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Michael Maier (Latin: Michael Maierus; 1568–1622) was a German physician and counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg. He was a learned alchemist , epigramist , and amateur composer. [2]
Learn about the life and work of Michael Maier (1568–1622), a German alchemist who defended the Rosicrucian brotherhood and served Rudolf II and Moritz of Hessen-Kassel. Explore his alchemical writings, his quest for the philosophers' stone, and his involvement in the Counter-Reformation.
Furnace and Fugue brings to life in digital form an enigmatic seventeenth-century text, Michael Maier’s alchemical emblem book Atalanta fugiens.
An essay on the alchemical interpretation of mythology in the works of Michael Maier, a Renaissance alchemist and emblem maker. It explores the history and significance of mythoalchemy, a genre that coded ancient myths as natural philosophical secrets.
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In alchemy: Modern alchemy. …II made the German alchemist Michael Maier a count and his private secretary, although Maier’s mystical and allegorical writings were, in the words of a modern authority, “distinguished for the extraordinary obscurity of his style” and made no claim to gold making.
A book by the German alchemist Michael Maier that traces the ancient lineage of alchemy through twelve nations. It includes portraits of alchemical figures such as Hermes Trismegistus, Maria the Jewess, Avicenna, and Roger Bacon.
