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The Quest for the Phoenix : Spiritual Alchemy and Rosicrucianism in the Work of Count Michael Maier (1569-1622) / Hereward Tilton.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte ; 88Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110176377
  • 9783110896572
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 540
LOC classification:
  • QD24.M3 T558 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- I. Introduction: Jung and early modern alchemy -- II. Maier’s formative years -- III. Bohemia and England -- IV. The Rosicrucian ‘imposture’ -- V. The completion of the work -- VI. Conclusion: Maier and the historiography of alchemy -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations -- 323-324
Summary: Mit der geistesgeschichtlichen Biographie des lutherischen Alchemisten und Hofpfalzgrafen Michael Maier legt der Autor eine Studie über die westliche Esoterik im allgemeinen und über die Alchemie und die Rosenkreutzer im besonderen vor.Summary: The author presents with this intellectual biography of the Lutheran alchemist Count Michael Maier an academic study of western esotericism in general and to the study of alchemy and rosicrucianism in particular. The author charts the development of Maier's Hermetic worldview in the context of his service at the courts of Emperor Rudolf II and Moritz of Hessen-Kassel. The problem of the nature of early Rosicrucianism is addressed in detail with reference to Maier's role in the promotion of this "serious jest" in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. The work is set in the context of ongoing debates concerning the nature of early modern alchemy and its role in the history of Western esotericism.

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- I. Introduction: Jung and early modern alchemy -- II. Maier’s formative years -- III. Bohemia and England -- IV. The Rosicrucian ‘imposture’ -- V. The completion of the work -- VI. Conclusion: Maier and the historiography of alchemy -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations -- 323-324

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Mit der geistesgeschichtlichen Biographie des lutherischen Alchemisten und Hofpfalzgrafen Michael Maier legt der Autor eine Studie über die westliche Esoterik im allgemeinen und über die Alchemie und die Rosenkreutzer im besonderen vor.

The author presents with this intellectual biography of the Lutheran alchemist Count Michael Maier an academic study of western esotericism in general and to the study of alchemy and rosicrucianism in particular. The author charts the development of Maier's Hermetic worldview in the context of his service at the courts of Emperor Rudolf II and Moritz of Hessen-Kassel. The problem of the nature of early Rosicrucianism is addressed in detail with reference to Maier's role in the promotion of this "serious jest" in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. The work is set in the context of ongoing debates concerning the nature of early modern alchemy and its role in the history of Western esotericism.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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