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THE BASILIAN APHORISMS (Aphorismi Basiliani) consist of eighteen Hermetic Canons which cut to the heart of the triadic structure of the macrocosm and microcosm. Describing both the external world of nature, in which three kingdoms prevail, and the human trichotomy of spirit, soul, and body, the Basilian Aphorisms are designed for deep meditation upon the thrice-great Hermetic mystery: Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt. Composed in Latin under the ægis of a certain 'Hermophilo Philochemico' (a pseudonymous compiler whose name means 'Friend of Hermes, Friend of Chymistry') the Aphorisms were first published at Marburg, Germany, in 1608. They later appeared in the Theatrum Chemicum, after which they were translated into French and Italian. Presented here in English for the very first time, this Rubedo Press edition provides a facing-page translation alongside the Latin original, together with a historical introduction, and detailed commentary upon each canon by Dr. Mirco A. Mannucci and Dr. Aaron Cheak.

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Hermes Trismegistos deserved to be called Father of the Philosophers for investigating the triple kingdom, Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal, indeed for studying the triple subsistence in one created essence, in which he explored all virtues of the vegetable, animal, and mineral Nature. [...] These three subsistences in one created essence constitute the limbus of the minor and major world, from which the first man was formed, having been shaped from the dust of the earth. Here enters the rational soul of the immortal Microcosm, immediately inspired by God, moving and directing cause, like a Queen, of those three and all other functions. --The Basilian Aphorisms.

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