1753 - Paracelsian Medicine w/ Mummy, Magnets and Natural Sympathy
Andreas Tentzel was a physician, scholar and alchemist who flourished around 1625 and wrote several works in a Paracelsan vein. He was the town physician of Nordhausen and the personal physician of Count von Schwartzburg, whose grandfather, Günther XL, was known as “Günther with the fat mouth.” This volume contains Tentzel’s ‘abstraction’ and elucidation of Paracelsus’ Medicina Diastatica, which explains how a ‘sympathetic mummy’ is the key to many mysterious and hidden secrets in philosophy and physics and can even be helpful for menstrual problems. Tenzel also writes on the magnetic cure of diseases at a distance. He explains how the ape and snake (natural enemies) can be reconciled and provides various magical recipes for healing. The volume concludes with Tentzel’s treatise on both love magic and hate magic(!). It’s a wonderful example of 17th century Paracelsan philosophy and alchemy applied to various practical problems. Plus, it contains a magical sigil.
1753. Andreae Tenzelii. Medicinisch-philosophisch- Und Sympathetische Schriften (Medical-Philosophical and Sympathetic Writings). Leipzig: German language. Published by Johann Gottlieb Bierling. Fully bound in boards w/mottled design. Tight binding and solid boards. Little shelf wear. Mostly without notes or markings. Sigil illustration on p. 217. Very slight bumping to corners. Minor toning. Library marking (stamp) from Humboldt University on title page and following blank page along with some marking in blue ink. Previous date stamp on final blank page. An octavo volume in pristine condition.
Andreas Tentzel was a physician, scholar and alchemist who flourished around 1625 and wrote several works in a Paracelsan vein. He was the town physician of Nordhausen and the personal physician of Count von Schwartzburg, whose grandfather, Günther XL, was known as “Günther with the fat mouth.” This volume contains Tentzel’s ‘abstraction’ and elucidation of Paracelsus’ Medicina Diastatica, which explains how a ‘sympathetic mummy’ is the key to many mysterious and hidden secrets in philosophy and physics and can even be helpful for menstrual problems. Tenzel also writes on the magnetic cure of diseases at a distance. He explains how the ape and snake (natural enemies) can be reconciled and provides various magical recipes for healing. The volume concludes with Tentzel’s treatise on both love magic and hate magic(!). It’s a wonderful example of 17th century Paracelsan philosophy and alchemy applied to various practical problems. Plus, it contains a magical sigil.
1753. Andreae Tenzelii. Medicinisch-philosophisch- Und Sympathetische Schriften (Medical-Philosophical and Sympathetic Writings). Leipzig: German language. Published by Johann Gottlieb Bierling. Fully bound in boards w/mottled design. Tight binding and solid boards. Little shelf wear. Mostly without notes or markings. Sigil illustration on p. 217. Very slight bumping to corners. Minor toning. Library marking (stamp) from Humboldt University on title page and following blank page along with some marking in blue ink. Previous date stamp on final blank page. An octavo volume in pristine condition.
Andreas Tentzel was a physician, scholar and alchemist who flourished around 1625 and wrote several works in a Paracelsan vein. He was the town physician of Nordhausen and the personal physician of Count von Schwartzburg, whose grandfather, Günther XL, was known as “Günther with the fat mouth.” This volume contains Tentzel’s ‘abstraction’ and elucidation of Paracelsus’ Medicina Diastatica, which explains how a ‘sympathetic mummy’ is the key to many mysterious and hidden secrets in philosophy and physics and can even be helpful for menstrual problems. Tenzel also writes on the magnetic cure of diseases at a distance. He explains how the ape and snake (natural enemies) can be reconciled and provides various magical recipes for healing. The volume concludes with Tentzel’s treatise on both love magic and hate magic(!). It’s a wonderful example of 17th century Paracelsan philosophy and alchemy applied to various practical problems. Plus, it contains a magical sigil.
1753. Andreae Tenzelii. Medicinisch-philosophisch- Und Sympathetische Schriften (Medical-Philosophical and Sympathetic Writings). Leipzig: German language. Published by Johann Gottlieb Bierling. Fully bound in boards w/mottled design. Tight binding and solid boards. Little shelf wear. Mostly without notes or markings. Sigil illustration on p. 217. Very slight bumping to corners. Minor toning. Library marking (stamp) from Humboldt University on title page and following blank page along with some marking in blue ink. Previous date stamp on final blank page. An octavo volume in pristine condition.