northwestern university LiBRARy HARMONY O F THE WORLD, BEING A Difcourfe wherein the Vhtinomena of Nature are Confonantly Salved and Adapted to Inferiour Intellects. By John Hey don, Gent. $/Aoro/*©*9 a ser- vant of God, and Secretary of nature. — And it came to pafle, as they ftill went on and talked, that be- hold, there appeared^ a Charriot of Fire, and Horfes of Fire«, and parted them both afunder; And Elijah went up by a whiriewinde into Heaven, z Kinis LONDO N, Pridted for Henry Bronte 5 and are to be fold at his (hop at the Signeof the Gun in Ivie-lane, i 661. The H ARMONY of the WORLD 9 being a Difcourfeof God, Heaven, Angels, Stars, Planets, Earth; the miraculousDefccntionsand Afrentions offpirits, with the Nature and Harmo- ny of mans Body; the Art of^repa- ring Rofie Crucian Medicines to Cure all Difca- fes. Their Rules to raife bodies decayed, which are verified by a Pra&ical Exa- mination of Principles in the great World.' y tVhereunto is added9 the fiate of the New Jeru - falem, grounded upon the knowledge of Nature> Light of Reafon, Phylofophy and Divinity. All fitted to the tlnderftanding.Ufe andprofit of Wifdomes Children,and communicated to the fons of Art. By John Hey don, Gent. QiRovop®- 9 a fervant of God3 and Secretary of Nature, And I faw another mighty Angell come down fiOm Heaveri, cloathed with a Cloud, and a Rainbow was upon his head, - and his face was as it were the Suh, and his feet as Piilers of Fire : And 1 heard a great voice out of Heaven* fayingt behold,the Tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they {hall be his people, and God himfelf {hall be with them, and be their God, Rev. xo ,i. & n- 3. totdoat, " Printed for Robert Horn9 and are to be fold at his {hop at the Sign of the TuyI>s - bead in Cernbill neer •: -OSSO-^&O" " TO THE * / f ' V Mofi Excellently - plijhed9 my be ft of Friends 9 Mr.Edward Simonds, Externally Internall and EternaU Hap- pineffe be W'tjhed. Much Honoured Sir3 An had at the firft, and Co have all fouls before their entrance in. to the body, an explicite *3 methodical The Epiftle WWII ■ ■' ■ "" I IWO'W'J'*-"'- *"""" methodicall knowledge, but they are no fboner vefTel'd, but that liberty is loft, and nothing re- mains but a vaft confufed notion of the creature; thushad I only a Capacity without power, anda will to do that, which was farr enough above me; in this perplexity I ftudied fe. verall Arts; for my own fullen fate hath forced me to feveral! courfes of life, but I finde not one hither h ■ : to Dedicatory. £, to,which ends not in 6ur- ner fets, or fatiety, and all :rty the Fortunes of this life re- are foliyes: thus I rameld ifed over all thofe inventions lire; which the ignorance of city men call Sciences; but will thefe endeavours forting iarr not to my purpofe, I this Studied then the Semi- fe. nail forms of things; The m Soul of Man, the diffe- I me rence betwixt the Soul life, of an Angell and an hu- :her mane Soul, the Nature to. *4 °£ The Epiftle of .God, the Order of Spirits ; how they give fplendor to the Stars and Planets, how Senfation , Immagination, Reafon and Memory are made, and how the bodyes of Ghofts have as much of folid corporeall fubftance in them as the bodyes of men, what kinde of pu- nifhmentsthe Aerial Of- ficers inflict upon their Malefa&ours; and how the fpirit of nature is pre- lent L Dedicatory. fent evety where, and fnatcheth into confent the immagination of the mo- ther, which forcibly re- teyns the note, and will be fure to feale it on the body of the Infant, for what rude inchoation the foul of the W orld has be- gun in the matter of the Fast us, this fignature is comprehended in the whole defigne, and after- wards compleated by the prefence and operation of the The Epiftle the particular foul of the Infant. After I knew what the foul was before it came into the body : I found prefently what it was in the fiefh ; then all I de- fired was but to keep my body in health, and this being obteyned: I went yet further , To fee what Would become of the Cfenii0 when the fining of t he Wior Id has done due execution upon that unfor- tmate crue, and tedious and \ Dedicatory. he and direfnil torture has it wearied their affhcled lie C/hoJls that are nd to an utter recede from all in matter, and thereby into a ie- profound jleep or death; ny that after a long his years, when not only / he at fury of the fire is utterly • fee flaked,but that yajl Atrno f- the phere of Smoke & Vapours ; o) Which Was fent up during lue ■ the time of the Earths con- or- ftagration,has returned i us back.in QopiouShowers d . of PW VmPMWWWWWMHK — r r A- fl The Epiftle of cffdine Which Will again make Seas and Ifiyers, will bind and confolidate the ground; and falling excee - ding plentifully all oyer, make thefoyle pleafant and fruitfull and the Aire coole and wholfome, that 3\fa- ' ture recovering thus to her advantage, and becomming youth full again, and full of genitalSalt & fouls of all living creatures - belonging to thefe lower R egions of the Earth and lit int. k flt! ki n k )d\ Aire, Dpi 11 awaken orderly ^ in their proper the Seas and layers Dpi 11 be a- cet gain replenifhed Dpith fi[h; the Earth Drill fend forth all m manner offoDples, foure foo. ^ ted heap, creeping things; Y &the Souls of men alfo ™ fhall then catch life from m\ the more pure and *Balfa- Mcl mick parts of the Sarth, and w be cloathed again in terre- w firiall bodies:; and the >»' Jeriall genii, that Ele- M went becoming again DphoU I'm fome jome and titalh fhatt in dm order and time> awaken and retime in.the cool rori3 which expergefahli into life is accompanied fay theyi With propenfions anfWera- bletothofe refolutions they made With th in ^ /*• t ho fe fiery torments0& with Which they fell into their longjleeps this is the prima* tfoe truth of the 5 the Antient, real4Vhylofo- p/ry of the Hebrews and 8- zyptians? But new Philo- lophy Dedicatory. A fophy to our common Scribers, and I propofe it tin not for your inftrudion, 0 Nature hath already in- % riched you withLearning, m judgment and Candor , tk and I would make you my s ii Patron not my Pupill; if Jv'4 therefore amongft your kii ferious and more deare re- \M> tirements, you can allow tm, this Edilis but fome few h/o- Minutes, and think them ?& not loft, you will per- lib fed: )by TheEpiftle, &c. fedt my Ambition , that is to prefent my felf, November^ 2th. Sir, 1661. Tour Moji humble Servants John Heydon. P ti&fz tAIP / t&f? eW? t£r? c!/y aisigigsgigss-&2mmmm The Tre. 4 IN Mr. Slades Orchard dt Sidmouth in Devtin^ about the dawning or day- )reak5 being tyred vrith a tedious Toll- ude, and thofe penfive thoughts which ittend it 5 after much lode and more la-' >our9 Ifuddenly fell afleepv Here then ray was no fooner born then ftrangled • was reduced to a night of more deep iri&ure than that w.hich I had formerly )ent: My fancy placed me in a Region. f inexpreffable obfcurity, and as I lought more than Natural 5 but with-., at any rerrours $ I was in a firm everi itiper3and though-without incourage- ents, n©t onely iefolute5 but well plea, d : 1 moved every way for discoveries- it was ltill entertained with darknefle ' ,d filence 5 and I thought my felf tranf- a lated i the Preface. lated to the land of Deffolation. Being thus troubled to no purpofe f and weari- ed with long endeavours 9 I refolv'd to reft my felf $ and feeing I could finde no- thing I expeded9if any thing coul d finde me. I had not long continued in this hu* mour $ but I could here the whifpers of a foft winde 5 that travell'd towards mc$ andfudderily it was in the leaves of the Trees, fo that I concluded my felf upon the foutlv fide Hewitt upon Ha%le-bill in Warwick, flfirel among the fhady walks of thofe woods, wherein often by the Ri- ver fide, & by the Chriftal fountaint ha- ving loft the fight of the reft of the world 3 and the world of me 5 I found out in that hidden folitude very excel- lent experiments in Medicines, admira- ble gloi ious tinftures , and Telefmes in the Earth„ and the fecrets of Nature^c^T. with this breath came the day-light 3 and with it fuch a brightflamc9 that it feemed to exceed that of the Sun: After we had done out holy things at the twentieth houre The Preface. Scinjj houre of the tenth day of June 164^ veari- there appeared tous, after their ufuall v'Ato manners Seven men cloixhed in filk^gar^ ieno mentss with Cloahj after the Englifh modep .findt with purple Stockjns^ and Crimfon Velvet ltthtt Coatr 1 red andJhining on their Breaji : nor ptfso were they all thus clad9 but onely two of rdsme them% who were the chief : On the ruddier ioftb and taller of thefetwo 9 other two waited9 • If upoi but tbelejfe and paler had three attendant si .billi So that they made up feven in all 5 they rifai were about forty years of Age5but lookt /theft as if they had not reacht thirty 5 when ai^hi they were asked who they were ? They 0f tl anfweredj that they were Homines Aerii\ [ f0UB Aerial men9 who are born and dy b as we, n exa but that their life is much longer theri admit: ours5as reaching to three hundred years5 efmesi and they raife each Other from death to ■ured hfe. Being asked concerning thelm- \\ mortality of Damons} They anfwered e ! feeIT1( Nihil quod ckique proprium ejfet fuperejfes that they were of a nearer affinity With velltie the Divi then we* but yet infinitely dif- j^Qij & 3 ferenl The Preface. ferent from them: and that their hap- pinefle or mifery, as much tranfcended ours, as ours does the bruit Beads 5 that they knew all things, pad, prefenr, or to come, and what is hid, whether Mo* neyesor Books 5 and that the lowed fort of them, were the Genii of the bed and nohled men amongd the Rojie Cru- cians* as the bafedmen are the trainers up of the bed fort of dogs 3 that the te, nuity of their bodies was fuch , that they can neither do us good nor hurt^ laving in what they may be able to doe by ffeSres and terrcrs, and impartent of hjiovchdg?) we allied what Religion was bed amongd 11s? they anlwered the Pro- tf/iantj and Epifcopucy was the bed Form oj Church Government9 and that they were both publick profeffors in an Acca- demy, and that he of the lefferftature had three hundred Dz/c/p/e/, the other twenty: we a Iked further, why they would not reveale fuch treasures as they knew unto men? They anfwered, that there 1 \ The Preface. there was a fpeciall Law againft ir5 upon a very grevious penalty. Thefe Aireyall Inhabitants,ftayd at lead: ten hours difputing and arguing of fun- dry things, amongft which, one was the Origin all of the World : The Taller de~ nying that God wade the World, ab xterno; The LelTer affirmed that he fo created it every moment,that if hefhould defift but one moment it would perifh, whereupon the other cited J owe things out of the d/Jpu- tationsofR.C. tle&ione fraternitatis ca~ putj in the Rofie Crucian Axiomata, thefe- xdndBookj, which books, if this be ac- 'ceptable , I (hall (hortly publifh: and the Rota, The Wife mans Crown5 The fe- cond Book of Rofte Crucian Phy fick, and The Templeof Wijdome. The Book of Ge- omancy% Ajirology and Telefmes; And named feverall other Treatifes, part whereof I know, part not, which were of the Rojie Crucians Writings,and with- all did openly profefle himfelf of the Reverend Order. 3 3 As Asthefewent away from us , there cameamoft Heavenly Qdorous Aire, like that of fweet Bryers, but not fo full and ranker in this admiration were we conveyed I know not how, into the Orchard agains where this Perfume be- fng blown over, there fucceeded a plea- fant humming of Bees,amcngft Flower#, Herbs and Leaves that were there, and this did fomewhat difcompofe me, for I judged it not fuitable with the com# pleidon of the place, which was now a« gain darke and like midnight, then was I fomewhat troubled, with thefe unexpected occurrences 3 When a new appearance diverted my apprehenfions. Not farr off on my right hand, I could difcover a white weake light, not fo cleere as that of a candle, but mifty and iriuch refembling an Atmofphere, to- wards the centers it was of Purple colour like the Elejianfun-fhine, but in the Di« latation of the circumference Milky : And if we consider thejoyntTinftureof L ## ii V » • 't. 5 - the The Preface. the part?, it was a painted fofper, a figure ^•l(e of that fplendour which the old Romans 3y called Solmortiiorum 5 whileft I admired rey this ftrange fcaene, there appeared in the , ti; middle of the purple colours 9 a fudden )e^ commotion, and out of their very centre I did fprout a certain flowery light,as it were jp theflimeofaTaper9 very bright it was, ' fparkling and twinckling like the day- „ ^ Star 5 the beams of this new Planet iffu* 1 ing forth in fmal skeins andrivilets, lookt like threds of filver, which being 10V refle&ed againft the Trees3 difcovered a / curious green Umbrage^ and I found my felf in that Mathematical Grove of con- r fpiring Apple Trees, &c. fet by Mafter m William Slade 5 Under this (hade and pmilf skreen, did lodge a number of Nitin- r0li gales, Thrufhes, and Owfc/s or Black- birds3 which firft I difcovered by their e,.tc whitilh breafts 5 Thefe peeping through I*: their leavy Cabinets, rejoyced at this f, ftrange light, and having firft plum'd ', themfelyes.ftirrd the (till aire with their I * tV W _ £ /-• f p>e/ Mufick th Tbe Preface. - . i..... . . Muficks thefe ( with many other little birds that ftreined their pretty throgts) which I thought was very pretty, for the filence of the aight, fairing with the folitudeof the place, made me judge it heavenly: The ground both neer and far off, prefented a pleafing kindeof Checquer, for this new Star meeting with lome drops of dew, made a multi.. rude of bright refradHons, as if the earth had been paved with Diamonds. Thefe rare and various accidents kept rnySoule bufkd, but to interrupt rny*. thoughts, as if >ir had been unlawful! to examine what I had feen 5 another more admirable Object interpofed, I I could fee between me and the lighr5 a moftexquifite Divine Beauty^ black and: lovely, her frame neither long nor fhorr, but a mean decent ftature; vcas (according to the molt Curious mode' ofthe Country, at Sydmcuth in the County * ofDevonexsear Exeter,) In a habit "bed: jpleaftd her own nature, for valued I i ^ ' not T hePreface. littli not Vanity her Eyes were quick, frefh ojts; and%Celejtiall% but had fomethingof a j fa Start, as if ihe had been puzzled with a h the fuddain occurrence, her Countenance igeii. was Amiable^ from her black vaile, did f an and paffed the laft gate, that direfts to a bridge, which we went oyer 5 and we had not gone very far9 when lhada great defire to hear my Miftnjjc fpeak3 (for fo I judged hernow)thatifpoffib!esl might receive fome information from her : how to bring this about9 1 did not well knows For (he feem'd vervcoy9 rough and averfe from difcourfe3but ha- ving refolv cl with my felf to difturb her. I asked if (he would favour me with her Name ? To which fhcreplyed very familiarly, as if (he had known me long before, My true and faithfull Servant (faidlhej my Name is Beata-y you do here behold5 The Harmony of the World9 Man^the SouL Nature and Religion^ and had it been your fortune barely to know the fecrets of Nature^ Reafon and Vhilofo~ rh, I V The Preface. 81 1 ■ i M pby9 with all the fweet circumflances of them,which few uponEarth underftand, I would not have been your Miftris; and now myc? early belovedServantJ.H.pub- lifh this Rojie Crucian miftery, and add it to your former difcourfes^/ss.TAeTew. pie oflVifdomefThe^oJieCrucian injallible Axiomata: Your new Method Offxojle Crucian Phyfick^ and Medicines, for long l;fe, Healthy Tenth 5 VVifdome and Vertuc9 arid to alter ^change and amend the jtate of the body 3 And if the rude Readers be fo wife they cannot underftand you, leave t he difcovery toGod5who when it is his bltfled will, can inftrudt the better fort of them, I charge you upon pain of loo- ling my Love, teach no man, what you have from me, unlefie you finde them of your own difpofiiion, its truth the World looks for Dreams and Revelati- ens, as the Train to their invifible Righ- teoufirtfte 3 butyouftiall deliver what I fend to the Sons of Art (for folcall thofc whofe Qualities are as yours J let the lCej, them know by the Rofic Crucian M that there are but two Elements^ Earth and ;n„ l/Vater, Air is the Cement of two worlds j* - and a Medly of Extreams. It is natures ^ common place, her index, where you may finde all that ever (he did or intends i Ijj to do 5 This is the Worlds ReWe&i'flaj, /n in this are innumerable of Men 9 ^ Beads, Fifh and Foul, Trees, Herbs, and ^ all creeping things, this is A/are Rerun* . invifibiliHrn, for all the conceptions m . Jtnu fuperioris natur^^ wrap themfelves ^ in this Tiffany, before they imbarkeih J. the (hell- It retayns the fpecies of all a r things whatfoever, and is the immedi- "L0' ate receptacle of fpirits, after diffoluti- 3 a on,whence they paffe to the ^Ethereal Region, which is a mod filent Fire.This eD][ Fire paffeth through all things in the 1 world,and it is natures Chariot, in this f. fheride.^ when (he moves this move** p and when (he ftands this (lands, like the j i Wheels inPzekiel^whok Motion aepen- , dethon that of thefpirit, this is the 0," Mask the .. mm ■ ' j® The Preface♦ Mafk and Screen of the Almighty, wherefoever he is 5 this train of Fire attends him- Thus he appears to Mofes inthtBuJh9 but it was in Fire} the Pro- phet fees him break out at the Nortbg but like a Firecatching it felf} at Horeb he is attended with a mighty jirongvcind rending the Rocks in pieces, but after this comes the Fire% and with it aftill fmall voice, Efdras alfo defines a God, whofe fervice is converfant in VVinde and Fire$ this face is the veftment of the Divine jMajejiy^ his backpart9 which he (hewed toMofes^ but his naked roy- all EiTence none can fee and live} The Glory of his prefence would fwallow up the naturall man, and make him al- together fpiritua), thus Mofes his face after conference with him fhines, and from his fmal tinUnre you may guefs at you future eftate in the regeneration, for to know nothing is life eternal, be- fcaufe allinvifiblescame out of the invifi- Ble 7he Prejace ♦ ^htj bleGoda& this is The way to £///j}when you f Hi come to the Chaos you (hall find it blood )Mcjt redfiecaufe the Central Sulphur prefents (ePre it foj in your preparation it is white like Nor/i QHlckzjilverfo. tranfparent like the Hea« : vens,& before the fall of man9there was a more plentifull and large Communion itaftt between Heaven and Earth9 God and the t aft: Elements% than there is now in your days iGoi upon paans tranfgrefiion 5 Mahuth was Wm cut off from the tJan9 fo that a breach aean was made between both worlds, and swhic their Chanel of Influences difcontinued. xf roj Now Malcnth is the invifible Archetypal Tl Moon9 by which your vifible Cakfliat pallor Moon is governed, and impregnated3and him a! God to punifh the fin of Adam9 withdrew [lis fas himfelf from the creatures, fo that they es, ant were not feafted with the fame meafure guefu of influences as formerly.But the Angels iratior became Minifters of the Gofpe/, and the ial k Law was in their hands,till Chrijl flhould invili take it into his own, and Razielthe An- K gel was prefently difpatched to commu- nicate The Preface. nicate the intelligence to Adam 8c to ac* quaint him with the Harmony of tbtCods% 8c their Divine Ideas, Angels 8c their Ge- nif Spheres and their Spirits5 Stars, P/rf- and their Souls or naturall ldeass At en and their Guardians, and how by the influence of the Statrs thefe vifible creators receive Vertue, Life, Knowledg, Senfe and Motion $ and God when the matter was prepared by love, for light, gives out his fait Lux, which was nd Creation as moft think, but an Emanati- on of the orld\x\ whom was l/fe9 and that life is the light of men, this is that • light Saint John fpeaks ot\thit it flsines in the darhyrejje^and the darkncjfe cot&prchen* deditnot. No fooner had this Divine Light pierced the bofome of the matter, but the idea of the whole material world appeared in thofe primitive waters like an image in a Glaffe: By this idea it wa$ that the Holy Gkoji framed and modled the univerfal! ftru&ure, This R.. C. mi' ftery of the Idea is excellently manifeft- ed T he Preface• toi ted in the Magicall Analyfis of bodies i «Gfc For he that knows how to immitate eiii the protochimiftry of the Spirit , i,fi by reparation of the principles $ Ii wherein the life is imprifoned, may los fee the impreffe of it experimen- nil tally in the outward naturall vefii- rah ments; when the Unity of the Trinity en i had applyed themfelves to the matter, )rli| there was extrafted from the bofome was of it a thin fpiritnall celejlial fubtfance m wch receiving atintture of heat & light f( j proceeding from the divine Treafuries, jj t[ became a pure fincere innoxious fire, of )m this the Bodyes of Angels Conjift, as alfo win the Empyreall Weaven9 where intelle&u- Pivi all effences have their refidence: this ex- m2tjj tra& being thus fetled above, and fepa- IW01 rated from the Maffe, retaynd in it a traft arsl portion of light, and made the firft day '}0 without a Sutt) but the fplendour of ' I the word expelling the darknefs down- r u wards, it became more fetled,and com- ^ifct Pa& towards the centre,and made a hor- 4, b ribte T he Preface. rible thick night 3 and thus God was be- tween the light and darknejfefor the fpirit remained ftill on the face of the in- feriour portion, to extrad more from it: in the fecond reparation was reduced Aier /\gilis,a fpirit not fo refined as the former, but vitall^and in the next degree to it, this was extraded in fuch abun- dance, that it filled all the fpace from the fVlafs to the Empyreall heaven f under which it wascondenced toa water,but of a different conftitution from thtElemen* tal^ and this is the body oftheinter-Jiel* Ur skjei the inferiour portion of this fe* cond extrad from the moon to the earth remained Aire% ftill partly to divide the inferiour and fuperiour Waters 5 but chief* ly for the refpiration and nourifhment of the creatures, and this is that which is properly called the Firmament 5 And on the fecond day God Created the Spirit of the Firmament 7 and in the out- ward Geometricall Compofure it anfwers to Natura media, for it is fpread through all things, hinders vacuity and keep; all the T he Preface. '? hi the parts of nature in a firme invifible u- nion$ Nothing now remains but the two inferiour principles. Earth and Water^thQ Earth was an impure fulphurous fub- ftance,or Caput mortnum, of the Creation the Water al fo was phlegmatick,cold and raw, not fo vitall as the former extra&i- ons, but the Divine Spirit to make his Work perfeft moving alfo upon thefe, imparted to them life and heat, and made them fit for future productions the earth was fo over caft5 and mantled with the water, that no part thereof was to be feen, but the fpirit orders a retreat, that it may be expofed to the Ctflejliali influences^ the light as yet was not confi* ned, but retayning his vaft flux and pri- mitive liberty, equally poffeft the whole creature. On the fourth day it was col le&ed to a Sunp and taught to know his fountaine^ the darknefle whence pro ceed the corruptions, and confequently the death of the creature, was imprifo- ned in the Centre, but breaks out ftiil when the day gives it leave : and you * mufr The Preface. muft know every Element is threefold , for example, there is a threefold earth .• Firft, there is Terra Elementaris: then there is Terra C£le^isl and laftly Terra Spiritual/s^he influences of the ipiritual earth by mediation of theCeleftial, are united to the terreftrial, & are the caufe of life, See. Thefe three are thefunda- mentalhofart and nature, the firft an- fwers to God theFathertbeing the natural foundation of the creature: thefecond principle is the infallible Magnet, the Miftery of Union, by this all things may be attracted whether Phificall or meta- phifical, be the diftance never fo great, this is jfacabj Ladder without this, there is no alcent, or defcent either influent!- all or perfonall, thisanfwers to God the Son9 for it is that which mediates be- tween extreams, and makes tnferionrs and fuperiours communicate: the third Principle is not ex quo, but per quod om. ' niai this can do all in all, and the facul- ties thereof, I may not tell you, it an- fwers The Preface. fwers to the Holy Ghoji, and amongft na- turalls it is the only Agent and Artificer &c. and by thefe you may performe mi- raculous things 5 for there is not a com- pound in all nature, but hath in it a little Sun and a little Moon, and what offices foever the two greatLuminaries perform for the confervation of the great world in general], thefe two little Luminaries performe the like for the confervation ot their Microcofme in particular^ the£#« and Moon are two principles, the one a- 8ive% the other pajjive, this mafculine that feminine,they have Spirits and An- gels attending them as all bodies have, and the Starrs likewife have fpirits that carry influence to one another and to the Earth, &c. And as the great world confifts of three parts, the Elemental!, the Oeleftiall and the Spiritual!,above all which God him- felfisfeatedin that infinite inacceffible light,which ftreams from his own nature, even fo Man hath in him his Earthly Ele- b 3 imntartt The Preface. utentall parts, together with the CeleSii- all and Angelicall natures$ in the Centre of all which moves, and fhines theDi- vine Spirit, the SenfualljCseleftial, iEthe- rial part of man, is that whereby we do move, fee, feel, taft and fmell, and have a Commerce with all materiall objefts whatfoever, it is the fame in us as in Beafts, and it is derived from Heaven, where it is predominant to all the infe- riour Earthly creatures, it is Anima Mun- di9 vulgarly called by AfirologetSjAnitm Media, bccaute the influences of the Di- vine Nature are conveyed through it to the more materiall parts of the creature, with which ofthemfelves they have no proportion^ by means of this anima me* dialer the astheriall Nature, man is made fab j eft to the influence of Stars, and is difpofed of, partly by the C&lettiall Har- ntony^ for this middle fpirit is of a fruit- full inhnuating nature, and carryes fuch aftrange defircto multiply it felf, that the Csleftiall forme ftirs up, and excites the The Preface the Elementall $ as is maniftfc in thofe Herbs which open at the riling, and (hut towards the Sun fet, which motion is caufed by the Spirit being fenfible of the approach and departure oftheSun5 for indeedthe flowers are as it were the fpringof the fpirit, where it breaks forth and ftreams, as it appears by the fweet fmells that are moft cadeltiall, and com- fortable there. Again this is more evi- dent in the plantanimalls, as the vegeta- ble Lamb, the Arbor Caffa9 and feverall othersm* but this will not link with any, butfuchas have feen this fpirit fepara- ted from his elements, where 1 leave it for this time: Next, to this fenfuall nature of man, is the Angelical, or Rational! fpirit, this fpirit adheres fomtimes to the mens or fuperiour portion of the foul, & then it is filled with the Divine light $ but moft commonly it defcends into the sethereal, inferior portion, which Saint Paul calls Homo Ammalis^ where it is al- tered by the Caletfiali influences, and di- verily y ' / TAe Preface verfly diftra&ed with the irregular affe- dions and paffions of the fenfuall nature, above the rationall fpirit is the mens ^ commonly called ffiracnlum vitarum^this is that fpirit which God breathed into, man, and by which man is united again % toGod$ Hence there is in nature a cer- tain fpirit which applyes himfelf to the matter, and Aftuates in every generati- on. That there is alfo a paflive intrinfe- call principle, where he is more immedi- ately refident then in the reft, and by mediation of which, he communicates with the more groffe materiall parts, for there is in nature a certain chaine or fub- ordinate propinquity of complexions between vifibles and invifibles, and this is it by which the fuperiour, fpirituall ef- feofcs defcend, and converfe here below with the matter:do not miftake me Gen- tlemen, I fpeak not in thi9 place of the Divine fpirit, but I fpeak of a certain Art by which a particular fpirit may be united to the univerfall, and nature by The Preface.- $ confequence may be firangely exalted and multiplyed. Now then in every *m\ frame there are three leading principles., ^tti the firft is this Anima aforeiaid, the fe- inte cond is called fpiriins Mbnditand this fpi- ajar ritis the medium per quod anima infun~ acer- ditur &movet fnnm Corpus; The third loth is a certain Oleus setherial water: This Mi is MenjtrumandMatrix Mnndi, for in it tiiofe all things are framed and preferved, as iniei foon as the paffive fpirit attracts the A- andb] nima, which is done when the firft link licatti in the chaine moves, then the setheriall fo water in a moment attrafts the paffive ir fub- fpirit, for this is the firft vifible recepta- M cle wherein the fuperiour natures are ldtlii concentrated, and this paffive fpirit is a lallet thin Aireal fubftance, the only immedi- below ate veftiment wherein the Anima wraps ?Geo- herfelf, when (he defcends and applyes ofthe to generation^the radicall vitall liquor, is ertaid a pure caeleftiail nature, anfwering in iay b proportion and complexion to the fupe- jrcbj interJiellar waters^ the Soul being uen« thus The Preface. thus confined,by lawfull Magicin this liquid ChriftaHj the light which is in her ftreams through the water, and then it is Lux manifejie vijfbilis ad occulnm, in which ftate it is firft made fubjeft to the Artift: here now lyes the miftery of the R. C. his rnoft fecret and miraculous py- ramid, whofe firft Unity or Cone isal- wayes in Hori&onte Eternitatis, but his Bafts or quadrate is here below in Hori- %onte Temporis, the Anima confifts of, three portions of light, and one of the matter.- the Paffive fpirit hath two parts of the matter and two of the light} wherefore it is called Natura Media, and Sph