Daniel Mögling (1596 in
Böblingen
Böblingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen (district), Böblingen District. Sindelfingen and Böblingen are Geographic contiguity, contiguous.
History
Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Bö ...
– 1635 in
Butzbach) was a German
alchemist
Alchemy (from the Arabic word , ) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first ...
and a
Rosicrucian
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.
Work
Mögling is thought to have written ''
Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum'' (Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross, 1618) under the
pseudonym
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Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens, and ''Jhesus Nobis Omnia – Rosa Florescens'' (1617) under the pseudonym Florentinus de Valentia. He was personal physician and court astronomer to
Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach from 1621 to 1635. He translated
Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan era, Elizabethan age.
His works include a sonnet sequence, ' ...
's novel ''
Arcadia'' into German.
[*William R. Newman, Anthony Grafton, "Secrets of nature: astrology and alchemy in early modern Europe", ''Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology'', MIT Press, 2001, , p. 301.]
See also
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Esotericism
Esotericism may refer to:
* Eastern esotericism, a broad range of religious beliefs and practices originating from the Eastern world, characterized by esoteric, secretive, or occult elements
* Western esotericism, a wide range of loosely related id ...
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Hermeticism
Hermeticism, or Hermetism, is a philosophical and religious tradition rooted in the teachings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretism, syncretic figure combining elements of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. This system e ...
References
External links
Rosie: Speculum Sophicum Rhodo-StauroticumUniversity College of London: Rosicrucian text
German alchemists
People from Böblingen
1596 births
1635 deaths
17th-century German people
17th-century alchemists
17th-century German male writers
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