The works of Thomas Vaughan : Eugenius Philalethes (1919)
Vaughan, Thomas, 1621-1666 · London : Theosophical Publishing House · leaf 459
Euphrates mingled potentially “ in a confused form of water ” ; 1 and this primitive spermatic ocean filled all that space which we now attribute to the air, for — saith he — “ it extended even to the lunar circle.” 2 Out of this central Hyle — with which we have now done— did rise all those… … In the first place over the Hyle you see the elements, or the visible created world, whose parts are commonly called elements, namely, earth, water, air and heaven— for there is no other fire but that ignis fatuus which Aristotle kindled under the moon.3 From the elements on the right hand, by…
Magic · Alchemy · Mysticism
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