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Vital Spirit (Concept) - Source Library Encyclopedia

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Vital Spirit

Also known as: Spiritus Vitalis, Vital Force, Pneuma, Archaeus, Vital spirit

27 books·633 total mentions

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A subtle substance or force believed in early modern physiology and alchemy to animate the body and mediate between the soul and material organs.

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Appears in 29 Books

Medical Letters, Volume One

Niccolò Massa

p. 130 p. 131 p. 132 p. 133 p. 134 p. 135 p. 136 p. 137 p. 138 p. 139+1 more pages

Iamblichus De Mysteriis (1497 Aldine)

Iamblichus; Proclus; Porphyry; trans. Marsilio Ficino

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p. 625 p. 626 p. 627 p. 628 p. 629 p. 630 p. 631 p. 632 p. 633 p. 634+2 more pages

Paracelsus: Complete Works (Latin)

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p. 554 p. 555 p. 556 p. 557 p. 558 p. 559 p. 560 p. 561 p. 562 p. 563+4 more pages

Vesalius: De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1555)

Andreas Vesalius

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+70 more pages

Cardano: De Subtilitate (1550)

Girolamo Cardano

p. 152 p. 153 p. 154 p. 155 p. 156 p. 157 p. 158 p. 159 p. 160 p. 161

Janua Linguarum Reserata (1641)

Jan Amos Comenius

p. 53 p. 54 p. 55 p. 56 p. 57 p. 58 p. 59 p. 60 p. 61 p. 62+13 more pages

Naturall Philosophie Reformed by Divine Light (1651)

Jan Amos Comenius

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+65 more pages

Musurgia universalis Tomus II

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p. 40 p. 41 p. 42 p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 p. 46 p. 47 p. 48 p. 49+1 more pages

Opuscula Medica Inaudita

Jan Baptist van Helmont

p. 202 p. 203 p. 204 p. 205 p. 206 p. 207 p. 208 p. 209 p. 210 p. 211+2 more pages

De Triplici vita

Marsilio Ficino

p. 50 p. 51 p. 52 p. 53 p. 54 p. 55 p. 56 p. 57 p. 58 p. 59+6 more pages

New Light of Alchemy (with Paracelsus)

Sendivogius, Michael | Paracelsus

p. 216 p. 217 p. 218 p. 219 p. 220 p. 221 p. 222 p. 223 p. 224 p. 225+9 more pages

Anatomiae Amphitheatrum

Robert Fludd

p. 217 p. 218 p. 219 p. 220 p. 221 p. 233 p. 234 p. 235 p. 236 p. 237+6 more pages

Conciliator Differentiarum Philosophorum et Medicorum

Pietro d'Abano

p. 134 p. 135 p. 136 p. 137 p. 138 p. 165 p. 166 p. 167 p. 168 p. 169+20 more pages

History of Life and Death

Bacon, Francis

p. 328 p. 329 p. 330 p. 331 p. 332 p. 333 p. 334 p. 335 p. 336 p. 337+18 more pages

On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians

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p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41 p. 42 p. 43 p. 44+1 more pages

Ortus Medicinae (Origin of Medicine)

Jan Baptist van Helmont

p. 220 p. 221 p. 222 p. 223 p. 224 p. 225 p. 226 p. 227 p. 228 p. 229+25 more pages

L'Alkaest ou le dissolvant universel de Van-Helmont. Liquor alkaest

Le Pelletier, Jean|Starkey, George

p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34 p. 35 p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40+15 more pages

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Kerckring, Theodor

p. 278 p. 279 p. 280 p. 281 p. 282 p. 283 p. 284 p. 285 p. 286 p. 287+12 more pages

Mytho-hermetisches Archiv. Ein periodisches Werk

Clavier Duplessis

p. 63 p. 64 p. 65 p. 66 p. 67 p. 68 p. 69 p. 70 p. 71

Discourse on the Powder of Sympathy

Kenelm Digby

p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41 p. 42 p. 43 p. 44 p. 45+18 more pages

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Leonardo da Vinci

p. 25 p. 26 p. 27 p. 28 p. 29 p. 30 p. 31 p. 32 p. 33 p. 34+10 more pages

Notes et dessins sur le coeur et sa constitution anatomique

Leonardo da Vinci

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10+18 more pages

Tomus secundus de supernaturali, naturali, praeternaturali et contranaturali microcosmi historia

Robert Fludd

p. 142 p. 143 p. 144 p. 145 p. 146 p. 147 p. 148 p. 149 p. 150 p. 151+2 more pages

Leonardo da Vinci: der Denker, Forscher und Poet

Leonardo da Vinci

p. 303 p. 304 p. 305 p. 306 p. 307 p. 308 p. 309 p. 310 p. 311 p. 312+8 more pages

I manoscritti di Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci (ed. Sabachnikoff & Piumati)

p. 399 p. 400 p. 401 p. 402 p. 403 p. 404 p. 405 p. 406 p. 407 p. 408+12 more pages

Chymische Schriften

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p. 171 p. 172 p. 173 p. 174 p. 175 p. 176 p. 177 p. 178 p. 179 p. 180+6 more pages

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