Notice, no date (1569), Anonymous to the Reader (BP106)

From Theatrum Paracelsicum
Author: Anonymous
Recipient: Reader
Type: Notice
Date: no date [1569]
Pages: 1
Language: German
Quote as: https://www.theatrum-paracelsicum.com/index.php?curid=1916
Editor: Edited by Julian Paulus
Source:
Paracelsus, Außlegung Der Figuren/ so zu Nürenberg gefunden seind worden, [Basel: Pietro Perna] 1569, sig. A1v [BP106]
CP: Not in Kühlmann/Telle, Corpus Paracelsisticum
Translation: Raw translation see below
Abstract: The text suggests that a person, believing themselves to be knowledgeable, hastily interpreted some magical figures. However, as understanding magical art requires more than a cursory interpretation, their efforts were deemed fundamentally useless, despite initial positive reception. (generated by Chat-GPT)
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[sig. A1v] Zu dem Leser.

Es hat ein Außlegung einer erstmal in der eyl vber diese Magischen Figuren gemacht, welcher sein gut duncken angezeigt, Aber als das selbige vermeinen nicht in Magischer kunst bestehen mag, So sol solche Außlegung jm grundt nichts, auch nicht wie sie damalen außgangen für gutt gehalten werden.


English Raw Translation

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To the reader:

There was someone who, considering himself knowledgeable, made an interpretation at first glance about these magical figures. However, since it is not possible to succeed in magical art with just such an interpretation, it is fundamentally worthless, even if it was considered good at the time.


Author: Anonymous
Recipient: Reader
Type: Notice
Date: no date [1569]
Pages: 1
Language: German
Quote as: https://www.theatrum-paracelsicum.com/index.php?curid=1916
Editor: Edited by Julian Paulus
Source:
Paracelsus, Expositio vera harum imaginum olim Nurenbergae repertarum, [Basel: Pietro Perna] 1570, sig. A1v [BP115]
CP: Not in Kühlmann/Telle, Corpus Paracelsisticum
Translation: Raw translation see below
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Ad Lectorem admonitio.

Quidam antea magicarum istarum imaginum festinata potius opinione quàm iudicio matura, declarationem aggressus est. Verùm quòd magica non magicè gtractarit, nec ea firmiter constare potest. Quapropter & nulla prorsum fides ei debetur, cum ex suorum subiectorum fundamentis radicem non habeat.

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To the Reader, a warning.

Someone, guided by hasty opinion rather than mature judgment, has attempted to explain these magical images. However, because he did not handle magic in a magical way, nor can it be firmly established, no trust is owed to him at all, since he does not have a foundation rooted in his own subjects.