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From Paracelsus to Universal Reform

The (Pseudo-)Paracelsian-Weigelian Philosophia Mystica (1618)

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Martin Žemla Palacky University Olomouc, Olmütz, Tschechien zemlam@gmail.com

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This article analyses the content, context, and legacy of an influential collection of texts ascribed to Paracelsus (1493–1541) and Valentin Weigel (1533–1588). Published under the title Philosophia Mystica in 1618, it was one of the earliest printed publications of the theologica of Paracelsus. By combining Paracelsus and Weigel, the volume demonstrated their unified theological approach. Besides, it included two works by the promulgator of the “Theophrastia Sancta,” Adam Haslmayr (1560–1630), as well as a treatise by the alchemist Johann Siebmacher, who might have also been the editor of the whole volume. By using these sources the book indicated that Paracelsianism and Weigelianism were, basically, aiming at universal reform which connected them with the ethos of the Rosicrucian manifestos.

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