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A76997	Paracelsvs Of the supreme mysteries of nature. Of [brace] the spirits of the planets. Occult philosophy. The magical, sympathetical, and antipathetical cure of wounds and diseases. The mysteries of the twelve signs of the zodiack. / Englished by R. Turner, philomathēs.	Paracelsus, 1493-1541.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665.	1655 (1655)	Wing B3544; Thomason E1567_2; ESTC R209187	70,843	175

in the new Moon again Afterwards under the Conjunction of ♄ and the ☽ write the words and signs following If you six this upon the Wall of an House and draw a Circle round about it with Chalk about the compass of a round Table all Flyes that are thereabouts will enter within the Circle and there remain until you take the Steel away and then they will flie away vexing men as at first FINIS An Election of time to be observed in the transmutation of Metals IF at any time you shall desire to transmute and change any Metal into another kinde as Gold into Silver or rather Silver into Gold or any other Metal it is necessary that you learn to elect a fit time for that purpose out of the Table following whereby you shall easily sooner and without danger bring your Work to your desired end A Table shewing the fit time when to transmute Metals To change into ☉ ☽ Begin when the Moon is in the sixth Degree of ♋ Alwayes begin in the hour of that Planet whose Metal you would change ☽   ♉ ♀ ♂ ♈ ♂ ♃ ♓ ♃ ♄ ♒ ♄ ☿ ♍ ☿ ♄ ☉ Twenty Degrees of ♌   ☉ ☽ ♋   ☽ ♂ ♏   ♂ ♀ ♉   ♀ ♃ ♓   ♃ ☿ ♍   ☿ ☿ ☉ First Degree of ♌   ☉ ☽ ♋   ☽ ♀ ♉   ♀ ♂ ♏   ♂ ♃ ♓   ♃ ♄ ♒   ♄ ☽ ☉ In twelve Degrees of ♌   ☉ ♀ ♎   ♀ ♂ ♏   ♂ ♃ ♐   ♃ ♄ ♒   ♄ ☿ ♊   ☿ ♀ ☉ Ninth Degree of ♌ In the Hour of ☉ ☽ ♋ ☽ ♂ ♈ ♂ ♄ ♓ ♃ ♃ ♒ ♄ ☿ ♊ ☿ ♂ ☉ Eighteenth Degree of ♌ The Hour of ☉ ☽ ♋ ☽ ♀ ♉ ♀ ♃ ♐ ♃ ♄ ♑ ♄ ☿ ♍ ☿ ♃ ☉ The third Degree of ♌ Hour of ☉ ☽ ♋ ☽ ♀ ♎ ♀ ♂ ♏ ♂ ♄ ♒ ♄ ☿ ♍ ☿ Take this one Example only and so work by the rest as if you would change Luna into Sol begin when the Moon is in six Degrees of Cancer in the Hour of the Moon and so observe of the rest according to this Table for the observation of the time is not to be held of a vain account in the transmutation of Metals for all negotiations and actions in this world are most happily brought to perfection which are begun with due respect to the Course and influences of the Celestial Bodies for our mortal Bodies are ruled according to the operations of the superiour Bodies of the Firmament and they are ordained for that purpose by Almighty God the Creator and do bring unto us both health sickness infirmities and health again and in like manner the times are to be noted and duly observed in Medicinal Operations that their virtues may work the more powerful effects FINIS Reader these Books following are printed by Nath. Brooke and are to be sold at his shop at the Angel in Cornhil THat excellent piece of Physiognomy and Chiromancy Metoposcopie the Symmetrical Proportions and signal Moles of the Body the subject of Dreams to which is added The Art of Memory By Ri. Sanders Fol. Chiromancy or the Art of divining by the Lines ingraven in the hand of Man by Dame Nature in 19 Genitures with a learned Discourse of the Soul of the World By Geo. Wharton Esq Fons Lachrymarum or a Fountain of Tears with an Elegy upon Sir Ch. Lucas By J. Quarls 8. Historical Relation of the first planting of the English in New England in the yeer 1628. to the yeer 1653. and all the material passages happening there Exactly performed That compleat piece called The exact Surveyor of Land shewing how to plot all manner of Grounds and to reduce and divide the same Also Irish Measure reduced to English Statute-Measure useful for all that either sell or purchase By J. E. Milk for Children or a plain and easie Method teaching to Read and to Write with brief Rules for School-Masters to instruct their Scholars in and Masters to instruct their Families in By Dr. Thomas Culpepers Physical and Chyrurgical Remains of his own admired experience never published before now by his Wife being his last Legacies Culpepers Semiotica or his Astrological Judgement of Diseases much enlarged from the discumbiture of the sick which way to finde out the cause change and end of the Disease Also whether the sick be likely to live or die with the signs of life and death by the body of the sick party according to the Judgememt of Hippocrates With a Treatise of Urines by N. Culp Cornelius Agrippa his fourth Book of Occult Philosophy or Geomancy Magical Elements of Peter de Abano the Nature of Spirits made English by R. Turner The Queens Closet opened Incomparable secrets in Physick Chyrurgery preserving candying and cooking as they were presented to the Queen transcribed from the true Copies of her Majesties own Receipt-Books By W. M. one of her late Servants The Conveyancers Light or the Compleat Clerk Scriveners Guide being an exact draught of all Presidents and Assurances now in use By divers learned Judges eminent Lawyers and great Conveyancers both ancient and modern whereunto is added a Concordance from K. Rich. 3. to this present A Satyr against Hypocrites Wits Interpreter the English Parnassus or a sure Guide to those admirable Accomplishments that compleat our English Gentry in the most acceptable qualifications of Discourse or Writing Also the whole Mystery of those pleasing Witchcrafts of Eloquence and Love are made easie in the Art of Reasoning Theatre of Courtship Labyrinth of Fancies Love-Songs Drollery The perfect Inditer of Letters A la mode By J.C. FINIS

Prophets From whence had the Prophets their wisdome and knowledge and from whence were those Mysteries of God revealed unto them by which they had those Spiritual and supernatural visions in dreams It is necessary therefore in the first place to the finde out the true foundation thereof and to lay the same upon the right stone which is the word of God and his promises and to pray daily unto God whereby it shall come to pass that he will give us all things which he hath promised in his word There is also another vision belonging to dreams which we may take from them that are dead and do appear spiritually unto us in dre●ms although they have been dead fifty or 〈◊〉 hundred years this is very much to be taken ●…to consideration for many have undertaken 〈◊〉 treat thereof which for their too much pro●…ity which we endeavour to avoid we will pass them by reserving them to their place Nevertheless this I will declare viz. Where it happeneth that one of these Ghosts do appeare it is most necessary diligently to note and marke what he sheweth unto us what he speaketh with us about or doth spiritually Negotiate and not always to account thereof as fables For if it were possible for a man to retaine the same reason sleeping which he hath waking that he could aske and enquire of such a Spirit he should know the truth from him about all his desires whatsoever But it 's not needful to speake any more largely in this place concerning this thing Of Persons and Spirits wandring under the Earth UNder the Earth do wander half-men which possess all temporal things which they want or are delighted with they are Vulgarly called Gnomi or Inhabiters of the Mountains but by their proper name they are called Sylphes or Pigmies They are not Spirits as others are but are compared unto them for the Similitude of their Arts and Industry which are common to them with the Spirits they have flesh and blood as men which no real Spirit hath as Christ spoke unto his Disciples when he came amongst them when the doores were shut and they were affraid saying Feele me and touch me for a Spirit hath not flesh and blood nor bones as I have By this he himself hath taught us that a Spirit hath no true body that can be touched nor bones nor flesh nor blood but existeth in its own essence of winde or Aire But of this we have briefly spoken enough But to return to the earthly Pigmies or halfe-men we are to know that these are not to be reputed Spirits but like to Spirits but if they are or shall be called Spirits they ought to be called earthly Spirits because they have their Chaos and habitation under the earth and not in the winde and Aire as the other Spirits have Many terrene earthly Spirits are found seen and heard to be in such places wherein great treasures and mighty store of wealth and Riches are hid and also under those Mountains where there is plenty of Gold and Silver with which things they are delighted and do take the care and custody thereof and not willingly do they part from it Such as digge Metals have the best knowledge of these Spirits for they are most troubled with them and do vexe them and much persecute them with blowes and stripes somtimes also they do afford benefits unto them admonishing them and warning them of death as when they are heard once twice thrice or oftener to Knock and strike in the same place it signifies the death of him that diggeth or laboureth in that place either he is buryed up by the fall of the Mountain or dyeth by some such occasion this is certainly experienced by them that do digge in Mines These Spirits are worst against those who do not appear to be Devils and chiefly against those which they hate but between these Spirits and the Devil there is a great difference because he dyeth not but these perish after they have lived a long life otherwise they might be called Spirits for this reason but that which hath flesh and blood is obnoxious to death and ought once to die There is another thing which we shall more largely declare from the common proverb whereby it is reported that the Devil aboundeth in Riches and possesseth much wealth money gold and silver and to have all treasures hidden in the earth under his power and to give out of them what he will to them that make any Covenant with him And from hence that common saying tooke its beginning that the Devil for this very cause giveth not onely Riches plentifully and every thing that he desireth gold or silver to any one that prescribeth himself unto him giveth up himself solely to be his so as to renounce and forget his Creator But I say that all these things are lyes and fained fables without any foundation or ground which ought to be rejected of every discreet and wise man For the devil is the poorest of all creatures so that there is no creature so miserable poore above or under the earth or in all the other Elements Neither hath he any money nor Riches nor any power over them how then can he give to this or that person that which he possesseth not But he is infinitely skilful and cunning in Arts and hath power to give and to teach them to those he favoreth and that he can wrest away and delude with his deceit he hath no money neither gold nor silver can he give to any one neither doth he ever take or require any bonds or obligations from men sealed with their blood or any other compact or Covenant But there are other Spirits which do such things such as are the Sylphes or Pygmies which although they are persons that are little by nature yet they can appear to men as they will great or little faire deformed rich or poore they are not defective nor wanting of knowledge in all kinde of Arts that are or can be found out in all the light of nature but they have them and contain the knowledge of them all within themselves they have enough of gold and silver and the mines of all Metals under their power and custody In old times many of them have been found and heard amongst men but now they cease but no man hitherto hath known or could give a reason of their severing and separation seeing they have alwayes been esteemed to be Immortal creatures because no man could certainly be able to know or finde out their death or could consider any cause of their absence neither could any man for a long time be able to know what they now are or whence they proceeded or whither they wander or what gift or office they have Many do suppose that where they bring any benefits or good to men that they are Angels or good and familiar Spirits sent to those men from God and are afterwards by him taken from them by

reason of the greatness of their sins for oftentimes they bring to men very many good offices and benefits and do undertake and sustaine many hard labours for them Others believe that they will not be seen by us because that when a man seeth them he cryeth out so that they vanish away and will not appear any more Many that do see or hear these Spirits suppose that they are the Spirits and soules of men that have come to an evil death so that they have either desperately drowned or hanged themselves or killed themselves some other wayes and departing from God their Saviour have given themselves to the devil and for that cause do wander about and are reserved by the devil unto the day of the last Judgement There have been some who have supposed that they are vaine Phantasies and that they have fore-shown and presaged much good fortune to those places wherein they have been seen or heard which many times also hath so happened and come to pass but for the most part faith effecteth it for of their own nature they do not bring any fortune unless God compelleth them or our faith And on the contrary they are not able to cause any misfortune unless it be by the permission of God And many do thinke that they are the Inchantments of the Magicians There are others who having seen and heard them about treasures have judged that they are the Spirits of men who have hid treasures in that place and ought to remain there until the the Last Judgement or untill their custody thereof is found out and this opinion they receive from the words of Christ where he saith Where your treasure is there will your hearts be also But I do not see any reason why they should understand the heart for the Spirit but that there is much difference between them wherefore I say that all the Judgements which are spoken of before are but false opinions when as these are to be understood to be halfe-men that bear rule and wander in the four Elements and in the first and pristine times of nature they have been taken and worshipped in stead of God These are they of whom God Almighty admonisheth us in that Commandment of the first Table saying that we shall not have any other Gods but him neither in the waters where the Nymphs are understood nor under the Earth by which he meaneth Sylphes or Pygmies For the Lord our God is a jealous God and for such an offence punisheth the sins of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth generation The Mountain of Venus in Italy was much possessed with these Spirits for Venus her self was a Nymph and that Mountain was by a comparison as her Kingdome and Paradice But she is dead whereby her Kingdome ceaseth to be but where or in what place is there any mention heard to be made of them as in former time when Danhanserus and many others entred in unto them Neither did they Invent these fables they were of such a nature and condition that they loved all men that loved them and hated them that hated them wherefore they gave Arts and Riches in abundance to them who prescribed and bound themselves to them and they know both our minds and thoughts whereby it comes to pass that they are easily moved by us to come to us I do not say this that I would give this Counsel to any one but that the true ground and foundation thereof might be known and the true difference which is between the devil and these Semi-homines The devil hath not any body unless he take any thing to himself from the four Elements for he hath neither flesh nor blood he remaineth perpetual not subject to any infirmities or a finite death wherefore he dieth nor but the Pygmies do nevertheless they are both subject to a natural and everlasting death and are both deprived of everlasting life wherefore whosoever giveth or subscribeth himself unto them the same event happeneth unto him as to them Let every one therefore have a special care unto himself and consider well what he doth before he subscribeth himself for he suddenly doth that whereby he shall alwayes be compelled to be obedient unto them and to fulfill all their commands And if he shall chance to be disobedient unto them or anger them they very much impaire or totally destroy and take away his life there have been found many examples of this kinde to wit sometimes men have been found dead their neckes turned about or otherwise miserably handled where any such thing hath happened it hath hitherto commonly been said that the Devil hath done this for this cause either that the man hath not kept his promise and compact with him or that the time which he covenanted and subscribed himself unto him for is expired and that now he receiveth his last reward But these opinions do not proceed from the fountaine of truth for the office of the Devil containeth no such thing in his power but rather he suggesteth unto men evil thoughts and Cogitations whereby he draweth them away from obeying the will and commandments of God by which means he maketh them to be the greatest sinners and to forget and deny God their Creator and afterwards draweth them into despaire so that they cannot any more be able to pray unto God wherefore the Elementary Spirits are most like unto the devil and oftentimes they are executioners of the wrath and vengeance of God nevertheless they do oftentimes also admonish and warne us and do watch over us and defend us from many dangers and sometimes do deliver some from prison and afford to men many other helps Wherefore such men as are burdened and overwhelmed with grief and sorrowful Imaginations are not to be left alone but ought to be entertained with various and pleasant discourse which may delight their mindes and expel their sorrow The Devils likewise are in these cases not idle but as busie as those terrene Spirits do easily tempt such kinde of men From hence it comes to pass that some people especially women in child-bed have been so oppressed in the night in their sleepe that they have thought themselves to be as it were strangled neither could they possibly cry out or call any helpe but in the Morning have reported that they were Ridden by a hag And they are still accounted to be witches or Inchanters that do this whereas their bodies cannot possibly enter into the chambers where the doores and Windowes are shut but the Sylphes and Nymphes easily can O thou of little faith as doubtful as Peter who sufferest thy self to be tossed with every winde and art easily drowned thou thy self art the cause hereof by reason of thy little dubious and weake faith also thy evil thoughts do draw thee unto this Thou hast also in thy self a secret Magnes that attracteth every like This is the Celestial Load-stone above all others which attracteth Iron and steel