The World of the Planets

About this book

Which planet rules the heart, and which the liver? Why is gold the metal of the Sun, silver of the Moon and lead of Saturn? This beautifully illustrated notebook is the third in a series that divides Agrippa's work by theme. It contains Book I, chapters 22–36: how the human body is divided among the planets and signs, the complete lists of the things of the Sun, the Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury — metals, stones, plants, beasts, birds and fishes — the planets' rule over kingdoms and provinces, the fixed stars and their images, the "seals" of nature, and how natural things and their mixtures were believed to draw down the powers of the heavens.

What is inside

• 15 complete chapters of Agrippa's text, nothing shortened
• every chapter in four parts: In Agrippa's words · In plain words · Terms (with the Latin) · Historical note — where the idea comes from and what modern science says
• 15 original illustrations in an antique archival style
• 2 printable charts: the things of the seven planets (metals, stones, plants, beasts, birds) and the heavens in the human body (zodiac signs, planets and the seven openings of the head)
• foreword, closing words and a 76-term glossary

Who it is for

Readers of Hermeticism, alchemy, Renaissance history and the Western esoteric tradition who want the original text made readable — and honestly explained.

About the series

1 Magic and the Four Elements · 2 Occult Virtues, Sympathies and Antipathies · 3 The World of the Planets · 4 Talismans, Fumigations and Rings · 5 Light, Fascination and Divination · 6 Dreams, the Soul and the Imagination · 7 The Power of Words and Letters. Each notebook sold separately.

A historical text, not a manual or medical advice. None of the old "remedies" described should be tried.