The Heaven of the Philosophers and the Regimen of Life

Name: Coelum philosophorum. Von heimlichkeit der Natur. Regiment des Lebens
Author: Ulstad, Philip|Ficino, Marsilio

Coelum philosophorum. Von heimlichkeit der Natur. Regiment des Lebens

Ulstad, Philip|Ficino, Marsilio

Latin-German

Hermes Trismegistus c. 1st-3rd century CE · published 1551

150 pages

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First from Latin-German

English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.

While Marsilio Ficino's 'De vita' (Regimen of Life) has been translated into English (e.g., by Boer in 1980 and Kaske/Clark in 1989), there is no evidence of an English translation of Philip Ulstad's 'Coelum philosophorum' (The Heaven of the Philosophers), nor of this specific 1551 German compilation of the two authors. The provided OCR text indicates a German devotional work which may be part of this specific edition, further distinguishing it from standard Latin editions of the individual works.

Related translations found:

The Book of Life / Three Books on Life, trans. Charles Boer / Carol V. Kaske and John R. Clark (1980, 1989) [complete]

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Unlock the secrets of the 'Heaven of the Philosophers,' a 16th-century masterwork that bridges the gap between laboratory chemistry and spiritual immortality. Philip Ulstad and Marsilio Ficino guide you through the extraction of the 'Fifth Essence'—a substance so pure it was believed to halt decay and restore the human body to its elemental prime.