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LabyrinthDesigners & the Art of Fire

Alchemy works translations, commentaries, and presentations of hidden evidence in myths, art, nature, science history

  • Classical Alchemy
    • The State of the Art
    • Areas of Interest
    • Index of the Names
    • Articles
    • An Intriguing Case
    • Turba Philosophorum’s Ambition
    • Opus Magnum Scheme
    • Lexicon
  • Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine
  • The Sound Sacrifice
  • Introductory Notes to the Boards of Pure Force

Open Entrance Waite

Introitus Apertus vs Waite’s Open Entrance. Chap 4

by Iulia Millesima

In this short fourth chapter, A.E. Waite, in his Introitus Apertus translation, is once more not in shortage of wrong renderings of latin words.

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Introitus Apertus vs Waite’s Open Entrance. Chap 3

by Iulia Millesima

Introitus Apertus sentence Superior virtues in the inferior system are not poetically purposed. In his Open Entrance, A.E. Waite is more economical with a stint of rare heavenly conjunction.

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Introitus Apertus vs Waite’s Open Entrance. Chap 2

by Iulia Millesima

In Introitus Apertus, the latin verb Inficio means to teach, charm, and tint. In his Open Entrance, A.E. Waite translated as:” Who are those nymphs whom he charms by means of his incantations”.

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Introitus Apertus vs Waite’s Open Entrance. Chap 1

by Iulia Millesima

How does “On the need of Sophic Mercurius ” in Introitus Apertus become “On the need of  Sulphur ”  in Waite’s Open Entrance?

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Introitus Apertus vs Waite’s Open Entrance

by Iulia Millesima

A.E. Waite’s is the Open Entrance version commonly available on the internet. Is this translation of Introitus Apertus reliable? Here is the first four chapters’ analysis.

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  • Classical Alchemy
    • The State of the Art
    • Areas of Interest
    • Index of the Names
    • Articles
    • An Intriguing Case
    • Turba Philosophorum’s Ambition
    • Opus Magnum Scheme
    • Lexicon
  • Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine
  • The Sound Sacrifice
  • Introductory Notes to the Boards of Pure Force

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