Text.BP190.E2r
From Theatrum Paracelsicum
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Source: Paracelsus, Centum quindecim curationes experimentaque, ed. Bernard Gilles Penot, Lyon: Jean Lertout, 1582 [BP190]
Summary: Penot concludes his address to the reader by presenting philosophical canons essential for achieving success in the Hermetic arts. He emphasizes the importance of gratefully accepting these precepts and foundations as preliminary exercises in Hermetic theory and encourages engaging in devout theoretical meditation. Penot hints at a future time when he will reveal the practice of these rules in full, not in the partial form previously disclosed, but as a comprehensive system supported by numerous arguments and solid reasoning. (generated by ChatGPT)
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[p. 67] Habes iam (amice lector) Canones philosophicos, sine quibus vix ad optatum finem peruenies quisquis es, vti grato animo hæc Hermeticæ præludis & fundamenta acceperis, & in hac theorica pia meditatione te exercueris: praxim harum regularum tempus aliquando proferet, non illam truncatam, quam nonnullis patefeci, sed integram, multis argumentis & solidis rationibus confirmatam: interea vale, viue, tibíque bene consule.
Modern English Raw Translation
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You now have, dear reader, the philosophical canons, without which you will hardly reach the desired end, whoever you are. If you have gratefully received these preludes and foundations of Hermeticism and have engaged yourself in this pious theoretical meditation, time will eventually bring forth the practice of these rules, not that truncated version which I have revealed to some, but a complete one, confirmed by many arguments and solid reasons. In the meantime, farewell, live well, and take good care of yourself.
