Johannes Rhenanus
Rosicrucians & Alchemy & Medicine
is not to be confused with the famous 16th century humanist. He was a medical doctor, and known for his chemical experiments
Frans A. Janssen
bibliografie & Frans Janssen & Book history
Franciscus Antonius Wilhelmus Gerard Janssen (Vught, 30 juli 1939) is een Nederlandse historicus. Hij is hoogleraar emeritus in Geschiedenis van
The Most Important Invention in the World
Gutenberg & Book history & Printing
The inventor of the printing press, as is well-known, is Gutenberg, or to give him his full name: Johannes Gensfleisch zur Ladem zum Gutenberg, and
The World Capital of the Book (1620-1720)
Book trade & Book history & Amsterdam & Golden Age
The Trade in Information The French philosopher René Descartes had a fondness for Amsterdam. As many of the people there, spanning all ages and
Heinrich Khunrath (1560-1605)
Rosicrucians & Alchemy & Medicine
Heinrich or Henricus Khunrath was a notable figure in the world of Rosicrucianism during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Born in 1560 in
Georg Molther
Rosicrucians
Antwort, der hochwürdigen und hocherleuchten Brüderschafft desz Rosencreutzes , auff etzlicher an sie ergangene schreiben, darinnen klar und
Michael Potier (1564-1631)
Alchemy & Rosicrucians & Witchcraft & Demonology
Ferguson says the following about Potier: Potier was apparently a Frenchman. For many years he travelled over the whole of Europe, and finally
Philippus à Gabella
Rosicrucians & Alchemy
We do not know who hid under the pseudonym Philippus à Gabella. Raphael Eglin and Johannes Rhenanus have been suggested as the author, who,
Between the Worlds —
Astrology & Astronomy & lists
Charlotte Zhu, 30 November 2023 Cosmic Wisdom Travelling over Thousands of Years Introduction: Origins and Development (1st century BCE - 7th
Friedrich Grick
Rosicrucians
was a private tutor from Altdorf who pretended to be a member of the Rosicrucian brotherhood. ASSERTI0 FRATERNITATIS R. C. QVAM
David Joris (recensie)
David Joris & Anabaptists & Heretics & Book history
David Joris, schilder, dichter, paracleet in de Nederlanden fel vervolgd als wederdoper, in Bazel met open armen ontvangen als aanzienlijk
Pantheists, Freemasons, and Republicans
Freemasons & Pantheism & Enlightenment
Margaret C. Jacob masterfully unveils the intellectual revolution that swept late 17th and 18th-century Europe. Through the lives of influential
Pietro Francesco Alberghetti (17th
century?)
Alchemy
Alberghetti was a medical doctor from Bologna. Fisiologia chimica … secondo la dottrina di Hermete Paracelso, & altri. Roma, Francesco Corbeletti,
Daniel Agricola (early 17th century)
Alchemy
Nothing is known about the author. Galerazeya. Sive Revelator secretorum. 1. De lapide philosophorum. 2. De Arabico elyzir. 3. De auro potabili, &
Charles d’Acqueville (17th century)
Alchemy
Charles d’Acqueville was a priest from Normandy. Discours touchant les merveilleux effets de la pierre divine. Paris, Louis Billaine, 1681 ➤ | ➤
Abraham ben David de Portaleone (?-1612)
Alchemy & Medicine
Abraham Portaleone was an Italian-Jewish physician in Mantua. he studied the possible medical uses of gold. De auro dialogi tres. Venetiis, Joh,
Giovan Francesco Aggravi (fl.1664-1678)
Alchemy & Medicine & Pharmacy
Antilucerna fisica oroscopante la conservatione della sanita. Padova, Mattio Cadorin, 1664 ➤ | ➤ Miroretechium sive methode compositivo medicinale
Petrus Constantius Albinius
Astrology & Alchemy
Magia astrologica hoc est, P. Constantii Albinii Villanovensis, clavis symphatiae septem metallorum & septem selectorum lapidum ad planetas. Pro
Johann Agricola (1590-1668)
Alchemy & Medicine
Agricola was born in Neunburg vorm Wald in the Upper Palatinate. In 1607 he matriculated at the University of Königsberg. From 1611 to 1614 he
Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)
Alchemy & Medicine & Metallurgy
Georgius Agricola was a leading scholar and scientist of the German Renaissance. He is widely regarded as the father of mineralogy and is known for
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