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Anthroposophia theomagica or A discourse of the nature of man and his state after death; grounded on his creator's proto-chimistry, and verifi'd by a practicall examination of principles in the great world. By Eugenius Philalethes.
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Vaughan, Thomas, 1622-1666.
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Wing V143; ESTC R203871
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