terward an 7nve%tive or Cyni%all de%la!ation o the un%ertainty and vanity o all things, in whi%h he tea%heth that there is no %ertainty in any thing, but in the solid words o :od, and that, to lie hid in the e!inen%y o :ods wordK he also wrote an History o the double Coronation o the D!peror harls, and also o the e$%ellen%y o the e!inine se$e, and o the apparitions o spiritsK but seeing that he published %o!!entaries on the Ars $re/is o +a"mundus Lull" H1a!on BlullI, and was very !u%h addi%ted to '%%ult Philosophy and Astrology, there were those who thought that he en5oyed %o!!er%e with devils, who! notwithstanding he %on uted in his published Apology, and shewed, that he "ept hi!sel within the bounds o Art, )./+, He wrote !any learned orations, whi%h !ani est to all the e$%ellen%y o his witK but espe%ially tenK the irst on Platoes &en3uet, uttered in the Academ" o Tricina %ontaining the praise o BoveK the se%ond on Hermes Trismegistus, and o the power and wisdo! o :odK the third or one who was to re%eive his degree o =o%torK the ourth or the Bords o Met0, when he was %hosen their Advo%ate, Fyndi%e and 'ratorK the i th to the Fenate o Luxenburg, or the Bords o Met0. The si$th to salute the Prin%e and &ishop thereo , written or the Bords o Met0. the seventh to salute as noble !an, written li"ewise or the Bords o Met0. the eighth or a %ertain "ins!an o his, a armelite, !ade &a%helor o =ivinity, when he re%eived his regen%y at Paris. the ninth or the son o ristiern >ing o Denmar", Nor1a", and 21eden, delivered at the %o!ing o the D!perorK the tenth at the #unerall o the Bady Margret, Prin%ess o Austria and $urgund". he wrote also a =ialogue %on%erning !an, and a =e%la!ation o a disputable opinion %on%erning originall sin to the &ishop o "rene. an Dpistle to Michael de Arando &ishop o Faint Paul. a %o!plaint upon a %alu!ny not proved, Printed at 2trasburg )./4. and there ore by these !onu!ents published, the na!e o cornelius or his variety o Bearning was a!ous, not only a!ongst the #ermanes, but also other <ationsK or Momus hi!sel %arpeth at all a!ongst the godsK a!ongst the Heroes, Hercules hunteth a ter 9onstersK a!ongst divels HdevilsI Pluto the "ing o hell is angry with all the ghostsK a!ongst Philosophers Democritus laugheth at all things, on the %ontrary Heraclitus weepeth at all thingsK Pirrhias is ignorant o all things, and Aristotle thin"eth he "noweth all thingsK

Diogenes %onte!neth all thingsK this Agrippa spareth none, he %onte!neth, "nows, is ignorant, weeps, laught, is angry, pursueth, %arps at all things, being hi!sel a Philosopher, a =e!on, an Heroes HheroI, a god, and all things.

To " "ost honora#le, an$ no less learne$ %rien$, Robert Childe, &octor of 'h sick.
71G :reat !en de%line, !ighty !en !ay all, but an honest Philosopher "eeps his station or ever. To your sel there ore 7 %rave leave to present, what 7 "now you are able to prote%tK not with sword, but by reasonK J not that only, but what by your a%%eptan%e you are able to give a lustre to. 7 see it is not in vain that you have %o!passed Fea and Band, or thereby you have !ade a Proselyte, not o another, but o your sel , by being %onverted ro! vulgar, and irrational in%redulities to the rational e!bra%ing o the subli!e, Her!eti%all, and Theo!agi%all truths. You are s"illed in the one as i Hermes had been your TutorK have insight in the other, as i Agrippa your 9aster. 9any trans!arine Philosophers, whi%h we only read, you have %onversed withC !any Countries, rarities, and anti3uities, whi%h we have only heard o , and ad!ire, you have seen. <ay you have not only heard o , but seen, not in 9aps, but in +ome it sel the !anners o +ome) there you have seen !u%h Cere!ony, and little 1eligionK and in the wilderness o <ew -ngland, you have seen a!ongst so!e, !u%h 1eligion, and little Cere!onyK and a!ongst others, 7 !ean the <atives thereo , neither Cere!ony, nor 1eligion, but what nature di%tates to the!. 7n this there is no s!all variety, and your observation not little. 7n your passage thither by Fea, you have seen the wonders o :od in the =eepK and by Band, you have seen the astonishing wor"s o :od in the una%%essible 9ountains. You have le t no stone unturned, that the turning thereo !ight %ondu%e to the dis%overy o what was '%%ult, and worthy to be "nown. 7t is part o !y a!bition to let the world "now that 7 honor su%h as your sel , J !y learned riend, J your e$perien%ed ellow-traveller, =o%tor harlet, who have, li"e true Philosophers negle%ted your worldly advantages to be%o!e !asters o that whi%h hath now rendred you both truly honorable. 7 7 had as !any languages as your selves, the rhetori%all and patheti%all e$pressions thereo would ail to signi ie !y esti!ation o , and a e%tions towards you both. <ow 2ir3 as in re eren%e to this !y translatoin, i your 5udge!ent shall inde a de i%ien%y therein, let your %andor !a"e a supply thereo . Bet this Treatise o '%%ult Philosophy %o!ing as a stranger a!ongst the Dnglish, be patroniEed by you, re!e!bring that you your sel was on%e a stranger in the Country o its <ativity. This stranger 7 have dressed in an Dnglish garbK but i it be not a%%ording to the ashion, and there ore ungrate ul to any, let your approbation !a"e it the !odeK you "now strangers

!ost %o!!only indu%e a ashion, espe%ially i any on%e begin to approve o their habit. Your approbation is that whi%h will stand in need o , and whi%h will render !e, F71, 9ost obligedly yours,

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Pragmatic% 2choolmen, men made up of pride, And ra"ling Arguments, 1ho truth deride, And scorn all else but 1hat "our sel/es de/ise, And thin% these high4learned Tracts to be but lies, Do not presume, unless 1ith hallo1ed hand To touch these boo%s 1ho 1ith the 1orld shall stand. The are indeed m"sterious, rare and rich, And far transcend the ordinar" pitch)

7o. &oo"er.

[Agrippa] To the (ea$er.

7 do not doubt but the Title o our boo" of )ccult 'hilosoph , or of *agick, !ay by the rarity o it allure !any to read it, a!ongst whi%h, so!e o a %rasie Hlanguid, eebleI 5udge!ent, and so!e that are perverse will %o!e to hear what 7 %an say, who, by their rash ignoran%e !ay ta"e the na!e o Magic% in the worse sense, and though s%ar%e having seen the title, %ry out that 7 tea%h orbidden Arts, sow the seed o Heresies, o end pious ears, and s%andaliEe e$%ellent witsK that 7 a! a sor%erer, and superstitious and divellish HdevilishI, who indeed a! a 9agi%ianC to who! 7 answer, that a 9agi%ian doth not a!ongst learned !en signi ie a sor%erer, or one that is superstitious or divellish HdevilishIK but a wise !an, a priest, a prophetK and that the Fybils were 9agi%ianesses, J there ore prophe%yed !ost %leerly o ChristK and that 9agi%ians, as wise !en, by the wonder ul se%rets o the world, "new Christ, the author o the world, to be born, and %a!e irst o all to worship hi!K and that the na!e o 9agi%"e was re%eived by Phylosophers HphilosophersI, %o!!ended by =ivines, and not una%%eptable to the :ospel. 7 believe that the super%ilious %ensors will ob5e%t against the Fybils, holy 9agi%ians and the :ospel it sel sooner then re%eive the na!e o 9agi%" into avorK so %ons%ientious are they, that neither Apollo, nor all the 9uses, nor an Angel ro! Heaven %an redee! !e ro! their %urse. 2ho! there ore 7 advise, that they read not our 2ritings, nor understand the!, nor re!e!ber the!. #or they are perni%ious, and ull o poyson HpoisonIK the gate o Acheron is in this boo"K it spea"s stones, let the! ta"e heed

that it beat not out their brains. &ut you that %o!e without pre5udi%e to read it, i you have so !u%h dis%retion o pruden%e, as &ees have in gathering honey, read se%urely, and believe that you shall re%eive no little pro it, and !u%h pleasureK but i you shall ind any things that !ay not please you, let the! alone and !a"e no use o the!, or 7 do not approve o the!, but de%lare the! to youK but do not re use other things, or they that loo" into the boo"s o Physi%ians, do together with antidotes and !edi%ines, read also poysons HpoisonsI. 7 %on ess that 9agi%" it sel tea%heth !any super luous things, and %urious prodigies or ostentationK leave the! as e!pty things, yet be not ignorant o their %auses. &ut those things whi%h are or the pro it o !an, or the turning away o evil events, or the destroying o sor%eries, or the %uring o diseases, or the e$ter!inating o phantas!es, or the preserving o li e, honor, or ortune, !ay be done without o ense to :od, or in5ury to 1eligion, be%ause they are, as pro itable, so ne%essary. &ut 7 have ad!onished you, that 7 have writ !any things, rather narratively then a ir!ativelyK or so it see!ed need ul that we should pass over ewer things ollowing the 5udg!ents o Platonists, and other :entile Philosophers when they did suggest an argu!ent o writing to our purposeK there ore i any error have been %o!!itted, or any thing hath been spo"en !ore reely, pardon !y youthK or 7 wrote this being s%ar%e a yong HyoungI !an, that 7 !ay e$%use !y sel , and say, 6whilest 7 was a %hild, 7 spa"e as a %hilde, and 7 understood as a %hild, but being be%o!e a !an, 7 retra%ted those things whi%h 7 did being a boy, and in !y boo" of the +anit an$ uncertaint of ,ciences 7 did or the !ost part retra%t this boo".6 &ut here haply you !ay bla!e !e again, saying, 6&ehold thou being a youth didst write, and now being old hast retra%ted itK what there ore hast thou set orthM6 7 %on ess whilst 7 was very yong HyoungI, 7 set upon the writing o these boo"s, but, hoping that 7 should set the! orth with %orre%tions and enlarge!ents, and or that %ause 7 gave the! to Tritemius HTrithe!iusI a Neapolitanian Abbot, or!erly a 2panhemensian, a !an very industrious a ter se%ret things. &ut it happened a terwards, that the wor" being inter%epted, be ore 7 inished it, it was %arryed about i!per e%t, and i!polished, and did ly abroad in 'tal", in *rance, in #erman" through !any !ens hands, and so!e !en, whether !ore i!patiently, or i!prudently, 7 "now not, would have put it thus i!per e%t to the press, with whi%h !is%hei H!is%hie I, 7 being a e%ted, deter!ined to set it orth !y sel , thin"ing that there !ight be less danger i these boo"s %a!e out o !y hands with so!e a!end!ents, thwn to %o!e orth torn, and in rag!ents out o other !ens hands. 9oreover, 7 thought it no %ri!e i 7 should not su er the testi!ony o !y youth to perish. Also we have added so!e Chapters, and we inserted !any things, whi%h did see! un it to pass by, whi%h the %urious 1eader shall be able to understand by the ine3uality o the very phraseK or we were unwilling to begin the wor" anew, and to unravell all that we had done, but to %orre%t it, and put so!e lourish upon it. 2here ore now 7 pray thee, Curteous H%ourteousI 1eader, again, weigh not these things a%%ording to the present ti!e o setting the! orth, but pardon !y %urious youth, i thou shalt indd any thing in the! that !ay displease thee. 2hen Agrippa irst wrote his Occult Philosoph" he sent it to his riend Trithe!ius, an Abbot o 2urtEburg, with the ensuing letter. Trithe!ius detained the !essenger until he had read the !anus%ript and then answered Agrippa;s letter with su%h sound advi%e as !ysti%s would do well to ollow or all ti!e to %o!e. Trithe!ius is "nown as a !ysti% author and s%holar.

To (. '. &. Iohn Trithe"ius, an A##ot of ,aint -a"es in the ,u#ur#s of Her#ipolis, Henr Cornelius Agrippa of .etteshe " sen$eth greeting.
2hen 7 was o late (!ost reverend #ather0 or a while %onversant with you in your 9onastery o Herbipolis, we %on erred together o divers things %on%erning Chy!istry H%he!istryI, 9agi%", and Cabalie H>abbalahI, and o other things, whi%h as yet lye HlieI hid in Fe%ret F%ien%es, and ArtsK and then there was one great 3uestion a!ongst the rest, why 9agi%", whereas it was a%%ounted by all an%ient Philosophers the %hie est F%ien%e, J by the an%ient wise !en, J Priests was always held an great veneration, %a!e at last a ter the beginning o the Catholi"e HCatholi%I Chur%h to be alwaies odious to, and suspe%ted by the holy #athers, and then e$ploded by =ivines, and %onde!ned by sa%red Canons, and !oreover by all laws, and ordinan%es orbidden. <ow the %ause, as 7 %on%eive is no other then this, /i0) be%ause by a %ertain atall depravation o ti!es, and !en, !any alse Philosophers %rept in, and these under the na!e o 9agi%ians, heaping together through various sorts o errors and a%tions o alse 1eligions, !any %ursed superstitions and dangerous 1ites, and !any wi%"ed Fa%rileges, out o 'rthodo$ 1eligion, even to the per e%tion o nature, and destru%tion o !en, and in5ury o :od, set orth very !any wi%"ed, and unlaw ull boo"s, su%h as we see %arryed about in these dayes, to whi%h they have by stealth pre i$ed the !ost honest na!e, and title o 9agi%". They there ore by this sa%red title o 9agi%", hoped to gain %redit to their %ursed and detestable ooleries. Hen%e it is that this na!e o 9agi%", or!erly honorable, is now in these dayes be%o!e !ost odious to good and honest !en, and a%%ounted a Capital %ri!e, i any one dare pro ess hi!sel to be a 9agi%ian, either in =o%trine or wor"s, unless haply so!e %ertain old doting wo!an, dwelling in the Country, would be believed to be s"il ul, and have a =ivine power, that (as saith Apuleius0 she %an throw down the Heaven, li t up the earth, harden ountains, wash away !ountains, raise up :hosts, %ast down the :ods, e$tinguish the Ftars, illu!inate hel HhellI, or as Virgil sings, 2he5l promise b" her charms to cast great cares, Or ease the minds of men, and ma%e the 2tars *or to go bac%, and ri/ers to stand still, And raise the nightl" ghosts e/en at her 1ill, To ma%e the earth to groan, and trees to fall *rom the mountains -----

Hen%e those things, whi%h Lucan relates o Thessala the 9agi%ianess, and Homer o the o!nipoten%y o irce, whereo !any 7 %on ess are as well o a alla%ious opinion, as a superstitious diligen%e, Jd perni%ious labor, as when they %annot %o!e under a wi%"ed Art, yet they presu!e they !ay be able to %loa" the!selves under that venerable title o 9agi%". Fin%e then these things are so, 7 wondered !u%h, and was not less angry, that as yet there hath been no !an, who did %hallenge this subli!e and sa%red dis%ipline with the %ri!e o i!piety, or had delivered it purely and sin%erely to us, sin%e 7 have seen o our !odern writers +oger $acon, +obert Ho Yor",I an Dnglish !an, Peter Apponus Hi.e. Peter de AbanoI, Albertus H9agnusI the Teutonich, Arnoldas de /illa No/a, Anselme the Parmensian, Picatrix the 2paniard, icclus Asculus o *lorence, and !any others, but writers o an obs%ure na!e, when they pro!ised to treat o 9agi%", do nothing but irrationall toies HtoysI, and superstitions unworthy o honest !en. Hen%e !y spirit was !oved, and by reason partly o ad!iration, and partly o indignation, 7 was willing to play the Philosopher, supposing that 7 should do no dis%o!!endable wor", who have been always ro! !y youth a %urious, and undaunted sear%her or wonder ull e e%ts, and operations ull o !ysteriesK i 7 should re%over that an%ient 9agi%" the dis%ipline o all wise !en ro! the errors o i!piety, puri ie Hpuri yI and adorn it with its proper lustre, and vindi%ate it ro! the in5uries o %alu!niatorsK whi%h thing, though 7 long deliberated o it in !y !ind, yet never durst as yet underta"e, but a ter so!e %on eren%e betwi$t us o these things at Herbipolis, your trans%ending "nowledge, and learning, and your ardent adhortation put %ourage, and boldness into !e. There sele%ting the opinions o Philosophers o "nown %redit, and purging the introdu%tion o the wi%"ed (who disse!blingly, with a %ounter eited "nowledge did tea%h, that traditions o 9agi%ians !ust be learned ro! very reprobate boo"s o dar"ness, as ro! institutions o wonder ull operations0 and re!oving all dar"ness, have at last %o!posed three %o!pendious boo"s o 9agi%", and titled the! Of Occult Philosoph", being a title less o ensive, whi%h boo"s 7 sub!it (you e$%elling in the "nowledge o these things0 to your %orre%tion and %ensure, that i 7 have wrote any thing whi%h !ay tend either to the %ontu!ely o nature, o ending :od, or in5ury o 1eligion, you !ay %onde!n the errorK but i the s%andal o i!piety be dissolved and purged, you !ay de end the tradition o truthK and that you would do so with these boo"s, and 9agi%" it sel , that nothing !ay be %on%ealed whi%h !ay be pro itable, and nothing approved o whi%h %annot but do hurt, by whi%h !eans these three boo"s having passed your e$a!ination with approbation, !ay at length be thought worthy to %o!e orth with good su%%ess in publi"e Hpubli%I, and !ay not be a raid to %o!e under the %ensure o posterity. *are1ell, and pardon these m" bold underta%ings)

-ohn Trithe"ius, A##ot of ,aint -a"es of Her#ipolis, for"erl of ,panhe"ia, to his Henr Cornelius Agrippa of .etteshei", health an$ lo+e.
Your wor" (!ost renowned Agrippa0 Dntituled Of Occult Ph"losoph", whi%h you have sent by this bearer, to !e to be e$a!ined, with how !u%h pleasure 7 re%eived it, no

!ortall tongue %an e$press, nor the pen o any writeK 7 woundred HwonderedI at your !ore then vulgar learning, That you being so yong should penetrate into su%h se%rets as have been hide ro! !ost learned !en, and not only %leerly, and truly, but also properly, and elegantly set the! orth. 2hen%e irst 7 give you than"s or your good will to !e, and i 7 shall ever be able, 7 shall return you than"s to the ut!ost o !y powerK Your wor", whi%h no learned !an %an su i%iently %o!!end, 7 approve o . <ow that you !ay pro%eed toward higher things, an you have begun, and not su er su%h e$%ellent parts o wit to be idle, 7 do with as !u%h earnestness as 7 %an advise, intreat, and besee%h you, that you would e$er%ise your sel in laboring a ter better things, and de!onstrate the light o true wisdo! to the ignorant, a%%ording as you your sel are divinely enlightenedK neither let the %onsideration o idle vain ellows withdraw you ro! your purposeK 7 say o the!, o who! it said, The wearyed '$ treads hard, 2hereas no !an, to the 5udge!ent o the wise, %an be truly learned, who is sworn to the rudi!ents o one only a%ultyK &ut you hath :od gi ted with a large, and subli!e wit, not that you should i!itate '$en, but birdsK neither thin" it su i%ient that you stay about parti%ulars, but bend your !inde %on idently to universalsK or by so !u%h the !ore learned any one is thought, by how !u%h ewer things he is ignorant o . 9oreover your wit is ully apt to all things, and to be rationally e!ployed, not in a ew, or low things, but !any, and subli!er. Yet this one rule 7 advise you to observe, that you %o!!uni%ate vulgar se%rets to vulgar riends, but higher and se%ret to higher, and se%ret riends only. :ive Hey HhayI to an '$, Fugar to a Parret HparrotI onlyK understand !y !eaning, least you be trod under the '$ens eet, as o tenti!es it als out. #arewell !y happy riend, and i it lye in !y power to serve you, %o!!and !e, and a%%ording to your pleasure it shall without delay be doneK also, let our riendship in%rease dailyK write o ten to !e, and send !e so!e o your labors 7 earnestly pray you. Again arewell. #ro! our 9onastery o Peapolis, the +. day o April, An) 9.=.N.

7n January, ).+), Agrippa wrote ro! 9e%hlin to >er!ann o 2ied, Ar%hbishop o Cologne, to who! he dedi%ated his '%%ult Philosophy. 7n this letter he saysC 6&eholdG a!ongst su%h things as were %losely laid up -- the boo"s Of Occult Philosoph", or of Magic6 6a new wor" o !ost an%ient and abstruse learningK6 6a do%trine o anti3uity, by none, 7 dare say, hitherto atte!pted to be restored.6 67 shall be devotedly yours i these studies o !y youth shall by the authority o your greatness %o!e into "nowledge,6 6seeing !any things in the! see!ed to !e, being older, as !ost pro itable, so !ost ne%essary to be "nown. You have there ore the wor", not only o !y youth but o !y present age,6 6having added !any things.6

To the (e+eren$ %ather in Christ, an$ "ost Illustrious 'rince, Her"annus, /arl of 0 $a, # the 1race of 1o$ Arch#ishop of the hol Church of Colonia, 'rince /lector of the hol (o"ane /"pire, an$ Chief Chancellor through Ital , &uke of 0estphalia, an$ Angaria, an$ $escen$e$ of the 2egate of the hol Church of (o"e, one of the 3icar 1enerals Court, Henr Cornelius Agrippa of .ettes4he ", sen$eth greeting.
@%h is the greatness o your renowned a!e (!ost reverend, and 7llustriuos Prin%e0 su%h is the greatness o your vertues, and splendor o learning, and re3uent e$er%ise o the best learning, and grave oration, with solid pruden%e, and elegant readines o spea"ing, "nowledge o !any things, %onstant 1eligion, and %o!!endable %onditions, with whi%h you are endowed beyond the %o!!on %usto! o othersK 7 say nothing o those an%ient !onu!ents o your e!inent nobility, the treasures o your ri%hes, both old, and new, the largness o your do!inion, the orna!ents o the sa%red dignities, with the e$%ellen%y whereo you e$%el, together with the %o!ely or!, and strength o the body. Through all these things be very great, yet 7 estee! you ar greater then all these, or those your Heroi%", and super-illustrious vertues, by whi%h you truly have %aused that by how !u%h the !ore any one is learned, J loves vertue, so !u%h the !ore he !ay desire to insinuate hi!sel into your avor, when%e 7 also a! resolved that your avor shall be obtained by !e, but a ter the !anner o the people o Parthia, i)e) not without a present, whi%h %usto! o saluting Prin%es, is indeed derived ro! the Ages o the An%ients, unto these very ti!es, and still we see it observed. And when 7 see %ertain other very learned !en to urnish you with air, and great presents o their learning, least 7 only should be a negle%ter o your worship and reveren%e, 7 durst not apply !y sel with e!pty hands to your greatness. <ow being thought ull, and loo"ing about in !y study to see what present 7 should bestow upon su%h an 7llustrious Prin%e, beholdG a!ongst su%h things are were %losely laid up, the boo"s Of Occult Philosoph", or of Magic%, presently o ered the!selves, su%h as 7 atte!pted to write whilest 7 was very yong, and now !any yeers being past, as it were orgetting the!, have negle%ted to per e%t the!K 7 presently !ade hast as it were to pay !y vows, to present the! to your honor to %o!pleat the!. Truly 7 was perswaded that 7 %ould give nothing !ore a%%eptable to you, then a new wor" o !ost an%ient and abstruse learningK 7 say a wor" o !y %urious youth, but a do%trine o anti3uity, by none 7 dare say hitherto atte!pted to be restored. Yet !y wor"s are not wrote to you, be%ause they are worthy o you, but that they !ight !a"e a way open or !e to gain your avor. 7 besee%h you, i it !ay be, let the! be e$%used by you. 7 shall be devotedly yours, i these studies o !y youth shall by the authority o your greatness %o!e into "nowledge, envy being %hased away by the power o your worthiness, there re!ain the !e!ory o the! to !e, as the ruit o a good %ons%ien%e, seeing !any things

in the! see!ed to !e, being older, as !ost pro itable, so !ost ne%essary to be "nown. You have there ore the wor", not only o !y youth, but o !y present Age, or 7 have %orre%ted !any Drrataes o the wor" o !y yuth, 7 have inserted !any things in !any pla%es, and have added !any things to !any Chapters, whi%h !ay easily be per%eived by the ine3uality o the stile HstyleIK and so shall you "now that 7 shall all !y li e be devoted to your pleasure. #arewell !ost happy Prin%e o happy olonia) %ro" *echlinia, Anno *.&.555I. In the "oneth of -anuar .

Here is the outside, and the inside o PhilosophyK but the or!er without the latter is but an e!pty lourishK yet with this alone !ost are satis ied. To have a bare notion o a =iety, to apprehend so!e !otions o the Celestials, together with the %o!!on operations thereo , and to %on%eive o so!e Terrestial produ%tions, is but what is super i%iall, and vulgarK &ut this is true, this is subli!e, but Occult Philosoph". to understand the !ysterious in luen%es o the intelle%tuall world upon the Celestial, and o both upon the TerrestiallK and to "now how to dispose, and it our selves so, as to be %apable o re%eiving those superiour operations, whereby we !ay be enabled to operate wonder ull things, whi%h indeed see! i!possible, or at least unlaw ull, when as indeed they !ay be e e%ted by a naturall power, and without either o en%e to :od, or violation o 1eligion. To de end >ingdo!s, to dis%over the se%ret %ounsels o !en, to over%o!e ene!ies, to redee! %aptives, to in%rease ri%hes, to pro%ure the avor o !en, to e$pell diseases, to preserve health, to prolong li e, to renew youth, to oretell uture events, to see and "now things done !any !iles o , and su%h li"e as these, by vertue o superior in luen%es, !ay see! things in%redibleK Yet read but the ensuing Treatise, and thou shalt see the possibility thereo %on ir!ed both by reason, and e$a!ple. 7 spea" now to the 5udi%ious, or as or others, they neither "now, nor believe, nor will "now any thing, but what is vulgar, nay they thin", that beyond this there is s%arse any thing "nowableK when as indeed there are pro ound !ysteries in all beings, even ro! :od in the highest heavens, to the divels HdevilsI in the lowest hellK Yea in very nu!bers, na!es, letters, %hara%ters, gestures, ti!e. pla%e, and su%h li"e, all whi%h are by this learned Author pro oundly dis%ussed. 7 %annot deny but in this his wor" there is !u%h superstition, and vanity. &ut re!e!ber that the best :old !ust have the greatest allowan%eK %onsider the ti!e o dar"ness, and o his youth, when, the pla%e where, and the things whi%h he harh dis%overed and wrote, and thou wilt rather ad!ire his solidity, then %onde!n his vanity. :old hath !u%h bla%"ness adgearing to it assoon as it is ta"en out o the earth. 9ysterious truths do not presently shine li"e rayes o the Fun assoon as they are re%overed ro! a long dar"ness, but are %louded with so!e obs%urity. <ay 7 will say but this Agrippa !ight obs%ure these !ysteries li"e an Her!eti%all Philosopher, on purpose,

that only the sons o Art !ight understand the!. He perhaps !ight !i$ %ha e with his wheat, that 3ui%"-sighted birds only !ight ind it out, and not swine tra!ple it under oot. #ro! saying !u%h as tou%hing the e$%using, or %o!!ending this Author, 7 a! already preventedK #or at the beginning and ending o this boo" there are several Dpistles o his own to others, wherein he e$%useth what !ay be e$%epted against hi!K and o others to hi! su i%iently %o!!ending what is praise worthy in hi!K to whi%h !ay be added that honorable testi!ony given to hi! by the author o that !ost witty, J subli!e The4 anthroposophia Theo4magica, HAnthroposophia Theomagica by Tho!as AaughanI lately set orth. All that 7 shall say to perswade thee to read this boo", is but to desire thee to %ast thine eye upon the 7nde$ o the Chapters %ontained therein, whi%h is at the end thereo C H&oo" ), &oo" 2, &oo" /I and thou shalt therein see su%h variety o wonder ul sub5e%ts, that at the sight thereo thou wilt be i!patient till thou hast read the!. 7 shall %rave leave now to spea" one word or !y sel . 7 this !y translation shall neither answer the worth o the Author, or e$pe%tation o the readerK %onsider that the un%uothness o the Authors stile HstyleI in !any pla%es, the !ani old Drrata;s, as well literall, as those in respe%t o :ra!!ati%al %onstru%tion, !ay happily o%%asion so!e !ista"es in this !y translation. Yet notwithstanding, 7 hope 7 have, though without !u%h elegan%y (whi%h indeed the !atter would not bear0 put it into as intelligible an Dnglish phrase as the original would a ord. As or the ter!s o art, whi%h are !any, divers o the! would not bear any Dnglish e$pression, there ore 7 have e$pressed the! in Batinis!s or :re%is!s, a%%ording as 7 have ound the!. 7 hope an Artist will be able to understand the!K as or Drrata;s, as 7 %ursorily read over the boo", 7 observed these as you see !entioned. 7 thou shalt !eet with any !ore, as it is possible thou !ayst, be thou %andid, and i!pute the! to the Printers !ista"eK or whi%h, as also or ta"ing in the best sense, what here 7 present thee withall, thou shalt or ever oblige thy riend,

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HDrrata o!itted sin%e they are in%orporated into this edition.I

Three Books of )ccult 'hilosoph , or of

9agi%"K 2ritten by that #a!ous 9an

Henr" ornelius Agrippa, >night,

And =o%tor o both Baws, Counsellor to 6sars Fa%red 9a5esty, and Judge o the Prerogative Court.

B))! I.
Chap. i. Ho6 *agicians Collect +ertues fro" the three4fol$ 0orl$, is $eclare$ in these three Books.
eeing there is a three- old 2orld, Dle!entary, Celestiall, and 7ntelle%tual, and every in erior is governed by its superior, and re%eiveth the in luen%e o the vertues thereo , so that the very original, and %hie 2or"er o all doth by Angels, the Heavens, Ftars, Dle!ents, Ani!als, Plants, 9etals, and Ftones %onvey ro! hi!sel the vertues o his '!nipoten%y upon us, or whose servi%e he !ade, and %reated all these thingsC 2ise !en %on%eive it no way irrationall that it should be possible or us to as%end by the sa!e degrees through ea%h 2orld, to the sa!e very originall 2orld it sel , the 9a"er o all things, and irst Cause, ro! when%e all things are, and pro%eedK and also to en5oy not only these vertues, whi%h are already in the !ore e$%ellent "ind o things, but also besides these, to draw new vertues ro! above. Hen%e it is that they see" a ter the vertues o the Dle!entary world, through the help o Physi%" HO!edi%ineI, and <aturall Philosophy in the various !i$tions o <aturall things, then o the Celestiall world in the 1ayes, and in luen%es thereo , a%%ording to the rules o Astrologers, and the do%trines o 9athe!ati%ians, 5oyning the Celestiall vertues to the or!erC 9oreover, they rati ie and %on ir! all these with the powers o divers 7ntelligen%ies, through the sa%red Cere!onies o 1eligions. The order and pro%ess o all these 7 shall endeavor to deliver in these three &oo"sC 2hereo the orst %ontains naturall 9agi%", the se%ond Celestiall, and the third Cere!oniall. &ut 7 "now not whether it be an unpardonable presu!ption in !e, that 7, a !an o so little 5udge!ent and learning, should in !y very youth so %on idently set upon a business so di i%ult, so hard, and intri%ate as this is. 2here ore, whatsoever things have here already, and shall a terward be said by !e, 7 would not have any one assent to the!, nor shall 7 !y sel , any urther then they shall be approved o by the @niversall Chur%h, and the Congregation o the #aith ull.

Chap. ii. 0hat *agick is, 0hat are the 'arts thereof, an$ ho6 the 'rofessors thereof "ust #e 7ualifie$.

9agi%" is a a%ulty o wonder ull vertue, ull o !ost high !ysteries, %ontaining the !ost pro ound Conte!plation o !ost se%ret things, together with the nature, power, 3uality, substan%e, and vertues thereo , as also the "nowledge o whole nature, and it doth instru%t us %on%erning the di ering, and agree!ent o things a!ongst the!selves, when%e it produ%eth its wonder ull e e%ts, by uniting the vertues o things through the appli%ation o the! one to the other, and to their in erior sutable sub5e%ts, 5oyning and "nitting the! together thoroughly by the powers, and vertues o the superior &odies. This is the !ost per e%t and %hie F%ien%e, that sa%red and subli!er "ind o Phylosophy HphilosophyI, and lastly the !ost absolute per e%tion o all !ost e$%ellent Philosophy. #or seeing that all regulative Philosophy is divided into <aturall, 9athe!ati%all, and Theologi%allC (<aturall Philosophy tea%heth the nature o those things whi%h are in the world, sear%hing and en3uiring into their Causes, D e%ts, Ti!es, Pla%es, #ashions, Dvents, their 2hole, and Parts, also The Number and the Nature of those things, al5d -lements, 1hat *ire, -arth, Aire forth brings! *rom 1hence the Hea/ens their beginnings had. ,hence Tide, 1hence +ainbo1, in ga" colours clad) ,hat ma%es the louds that gathered are, and blac%, To send forth Lightnings, and a Thundring crac%. ,hat doth the Nightl" *lames, and omets ma%e. ,hat ma%es the -arth to s1ell, and then to 7ua%e! ,hat is the seed of Metals, and of #old ,hat Vertues, ,ealth, doth Nature5s offer hold) All these things doth naturall Philosophy, the viewer o nature %ontain, tea%hing us a%%ording to Virgil5s 9use. ----------,hence all things flo1, ,hence Man%ind, $east. 1hence *ire, 1hence +ain, and 2no1, ,hence -arth47ua%es are. 1h" the 1hole Ocean beats O/er his $an%s, and then again retreats. ,hence strength of Hearbs 8herbs9, 1hence ourage, rage of $ruits 8brutes9, All %inds of 2tone, of reeping things, and *ruits) &ut 9athe!ati%all Philosophy tea%heth us to "now the 3uantity o naturall &odies, as e$tended into three di!ensions, as also to %on%eive o the !otion, and %ourse o Celestiall &odies. ----- As in great hast 8haste9, ,hat ma%es the golden 2tars to march so fast. ,hat ma%es the Moon sometimes to mas% her face, The 2un also, as if in some disgrace) And as Virgil sings,

Ho1 th5 2un doth rule 1ith t1el/e :odiac% 2igns, The Orb thats measur5d round about 1ith Lines, 't doth the Hea/ens 2tarr" 1a" ma%e %no1n, And strange -clipses of the 2un, and Moon) Arcturus also, and the 2tars of +ain, The 2ea/en 2tars li%e1ise, and Charles his ,ain, ,h" ,inter 2uns ma%e to15rds the ,est so fast. ,hat ma%es the Nights so long ere the" be past; All whi%h is understood by 9athe!ati%all Philosophy. ----- Hence b" the Hea/ens 1e ma" fore%no1 The seasons all. times for to reap and so1, And 1hen 5tis fit to launch into the deep, And 1hen to ,ar, and 1hen in peace to sleep, And 1hen to dig up Trees, and them again To set. that so the" ma" bring forth amain) <ow Theologi%all Philosophy, or =ivinity, tea%heth what :od is, what the 9ind, what an 7ntelligen%e, what an Angel, what a =ivell HdevilI, what the Foul, what 1eligion, what sa%red 7nstitutions, 1ites, Te!ples, 'bservations, and sa%red 9ysteries areC 7t instru%ts us also %on%erning #aith, 9ira%les, the vertues o 2ords and #igures, the se%ret operations and !ysteries o Feals, and as Apuleius saith, it tea%heth us rightly to understand, and to be s"illed in the Cere!oniall Baws, the e3uity o Holy things and rule o 1eligions. &ut to re%olle%t !y sel 0 these three prin%ipall a%ulties 9agi%" %o!prehends, unites, and a%tuatesK deservedly there ore was it by the An%ients estee!ed as the highest, and !ost sa%red Philosophy. 7t was, as we ind, brought to light by !ost sage Authours HauthorsI, and !ost a!ous 2ritersK a!ongst whi%h prin%ipally :amolxis and :oroaster were so a!ous, that !any believed they were the inventors o this F%ien%e. Their tra%" H ootstepsI Abbaris the H"perborean, harmondas, Damigeron, -udoxus, Hermippus ollowedC there were also other e!inent, %hoi%e !en, as Mercurius Tresmegistus HTris!egistusI, Porph"rius HPorphyryI, 'amblicus H7a!bli%husI, Plotinus, Proclus, Dardanus, Orpheus the Thra%ian, #og the :re%ian, #erma the &abilonian H&abylonianI, Apollonius o Tyana, Osthanes also wrote e$%ellently in this ArtK whose &oo"s being as it were lost, Democritus o Abdera re%overed, and set orth with his own Co!!entaries. &esides P"thagoras, -mpedocles, Democritus, Plato, and !any other renowned Philosophers travelled ar by Fea to learn this ArtC and being returned, published it with wonder ull devoutness, estee!ing o it as a great se%ret. Also it is well "nown that P"thagoras, and Plato went to the Prophets o 9e!phis to learn it, and travelled through al!ost all Fyria, Dgypt, Judea, and the F%hools o the Caldeans HChaldaeansI, that they !ight not be ignorant o the !ost sa%red 9e!orials, and 1e%ords o 9agi%", as also that they !ight be urnished with =ivine things. 2hosoever there ore is desirous to study in this #a%ulty, i he be not s"illed in naturall Philosophy, wherein are dis%overed the 3ualities o things, and in whi%h are ound the o%%ult properties o every &eing, and i he be not s"il ul in the 9athe!ati%"s, and in the Aspe%ts, and #igures o the Ftars, upon whi%h depends the subli!e vertue, and property o every thingK and i he be not learned

in Theologie HtheologyI, wherein are !ani ested those i!!ateriall substan%es, whi%h dispen%e HdispenseI, and !inister all things, he %annot be possibly able to understand the rationality o 9agi%". #or there is no wor" that is done by !eer 9agi%", nor any wor" that is !eerly 9agi%all, that doth not %o!prehend these three #a%ulties.

Chap. iii. )f the four /le"ents, their 8ualities, an$ "utuall "i9tions.
There are our Dle!ents, and originall grounds o all %orporeall things, #ire, Darth, 2ater, Aire, o whi%h all ele!entated in eriour bodies are %o!poundedK not by way o heaping the! up together, but by trans!utation, and unionK and when they are destroyed, they are resolved into Dle!ents. #or there is none o the sensible Dle!ents that is pure, but they are !ore or less !i$ed, and apt to be %hanged one into the otherC Dven as Darth be%o!ing dirty, and being dissolved, be%o!es 2ater, and the sa!e being !ade thi%" and hard, be%o!eth Darth againK but being evaporated through heat, passeth into Aire, and that being "indled, passeth into #ire, and this being e$tinguished, returns ba%" again into Aire, but being %ooled again a ter its burning, be%o!eth Darth, or Ftone, or Fulphur, and this is !ani ested by Bightening HlightningIC Plato also was o that opinion, that Darth was wholly %hangeable, and that the rest o the Dle!ents are %hanged, as into this, so into one another su%%essively. &ut it is the opinion o the subtiller sort o Philosophers, that Darth is not %hanged, but relented and !i$ed with other Dle!ents, whi%h do dissolve it, and that it returns ba%" into it sel again. <ow, every one o the Dle!ents hath two spe%i i%all 3ualities, the or!er whereo it retains as proper to it sel , in the other, as a !ean, it agrees with that whi%h %o!es ne$t a ter it. #or #ire is hot and dry, the Darth dry and %old, the 2ater %old and !oist, the Aire !oist and ot. And so a ter this !anner the Dle!ents, a%%ording to two %ontrary 3ualities, are %ontrary one to the other, as #ire to 2ater, and Darth to Aire. 9oreover, the Dle!ents are upon another a%%ount opposite one to the otherC #or so!e are heavy, as Darth and 2ater, and others are light, as Aire and #ire. 2here ore the Ftoi%"s %alled the or!er passives, but the latter a%tives. And yet on%e again Plato distinguished the! a ter another !anner, and assigns to every one o the! three 3ualities, /i0) to the #ire brightness, thinness and !otion, but to the Darth dar"ness, thi%"ness and 3uietness. And a%%ording to these 3ualities the Dle!ents o #ire and Darth are %ontrary. &ut the other Dle!ents borrow their 3ualities ro! these, so that the Aire re%eives two 3ualities o the #ire, thinness and !otionK and one o the Darth, /i0) dar"ness. 7n li"e !anner 2ater re%eives two 3ualities o the Darth, dar"ness and thi%"ness, and one o #ire, /i0) !otion. &ut #ire is twi%e !ore thin then Aire, thri%e !ore !ovable, and our ti!es !ore brightC and the Aire is twi%e !ore bright, thri%e !ore thin, and our ti!es !ore !oveable then 2ater. 2here ore 2ater is twi%e !ore bright then Darth, thri%e !ore thin, and our ti!es !ore !ovable. As there ore the #ire is to the Aire, so Aire is to the 2ater, and 2ater to the DarthK and again, as the Darth is to the 2ater, so is the 2ater to the Aire, and the Aire to the #ire. And this is the root and oundation o all bodies, natures, vertues, and wonder ull wor"sK and he whi%h shall "now these 3ualities o the Dle!ents, and their !i$tions, shall easily bring to pass su%h things that are wonder ull, and astonishing, and shall be per e%t in 9agi%".

Chap. i+. )f a three4fol$ consi$eration of the /le"ents.

There are then, as we have said, our Dle!ents, without the per e%t "nowledge whereo we %an e e%t nothing in 9agi%". <ow ea%h o the! is three- old, that so the nu!ber o our !ay !a"e up the nu!ber o twelveK and by passing by the nu!ber o seven into the nu!ber o ten, there !ay be a progress to the suprea! @nity, upon whi%h all vertue and wonder ull operation depends. ' the irst 'rder are the pure Dle!ents, whi%h are neither %o!pounded nor %hanged, nor ad!it o !i$tion, but are in%orruptible, and not o whi%h, but through whi%h the vertues o all naturall things are brought orth into a%t. <o !an is able to de%lare their vertues, be%ause they %an do all things upon all things. He whi%h is ignorant o these, shall never be able to bring to pass any wonder ull !atter. ' the se%ond 'rder are Dle!ents that are %o!pounded, %hangeable, and i!pure, yet su%h as !ay by art be redu%ed to their pure si!pli%ity, whose vertue, when they are thus redu%ed to their si!pli%ity, doth above all things per e%t all o%%ult, and %o!!on operations o natureC and these are the oundation o the whole naturall 9agi%". ' the third 'rder are those Dle!ents, whi%h originally and o the!selves are not Dle!ents, but are twi%e %o!pounded, various, and %hangeable one into the other. They are the in allible Medium, and there ore are %alled the !iddle nature, or Foul o the !iddle natureC Aery ew there are that understand the deep !ysteries thereo . 7n the! is, by !eans o %ertain nu!bers, degrees, and orders, the per e%tion o every e e%t in what thing soever, whether <aturall, Celestiall, or Fuper%elestiallK they are ull o wonders, and !ysteries, and are operative, as in 9agi%" <aturall, so =ivineC #or ro! these, through the!, pro%eed the bindings, loosings, and trans!utations o all things, the "nowing and oretelling o things to %o!e, also the driving orth o evill, and the gaining o good spirits. Bet no !an, there ore, without these three sorts o Dle!ents, and the "nowledge thereo , be %on ident that he is able to wor" any thing in the o%%ult F%ien%es o 9agi%", and <ature. &ut whosoever shall "now how to redu%e those o one 'rder, into those o another, i!pure into pure, %o!pounded into si!ple, and shall "now how to understand distin%tly the nature, vertue, and power o the! in nu!ber, degrees, and order, without dividing the substan%e, he shall easily attain to the "nowledge, and per e%t operation o all <aturall things, and Celestiall se%rets.

Chap. +. )f the 6on$erfull .atures of %ire, an$ /arth.

There are two things (saith Hermes0 /i0) #ire and Darth, whi%h are su i%ient or the operation o all wonder ull thingsC the or!er is a%tive, the latter passive. #ire (as saith Dion"sius0 in all things, and through all things, %o!es and goes away bright, it is in all things bright, and at the sa!e ti!e o%%ult, and un"nownK 2hen it is by it sel (no other !atter %o!ing to it, in whi%h it should !ani est its proper a%tion0 it is boundless, and invisible, o it sel su i%ient or every a%tion that is proper to it, !oveable, yielding it sel a ter a !aner to all things that %o!e ne$t to it, renewing, guarding nature, enlightening, not %o!prehended by lights that are vailed HveiledI over, %lear, parted, leaping ba%", bending upwards, 3ui%" in !otion, high, alwayes raising !otions, %o!prehending another, not Co!prehended it sel , not standing in need o another, se%retly in%reasing o

it sel , and !ani esting its greatness to things that re%eive itK A%tive, Power ull, 7nvisibly present in all things at on%eK it will not be a ronted or opposed, but as it were in a way o revenge, it will redu%e on a sudden things into obedien%e to it sel K in%o!prehensible, i!palpable, not lessened, !ost ri%h in all disensations o it sel . #ire (as saith Plin"0 is the boundless, and !is%hievous part o the nature o things, it being a 3uestion whether it destroys, or produ%eth !ost things. #ire it sel is one, and penetrates through all things (as say the P"thagorians0 also spread abroad in the Heavens, and shiningC but in the in ernall pla%e streightened, dar", and tor!enting, in the !id way it parta"es o both. #ire there ore in it sel is one, but in that whi%h re%eives it, !ani old, and in di ering sub5e%ts it is distributed in a di erent !anner, as leanthes witnesseth in icero) That ire then, whi%h we use is et%hed out o other things. 7t is in stones, and is et%hed out by the stro"e o the steeleK it is in Darth, and !a"es that, a ter digging up, to s!oa"e Hs!o"eIC it is in 2ater, and heats springs, and wellsC it is in the depth o the Fea, and !a"es that, being tossed with winds, war!C it is in the Aire, and !a"es it (as we o tenti!es see0 to burn. And all Ani!als, and living things whatsoever, as also all Aegetables are preserved by heatC and every thing that lives, lives by reason o the in%losed heat. The properties o the #ire that is above, are heat, !a"ing all things #ruit ull, and light, giving li e to all things. The properties o the in ernall #ire are a par%hing heat, %onsu!ing all things, and dar"ness, !a"ing all things barren. The Celestiall, and bright #ire drives away spirits o dar"nessK also this our #ire !ade with 2ood drives away the sa!e, in as !u%h as it hath an Analogy with, and is the /ehiculum o that Fuperior lightK as also o hi!, who saith, ' am the Light of the ,orld, whi%h is true #ire, the #ather o lights, ro! who! every good thing that is given, Co!esK sending orth the light o his #ire, and %o!!uni%ating it irst to the Fun, and the rest o the Celestiall bodies, and by these, as by !ediating instru!ents, %onveying that light into our #ire. As, there ore the spirits o dar"ness are stronger in the dar"C so good spirits, whi%h are Angels o Bight, are aug!ented, not only by that light, whi%h is =ivine, o the Fun, and Celestiall, but also by the light o our %o!!on #ire. Hen%e it was that the irst, and !ost wise institutors o 1eligions, and Cere!onies ordained, that Prayers, Fingings, and all !anner o =ivine 2orships whatsoever should not be per or!ed without lighted Candles, or Tor%hes. (Hen%e also was that signi i%ant saying o P"thagoras, =o not spea" o :od without a Bight0 and they %o!!anded that or the driving away o wi%"ed spirits, Bights and #ires should be "indled by the Corpses o the dead, and that they should not be re!oved untill the e$piations were a ter a Holy !anner per or!ed, and they buried. And the great (eho/ah hi!sel in the old Baw Co!!anded that all his Fa%ri i%es should be o ered with #ire, and that #ire should always be burning upon the Altar, whi%h Custo!e the Priests o the Altar did always observe, and "eep a!ongst the +omanes) <ow the &asis, and oundation o all the Dle!ents, is the Darth, or that is the ob5e%t, sub5e%t, and re%epta%le o all Celestiall rayes, and in luen%iesK in it are %ontained the seeds, and Fe!inall vertues o all thingsK and there ore it is said to be Ani!all, Aegetable, and 9inerall. 7t being !ade ruit ull by the other Dle!ents, and the Heavens, brings orth all things o it sel K 7t re%eives the abundan%e o all things, and is, as it were the irst ountain, ro! when%e all things spring, it is the Center, oundation, and !other o all things. Ta"e as !u%h o it as you please, seperated, washed, depurated, subtiliEed, i you let it lye HlieI in the open Aire a little while, it will, being ull, and abounding with Heavenly vertues, o it sel bring orth Plants, 2or!s, and other living things, also Ftones, and bright spar"s o 9etals. 7n

it are great se%rets, i at any ti!e it shall be puri ied by the help o #ire, and redu%ed unto its si!pli%ity by a %onvenient washing. 7t is the irst !atter o our Creation, and the truest 9edi%ine that %an restore, and preserve us.

Chap. +i. )f the 6on$erfull .atures of 0ater, Aire, an$ 0in$s.

The other two Dle!ents, /i0) 2ater, and Aire, are not less e i%a%ious then the or!erK neither is nature wanting to wor" wonder ull things in the!. There is so great a ne%essity o 2ater, that without it no living thing %an live. <o Hearb HherbI, nor Plant whatsoever, without the !oistening o 2ater %an bran%h orth. 7n it is the Fe!inary vertue o all things, espe%ially o Ani!als, whose seed is !ani estly waterish. The seeds also o Trees, and Plants, although they are earthy, !ust notwithstanding o ne%essity be rotted in 2ater, be ore they %an be ruit ullK whether they be i!bibed with the !oisture o the Darth, or with =ew, or 1ain, or any other 2ater that is on purpose put to the!. #or Moses writes, that only Darth, and 2ater bring orth a living soul. &ut he as%ribes a two old produ%tion o things to 2ater, /i0) o things swi!!ing in the 2aters, and o things lying in the Aire above the Darth. And that those produ%tions that are !ade in, and upon the Darth, are partly attributed to the very 2ater, the sa!e F%ripture testi ies, where it saith that the Plants, and the Hearbs HherbsI did not grow, be%ause :od had not %aused it to rain upon the Darth. Fu%h is the e i%a%y o this Dle!ent o 2ater, that Fpirituall regeneration %annot be done without it, as Christ hi!sel testi ied to Nicodemus) Aery great also is the vertue o it in the 1eligious 2orship o :od, in e$piations, and puri i%ationsK yea, the ne%essity o it is no less then that o #ire. 7n inite are the bene its, and divers are the uses thereo , as being that by vertue o whi%h all things subsist, are generated, nourished and in%reased. Then%e it was that Thales o Miletus, and Hesiod %on%luded that 2ater was the beginning o all things, and said it was the irst o all the Dle!ents, and the !ost potent, and that be%ause it hath the !astery over all the rest. #or, as Plin" saith, 2aters swallow up the Darth, e$tinguish la!es, as%end on high, and by the stret%hing orth o the %louds, %hallenge the Heaven or their ownC the sa!e alling be%o!e the Cause o all things that grow in the Darth. Aery !any are the wonders that are done by 2aters, a%%ording to the 2ritings o Plin", 2olinus, and !any other Historians, o the wonder ull vertue whereo , O/id also !a"es !ention in these Aerses. ----- Hornd Ha!!ons ,aters at high noon Are cold. hot at 2un4rise and setting 2un) ,ood, put in bub5ling Athemas is *ir5d, The Moon then farthest from the 2un retir5d. irconian streams congeal his guts to 2tone That thereof drin%s, and 1hat therein is thro1n) rathis and 2"baris <from the Mountains rol5d= olor the hair li%e Amber or pure #old) 2ome fountains, of a more prodigious %inde, Not onl" change the bod" but the minde) ,ho hath not heard of obscene 2almacis; Of th5 >thiopian la%e; for, 1ho of this

$ut onl" tast 8taste9, their 1its no longer %eep, Or forth1ith fall into a deadl" sleep) ,ho at Clitorius fountain thirst remo/e, Loath ,ine, and abstinent, meer ,ater lo/e) ,ith streams oppos5d to these Bin%estus flo1es! The" reel, as drun%, 1ho drin% too much of those) A La%e in fair Ar%adia stands, of old all5d PheneusK suspected, as t1ofold! *ear, and forbear to drin% thereof b" night! $" night un1holesome, 1holesome b" da"4light) (osephus also !a"es relation o the wonder ull nature o a %ertain river betwi$t Arcea, and +aphanea, Cities o 2"ria! whi%h runs with a ull Channell all the Fabboth HFabbathI =ay, and then on a sudden %easeth, as i the springs were stopped, and all the si$ dayes you !ay pass over it dry-shodC but again, on the seaventh day (no !an "nowing the reason o it0 the 2aters return again in abundan%e, as be ore. 2here ore the inhabitants thereabout %alled it the Fabboth-day river, be%ause o the Feaventh day, whi%h was holy to the Jews. The :ospel also testi ies to a sheep-pool, into whi%h whosoever stepped irst, a ter the 2ater was troubled by the Angel, was !ade whole o whatsoever disease he had. The sa!e vertue, and e i%a%y we read was in a spring o the 'onian N"mphs, whi%h was in the territories belonging to the Town o -lis, at a Aillage %alled Heraclea, neer the river itheron! whi%h whosoever stepped into, being diseased, %a!e orth whole, and %ured o all his diseases. Pausanias also reports, that in L"ceus, a !ountain o Arcadia, there was a spring %alled Agria, to whi%h, as o ten as the dryness o the 1egion threatned HthreatenedI the destru%tion o ruits, (upiters Priest o L"ceus went, and a ter the o ering o Fa%ri i%es, devoutly praying to the 2aters o the Fpring, holding a &ough o an '"e Hoa"I in his hand, put it down to the botto!e o the hallowed FpringK Then the waters being troubled, a Aapour as%ending ro! then%e into the Air was blown into Clouds, with whi%h being 5oyned together, the whole Heaven was overspreadC whi%h being a little a ter dissolved into rain, watered all the Country !ost wholso!ly Hwholeso!elyI. 9oreover +uffus a Physitian Hphysi%ianI o Dphesus, besides !any other Authours, wrote strange things %on%erning the wonders o 2aters, whi%h, or ought 7 "now, are ound in no other Authour. 7t re!ains that 7 spea" o the Aire. This is a vitall spirit, passing through all &eings, giving li e, and subsisten%e to all things, binding, !oving, and illing all things. Hen%e it is that the Hebrew =o%tors re%"on it not a!ongst the Dle!ents, but %ount it as a Medium or glew HglueI, 5oyning things together, and as the resounding spirit o the worlds instru!ent. 7t i!!ediately re%eives into it sel the in luen%es o all Celestiall bodies, and then %o!!uni%ates the! to the other Dle!ents, as also to all !i$t H!i$edI bodiesC Also it re%eives into it sel , as it were a divine Boo"ing-glass, the spe%ies o all things, as well naturall, as arti i%iall, as also o all !anner o spee%hes, and retains the!K And %arrying the! with it, and entering into the bodies o 9en, and other Ani!als, through their pores, !a"es an 7!pression upon the!, as well when they sleep, as when they be awa"e, and a ords !atter or divers strange =rea!s and =ivinations. Hen%e they say it is, that a !an passing by a pla%e where a !an was slain, or the Car"ase H%ar%assI newly hid, is !oved

with ear and dreadK be%ause the Aire in that pla%e being ull o the dread ull spe%ies o 9an-slaughter H!anslaughterI, doth, being breathed in, !ove and trouble the spirit o the !an with the li"e spe%ies, when%e it is that be %o!es to be a raid. #or every thing that !a"es a sudden i!pression, astonisheth nature. 2hen%e it is, that !any Philosophers were o opinion that Aire is the %ause o drea!s, and o !any other i!pressions o the !ind, through the prolonging o 7!ages, or si!ilitudes, or spe%ies (whi%h are allen ro! things and spee%hes, !ultiplyed in the very Aire0 untill they %o!e to the senses, and then to the phantasy, and soul o hi! that re%eives the!, whi%h being reed ro! %ares, and no way hindred, e$pe%ting to !eet su%h "ind o spe%ies, is in or!ed by the!. #or the spe%ies o things, although o their own proper nature they are %arryed to the senses o !en, and other ani!als in generall, !ay notwithstanding get so!e i!pression ro! the Heaven, whilest they be in the Aire, by reason o whi%h, together with the aptness and disposition o hi! that re%eives the!, they !ay be %arryed to the sen%e HsenseI o one rather then o another. And hen%e it is possible naturally, and ar ro! all !anner o superstition, no other spirit %o!ing between, that a !an should be able in a very ti!e to signi ie his !ind unto another !an, abiding at a very long and un"nown distan%e ro! hi!K although he %annot pre%isely give an esti!ate o the ti!e when it is, yet o ne%essity it !ust be within 2* hoursK and 7 !y sel "now how to do it, and have o ten done it. The sa!e also in ti!e past did the Abbot Tritemius HTrithe!iusI both "now and do. Also, when %ertain appearan%es, not only spirituall, but also naturall do low orth ro! things, that is to say, by a %ertain "ind o lowings orth o bodies ro! bodies, and do gather strength in the Air, they o er, and shew the!selves to us as well through light as !otion, as well to the sight as to other senses, and so!eti!es wor" wonder ull things upon us, as Plotinus proves and tea%heth. And we see how by the Fouth wind the Air is %ondensed into thin %louds, in whi%h, as in a Boo"ing-glass are re le%ted representations at a great distan%e o Castles, 9ountains, Horses, and 9en, and other things, whi%h when the %louds are gone, presently vanish. And Aristotle in his 9eteors shews, that a 1ainbow is %on%eived in a %loud o the Aire, as in a Boo"ing-glass. And Albertus saith, that the e igies o bodies !ay by the strength o nature, in a !oist Aire be easily represented, in the sa!e !anner as the representations o things are in things. And Aristotle tels o a !an, to who! it happened by reason o the wea"ness o his sight, that the Aire that was near to hi!, be%a!e as it were a Boo"ing-glass to hi!, and the opti%" bea! did rele%t ba%" upon hi!sel , and %ould not penetrate the Aire, so that whithersoever he went, he thought he saw his own i!age, with his a%e towards hi!, go be ore hi!. 7n li"e !anner, by the arti i%ialnes o so!e %ertain Boo"ing-glasses, !ay be produ%ed at a distan%e in the Aire, beside the Boo"ing-glasses, what i!ages we pleaseK whi%h when ignorant !en see, they thin" they see the appearan%es o spirits, or soulsK when indeed they are nothing else but se!blan%es "in to the!selves, and without li e. And it is well "nown, i in a dar" pla%e where there is no light but by the %o!ing in o a bea! o the sun so!ewhere through a litle hole, a white paper, or plain Boo"ing-glass be set up against that light, that there !ay be seen upon the!, whatsoever things are done without, being shined upon by the Fun. And there is another sleight, or tri%" yet !ore wonder ull. 7 any one shall ta"e i!ages arti i%ially painted, or written letters, and in a %lear night set the! against the bea!s o the ull 9oon, whose rese!blan%es being !ultiplyed in the Aire, and %aught upward, and re le%ted ba%" together with the bea!s o the 9oon, any other !an that is privy to the thing, at a long distan%e sees, reads, and "nows the! in the very %o!pass, and Cir%le o

the 9oon, whi%h Art o de%laring se%rets is indeed very pro itable or Towns, and Cities that are besieged, being a thing whi%h P"thagoras long sin%e did o ten do, and whi%h is not un"nown to so!e in these dayes, 7 will not e$%ept !y sel . And all these, and !any !ore, and greater then these, are grounded in the very nature o the Aire, and have their reasons, and %auses de%lared in 9athe!ati%"s, and 'pti%"s. And as these rese!blan%es are re le%ted ba%" to the sight, so also so!eti!es to the hearing, as is !ani est in the -cho) &ut there are !ore se%ret arts then these, and su%h whereby any one !ay at a very re!ote distan%e hear, and understand what another spea"s, or whispers so tly. There are also ro! the airy Dle!ent 2inds. #or they are nothing else, but Air !oved and stirred up. ' these there are our that are prin%ipall, blowing ro! the our %orners o the Heaven, /i0) Notus ro! the Fouth, $oreas ro! the <orth, :eph"rus ro! the 2est, -urus ro! the Dast, whi%h Pontanus %o!prehending in these verses, saith, old &oreas from the top of ;ly!pus H'ly!pusI blo1s, And from the bottom cloud" <otus flo1s) *rom setting Phoebus fruitfull Peph;rus flies, And barren Durus from the 2uns up4rise) Notus is the Fouthern 2ind, %loudy, !oist, war!, and si%"ly, whi%h Hieronimus %als the butler o the rains. O/id des%ribes it thus, Out flies 2outh41ind, 1ith dropping 1ings, 1ho shro1ds His fearful aspect in the pitchie clouds, His 1hite Haire stream5s, his $eard big4s1oln 1ith sho1res 8sho1ers9. Mists binde his $ro1s, rain from his $osome po1res 8pours9) &ut $oreas is %ontrary to Notus, and is the <orthern 2ind, ier%e, and roaring, and dis%ussing %louds, !a"es the Aire serene, and binds the 2ater with #rost. Hi! doth O/id thus bring in spea"ing o hi!sel . *orce me befits! 1ith this thic% cloud ' dri/e. Toss the ble1 $illo1s, %nott" O%es 8oa%s9 up4ri/e. ongeal soft 2no1, and beat the -arth 1ith haile. ,hen ' m" brethren in the Aire assaile, <*or thats our *ield= 1e meet 1ith such a shoc%, That thundring 2%ies 1ith our encounters roc% And cloud4struc% lightning flashes from on high, ,hen through the rannies of the -arth ' flie, And force her in her hollo1 a/es, ' ma%e The #hosts to tremble, and the ground to 7ua%e) And :eph"rus, whi%h is the 2estern 2ind, is !ost so t, blowing ro! the 2est with a pleasant gale, it is %old and !oist, re!oving the e e%ts o 2inter, bringing orth &ran%hes, and #lowers. To this -urus is %ontrary, whi%h is the Dastern wind, and is %alled ApeliotesK it is waterish, %loudy, and ravenous. ' these two O/id sings thusC

To Persis and Fabea, Durus flies. ,hose gums perfume the blushing Mornes up4rise! Next to the -/ening, and the oast that glo1s ,ith setting Phoebus, flo1r" Peph;rus blo1s! 'n F%ythia horrid &oreas holds his rain, $eneath &oites, and the fro0en ,ain! The land to this oppos5d doth Auster steep ,ith fruitfull sho1res, and clouds 1hich e/er 1eep)

Chap. +ii. )f the kin$s of Co"poun$s, 6hat relation the stan$ in to the /le"ents, an$ 6hat relation there is #et6i9t the /le"ents the"sel+es, an$ the soul, senses, an$ $ispositions of "en.
<e$t a ter the our si!ple Dle!ents ollow the our "inds o per e%t &odies %o!pounded o the!, and they are Ftones, 9etals, Plants, and Ani!alsC and although unto the generation o ea%h o these all the Dle!ents !eet together in the %o!position, yet every one o the! ollows, and rese!bles one o the Dle!ents, whi%h is !ost predo!inant. #or all Ftones are earthy, or they are naturally heavy, and des%end, and so hardened with dryness, that they %annot be !elted. &ut 9etals are waterish, and !ay be !elted, whi%h <aturalists %on ess, and Chy!ists H%he!istsI inde to be true, /i0) that they are generated o a vis%ous 2ater, or waterish argent vive. Plants have su%h an a inity with the Aire, that unless they be abroad in the open Aire, they do neither bud, nor in%rease. Fo also all Ani!als Ha/e in their Natures a most fier" force, And also spring from a elestiall source) And #ire is so naturall to the!, that that being e$tinguished they presently dye HdieI. And again every one o those "inds is distinguished within it sel by reason o degrees o the Dle!ents. #or a!ongst the Ftones they espe%ially are %alled earthy that are dar", and !ore heavyK and those waterish, whi%h are transparent, and are %o!pa%ted o water, as Crystall, &eryll, and Pearls in the shels HshellsI o #ishesC and they are %alled airy, whi%h swi! upon the 2ater, and are spongious HspongeousI, as the Ftones o a Fponge, the pu!i%e Ftone, and the Ftone FophusC and they are %alled iery, out o whi%h ire is e$tra%ted, or whi%h are resolved into #ire, or whi%h are produ%ed o #ireC as Thunderbolts, #ire-stones, and the Ftone Asbestus HasbestosI. Also a!ongst 9etals, Bead, and Filver are earthyK Lui%"silver is waterishC Copper, and Tin are airyC and :old, and 7ron are iery. 7n Plants also, the roots rese!ble the Darth, by reason o their thi%"nessC and the leaves, 2ater, be%ause o their 5ui%eC #lowers, the Aire, be%ause o their subtility, and the Feeds the #ire, by reason o their !ultiplying spirit. &esides, they are %alled so!e hot, wine %old, soni% !oist, so!e dry, borrowing their na!es ro! the 3uali ies o the Dle!ents. A!ongst Ani!als also, so!e are in %o!parison o others earthy, and dwell in the bowels o the Darth, as 2or!s and 9oles, and !any other s!all %reeping Aer!ineK others are watery, as #ishesK others airy, whi%h %annot live out o the

AireC others also are iery, living in the #ire, as Fala!anders, and Cri%"ets, su%h as are o a iery heat, as Pigeons, Dstri%hes Hostri%hesI, Bions, and su%h as the wise !an %als beasts breathing #ire. &esides, in Ani!als the &ones rese!ble the Darth, #lesh the Aire, the vital spirit the #ire, and the hu!ors the 2ater. And these hu!ors also parta"e o the Dle!ents, or yellow %holler H%holerI is instead o #ire, blood instead o Aire, #leg!e Hphleg!I instead o 2ater, and bla%" %holler H%holerI, or !elan%holy instead o Darth. And lastly, in the Foul it sel , a%%ording to Austin HAugustineI, the understanding rese!bles #ire, reason the Aire, i!agination the 2ater, and the senses the Darth. And these senses also are divided a!ongst the!selves by reason o the Dle!ents, or the sight is iery, neither %an it per%eive without #ire, and BightC the hearing is airy, or a sound is !ade by the stri"ing o the AireK The s!ell, and tast HtasteI rese!ble the 2ater, without the !oisture o whi%h there is neither s!ell, nor tast HtasteIK and lastly the eeling is wholly earthy, and ta"eth gross bodies or its ob5e%t. The a%tions also, and the operations o !an are governed by the Dle!ents. The Darth signi ies a slow, and ir! !otionK The water signi ies ear ulness, J sluggishness, and re!isseness in wor"ingC Aire signi ies %hear ulness H%heer ulnessI, and an a!iable dispositionC but #ire a ier%e, 3ui%" and angry disposition. The Dle!ents there ore are the irst o all things, and all things are o , and a%%ording to the!, and they are in all things, and di use their vertues through all things.

Chap. +iii. Ho6 the /le"ents are in the Hea+ens, in ,tars, in &i+els [$e+ils], in Angels, an$ lastl in 1o$ hi"self.
7t is the unani!ous %onsent o all Platonists, that as in the originall, and e$e!plary 2orld, all things are in allK so also in this %orporeal world, all things are in allK so also the Dle!ents are not only in these in erior bodies, but also in the Heavens, in Ftars, in =ivels HdevilsI, in Angels, and lastly in :od, the !a"er and originall e$a!ple o all things. <ow in these in eriour bodies the Dle!ents are a%%o!panied with !u%h gross !atterK but in the Heavens the Dle!ents are with their natures, and vertues, /i0) a ter a Celestiall, and !ore e$%ellent !anner, then in sublunary things. #or the ir!ness o the Celestiall Darth is there without the grossness o 2aterC and the agility o the Aire without running over its boundsK the heat o #ire without burning, only shining, and giving li e to all things by its heat. A!ongst the Ftars, also, so!e are iery, as Mars, and 2ol. airy, as (upiter, and Venus! watery, as 2aturn, and Mercur"! and earthy, su%h as inhabit the eighth 'rbe, and the 9oon (whi%h notwithstanding by !any is a%%ounted watery0 seeing, as i it were Darth, it attra%ts to it sel the Celestiall waters, with whi%h being i!bibed, it doth by reason o its neerness HnearnessI to us power HpourI out, and %o!!uni%ate to us. There are also a!ongst the signes, so!e iery, so!e earthy, so!e airy, so!e wateryC the Dle!ents rule the! also in the Heavens, distributing to the! these our three old %onsiderations ' every Dle!ent, /i0) the beginning, !iddle, and endC so Aries possesseth the beginning o #ire, Leo the progress, and in%rease, and 2agittarius the end. Taurus the beginning o the Darth, Virgo the progress, apricorn the end. #emini the beginning o the Aire, Libra the progress, A7uarius the end. ancer the beginning o 2ater, 2corpius HF%orpioI the !iddle, and Pisces the end. ' the !i$tions there ore o these Planets and Fignes, together with the Dle!ents are all bodies !ade. 9oreover =ivels HdevilsI also are upon this a%%ount distinguished the one ro! the other, so that so!e are %alled iery, so!e earthy, so!e airy, and so!e watery. Hen%e also those our 7n ernall 1ivers, iery

Phlegethon, airy oc"tus, watery 2t"x, earthy Acheron) Also in the :ospel we read o Hell #ire, and eternall #ire, into whi%h the Cursed shall be %o!!anded to goC and in the 1evelation we read o a Ba"e o #ire, and 'saiah spea"s o the da!ned, that the Bord will s!ite the! with %orrupt Aire. And in (ob, They shall s"ip ro! the 2aters o the Fnow to e$tre!ity o heat, and in the sa!e we read, That the Darth is dar", and %overed with the dar"ness o death, and !iserable dar"ness. 9oreover also these Dle!ents are pla%ed in the Angels in Heaven, and the blessed 7ntelligen%iesK there is in the! a stability o their essen%e, whi%h is an earthly vertue, in whi%h is the sted ast seat o :odK also their !er%y, and piety is a watery %leansing vertue. Hen%e by the Psalmist they are %alled 2aters, where he spea"ing o the Heavens, saith, 2ho rulest the 2aters that are higher then the Heavens HPs)*+.*KI also in the! their subtill HsubtleI breath is Aire, and their love is shining #ire. Hen%e they are %alled in F%ripture the 2ings o the 2indK and in another pla%e the Psalmist spea"s o the!, ,ho ma%est Angels th" 2pirits, and th" Ministers a flaming fire) Also a%%ording to orders o Angels, so!e are iery, as 2eraphin HFeraphi!I, and authorities, and powersK earthy as herubin HCherubi!IK watery as Thrones, and Ar%hangelsC airy as =o!inions, and Prin%ipalities. =o we not also read o the original !a"er o all things, that the earth shall he opened and bring orth a FaviourM 7s it not spo"en o the sa!e, that he shall be a ountain o living 2ater, %leansing and regeneratingM 7s not the sa!e Fpirit breathing the breath o li eK and the sa!e a%%ording to Moses, and Pauls testi!ony, A consuming *ire; That Dle!ents there ore are to be ound every where, and in all things a ter their !anner, no !an %an denyC #irst in these in eriour bodies e%ulent and gross, and in Celestials !ore pure, and %learK but in super%elestials living, and in all respe%ts blessed. Dle!ents there ore in the e$e!plary world are 'dea5s o things to be produ%ed, in 7ntelligen%ies are distributed powers, in Heavens are vertues, and in in eriour bodies gross or!s.

Chap. i9. )f the +ertues of things .aturall, $epen$ing i""e$iatl upon /le"ents.
' the naturall vertues o things, so!e are Dle!entary, as to heat, to %ool, to !oisten, to dryK and they are %alled operations, or irst 3ualities, and the se%ond a%tC or these 3ualities only do wholly %hange the whole substan%e, whi%h none o the other 3ualities %an do. And so!e are in things %o!pounded o Dle!ents, and these are !ore then irst 3ualities, and su%h are those that are !aturating, digesting, resolving, !olli ying, hardening, restringing, absterging, %orroding, burning, opening, evaporating, strengthening, !itigating, %onglutinating, obstru%ting, e$pelling, retaining, attra%ting, reper%ussing, stupi ying Hstupe yingI, bestowing, lubri ying, and !any !ore. Dle!entary 3ualities do !any things in a !i$t H!i$edI body, whi%h they %annot do in the Dle!ents the!selves. And these operations are %alled se%ondary 3ualities, be%ause they ollow the nature, and proportion o the !i$tion o the irst vertues, as largely it is treated o in Physi%" H9edi%alI &oo"s. As !aturation, whi%h is the operation o naturall heat, a%%ording to a %ertain proportion in the substan%e o the !atter. 7nduration is the operation o %oldK so also is %ongelation, and so o the rest. And these operations so!eti!es a%t upon a %ertain !e!ber, as su%h whi%h provo"e @rine, 9il", the 9enstrua, and they are %alled third 3ualities, whi%h ollow the se%ond, as the se%ond do the irst. A%%ording there ore to these irst, se%ond, and third 3ualities !any diseases are both

%ured, and %aused. 9any things also there are arti i%ially !ade, whi%h !en !u%h wonder atK as is #ire, whi%h burns 2ater, whi%h they %all the :ree" #ire, o whi%h Aristotle tea%heth !any %o!positions in his parti%ular Treatise o this sub5e%t. 7n li"e !anner there is !ade a #ire that is e$tinguished with 'yl HoilI, and is "indled with %old 2ater, when it is sprin"led upon itK and a #ire whi%h is "indled either with 1ain, 2ind, or the FunK and there is !ade a #ire, whi%h is %alled burning 2ater, the Con e%tion whereo is well "nown, and it %onsu!es nothing but it sel C and also there are !ade #ires that %annot be 3uen%hed, and in%o!bustible 'yles HoilsI, and perpetuall Ba!ps, whi%h %an be e$tinguished neither with 2ind, nor 2ater, nor any other wayK whi%h see!s utterly in%redible, but that there had been su%h a !ost a!ous Ba!p, whi%h on%e did shine in the Te!ple o Venus, in whi%h the stone Asbestos did burn, whi%h being on%e ired %an never be e$tinguished. Also on the %ontrary, 2ood, or any other %o!bustible !atter !ay be so ordered, that it %an re%eive no har! ro! the #ireK and there are !ade %ertain Con e%tions, with whi%h the hands being anointed, we !ay %arry red hot 7ron in the!, or put the! into !elted 9etall, or go with our whole bodies, being irst anointed therewith, into the #ire without any !anner o har!, and su%h li"e things as these !ay be done. There is also a "ind o la$, whi%h Plin" %alls Asbestum, the :ree"s %all , whi%h is not %onsu!ed by #ire, o whi%h Anaxilaus saith, that a Tree %o!passed about with it, !ay be %ut down with insensible blows, that %annot be heard.

Chap. 9. )f the )ccult 3ertues of things.

There are also other vertues in things, whi%h are not ro! any Dle!ent, as to e$pell poyson HpoisonI, to drive away the no$ious vapours o 9inerals, to attra%t 7ron, or any thing elseK and these vertues are a se3uell o the spe%ies, and or! o this or that thingK when%e also they being little in 3uantity, are o great e i%a%yK whi%h is not granted to any Dle!entary 3uality. #or these vertues having !u%h or!, and litle !atter, %an do very !u%hK but an Dle!entary vertue, be%ause it hath !ore !ateriality, re3uires !u%h !atter or its a%ting. And they are %alled o%%ult 3ualities, be%ause their Causes lie hid, and !ans intelle%t %annot in any way rea%h, and ind the! out. 2here ore Philosophers have attained to the greatest part o the! by long e$perien%e, rather then by the sear%h o reasonC or as in the Fto!a%" Hsto!a%hI the !eat is digested by heat, whi%h we "nowK so it is %hanged by a %ertain hidden vertue whi%h we "now notC or truly it is not %hanged by heat, be%ause then it should rather be %hanged by the #ire side, then in the Fto!a%" Hsto!a%hI. Fo there are in things, besides the Dle!entary 3ualities whi%h we "now, other %ertain i!bred vertues %reated by nature, whi%h we ad!ire, and are a!aEed at, being su%h as we "now not, and indeed seldo! or never have seen. As we read in O/id o the Phoenix, one only &ird, whi%h renews her sel . All $irds from others do deri/e their birth, $ut "et one *o1le there is in all the -arth, all5d b" th5 Ass"rians Phoeni$, 1ho the 1ain Of age, repairs, and so1s her self again)

And in another pla%e, >g"ptus came to see this 1ondrous sight! And this rare $ird is 1elcom5d 1ith delight) Bong sin%e Metreas H9atreasI brought a very great wonder!ent upon the :ree"s, and 1o!ans %on%erning hi!sel . He said that he nourished, and bred a beast that did devour it sel . Hen%e !any to this day are soli%itous, what this beast o Matreas should be. 2ho would not wonder that #ishes should be digged out o the Darth, o whi%h Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Pol"bius the Historian !a"es !entionM And those things whi%h Pausanius wrote %on%erning the singing FtonesM All these are e e%ts o o%%ult vertues. Fo the Dstri%h Hostri%hI %on%o%ts %old, and !ost hard 7ron, and digests it into nourish!ent or his bodyK whose Fto!a%" Hsto!a%hI they also report, %annot be hurt with red hot 7ron. Fo that little #ish %alled -cheneis doth so %urb the violen%e o the 2inds, and appease the rage o the Fea, that, let the Te!pests be never so i!perious, and raging, the Fails also bearing a ull :ale, it doth notwithstanding by its !eer tou%h stay the Fhips, and !a"es the! stand still, that by no !eans they %an be !oved. Fo 2alamanders, and Cri%"ets live in the #ireK although they see! so!eti!es to burn, yet they are not hurt. The li"e is said o a "ind o &itu!en, with whi%h the weapons o the Ama0ons were said to be s!eared over, by whi%h !eans they %ould be spoiled neither with Fword nor #ireK with whi%h also the :ates o aspia, !ade o &rass, are reported to be s!eared over by Alexander the great. 2e read also that Noah5s Ar" was 5oyned together with this &itu!en, and that it endured so!e thousands o years upon the 9ountains o Armenia) There are !any su%h "ind o wonder ull things, s%ar%e %redible, whi%h notwithstanding are "nown by e$perien%e. A!ongst whi%h Anti3uity !a"es !ention o Fatyrs, whi%h were Ani!als, in shape hal !en, and hal bruits HbrutesI, yet %apable o spee%h, and reasonK one whereo F. Hierome reporteth, spa"e on%e unto holy Antonius the Her!ite, and %onde!ned the errour o the :entiles, in worshipping su%h poor %reatures as they were, and desired hi! that he would pray unto the true :od or hi!K also he a ir!s that there was one o the! shewed openly alive, and a terwards sent to onstantine the D!perour.

Chap. 9i. Ho6 )ccult 3ertues are infuse$ into the se+erall kin$s of things # I$ea:s, through the help of the ,oul of the 0orl$, an$ ra es of the ,tars: an$ 6hat things a#oun$ "ost 6ith this 3ertue.
Platonists say that all in eriour bodies are e$e!pli ied by the superiour 'deas) <ow they de ine an 'dea to be a or!, above bodies, souls, !inds, and to be one, si!ple, pure, i!!utable, indivisible, in%orporeal, and eternallC and that the nature o all 'dea5s is the sa!e. <ow they pla%e 'dea5s in the irst pla%e in very goodness it sel (i)e)0 :od, by way o %auseK and that they are distinguished a!ongst the!selves by so!e relative %onsiderations only, least whatsoever is in the world, should be but one thing without any variety, and that they agree in essen%e, least :od should be a %o!pound substan%e. 7n the se%ond pla%e, they pla%e the! in the very intelligible it sel (i)e)0 in the Foul o the world, di ering the one ro! the other by absolute or!s, so that all the 'dea5s in :od indeed are

but one or!C but in the Foul o the world they are !any. They are pla%ed in the !inds o all other things, whether they be 5oyned to the body, or separated ro! the body, by a %ertain parti%ipation, and now by degrees are distinguished !ore, and !ore. They pla%e the! in nature, as %ertain s!all seed o or!s in used by the 'dea5s, and lastly they pla%e the! in !atter, as Fhadows. Hereunto !ay be added, that in the Foul o the world there be as !any Fe!inal #or!s o things, as 'dea5s in the !ind o :od, by whi%h or!s she did in the Heavens above the Ftars ra!e to her sel shapes also, and sta!ped upon all these so!e propertiesK on these Ftars there ore, shapes, and properties, all vertues o in eriour spe%ies, as also their properties do dependK so that every spe%ies hath its Celestiall shape, or igure that is sutable HsuitableI to it ro! whi%h also pro%eeds a wonder ull power o operating, whi%h proper gi t it re%eives ro! its own 'dea, through the Fe!inal or!s o the Foul o the world. #or 'dea5s are not only essential %auses o every spe%ies, but are also the %auses o every vertue, whi%h is in the spe%iesC and this is that whi%h !any Philosophers say, that the properties whi%h are in the nature o things (whi%h vertues indeed are the operations o the 'dea5s0 are !oved by %ertain vertues, /i0) su%h as have a %ertain, and sure oundation, not ortuitous, nor %asuall, but e i%a%ious, power ull, and su i%ient, doing nothing in vain. <ow these Aertues do not err in their a%tings, but by a%%ident, /i0) by reason o the i!purity, or ine3uality o the !atterC #or upon this a%%ount there are ound things o the sa!e spe%ies, !ore, or less power ul, a%%ording to the purity, or indisposition o the !atterK or all Celestial 7n luen%es !ay be hindred by the indisposition, and insu i%ien%y o the !atter. 2hen%e it was a Proverb a!ongst the Platonists, That Celestial Aertues were in used a%%ording to the desert o the !atterC 2hi%h also Virgil !a"es !ention o , when he sings, Their natures fier" are, and from abo/e, And from gross bodies freed, di/inel" mo/e) 2here ore those things in whi%h there is less o the 'dea o the !atter (i)e)0 su%h things whi%h have a greater rese!blan%e o things separated, have !ore power ull vertues in operation, being li"e to the operation o a separated 'dea) 2e see then that the situation, and igure o Celestials is the %ause o all those e$%ellent Aertues, that are in in eriour spe%ies.

Chap. 9ii. Ho6 it is that particular 3ertues are infuse$ into particular In$i+i$uals, e+en of the sa"e ,pecies.
There are also in !any 7ndividuals, or parti%ular things, pe%uliar gi ts, as wonder ull, as in the spe%ies, and these also are ro! the igure, and situation o Celestiall Ftars. #or every 7ndividuall, when it begins to be under a deter!ined Horos%ope, and Celestiall Constellation, Contra%ts together with its essen%e a %ertain wonder ull vertue both o doing, and su ering so!ething that is re!ar"able, even besides that whi%h it re%eives ro! its spe%ies, and this it doth partly by the in luen%e o the Heaven, and partly through that obedientialness o the !atter o things to be generated, to the Foul o the 2orld, whi%h obedientialness indeed is su%h as that o our bodies to our souls. #or we per%eive that there is this in us, that a%%ording to our %on%eptions o things, our bodies are !oved, and that %heer ully, as when we are a raid o , or ly ro! any thing. Fo !any ti!es when

the Celestiall souls %on%eive several things, then the !atter is !oved obedientially to itC Also in <ature there appear divers prodigies, by reason o the i!agination o superiour !otions. Fo also they %on%eive, J i!agine divers vertues, not only things naturall, but also so!eti!es things arti i%ial, and this espe%ially i the Foul o the operator be in%lined towards the sa!e. 2hen%e A/icen saith, that whatsoever things are done here, !ust have been be ore in the !otions, and %on%eptions o the Ftars, and 'rbes. Fo in things, various e e%ts, in%linations, and dispositions are o%%asioned not only ro! the !atter variously disposed, as !any suppose, but ro! a various in luen%e, and diverse or!K not truly with a spe%i i%al di eren%e, but pe%uliar, and proper. And the degrees o these are variously distributed by the irst Cause o all things, :od hi!sel , who being un%hangeable, distributes to every one as he pleaseth, with who! notwithstanding se%ond Causes, Angeli%al and Celestial, %ooperate, disposing o the Corporeal !atter, and other things that are %o!!itted to the!. All vertues there ore are in used by :od, through the Foul o the 2orld, yet by a parti%ular power o rese!blan%es, and intelligen%es over-ruling the!, and %on%ourse o the rayes, and aspe%ts o the Ftars in a %ertain pe%uliar har!onious %onsent.

Chap. 9iii. 0hence the )ccult 3ertues of things procee$.

7t is well "nown to all, that there is a Certain vertue in the Boadstone, by whi%h it attra%ts 7ron, and that the =ia!ond doth by its presen%e ta"e away that vertue o the BoadstoneC so also A!ber, and 5eat H5etI rubbed, and war!ed draw a straw to the!, and the Ftone Asbestus HasbestosI being on%e ired is never, or s%ar%e e$tinguishedC a Carbun%le shines in the dar", the Ftone Aetites put above the young ruit o 2o!en, or Plants, strengthens the!, but being put under, %auseth abortionK the Jasper sten%heth Hstaun%hethI bloodK the litle ish -cheneis stops the shipsC 1hubarb e$pels %holler H%holerIK the liver o the amelion HCha!eleonI burnt, raiseth showers, and thunders. The Ftone Heliotrope daEles HdaEElesI the sight, and !a"es hi! that wears it to be invisible, the Ftone Byu%urius ta"es away delusions ro! be ore the eyes, the per u!e o the Ftone Bypparis %als orth all the beasts, the Ftone Fyno%hitis brings up in ernal :hosts, the Ftone Ana%hitis !a"es the i!ages o the :ods appear. The Dnne%is put under the! that drea!, %auseth 'ra%les. There is an Hearb HherbI in >thiopia HDthiopiaI, with whi%h they report ponds, and la"es are dryed HdriedI up, and all things that are shut, to be openedK and we read o an Hearb HherbI %alled Bata%e whi%h the Persian >ings give to their D!bassadours, that whithersoever they shall %o!e, they shall abound with plenty o all things. There is also a 2c"thian Hearb HherbI, with whi%h being tasted, or at least held in the !outh, they report the 2c"thians will endure twelve dayes hunger, and thirstK and Apuleius saith, that he was taught by an 'ra%le that there were !any "inds o Hearbs HherbsI, and Ftones, with whi%h !en !ight prolong their lives or ever, but that it was not law ull or !en to understand the "nowledge o those things, be%ause, whereas they have but a short ti!e to live, they study !is%hie with all their !ight, and atte!pt all !anner o wi%"ednessK i they should be sure o a very long ti!e, they would not spare the :ods the!selves. &ut ro! when%e these vertues are, none o all these have shewed, who have set orth huge Aolu!es o the properties o things, not Hermes, not $ochus, not Aaron, not Orpheus,

not Theophrastus, not Thebith, not :enothemis, not :oroaster, not -/ax, not Dioscorides, not 'saaic% the Jew, not :acharias the &abilonian H&abylonianI, not Albertus, not Arnoldus. and yet all these have %on essed the sa!e, that :acharias writes to Mithridites, that great power, and hu!ane destinies are %ou%hed in the vertues o Ftones and Hearbs HherbsI. &ut to "now ro! when%e these %o!e, a higher spe%ulation is re3uired. Alexander the peripateti%"e not going any urther then his senses, and 3ualities, is o the opinion that these pro%eed ro! Dle!ents, and their 3ualities, whi%h haply !ight be supposed to be true, i those were o the sa!e spe%iesK but !any o the operations o the Ftones agree neither in genere, nor specie. There ore Plato, and his F%hollers Hs%holarsI attribute these vertues to 'dea5s, the or!ers o things. &ut A/icen redu%eth these "inds o operations to 7ntelligen%ies, Hermes to the Ftars, Albertus to the spe%i i%all or!s o things. And although these Authors see! to thwart one the other, yet none o the!, i they be rightly understood, goes beside the truthC sin%e all their sayings are the sa!e in e e%t in !ost things. #or :od in the irst pla%e is the end, and begining o all Aertues, he gives the seal o the 'dea5s to his servants the 7ntelligen%iesK who as aith ull o i%ers sign all things intrusted HentrustedI to the! with an 7deall Aertue, the Heavens, and Ftars, as instru!ents, disposing the !atter in the !ean while or the re%eiving o those or!s whi%h reside in =ivine 9a5esty (as saith Plato in Timeus0 and to be %onveyed by FtarsK and the :iver o or!s distributes the! by the 9inistry o his 7ntelligen%ies, whi%h he hath set as 1ulers, and Controllers over his 2or"s, to who! su%h a power is intrusted in things %o!!itted to the!, that so all Aertues o Ftones, Hearbs HherbsI, 9etals, and all other things !ay %o!e ro! the 7ntelligen%ies, the :overnours. The #or! there ore, and Aertue o things %o!es irst ro! the 'dea5s, then ro! the ruling, and governing 7ntelligen%ies, then ro! the aspe%ts o the Heavens disposing, and lastly ro! the te!pers o the Dle!ents disposed, answering the in luen%ies o the Heavens, by whi%h the Dle!ents the!selves are ordered, or disposed. These "inds o operations there ore are per or!ed in these in eriour things by e$press or!s, and in the Heavens by disposing vertues, in 7ntelligen%ies by !ediating rules, in the original Cause by 'dea5s, and e$e!plary or!s, all whi%h !ust o ne%essity agree in the e$e%ution o the e e%t, and vertue o every thing. There is there ore a wonder ull vertue, and operation in every Hearb HherbI and Ftone, but greater in a Ftar, beyond whi%h, even ro! the governing 7ntelligen%ies every thing re%eiveth, and obtains !any things or it sel , espe%ially ro! the Fuprea! Cause, with who! all things do !utually, and e$a%tly %orrespond, agreeing in an har!onious %onsent, as it were in Hy!nes, alwaies praising the highest 9a"er o all things, as by the three Children in the iery urna%e were all things %alled upon to praise :od with singings. &less ye the Bord all things that grow upon the Darth, and all things whi%h !ove in the 2aters, all owls o the Heavens, &easts, and Cattle, together with the sons o !en. There is there ore no other %ause o the ne%essity o e e%ts, then the %onne$ion H%onne%tionI o all things with the irst Cause, and their %orresponden%y with those =ivine patterns, and eternall 'dea5s, when%e every thing hath its deter!inate, and parti%ular pla%e in the e$e!plary world, ro! when%e it lives, and re%eives its originall beingK And every vertue o Hearbs HherbsI, Ftones, 9etals, Ani!als, 2ords, and Fpee%hes, and all things that are o :od, is pla%ed there. <ow the irst Cause, whi%h is :od, although he doth by 7ntelligen%ies, and the Heavens wor" upon these in eriour things, doth so!eti!es (these

Mediums being laid aside, or their o i%iating being suspended0 wor"s those things i!!ediatly by hi!sel , whi%h wor"s then are %alled 9ira%lesC &ut whereas se%ondary %auses, whi%h Plato, and others %all hand!aids, do by the Co!!and, and appoint!ent o the irst Cause, ne%essarily a%t, and are ne%essitated to produ%e their e e%ts, i :od shall notwithstanding a%%ording to his pleasure so dis%harge, and suspend the!, that they shall wholly desist ro! the ne%essity o that Co!!and, and appoint!entK then they are %alled the greatest 9ira%les o :od. Fo the ire in the Chaldeans urna%e did not burn the ChildrenC Fo also the Fun at the Co!!and o (oshua went ba%" ro! its %ourse the spa%e o one whole dayK so also at the prayer o He0e%iah it went ba%" ten degrees, or hours. Fo when Christ was Cru%i ied the Fun was dar"ened, though at ull 9oonC And the reasons these operations %an by no rationall dis%ourse, no 9agi%", or o%%ult, or pro ound F%ien%e whatsoever be ound out, or understood, but are to be learned, and in3uired into by =ivine 'ra%les only.

Chap. 9i+. )f the ,pirit of the 0orl$, 6hat it is, an$ ho6 # 6a of "e$iu" it unites occult 3ertues to their su#;ects.
Democritus and Orpheus, and !any Pythagorians having !ost diligently sear%hed into the vertues o Celestiall things, and natures o in erior things, said, That all things are ull o :od, and not without %auseC #or there is nothing o su%h trans%ending vertues, whi%h being destitute o =ivine assistan%e, is %ontent with the nature o it sel . Also they %alled those =ivine Powers whi%h are di used in things, :odsC whi%h :oroaster %alled =ivine allure!ents, 2"nesius Fy!boli%all inti%e!ents, others %alled the! Bives, and so!e also Fouls, saying, that the vertues o things did depend upon theseK be%ause it is the property o the Foul to be ro! one !atter e$tended into divers things, about whi%h it operatesC Fo is a !an, who e$tends his intelle%t unto intelligible things, and his i!agination unto i!aginable thingsK and this is that whi%h they understood, when they said, /i0) That the Foul o one thing went out, and went into another thing, altering it, and hindering the operations o itC As the =ia!ond hinders the operation o the Boadstone, that it %annot attra%t 7ron. <ow seeing the Foul is the irst thing that is !oveable, and as they say, is !oved o it sel K but the body, or the !atter is o it sel unable, and un it or !otion, and doth !u%h degenerate ro! the Foul, there ore they say there is need o a !ore e$%ellent Medium, /i0) Fu%h a one that !ay be as it were no body, but as it were a Foul, or as it were no Foul, but as it were a body, /i0) by whi%h the soul !ay be 5oyned to the body. <ow they %on%eive su%h a medium to be the spirit o the 2orld, /i0) that whi%h we %all the 3uintessen%eC be%ause it is not ro! the our Dle!ents, but a %ertain irst thing, having its being above, and besides the!. There is there ore su%h a "ind o spirit re3uired to be, as it were the medium, whereby Celestiall Fouls are 5oyned to gross bodies, and bestow upon the! wonder ull gi ts. This spirit is a ter the sa!e !anner in the body o the world, as ours is in the body o !an. #or as the powers o our soul are %o!!uni%ated to the !e!bers o the body by the spirit, so also the Aertue o the Foul o the 2orld is di used through all things by the 3uintessen%eC #or there is nothing ound in the whole world, that hath not a spar" o the Aertue thereo . Yet it is !ore, nay !ost o all in used into those things whi%h have re%eived, or ta"en in !ost o this spiritC <ow this spirit is re%eived or ta"en in by the rayes o the Ftars, so ar orth as things render the!selves %on or!able to the!. &y this spirit there ore every o%%ult property is %onveyed into Hearbs HherbsI,

Ftones, 9etals, and Ani!als, through the Fun, 9oon, Planets, and through Ftars higher then the Planets. <ow this spirit !ay be !ore advantageous to us, i any one "new how to separate it ro! the Dle!entsC or at least to use those things %hie ly, whi%h do !ost abound with this spirit. #or these things, in whi%h this spirit is less drowned in a body, and less %he%"ed by !atter, do !ore power ully, and per e%tly a%t, and also !ore readily generate their li"eC or in it are all generative, J se!inary Aertues. #or whi%h %ause the Alch"mists Hal%he!istsI endeavour to separate this spirit ro! :old, and FilverK whi%h being rightly separated, and e$tra%ted, i thou shalt a terward pro5e%t upon any !atter o the sa!e "ind (i)e)0 any 9etall, presently will turn it into :old, or Filver. And we "now how to do that, and have seen it doneC but we %ould !a"e no !ore :old, then the weight o that was, out o whi%h we e$tra%ted the spirit. #or seeing that is an e$tense or!, and not intense, it %annot beyond its own bounds %hange and i!per e%t body into a per e%tC whi%h 7 deny not, but !ay be done by another way.

Chap. 9+. Ho6 6e "ust fin$ out, an$ e9a"ine the 3ertues of things # 6a of si"ilitu$e.
7t is now !ani est that the o%%ult properties in things are not ro! the nature o the Dle!ents, but in used ro! above, hid ro! our senses, and s%ar%e at last "nown by our reason, whi%h indeed %o!e ro! the Bi e, and the Fpirit o the 2orld, through the rayes o the FtarsC and %an no otherwise but by e$perien%e, and %on5e%ture be en3uired into by us. 2here ore, he that desires to enter upon this study !ust %onsider, that every thing !oves, and turns it sel to its li"e, and in%lines that to it sel with all its !ight, as well in property, /i0) '%%ult vertue, as in 3uality, /i0) Dle!entary vertue. Fo!eti!es also in substan%e it sel , as we see in Falt, or whatsoever hath long stood with Falt, be%o!es FaltC or every agent, when it hath begun to a%t, doth not atte!pt to !a"e a thing in eriour to it sel , but as !u%h as !ay be, li"e, and sutable HsuitableI to it sel . 2hi%h also we !ani estly see in sensible Ani!als, in whi%h the nutritive Aertue doth not %hange the !eat into an Hearb HherbI, or a Plant, but turns it into sensible lesh. 7n what things there ore there is an e$%ess o any 3uality, or property, as heat, %old, boldness, ear, sadness, anger, love, hatred, or any other passion, or AertueK whether it be in the! by nature, or so!eti!es also by art, or %han%e, as boldness in a harlotK these things do very !u%h !ove, and provo"e to su%h a 3uality, passion, or Aertue. Fo #ire !oves to #ire, and 2ater !oves to 2ater, and be that is bold !oves to boldness. And it is well "nown a!ongst Physitians Hphysi%iansI, that brain helps the brain, and lungs, the lungs. Fo also it is said, that the right eye o a #rog helps the soreness o a !ans right eye, and the le t eye thereo helps the soreness o his le t eye, i they be hanged about his ne%" in a Cloth o its naturall ColourC The li"e is reported o the eyes o a Crab. Fo the oot o a Tortoise helps the! that have the :out in their being applyed thus, as oot to oot, hand to hand, right to right, le t to le t. A ter this !anner they say, that any Ani!all that is barren %auseth another to be barrenK and o the Ani!all, espe%ially the Testi%les, 9atri$ Hwo!bI, or @rin HurineI. Fo they report that a wo!an shall not %on%eive, i she drin" every !oneth o the @rin HurineI o a 9ule, or any thing steeped in it. 7 there ore we would obtain any property or Aertue, let us see" or su%h Ani!als, or su%h other things whatsoever, in whi%h su%h a property is in

a !ore e!inent !anner then in any other thing, and in these let us ta"e that part in whi%h su%h a property, or Aertue is !ost vigorousC as i at any ti!e we would pro!ote love, let us see" so!e Ani!all whi%h is !ost loving, o whi%h "ind are Pigeons, Turtles, Fparrows, Fwallows, 2agtailesC and in these ta"e those !e!bers, or parts, in whi%h the Aenerall Hvenereal, i.e. se$ualI appetite is !ost vigorous, su%h as the heart, testi%les, !atri$ Hwo!bI, yard HpenisI, sper!e, and !enstrues. And it !ust be done at that ti!e when these Ani!als have this a e%tion !ost intenseC or then they do provo"e, and draw love. 7n li"e !anner to in%rease boldness, let us loo" or a Byon HlionI, or a Co%", and o these let us ta"e the heart, eyes, or orehead. And so we !ust understand that whi%h Psellus the Platonist saith, /i0) that =ogs, Crows, and Co%"s %ondu%e !u%h to wat%h ulnessC also the <ightingale, and &at, and horn 'wle Hhorned owlI, and in these the heart, head, and eyes espe%ially. There ore it is said, i any shall %arry the heart o a Crow, or a &at about hi!, he shall not sleep till he %ast it away ro! hi!. The sa!e doth the head o a &at dryed HdriedI, and bound to the right ar!e o hi! that is awa"e, or i it be put upon hi! when he is asleep, it is said, that he shall not be awa"ed till it be ta"en o ro! hi!. A ter the sa!e !anner doth a #rog, and an 'wle !a"e one tal"ative and o these spe%ially the tongue, and heartK Fo the tongue also o a 2ater- rog laid under the head, !a"es a !an spea" in his sleep, and the heart o a s%ri%h-'wle Hs%ree%h-owlI laid upon the le t breast o a wo!an that is asleep is said to !a"e her utter all her se%rets. The sa!e also the heart o the horn 'wle Hhorned owlI is said to do, also the sewet HsuetI o a Hare laid upon the breast o one that is asleep. @pon the sa!e a%%ount do Ani!als that are long lived, %ondu%e to long li eK and whatsoever things have a power in the!selves, to renew the!selves, %ondu%e to the renovation o our body, and restoring o youth, whi%h Physitians Hphysi%iansI have o ten pro essed they "now to be trueK as is !ani est o the Aiper, and Fna"e. And it is "nown that Harts renew their old age by the eating o Fna"es. A ter the sa!e !anner the Phoeni$ is renewed by a ire whi%h she !a"es or her sel K and the li"e vertue there is in a Pelli%an Hpeli%anI, whose right oot being put under war! dung, a ter three !oneths H!onthsI there is o that generated a Pelli%an Hpeli%anI. There ore so!e Physitians Hphysi%iansI by so!e %ertain %on e%tions !ade o Aipers, and Hellebor HhelleboreI, and the lesh o so!e su%h "ind o Ani!als do restore youth, and indeed do so!eti!es restore it so, as Medea restored old Pileas) 7t is also believed that the blood o a &ear, i it be su%"ed out o her wound, doth in%rease strength o body, be%ause that Ani!all is the strongest %reature.

Chap. 9+i. Ho6 the operations of se+eral 3ertues pass fro" one thing into another, an$ are co""unicate$ one to the other.
Thou !ust "now, that so great is the power o naturall things, that they not only wor" upon all things that are neer the!, by their Aertue, but also besides this, they in use into the! a li"e power, through whi%h by the sa!e Aertue they also wor" upon other things, as we see in the Boadstone, whi%h Ftone indeed doth not only draw 7ron 1ings, but also in useth a Aertue into the 1ings the!selves, whereby they %an do the sa!e, whi%h Austin HAugustineI and Albertus H9agnusI say they saw. A ter this !anner it is, as they say, that a %o!!on harlot, grounded in boldness, and i!puden%e doth in e%t all that are neer her, by this property, whereby they are !ade li"e her sel . There ore they say that i any one shall put on the inward gar!ent o an Harlot, or shall have about hi! that loo"ing glass,

whi%h she daily loo"s into, he shall thereby be%o!e bold, %on ident, i!pudent, and wanton. 7n li"e !anner they say, that a %loth that was about a dead Corpse hath re%eived ro! then%e the property o sadness, and !elan%holyK and that the halter wherewith a !an was hanged hath %ertain wonder ull properties. The li"e story tels Plin", i any shall put a green BiEard !ade blind, together with 7ron, or :old 1ings into a glass-vessel, putting under the! so!e earth, and then shutting the vessel, and when it appears that the BiEard hath re%eived his sight, shall put hi! out o the glass, that those 1ings shall help sore eyes. The sa!e !ay be done with 1ings, and a 2eesel HweaselI, whose eyes a ter they are with any "ind o pri%" put out, it is %ertain are restored to sight again. @pon the sa!e a%%ount 1ings are put or a %ertain ti!e in the nest o Fparrows, or Fwallows, whi%h a terwards are used to pro%ure love, and avor.

Chap. 9+ii. Ho6 # en"it an$ frien$ship the +ertues of things are to #e tr e$, an$ foun$ out.
7n the ne$t pla%e it is re3uisite that we %onsider that all things have a riendliness, and en!ity a!ongst the!selves, and every thing hath so!ething that it ears J dreads, that is an ene!y, and destru%tive to itK and on the %ontrary so!ething that it re5oy%eth, and delighteth in, and is strengthened by. Fo in the Dle!ents, #ire is an ene!y to 2ater, and Aire to Darth, but yet they agree a!ongst the!selves. And again, in Celestiall bodies, Mercur", (upiter, the 2un, and Moon are riends to 2aturn. Mars, and Venus ene!ies to hi!, all the Planets besides Mars are riends to (upiter, also all besides Venus hate Mars. (upiter, and Venus love the 2un, Mars, Mercur", and the Moon are ene!ies to hi!, all besides 2aturne love Venus. (upiter, Venus, and 2aturne are riends to Mercur", the 2un, Moon, and Mars his ene!ies. (upiter, Venus, 2aturne are riends to the Moon, Mars, and Mercur" her ene!ies. There is another "ind o en!ity a!ongst the Ftars, /i0) when they have opposite housesK as 2aturne to the Fun and 9oon, (upiter to Mercur", Mars to Venus) And their en!ity is stronger, whose e$altations are oppositeC as o 2aturne, and the FunK o (upiter, and Mars. o Venus, and Mercur") &ut their riendship is the strongest, who agree in nature, 3uality, substan%e, and powerK as Mars with the Fun, as Venus with the 9oon, as (upiter with Venus, as also their riendship whose e$altation is in the house o another, as that o 2aturne with Venus, o (upiter with the 9oon, o Mars with 2aturn, o the Fun with Mars, o Venus with (upiter, o the 9oon with Venus) And o what sort the riendships, and en!ities o the superiours be, su%h are the in%linations o things sub5e%ted to the! in these in eriour. These dispositions there ore o riendship, and en!ity are nothing else but %ertain in%linations o things o the one to another, desiring su%h, and su%h a thing i it be absent, and to !ove towards it, unless it be hindered, and to a%3uiess Ha%3uies%eI in it when it is obtained, shunning the %ontrary, and dreading the approa%h o it, and not resting in, or being %ontented with it. Heraclitus there ore being guided by this opinion, pro essed that all things were !ade by en!ity J riendship. <ow the in%linations o #riendship are su%h in Aegetables and 9inerals, as is that attra%tive in%lination, whi%h the Boadstone hath upon 7ron, and the D!rald He!eraldI upon ri%hes, and avourK the Jasper upon the birth o any thing, and the Ftone A%hates upon Dlo3uen%eK 7n li"e !anner there is a "ind o &itu!inous Clay that draws #ire, and leaps into it, wheresoever it sees itC Dven so doth the root o the Hearb HherbI Apro$is draw #ire ro! a ar o . Also the sa!e in%lination there is betwi$t the !ale pal!e, and e!aleC

whereo when the bough o one shall tou%h the bough o the other, they old the!selves into !utual e!bra%es, neither doth the e!ale bring orth ruit without the !ale. And the Al!ond tree, when she is alone is less ruit ull. The Aines love the Dl!e, and the 'livetree, and !yrtle love one the otherC also the 'live-tree, and #ig tree. <ow in Ani!als there is a!ity betwi$t the &la%"bird, and Thrush, betwi$t the Crow, and Heron, betwi$t Pea%o%"s, and Pigeons, Turtles, and Parrats HparrotsI. 2hen%e 2appho writes to Phaon) To $irds unli%e oftimes ?o"ned are 1hite Do/es. Also the $ird that5s green, blac% Turtle lo/es) Again, the 2hale, and the little #ish his guide are riendly. <either is this a!ity in Ani!als a!ongst the!selves, but also with other things, as with 9etals, Ftones, and Aegetables, so the Cat delights in the Hearb HherbI <ip H%atnipI, by rubbing her sel upon whi%h she is said to %on%eive without a !aleK and there be 9ares in appadocia, that e$pose the!selves to the blast o the wind, and by the attra%tion thereo %on%eive. Fo #rogs, Toads, Fna"es, and all !anner o %reeping poisonous things delight in the Plant %alled Pas- lower, o who!, as the Physitians Hphysi%iansI say, i any one eat, he shall dye HdieI with laughing. The Tortoise also when he is hunted by the Adder, eats 'riganu! HoriganoI, and is thereby strengthenedC and the Ftor", when he hath eat Fna"es, see"s or a re!edy in 'riganu! HoriganoIC and the 2eesell HweaselI, when he goes to ight with the &asilis", eats 1ue, when%e we %o!e to "now that 'riganu! HoriganoI, and 1ue are e e%tuall against poison. Fo in so!e Ani!als there is an i!bred s"il, and !edi%inall artK or when the Toad is wounded with a bite or poison o another Ani!all, he is wont to go to 1ue, or Fage, and 1ub the pla%e wounded, and so es%apes the danger o the poison. Fo !en have learned !any e$%ellent re!edies o diseases, J vertues o things ro! bruits HbrutesIK Fo Fwallows have shewed us that Fallendine is very !edi%inable or the sight, with whi%h they %ure the eyes o their young, and the pye when she is si%", puts a &ay-lea e into her nest, and is re%overed. 7n li"e !aner, Cranes, =awes H5a%"dawsI, Partriges HpartridgesI, &la%"birds purge their nauseous sto!a%"s Hsto!a%hsI with the sa!e, with whi%h also Crows allay the poison o the Cha!eleonK and the Byon HlionI, i he be eavorish H everishI, is re%overed by eating o an Ape. The Bapwing being sur etted Hsur eitedI with eating o :rapes, %ures hi!sel with FouthernwoodK so the Harts have taught us that the Hearb HherbI =itany is very good to draw out =artsK or they being wounded with an Arrow, %ast it out by eating o this Hearb HherbIC the sa!e do :oats in Candy. Fo Hinds, a little be ore they bring orth, purge the!selves with a %ertain Hearb HherbI %alled 9ountain 'sier. Also they that are hurt with Fpiders, see" a re!edy by eating o CrabsC Fwine also being hurt by Fna"es %ure the!selves by eating o the!K and Crows when they per%eive they are poisoned with a "inde o #ren%h poison, see" or %ure in the 'a"eK Dlephants, when they have swallowed a Cha!eleon help the!selves with the wild olive. &ears being hurt with 9andra"es, es%ape the danger by eating o Pis!ires HantsI. :eese, =u%"s, and su%h li"e watery owle, %ure the!selves with the Hearb HherbI %alled will-sage. Pigeons, Turtles, Hens, with the Hearb HherbI %alled Pellitory o the wall. Cranes with &ull-rushes HbulrushesI. Beopards %ure the!selves, being hurt, with the HDarb HherbI %alled 2ol es-bane, by !ans dungC &oars with 7vy, Hinds with the Hearb HherbI %alled Cinnara.