PARACELSUS: THE PROPHECIES

Questa app illustrata presenta le profezie di Paracelso.

Like the better known Prophecies of Nostradamus, the Prophecies of Paracelsus are exceedingly cryptic, filled with allegorical symbols and capable of being reinterpreted for any purpose. It comes with 32 surreal woodcuts which seem to reveal additional details about each prophecy.

This short book, published in London in 1915 in the shadow of the Great War, was written anonymously (someone initialed 'J.K.' is). It wraps the 32 prophecies in introductions and interpretations by the mysterious J.K. as well as Eliphas Lévi, the French occultist--who apparently felt that this text should be left to the experts. The original J.K. edition is somewhat rare, and it was reprinted in 1974 by Weiser, although the latter is out of print.

Paracelsus, a renowned scholar who is known for his chemical and alchemical writings, may have meant this not only as a set of predictions about the path of the Reformation, but as an allegory of the evolution of the soul. This would not be surprising, as other authors of the period cloaked arcane messages in almost impenetrable layers of symbolism to escape eccelsiastical scrutiny.

This Paracelsus app includes:

☆ Proem

☆ Introductory: I: Concerning Paracelsus

☆ Introductory: II: On the Prophecies of Paracelsus

☆ Introductory: III. Eliphas Lévi's Preface to the Prognostications

☆ Introductory: IV. Strassburg Edition of the Preface to the Prognostications

☆ The Magic Figures - The First Figure to The Thirty-Second Figure

☆ Elucidations of the Prognostications and Conclusion of Doctor Paracelsus

☆ Another Prognostication by Theophrastus Paracelsus

☆ Epilogue

☆ Interpretation

☆ Recommended Resources

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