Splendor of Light

understood and interpreted. I do not contest this interpretation in the slightest; rather, I revere it with my mouth and heart as a holy interpretation used by Christ and the Apostles themselves. I hold it to be a guiding rule of the true faith. These modes of explaining or interpreting the Holy Scriptures original Latin: modi explanandi vel interpretandi sacram scripturam are called universal original Latin: universales by theologians. However, among the "modes of explaining," three others are permitted by theologians as particular original Latin: particulares ones. See the "Holy Library" by Sixtus of Siena, page 171, book 3. Namely: Elementary, or Kabbalistic; Physical; and Prophetic. Consequently, such a "mode of explaining" has been expressly permitted to me by the Christian Catholic Church. I pursued my work with the greatest diligence, going through the Holy Scriptures as they were given in their mother tongue (Hebrew), along with the Chaldean interpreter (Targum An ancient Aramaic translation and commentary on the Hebrew Bible.). The texts of those I found to be possessors of the Art, I have explained Kabbalistically-physically original: cabalistico-physice. A method that looks for chemical or natural secrets hidden within the numerical value and mystical meaning of Hebrew letters.. From this, I have described the greatest secret of nature, namely the Hermetic Mastery original: Magisterium Hermeticum. The "Great Work" of alchemy, often referring to the creation of the Philosopher's Stone.. In this matter, highly learned men have preceded me with their example in Hebrew, such as: Philo the Jew, Flavius Josephus, Clement of Alexandria, Jerome, and Pico della Mirandola. Among the Latin authors, however, I especially followed Vincent of Beauvais in his Mirror of Nature original: Speculo naturali. A massive 13th-century encyclopedia that organized all knowledge of the natural world.. Therefore, I say to those theologians, along with the excellently learned Michael Psellus An 11th-century Byzantine monk and scholar known for his works on philosophy and demonology.—