Antikrisis: A Short Rejoinder and Defense

...let us lead. For these people gather individual observations, from which it is necessary to build the sciences. But if you contend that the Brotherhood Referring to the Rosicrucian Brotherhood. was taught by God—just as it has been recorded in memory that St. Hildegard Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) was a Benedictine abbess, mystic, and polymath. She claimed her visions gave her an immediate understanding of Latin and complex theology without formal training., Abbess of the Monastery of Bingen, despite being ignorant of the Latin language, dictated everything in Latin to the scribes as the Holy Spirit revealed it—then provide your proof.

First of all, I would like to hear from you—since the mouse-entry at Wetzlar original: "Meuß-intrata zu Wetzlar." This likely refers to a contemporary anecdote or local folklore regarding a magical or miraculous way to lead mice out of the city of Wetzlar. seems so natural and easy to you—how you intended to practice it. It seems to me it is a similar case to what I have read happened to a certain enchanter in Salzburg A common cautionary tale in the early modern period about the limits of human control over nature., who boasted that he could draw all the snakes within a mile's vicinity into one pit and destroy them. When he tried this, finally an ancient and huge snake crawled out; while he tried to drive it into the pit with a magic song original: "carmine." This refers to a ritual incantation or spell., it leaped out, wrapped itself around the enchanter like a belt, dragged him into the pit, and killed him.

Likewise, since you want to make Trithemius Johannes Trithemius (1462–1516) was an abbot and scholar famous for his works on "steganography," which some contemporaries interpreted as a manual for summoning spirits rather than a code-system. out to be as pure as an angel, how do you understand these works of his: “But these spirits are most destructive and wicked. With the greatest hatred they ha—” me ha- This is a catchword, an old printer's tool where the first syllable of the next page is printed at the bottom of the current one to ensure the sheets are bound in the correct order. The full sentence likely concludes "they have [me in their sights]" or similar.