Amphitheater of Eternal Wisdom

How often here, repeating the beautiful dove from the mountain of Lebanon A reference to the Song of Solomon 4:8, often interpreted by alchemists as the soul or the "white" stage of the Great Work.
With sighs from the depths of his heart, had he called?
For he had chosen for herself a single companion for life.

"O my beloved, come," prays your most dear
Groom, the King of Jerusalem original: "Solyma", and he swears by the sacred Divinities
That he will be a constant and chaste husband to you.

Present and relying on the conversations of JEHOVAH, Abraham
Was skilled in this; and having set out from the Chaldean people,
He brought it into Egypt, and revealed it to the lands of Idumea.

By this [science], Jacob, the knowledge of things was known to you,
JEHOVAH was known to you, and the Ladder of GOD; the Palace
Of the open sky was seen; and you filled the flock with spotted offspring Referring to the biblical story in Genesis 30 where Jacob uses visual sticks to influence the breeding of Laban's livestock—a feat often cited as early natural magic..

The son of Rachel original: "Rachelides," referring to Joseph.: he holds this [science] while he, as a prophet
Through mystical cups, carefully handles the cup-dreams
Of the Egyptian original: "Pharii" king, and, wise for what is to come,
Sings of future events.

Moses, brought up in the Egyptian court,
Drank this in; with this, and shining for a long time afterward with light
(A double light because of this), he was able to present himself to JEHOVAH himself.

By this, Balaam, while still sincere and free from the crime
Of base greed, knew how to rightly search out the secrets
Of the high GOD, and to bless the holy people.

By this, the skilled Queen of the Arabs The Queen of Sheba. brings riddles
To the King of the sons of Isaac Solomon., than whom no other
Shone more wise; by this, Daniel, more excellent than the Magi,
Whom the Royal school of Persia brought forth as one instructed—he
Declared the most sorrowful fates to two kings:
One falls from his empire by slaughter, but the other becomes like a beast Referring to the fates of Belshazzar and Nebuchadnezzar..

How great a name did Hermes Thrice-Greatest Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary founder of Hermeticism. carry because of this?
By this, she The personified Science/Wisdom. worshipped GOD and visited the cradle of CHRIST;
Reuchlin Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522), a German humanist who introduced Greek and Hebrew (Kabbalah) studies to Germany. taught the same through the wonderful WORD.
Wise Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, author of "Three Books of Occult Philosophy." brought this forth with a wondrous voice;
The Swiss original: "Heluetius." Likely referring to Paracelsus, the Swiss physician and alchemist., the son of the Muses, another Hermes,
Hated by fools, but a great Light to the wise,
Whose Wisdom surpasses human senses, brought it forth:
For this, Germany, congratulate yourself on your lofty Apollo original: "Celso Phæbo.".
Stellatus Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus, author of the "Zodiacus Vitae," a poem mixing science, philosophy, and occultism. also preserves this in honeyed song.

This is it, this is that Science (believe me), which truly
Opens to you the Light of Nature, and the hidden powers
Of the vast World: it is the clearest Light.
Without which all things lie immersed in deep darkness.

This shall be a torch for you; this Light, this leading guide will lead you
Suddenly to the inner sanctuaries of all hidden things,

And thus you will not be a useless weight in this wonderful Theater,
Nor a lazy spectator, but an intimate Searcher, and an Actor—
An invited guest, not a stranger always wandering.

By this, he reveals the courses and powers of the stars,
And having scrutinized the changes of things, he marks the appointed times;