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Michael Maier was a German alchemist, physician, and polymath who lived during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At 15, he began studying in Basel, Switzerland, studying medicine, philosophy, and alchemy. After graduating, he traveled throughout Europe as an alchemical researcher and lecturer, eventually settling in Prague in 1603 where he became an influential figure in the court of Rudolf II.
Maier wrote numerous books on alchemy, philosophy, and medicine, including the influential Symbola Aureae Mensae Duodecim Nationum, or Symbols of the Table of the Twelve Nations, which was published in 1617. This work was a collection of allegorical emblems containing hidden philosophical and alchemical messages. The emblems became popular among many European courts, and included references to both Christian and Hermetic philosophy. Many of Maier’s works were published in both Latin and German, and were widely read throughout Europe.
Arcana Arcanissima Hoc Est Hieroglyphica Aegyptio-Graeca. s.l. (Germany), s.n., [1614] ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Arcana Arcanissima Hoc Est Hieroglyphica Aegyptio-Graeca. 1616 ➤
Atalanta Fugiens, hoc est, Emblemata Nova De Secretis Naturae Chymica. Oppenheim, Johann Theodor de Bry [et] Hieronymus Galler, 1617 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Atalanta fugiens. 1618 ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Cantilene intellectuales De Phoenice redivivo. Paris, 1758 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Chymisches Cabinet. 1708 ➤ | ➤
Civitas corporis humani. 1621 ➤ | ➤
Compendium Miraculorum; Das ist: Kurtze, jedoch klare Beschreibung unterschiedtlicher Wunderwercken und Geschichten. Frankfurt am Main, Lukas Jennis, 1620 ➤ | ➤
De Circulo Physico, Quadrato: Hoc est, Auro, Eiusque Virtute Medicinali, Sub Duro Cortice Instar Nuclei latente; An [et] qualis inde petenda sit, Tractatus haud inutilis , Authore Michaele Maiero Com. P. Med. D. Eq. exem. &c. Oppenheim, typis Hieronymus Galler, [Frankfurt am Main], sumptibus Lukas Jennis, 1616 ➤
Examen Fucorum Pseudo-Chymicorum Detectorum Et In Gratiam Veritatis Amantium succincte refutatorum , Authore Michaele Maiero … Frankfurt am Main, Theodor de Bry (the Elder, heirs of) [et] Nikolaus Hoffmann (the Elder), 1417 [=1617] ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Institutionum dialecticarum libri septem: et repetitionum libri duo: brevi et perspicua methodo theoriam et praxin dialecticae artis complectentes. Augsburg, ex officina Michael Manger, 1590 ➤ | ➤
Lusus Serius, Quo Hermes sive Mercurius Rex Mundanorum Omnium Sub Homine Existentium, post longam disceptationem in Concilio Octovirali habitam, homine rationali arbitro, iudicatus [et] constitutus est , Authore Michaele Maiero Com. Pal. Med. D. Oppenheim, ex chalcographia Hieronymus Galler, [Frankfurt am Main], sumptibus Lukas Jennis, 1616 ➤
Lusus Serius, Das ist: Lustiges doch Ernsthafftes Spiel unnd Gespräch, in welchem Mercurius Metallorum, für sieben andern gleichsam Personen, deren jedwedere zu Königlicher Hochheit zugelangen vermeint. Frankfurt am Main, Lukas Jennis, 1625 ➤
Iocus severus. 1617 ➤
Michaelis Maieri Viatorium, hoc est, De Montibus Planetarum septem seu Metallorum. Oppenheim, Johann Theodor de Bry [et] Hieronymus Galler, 1618 ➤ | ➤
Operae Horarum Succisivarum sive Meditationes Historicae Das ist: Historischer Lustgarten : In welchem allerley denckwürdige, nützliche und lustige Historien und Exempel zu finden. Leipzig, Michael Wachsmann (heirs of), 1631 ➤
Particulare ex universali. Oder kurtzer Entwurff Einer sonderbahren Artzney. 1677 ➤
Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum. Frankfurt, 1687 ➤
Septimana philosophica. 1620 ➤
Silentium Post Clamores, Das ist, Apologi und Verantwortung, wieder etlicher ungestümmer Clamanten (so sich in die Fraternität R.C. auffzunehmen, begehret, aber ihres Gefallens keine Antwort, erlanget) Verlästerungen, und Schmachreden. Frankfurt am Main, Lukas Jennis, 1617 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Silentium Post Clamores, Hoc Est, Tractatus Apologeticus : Quo Causae Non Solum Clamorum, seu Revelationum Fraternitatis Germanicae de R.C. sed [et] Silentii, seu non redditae ad singulorum vota responsionis, una cum malevolorum refutatione. Frankfurt am Main, s.n., 1624 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Symbola Aureae Mensae Duodecim Nationum. Hoc Est, Hermaea Seu Mercurii Festa : ab Heroibus duodenis selectis, artis Chymicae usu, sapientia [et] authoritate Paribus celebrata, ad Pyrgopolynicen seu Adversarium illum tot annis iactabundum, virgini Chemiae. Frankfurt am Main, Lukas Jennis [et] Anton Humm, 1617 ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Themis Aurea, Das ist, Von den Gesetzen, und Ordnungen der löblichen Fraternitet R. C. Ein außführlicher Tractat und Bericht. [Frankfurt am Main], Lukas Jennis [und] Nikolaus Hoffmann (the Elder), 1618 ➤ | ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Tractatus Posthumus, sive Ulysses; hoc est: Sapientia Seu Intelligentia, Tanquam Coelestis Scintilla beatitudinis, quod si in fortunae [et] corporis bonis naufragium faciat. Frankfurt am Main, Lukas Jennis, 1624 ➤ | ➤
Tripus Aureus, hoc est, Tres tractatus chymici selectissimi. Frankfurt 1618 ➤ | ➤
Verum Inventum, Hoc est, Munera Germaniae. Frankfurt am Main, typis Lukas Jennis, sumptibus Nikolaus Hoffmann (the Elder), 1619 ➤ | ➤ | ➤
Viridarium chymicum, das ist: Chymisches Lust-Gärtlein. Frankfurt, 1688 ➤
