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Adam, Charles, 296 and Mircea Eliade, 408–415 Adelung, Johann Christoph, 387 panpsychic interpretation of, 408– Admiranda Methodus, 252 415 Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund, 2 and Philipp à Gabella, 201 Advantages of Life in the Papal Curia, and planets, 18–22, 184–185 The, 7 positivist view of, 415–417 Against the Astrologers, 45 presentist view of, 415–417 Agrippa, Henry Cornelius, 96, 357– and psychology, 401–404 358, 369 and religion, 352–360 Airs Waters Places, 80–82 and Rosicrucianism, 301–302, 309– Alberti, Leon Battista, 5–9 310 Alberti, Piero, 5–9 and Simon Forman, 345–352, 367– Alchemical Death and Resurrection, 373 411 spiritual interpretation of, 388–396 supernatural, 399–400 arguments against, 21–24 twentieth century view of, 396–401 and Aristotle, 214 and vitalism, 411–412 and Arthur Edward Waite, 393–395 Alchemy: The Philosopher’s Stone, and , 14–27 401 books, 19, 198–199 Alchymista Christianus, 398 and Carl Gustav Jung, 401–408 Alciato, Andrea, 45 and Consideratio, 213–224 Al-Kindi, 209 eighteenth century view of, 385–388 Aloysia Sigea, 245 Ethan Allen Hitchcock on, 391–392 Alumbrados of Seville, the, 264–268 future of, 418–420 Andreae, Johann Valentin, 238, 240, Johannes Trithemius on, 191–194, 262 196 Aphorisms, 82–83, 86 on, 174–178, 182–194, Archinto, Filippo, 43, 56 195 Aristotle, 214 and Lullists, 251–252 Arnold, Paul, 295 and , 25–26, 367–373 Ars alchemie, 19 on, 389–391 Ashmole, Elias, 15–16, 19–21, 24–26, and metals, 16–17, 214–217 364, 399 436 Index

Astrologers. See also Cardano, Giro- 238, 263, 281–283, 287–289, 352– lamo; Dee, John; Galilei, Galileo; 360 Kepler, Johann and the Roman Empire, 99–100 accuracy of predictions made by, 4, and royalty, 3, 5–9, 40–43, 96, 142– 82–84, 103–104 155, 255 dignity of, 46–49 and self-scrutiny, 11–12 German, 9–14 skepticism of, 4–5 of Italy, 5–9 and social relations, 8–9 physicians as, 77-98, 107–110, 367– and spirituality, 43–44 373 and the stock market, 2 practices of Renaissance, 3–4, 12–13, textbooks, 9–10 106 Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica, and Ptolemy, 98–107 134, 142–143 Astrologicorum aphorismorum seg- Astronomia inferior, 173–174 menta septem, 45 Astronomia Nova, 133–134, 147–159 Astrology Astronomy and astrology, 9, 18–22, and alchemy, 14–27 59–60, 154, 177–178, 184–185, arguments against, 21–24, 60, 88–89 190f, 203–213 as art, 46–49, 57, 105–106 Atheism, 277 and astronomy, 9, 18, 59–60, 154, Atwood, Mary Anne, 14, 30, 389– 177–178, 203–213 391 basis of, 59–62 , 394–395 books, 19, 39–40, 44–46, 74–76, 95–96, 198–199 Bachelard, Gaston, 401 and Christianity, 50–56 Bacon, Roger, 191, 209, 362 and the course of illness, 71–73 Baduel, Claude, 96–97 and the critical days doctrine, 86–89 Baillet, Adrien, 245, 264, 295–300 critiques of, 74–76, 91–92 Baillif, Roch Le, 275 dedicatory letters, 135–159 Barbavara, Francesco, 6–9 genitures, 3–4, 10–12, 40–43, 56–62, Beck, Hans-Georg, 10 96–98, 104–105 Belot, Jean, 251 and intellectuals, 7–8 Benzi, Francesco, 89 and language, 178–182 Beretta, Marco, 407 medical, 77–92 Bernard of , 23 and medical interrogations, 69–74 Besold, Christoph, 238 and memory, 143 Béthune, Philippe de, 254 and metals, 16–17, 184–185 Biagioli, Mario, 133–134 and numbers, 182 Bianchi, Lorenzo, 245, 283 and occult sciences, 17, 26, 45, 149– Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna, 393 150, 391–392, 396–401 Bodier, Thomas, 92 and physicians, 77–92 Boehme, Jakob, 387, 390 and plagues, 85 Boissat, Pierre de, 245–247 and poetry, 139–140 Boivin de Villeneuve, Jean, 302 and Ptolemy, 98–107 Books on astrology, 19, 39–40, 44–46, and the Pythagorean tetractys, 180 74–76, 95–96, 198–199 and religion, 50–56, 61, 201, 237– Bostocke, Richard, 345, 362–363 Index 437

Boucher, Jean, 277, 279, 293 Chaume, Étienne, 29, 245–247, 255– Boyle, Robert, 407, 414 256, 259, 264, 294 Brahe, Tycho, 134 Cheke, John, 41 dedicatory letter to Astronomiae In- Chesne, Joseph Du, 275 stauratae Mechanica of, 142–143 Chevallier, Pierre, 261 Brasavola, Antonio Musa, 83 Chorier, Nicolas, 245, 247–248, 258– Brind’Amour, Pierre, 11 259 Browne, Thomas, 398 Christianity and astrology, 50–56, 61, Bruno, Giordano, 413 85, 201 Burckhardt, Jacob, 3–4, 7–8 and alchemy, 396–401 Burckhardt, Titus, 396 and Libertinism, 287–289 Burggraf, Johann Ernst, 277 and Life of Adam and Eve, 352–360 Butterfield, Herbert, 389 and origin of disease, 360–367 and the Rosicrucian movement, 237– Calvinists, 241–242 238, 241, 263–268, 277–278, 281– Camerarius, Joachim, 9, 13 283 Campanella, Tommaso, 5 Chymische Hochzeit, 238 Campbell, Joseph, 401 City of the Sun, 5 Campioni, Antonio de, 69–70 Cohen, Gustave, 296, 300 Cardano, Battista, 70–71 Colletet, Guillaume, 284–287 Cardano, Girolamo, 12–13, 27–28 Confessio Fraternitatis, 238, 240–241 and astrology as art, 105–106 Conradus, Rodolphus, 249–250 books by, 39-40, 44–46, 95–96 Consideratio, 199–201 on Christianity, 50–56 and alchemy, 213–224 on the course of illness, 71–73 and astronomy, 202–204 on critical days, 86–89 on creation, 204–207 critiques by, 74–76, 91–92, 109 vs. , 201–213 early work of, 43–46 and Monas hieroglyphica, 222 genitures by, 40–43, 44, 56–62, 92, and Novum lumen chemicum, 223 96–98, 104–105 and Propaedeumata aphoristica, on God, 85 202–207 on large-scale events, 50–52 and Scholia, 218–220 and medical interrogations, 69–74 Constantine of Pisa, 19 medical work of, 92–98 Continuation de l’histoire du regne de on plagues, 85 Louys le Juste, 267 on Ptolemy, 98–107 Coppie of a Letter . . . by a Learned use of astrology as a physician, 92– Physician, A, 345, 363, 365–366 98, 107-110 Corneille, Thomas, 307–308 on value of medical astrology, 77–92 Corpus Hermeticum, 392 on weather, 84–85 Cosmology, 201. See also Christianity Casanate, Guglielmo, 42 and astrology Casato, Pietro, 84 Coudert, Allison, 401 Cellini, Benvenuto, 109 Critical days doctrine, the, 86–89 Centiloquium, 102, 106 Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 308 D’Abano, Pietro, 79, 88–89 Charron, Pierre, 287–288 Da Castiglionchio, Lapo, 7 438 Index

Da Montegeltro, Federigo, 7 Disease and astronomy De Angelis, Alessandro, 60–61 and the critical days doctrine, 86–89 Death of Nature, The, 412 and the food of angels, 360–367 Dedicatory letters Girolamo Cardano on, 74–92 to Brahe’s Astronomiae Instauratae and medical interrogations, 69–74 Mechanica, 142–143 and plagues, 85 chronological considerations of, 155– and uses of medical astrology, 107– 159 110 features of, 135–136 and weather, 84–85 to Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, 136– Divine Weeks and Works, 366 142, 143–147 Dobbs, Betty Jo Teeter, 401, 407, 411– and historiography, 148–149 412 to Kepler’s Astronomia Nova, 147– Donville, Louise Goddard de, 268 155 Dorn, Gerhard, 202–203 Dee, John, 14–15, 28–29, 173–174, Du Bartas, Guillaume Saluste, 366 224–226 Duclo, Gaston, 414 and alchemy, 174–178, 182–194, Dupèbe, Jean, 11 195 Dupleix, Scipion, 266–268 and astronomy, 177–178, 186–188f, Dupuy, Jacques, 274, 301 190f, 204–213 and the Emerald Tablet, 182–194 Economist, The, 2 and Johannes Trithemius, 194–197 Edighoffer, Roland, 237 on language, 178–182 Effroyables Pactions, 243, 248, 253, and Philipp à Gabella, 197–213 259, 261, 270–275 and Propaedeumata aphoristica, Eglinus, Raphael, 197 202–207 Eliade, Mircea, 401, 408–415 and Rosicrucianism, 197–198, 236– Emblems, 45 237 Emerald Tablet, 25, 173–174, 179, De La Brosse, Guy, 306 182–194 De Lavalle, Claude, 41 vs. Consideratio, 201–213 Della Mirandola, Pico, 4, 80, 87–88 England, 11, 40–41, 96, 237, 388– Del Rio, Martin, 282 393 De occulta philosophia, 109 Epidemics, 80–83, 86, 103 De Petri Boessatii vita, 247 Epistola ad Thomam de Bononia, 23 De Pizan, Christine, 23 Epistolae medicinales, 89 De Ranconnet, Aimar, 41, 96 Erastus, Thomas, 281 Descartes, René, 252, 295–300 Esteve, Pedro Jaime, 82 Des Freres de la Roze Croix, 302 Evola, Julius, 396 D’Espagnet, Jean, 254 Examen sur l’Inconnue et Nouvelle Des Réaux, Gédéon Tallemant, 248 Caballe des Freres de la Croix D’Este, Leonello, 7 Rosee, 261, 272–273 De stella nova, 158 De Visé, Donneau, 307–308 Fabre, Pierre-Jean, 398 Die Morgenland Fahrt, 235 Fama Fraternitatis, 238–240, 258 Difference Betwene the Auncient Farnese, Pier Luigi, 42, 58 Phisicke, The, 345, 362–363 Ficino, Marsilio, 14, 24, 79, 109 Dillon, John, 15 Figulus, Benedictus, 240, 278 Index 439

Fludd, Robert, 387 Gaurico, Luca, 57–58, 98, 105 Forge and the Crucible, The, 408 Gellius, Aulus, 99 Forman, Simon Genitures, astrology, 3–4, 10–12, 40– and alchemy, 345–346, 367–373 43, 44, 56–62, 92, 96–98, 104–105 on , 346–352 of Jesus Christ, 52 and Of Cako, 346–352 , 236–242, 262–263 and the food of angels, 360–367 Geschichte der menschlichen Narrheit, medical practice of, 367–373 387 on origins of disease, 360–367 Gilly, Carlos, 198, 235, 237, 245 on , 357–360 Giordano Bruno, 237 transcription of Life of Adam and Gmelin, Johann Friedrich, 416 Eve by, 352–360 Goclenius, Rudolph, 276 Foul, Robert Le, 251 Goclenius Heautontimorumenos, Foundations of Newton’s Alchemy, 276–277 401, 407 Gogava, Antonio, 39 France. See Rosicrucian movement Gohory, Jacques, 218–221 Frisius, Gemma, 47 Goltz, Dietlinde, 407 Frye, Northrop, 401 Gonzaga, Ludovico, 7 Fubini, Riccardo, 9 Gonzago, Alvise, 84–85 Goodage, John, 370 Gabella, Philipp à, 174, 224–226 Gouhier, Henri, 295, 296, 299 and alchemy, 201, 213–224 Gras, NIcolas Le, 306 and astronomy, 203–213 Great Work, the, 218–219 and Consideratio, 201–213 Grisogono, Federico, 88–89 and cosmology, 201 Grosseteste, Robert, 209 on creation, 204–206 Guarinoni, Hippolytus, 240 vs. John Dee, 201–213 Guicciardini, Francesco, 11 and Propaedeumata aphoristica, Gutman, Aegidius, 239 202–207 and Secretioris Philosophiae Consid- Halleux, Robert, 406 eratio Brevis, 197–201, 207f, 210– Hamilton, John, 39, 96 212f, 221–222f Harris, John, 369 and truth, 201 Hartmann, Johann, 238 Galen, 99–105 Haslmayr, Adam, 238, 239–240, 242, Galilei, Galileo, 133–135 262, 278, 293 chronological considerations and, Henry II (England), 74 155–159 Hess, Tobias, 238, 242 dedicatory letter to Sidereus Nuncius Hesse, Hermann, 235 of, 136–142, 143–147 Hillgarth, J. N., 251 vs. Johann Kepler, 154–155, 156– Histoire generale du progrez et deca- 159 dence de l’Heresie moderne, 261 and poetry, 139–140 Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 30, 389, 391– Ganay, Germanus de, 191–193 392 Garasse, François, 268, 278, 280–283 Holland, 300 Gaspard, M., 273 Holmyard, E. J., 401 Gaulmin, Gilbert, 274 Horky, Martin, 156 Gaultier, Jacques, 263, 266, 278, 293 Horoscopes. See Genitures, astrology 440 Index

Ingegno, Alfonso, 58 Les Enffans de la Croix Roze, 268 Instruction à la France sur la verité de Lévi, Eliphas, 14, 392 l’histoire des Freres de la Roze- L’Hyperchimie, 393 Croix, 261, 283–287, 291–294 Liber de propria vita, 107 Intellectuals and astrology, 7–8 Liber de providentia ex anni constitu- Italy, astrology practice in, 5–9. See tione, 83 also Cardano, Girolamo Liber secretorum alchimie, 19 Libertinism, 287–289 Janus Faces of Genius, The, 411 Liebig, Justus, 415 Jesus Christ, 40 Life of Adam and Eve, 352–360 Jollivet-Castelot, F., 393 Lives of the Alchemystical Writers, Jung, Carl Gustav 387 criticism of, 404–408 Locke, John, 248 interpretation of alchemy by, 401– Los Angeles Times, 2 404 Lull, Ramon, 251–252, 413 and occult sciences, 401–404 Luther, Martin and Lutheranism, 4, 290–291, 388 Keller, Evelyn Fox, 412 Kepler, Johann, 28, 133–134 MacDonald, Michael, 12 and astronomy, 154 Magic and alchemy, 25–26, 367–373 chronological considerations and, Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 69–74, 155–159 156–157 dedicatory letter to Astronomia Magnus, Albert, 53 Nova, 147–155 Maier, Michael, 263 vs. Galileo Galilei, 154–155, 156– Mainardi, Giovanni, 89 159 Maitland, Edward, 392 and historiography, 148–149 Malingre, Claude, 261–262, 265–266, and nativity of Rudolf II, 152–154 286 and occult sciences, 149–150 Matton, Sylvain, 295 Khunrath, Heinrich, 254, 387 Mayerne, Théodore Turquet de, 254– Kingsford, Anna, 3é2 259, 275 Kircher, Athanasius, 1–2 Medical astrology Kirsop, Wallace, 261 and alchemy, 214–215, 367–373 Kopp, Hermann, 416 and the critical days doctrine, 86– 89 La Doctrine curieuse des beaux Es- and Galen, 99–105 prits de ce temps, 268–275, 284– Girolamo Cardano on, 74–92, 107– 287 110 L’Alemant, Adrien, 82, 91–92 and medical interrogations, 69–74 Lancre, Pierre de, 287–288 and origin of disease, 360–367 Language and astrology, 178–182 Philipp à Gabella on, 214–215 Lautensack, Paul, 239 and plagues, 85 Lemery, Nicolas, 14, 411, 414 and Ptolemy, 98–107 Lenoble, Robert, 296, 299 and Rosicrucianism, 289–291, 303– Leonello, Marquis, 3 304 Leowitz, Cyprian, 12, 98 uses of, 107–110 Lerner, Michel-Pierre, 278 and weather, 84 Index 441

Medical interrogations, 69–74 Numbers and astrology, 182 Médici, Catherine de, 74 Nutton, Vivian, 102 Médici, Cosimo II de, 133–134, 136– 142, 143–147 Obrist, Barbara, 406 Médici, Giovan Giacomo, 41–42 Occult sciences, 17, 26, 45, 391–392, Meijer, Willem, 300 396–401 Melanchthon, Philipp, 9, 13 and Carl Gustav Jung, 401–404 Memory and astrology, 143 and royalty, 149–150 Merchant, Carolyn, 412 Offenbahrung Göttlicher Majestät, Mercure François, 243–244, 266 239 Mersenne, Marin, 277, 280–283 On Painting, 9 Mesmer, Franz Anton, 388 On the Art of Building, 9 Metals and astrology, 16–17, 184– On the Family, 5–9 185, 214–217 On the Seven-Month Child, 80 Metzger, Hélène, 409–411 Optica, 158 Mirror of Alchemy, The, 401 Ordinall of Alchemy, The, 19, 185 Monas hieroglyphica, 14, 173–174, Oresme, Nicole, 23 176–177f, 186–188f Ottato, Cesare, 88 and alchemy, 174–178, 182–194 and astronomy, 202–204 Pailleur, Jacques Le, 248–252 vs. Consideratio, 201–213 Panpsychic interpretation of alchemy, on creation, 204–206 408–415 and language, 178–182 Paracelsus, 14, 218 Moran, Bruce, 197–198 and France, 275 Moreau, René, 289–291 and François Garasse, 280–283 Morestel, Pierre, 251 Gabriel Naudé on, 283, 289–291 Morhof, Daniel Georg, 413 and Rosicrucians, 275–294 Moritz, Landgraf, 197–198 Simon Forman on, 357–360 Mydorge, Claude, 296–297 Pascal, Blaise, 248 Mysterium Cosmographicum, 157 Pasquier, Étienne, 275 Paterculus, Velleius, 100 Napier, Richard, 369 Penot, Bernard G., 291 Naudé, Gabriel, 243, 247, 254, 261 Pereyra, Benito, 61 on La Doctrine curieuse, 284–287 Peucer, Caspar, 13 on Libertinism, 287–289 Philalethes, Eugenius, 390 on , 283, 289–291 Philosophers’ Stone, The, 307 on Rosicrucianism, 291–294 Physicians and astrology. See Medical Neuhus, Heinrich, 260–261 astrology Newman, William, 191, 248 Pighius, Albertus, 47 Niccoli, Ottavia, 4–5 Pike, Albert, 393 Nifo, Agostino, 47 Plagues, 85 Noll, Richard, 404–406 Poetry and astrology, 139–140 Norton, Thomas, 19–20 Pomata, Gianna, 108 Norton History of Alchemy, 401 Poncé, Charles, 396 Nostradamus, 11 Pope Paul III, 42–43, 57–58 Novum lumen chemicum, 200, 217, Positivist view of alchemy, 415–417 223 Presentist view of alchemy, 415–417 442 Index

Prognostic, 80–83 and François Garasse, 280–283 Propaedeumata aphoristica, 175f, and Gabriel Naudé, 291–294 202–207 and Heinrich Neuhus, 260–261 Propertius, 139–140 influence of, 306–311 Protestants and the Rosicrucian move- and John Dee, 197–198 ment, 263, 278 and La Doctrine curieuse, 284–287 Prutenic Tables, 83 and Libertinism, 287–289 , 401–404 origins of, 236–242 Ptolemy, Claudius, 10, 15, 39, 46–47 and Paracelsianism, 275–294, 289– and Cardano, Girolamo, 98–107 291 on large-scale events, 50–51 placards of 1623, 235–236, 242–244 Pythagorean tetractys, 180 and politics, 242 and Protestants, 263, 278 Quadripartitum, 39, 47 reaction to, 260–275 Quaestiones celeberrimae in Genesim, and religion, 237–238, 241, 277–278 277 and René Descartes, 295–300 Quigley, Joan, 2 results of, 300–311 and royalty, 239–240 Raemond, Florimond de, 261 and Scipion Dupleix, 266–268 Reagan, Nancy, 2 and Théophile de Viau, 268–275 Reagan, Ronald, 2 versions of, 254–255, 259 Recherches sur les Rose-Croix, 274 and Wallace Kirsop, 261 Reflections on Gender and Science, 412 Röslin, Helisaeus, 239 Reiske, Jacob, 10 Royalty and astrology, 3, 5–9, 40–43, Religion and the Decline of Magic, 17 96, 142–155, 255 Rhenanus, Johannes, 198 and the Rosicrucian movement, 239– Rheticus, Georg Joachim, 12, 57 240 Roberti, Jean, 276–277 Rudolf II, Emperor, 142–143, 147– Roberts, Gareth, 401 155 Rodis-Lewis, Geneviéve, 296 Roman empire, 99–100 Sanches, Francisco, 52 Rosarium philosophorum, 199 Sarton, George, 416 Rosicrucian Enlightenment, The, 236, Schmieder, Karl Christoph, 416 237, 245, 262 Scholem, Gershom, 255 Rosicrucian movement, the, 28–29, Scholia, 218–220 218, 393–394 Schweighart, Theophilus, 301 and alchemy, 301–302, 309–310 Scot, Michael, 19 and the Alumbrados of Seville, 264– Scotland, 39–40 268 Scribani, Charles, 250 authors of, 244–252 Secret, François, 235, 245 books against, 278–279 Secretioris philosophie consideratio books on, 238–239 brevis, 174, 197–201, 207f, 210– and Claude Malingre, 261–262 212f, 221–222f content of, 253–259 Secret Tradition of Alchemy, The, 395 denunciation of, 291–294 Sendivogius, Michael, 200–201, 215– and Father Mersenne, 280–283, 295– 216 300 Sfondrato, Francesco, 42 Index 443

Sforza, Paolo, 94–95 Van Wassenaer, Nicolaes Janszoon, Sidereus Nuncius, 133–135, 143–147, 300 156–159 Vaughan, Thomas, 16–17, 390 dedicatory letter to, 136–142 Viau, Théophile de, 268–275 Silberer, Herbert, 401 Vickers, Brian, 17 Skepticism of astrology, 4–5 Vie de Monsieur Des-Cartes, 248, 264 Smith, Thomas, 11–12 Visconti, Giangaleazzo, 5–9 Social relations and astrology, 8–9 Vitalism, 411–412 Solomon, Howard, 305 Voet, Gisbert, 251–252 Speculum Rhodostauroticum, 301 Von Anhalt, August, 238–239, 241 Spirituality and astrology, 43–44 Von Bezold, Friedrich, 3 Spon, Charles, 84 Von der Pfalz, Friedrich, 241 Starkey, George, 406–407 Von Franz, Marie Luise, 406 Steinmoel, Johann, 192 Von Nettesheim, Agrippa, 14, 16–17, Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic 24 Mystery, A, 389 Von Suchten, Alexander, 346–352 Supernatural alchemy, 399–400 Von Uffel, Bruno Carlus, 197

Table chronographique, 266 Waard, Cornelis de, 296 Tabula smaragdina. See Emerald Waite, Arthur Edward, 272, 393–395 Tablet Warburg, Aby, 3–4 Taylor, F. Sherwood, 401 Weather and disease, 84–85 Tetrabiblos, 10, 73, 101–107 Wessel, Wilhelm, 197 britannicum, 15– Westcott, William Wynn, 393 16, 19, 25–26, 240, 364 Wilmshurst, Walter Leslie, 390 Theatrum Honoris, 249–250 Wolf, Hieronymus, 9–14 Themis aurea, 263 Worm, Ole, 238 Thomas, Keith, 12 Thomas of Bologna, 23 Yates, Frances, 17, 28, 236–241, 262 Thompson, E. P., 2 Thoynard, Nicolas, 248 Zetzner, Lazarus, 251 Thresor de l’histoire generale de nostre temps, 273 Toscanelli, Paolo, 9 Trismegistus, Hermes, 192–193, 199– 200, 345 Trithemius, Johannes, 25, 173–174, 224–226 and alchemy, 191–194, 196 and John Dee, 194–197 Turnèbe, Adrien, 52

Uffel, Bruno Carolus, 198

Valla, Giorgio, 99 Van Helmont, Jean Baptiste, 276, 278, 295, 300