The sacrificial body and the day of doom : alchemy and apocalyptic discourse in the Protestant Reformation / by Urszula Szulakowska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szulakowska, Urszula.

Series:

Aries book series ; v. 1.

Aries book series ; vol. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alchemy--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--16th century.

Alchemy.

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

Apocalyptic literature.

Reformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study positions Paracelsian alchemy, medicine and medical physiology within the apocalyptic discourse of the Protestant Reformation. A comparison is made between alchemical theory concerning the perfectibility of prime matter and Christian eschatological doctrine concerning human salvation through Christ's sacrifice in universal history and in the ritual of the mass.A detailed analysis is made of the engraved illustrations constituting an integral part of the alchemical medicine and physiology of Heinrich Khunrath, Stefan Michelspacher, Jacob Boehme, Abraham von Franckenberg and Robert Fludd.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE THE COSMIC BODY OF CHRIST-ANTHROPOS

CHAPTER TWO THE ALCHEMICAL EUCHARIST

CHAPTER THREE ALCHEMY AND DOMESDAY

CHAPTER FOUR THE SACRIFICIAL BODY

CHAPTER FIVE SPIRITUAL DISSENTERS AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION

CHAPTER SIX ROBERT FLUDD'S SACRAMENTAL MEDICINE

CHAPTER SEVEN JACOB BOEHME AND ABRAHAM VON FRANCKENBERG

CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSION: CHANGE AND STASIS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39904-3

9786611399047

1-4356-5759-4

90-474-2547-2

OCLC:

319492616