The Book of Meteors

Name: Das Buoch, meteororum. Liber quartus paramiri de matrice
Author: Paracelsus, Theophrastus

Das Buoch, meteororum. Liber quartus paramiri de matrice

Paracelsus, Theophrastus

Latin

Paracelsus, Theophrastus c. 1530-1541 · published 1566

250 pages

2 images

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First Complete Translation

Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.

Extensive searches of major library catalogs and scholarly databases (including UNESCO Index Translationum, Library of Congress, and others) yielded no record of a complete, standalone English translation of Paracelsus's 'Das Buch Meteororum' (1566). While various anthologies and collections of Paracelsus's works exist (such as those by A.E. Waite), they do not contain a complete translation of this specific treatise. The metadata provided correctly identifies that only partial components or related works have been translated. Therefore, this is the first complete translation.

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Step into a universe where stars are like fish swimming in a smoky sky and the womb is a self-contained ecosystem reflecting the cosmos. In 'The Book of Meteors,' the legendary rebel-physician Paracelsus dismantles ancient science to reveal a world governed by alchemical 'Vulcans' and the spiritual essence of the elements. Discover how the 'Light of Nature' illuminates everything from the explosive birth of lightning to the unique biological monarchy of the human body.