Alchemical Symbolism in the VMS

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Basilius Valentinus is to this day an as yet unidentified German-speaking author of alchemical writings. According to recent research, the Basilius corpus was written not long before the end of the 16th century. Today, the majority of researchers assume that the Hessian alchemist Johann Thölde, who published the first Basil writings from Frankenhausen and Leipzig between 1599 and 1604, was its real author or at least compiler. However, this view is contradicted by various researchers.

For me Basilius Valentinus stands exemplary for other authors who only find a wide publication in later prints and by foreign hand.

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