Le contexte alchimique des Noces Chymiques

The myth of Christian Rosencreutz developed at a time when the number of fictitious authors of alchemical treatises, self-styled disciples or precursors of Paracelsus, increased considerably. A comparison with Basilius Valentinus’ and Salomon Trismosin’s myths enables us to understand the alchemical...

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Main Author: Didier Kahn
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Published: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg 2018-07-01
Series:Recherches Germaniques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rg/818
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description The myth of Christian Rosencreutz developed at a time when the number of fictitious authors of alchemical treatises, self-styled disciples or precursors of Paracelsus, increased considerably. A comparison with Basilius Valentinus’ and Salomon Trismosin’s myths enables us to understand the alchemical context in which Andreae’s text was created. Furthermore, three years after Ratich Brotoffer’s Elucidarius, the anonymous author of the Practica leonis viridis (1619) attempted to interpret part of the Chymical Wedding from an alchemical point of view. While it is not our intention to promote such a perspective as the only valid interpretation key, we nevertheless intend to illustrate the influence of alchemy on the genesis as well as on the reception of the Chymical Wedding.
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Le contexte alchimique des Noces Chymiques
Recherches Germaniques
alchemy
Andreae
Chymical Wedding
rosicrucianism
Paracelsus
Basilius Valentinus
title Le contexte alchimique des Noces Chymiques
title_full Le contexte alchimique des Noces Chymiques
title_fullStr Le contexte alchimique des Noces Chymiques
title_full_unstemmed Le contexte alchimique des Noces Chymiques
title_short Le contexte alchimique des Noces Chymiques
title_sort le contexte alchimique des noces chymiques
topic alchemy
Andreae
Chymical Wedding
rosicrucianism
Paracelsus
Basilius Valentinus
url https://journals.openedition.org/rg/818
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