Alchemy, ancient and modern . rRES SCHOLA,TRES COESAR TITVLOS DE: MIHI RESTANT,POSSE BENE IN CHRISTO MORI Michael maiervs comes imperialis con. SISTORII ET N0NL. EXEMPTVS F0R0L1MMEDICVS [by J, Brunn] PORTRAIT OFMICHAEL MAIER. To face page 72] § 55J THE ALCHEMISTS 73 Art. He took a prominent part in: the famous Rosi-crucian controversy (see § 49), defending the claimsof the alleged society in several tracts. He is said,on the one hand, to have been admitted as a memberof the fraternity; and on the other hand, to havehimself
Alchemy, ancient and modern . rRES SCHOLA,TRES COESAR TITVLOS DE: MIHI RESTANT,POSSE BENE IN CHRISTO MORI Michael maiervs comes imperialis con. SISTORII ET N0NL. EXEMPTVS F0R0L1MMEDICVS [by J, Brunn] PORTRAIT OFMICHAEL MAIER. To face page 72] § 55J THE ALCHEMISTS 73 Art. He took a prominent part in: the famous Rosi-crucian controversy (see § 49), defending the claimsof the alleged society in several tracts. He is said,on the one hand, to have been admitted as a memberof the fraternity; and on the other hand, to havehimself founded a similar institution. A full accountof his views will be found in the Rev. J. B. CravensCount Michael Mazer: Life and Writings (1910).He was a very learned man, but his works are some-what obscure and abound in fanciful allegories. Heread an alchemistic meaning into the ancient fablesconcerning the Egyptian and Greek gods and most alchemists, he held the supposed virtues ofmercury in high esteem. In his Lusus Serins: or,Serious Passe-time, for example, he supposes a Parlia-ment of the various creatures of the world to meet, inorder that Man might choose the. noblest of themas king over all the rest. The calf, the sheep, thego
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