Jean
Espagnet (1564-1637) (pseudonym/anagram 'Penes nos
Unda Tagi')
He acquired a great reputation as a French, hermetic philosopher
and alchemist. His only extant alchemical works, the "Arcanum
Hermeticae philosophiae", a treaty on mystical alchemy(
A number of editions were issued over the next decades and it
was included in a number of alchemical compendia. An English
translation, translated by Elias Ashmole, was printed in 1650,
in Arthur Dee's 'Fasciculus chemicus: or chymical collections'.),
and the "Enchiridion physicae restitutae" ( Summary
of Physics Restored; contains details regarding the preparation
and properties of the Philosopher' S Stone."), published
in 1623 in Latin in Paris when he was 59 years of age, are classics
of their kind. La philosophie naturelle
In 1590, he became a lawyer in Bordeaux without university
education. Two years later Espagnet was Conseiller au Grand
Conseil in Paris. In 1601, He was named President of the Parlement
of Bordeaux; a position that would become honorary 19 years
later. It is true that in 1609 d'Espagnet and his colleague,
Lancre, presided over
one of the very few mass trials of witches in French history,
in the Basque
Around 1609-12, he presided at the Chambre de l'Edit at Nerac
after the mysterious death of his predecessor; he remained in
office until 1615.
He proposed the square arrangement of planets and zodiacal signs.
"a retired public official who published the works under
strict anonymity" - amazon.com
[Source: Galileo
Project]
Title in RAMS:
"Arcanum" or "The Grand Secret
of Hermetick Philosophy", Third Edition, by Jean Espagnet.
R.A.M.S. 1981. 45 pages. ( ARCANUM: .doc, .pdf, .jpg). More
Info.
