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First Matter (Materia Prima) (Concept) - Source Library Encyclopedia

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First Matter (Materia Prima)

Also known as: Materia Prima, Hyle, Chaos, The Root of the World

15 books·273 total mentions

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The formless, primordial substance that is the basis of all physical reality in Aristotelian and alchemical thought.

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Appears in 16 Books

Two Treatises: On the Nature of Elements & On the Fifth Essence

Drebbel, Cornelius

p. 30 p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39+18 more pages

Musaeum Hermeticum (1677 Edition)

Various; ed. Luca Jennis

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Paracelsus: Complete Works (Latin)

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p. 345 p. 346 p. 347 p. 348 p. 349 p. 350 p. 351

Theatrum Chemicum Vol. III (1602)

Various; ed. Lazarus Zetzner

p. 298 p. 299 p. 300 p. 301 p. 302 p. 303 p. 304 p. 305 p. 306 p. 307+7 more pages

History of Both Worlds: Macrocosm

Robert Fludd

p. 441 p. 442 p. 443 p. 444 p. 445 p. 446 p. 447 p. 448 p. 449 p. 450+2 more pages

Alchymia: Comprehensive Treatise on Alchemy

Andreas Libavius

p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30 p. 91 p. 92 p. 93 p. 94 p. 95

Lumen de Lumine, or A New Magicall Light

Thomas Vaughan

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+36 more pages

Ortus Medicinae (Origin of Medicine)

Jan Baptist van Helmont

p. 180 p. 181 p. 182 p. 183 p. 184 p. 185 p. 186 p. 187 p. 188

Abhandlung vom goldenen Vliess oder Möglichkeit der Verwandlung der Metalle

Creiling, Johann Conrad

p. 32 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41+13 more pages

Chymische Schrifften

Bernhardus Trevisanus

p. 156 p. 157 p. 158 p. 159 p. 160 p. 161 p. 162 p. 163 p. 164 p. 165+7 more pages

Chymischer Natur-Spiegel

Stiller, Johann Martin

p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30 p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36+8 more pages

Der Compass der Weisen von einen Mitverwandten der innern Verfassung der ächten und rechten Freymäurerey beschrieben

[Jolyfief, Augustin Anton Pocquieres de]

p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10 p. 11+17 more pages

Gloria mundi. Kleine Paradeis-Tafel

anonymous

p. 68 p. 69 p. 70 p. 71 p. 72 p. 73 p. 74 p. 75 p. 76 p. 77+7 more pages

Phoenix atropicus de morte redux. Der wiederum frisch belebte gebenedeyte philosophische Adrop. Tractatus de urina

anonymous|Hollandus, Johannes Isaac

p. 54 p. 55 p. 56 p. 57 p. 58 p. 59 p. 60 p. 61 p. 62 p. 63+5 more pages

Das Buoch, meteororum. Liber quartus paramiri de matrice

Paracelsus, Theophrastus

p. 101 p. 102 p. 103 p. 104 p. 105 p. 106 p. 107 p. 108 p. 109 p. 110+7 more pages

Clavis totius philosophiae chymisticae

Dorn, Gerhard

p. 174 p. 175 p. 176 p. 177 p. 178 p. 179 p. 180 p. 181 p. 182 p. 183+5 more pages

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