WHEN CATHOLICS GET BLUE: FIND COMFORT IN ALCHEMICAL CONFESSION
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Whenever I feel lonely, excluded, and isolated, I sleep with a print-
out "hard copy" of this Alchemical Confession of the Holy Roman
Catholic Saints. We Catholics should take heart that the legacy of
the Roman Catholic Church is not all bad, and is sometimes Righteous
and Holy.

All Catholics should now confess their reaction to this Scientific
Enquiry into Theological Doctrine. Do you now agree that the purpose
of all religions is hopefully for the attainment of Salvation from
as many sufferings as possible for as long as possible?

Once you understand WHY you are religious and WHAT you seek to
derive from your Faith, and HOW you intend to attain it, then, if
your "whats, whys, and hows" are correct, you might really have a
chance at real Salvation, instead of some placebo for those not wise
enough. Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha

*THE ALCHEMICAL CONFESSION OF THE HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC SAINTS*
THE HONOR ROLL OF THE HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC ALCHEMISTS
Compiled and edited by Swami Tantrasangha
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One must bear in mind that all of Europe, before the Protestant
Reformation of the early 16th century, was Catholic. We emphasize the
Catholic alchemists, because they were the original European
alchemists, and because Catholics and their Church have become the
greatest opponents of Alchemy. They need to know about the great
Catholic Alchemists of the past, so that their re-conversion to Real
Christianity will be made easier.

European Alchemy began as a result of earlier Arabic and Egyptian
texts, discovered by the Knights Templar during the Crusades in
the "Holy Land" (all land is holy). The Protestant Reformation began
with the "95 Theses", which Father Martin Luther tacked to the door
of the cathedral in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1517. This revolt away
from Rome was followed by the 1534 "Act of Supremacy", which gave
English King Henry VIII control of the Church of England.

This break with Rome gave rise to a new wave of alchemists in Germany
and England, now freed from conservative and erroneous Catholic
theological repression. Most notably, in England, the "Brotherhood of
the Rosie Cross" came into being - a loose group of writers and
publishers on the subject of Alchemy, who were devoted to the
theological freedom, provided by King Henry Tudor. The Tudor coat-of-
arms still bears the image of a cross and a rose.

It is hoped that this honor roll of Catholic Alchemist monks, clergy
and laymen, will bestow an honorable place for a church which has
shamed itself in the eyes of the world by its unwarranted enmity
against this ancient Science of Alchemy. Prophecies have it that the
churches - both Catholic and Protestant - with their erroneous
theology, will continue their antichrist activity until their
infamous end. Repent now! Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha

THE HONOR ROLL OF THE HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC ALCHEMISTS

1. SAINT DUNSTAN (10th century) Benedictine Order. St. Dunstan became
abbot at Glastonbury, England in 943. His writings had been buried in
a tomb and were discovered by the famous English alchemists, John Dee
and Edward Kelly.

2. FRIAR ROGER BACON (1214-1294) Franciscan Order. The most important
of the early English alchemists. Studied at Montpellier University.
Lived and taught at Oxford. Spent many years under "house arrest", by
order of the Pope, as punishment for his Alchemical writings.

In 1266, Pope Clement IV asked Friar Bacon to send him, secretly, an
exposition of his thoughts. Among various other works, by Bacon, on
the sciences, an Alchemical treatise, "The Cure of Old Age and
Preservation of Youth", was written for the Pope.

After a later change in Papal authority, Friar Bacon fell into
disfavor. About 1278, he was imprisoned, because the head of the
Franciscan Order found "suspect innovations" in his works. He spent
twelve years in prison.

3. RAYMOND LULLY (RAMON LULL, RAYMONDUS LULLIUS) (1232-1315) Minorite
Order. Spanish. Studied at Montpellier University. King Edward had
him locked up, to force him to reveal the greatest secrets of
Alchemy, but Lully escaped and fled England. Martyred while
preaching to the Moslems.

4. JOHN CREMER (13th, 14th centuries) Abbot of Westminster, England.
Cremer was a friend of King Edward and a student of Raymond Lully.

5. SAINT ALBERT "THE GREAT" (ALBERTUS MAGNUS) (1200?-1280) Dominican
Order. Often called, "the greatest scholar of the Middle Ages".
Taught St. Thomas Aquinas. Attended Montpellier Univesity, in France.
German.

6. SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS (1225-1274) Dominican Order. German. Attended
Montpellier University. Student of St. Albert. Thomas was probably
the greatest theologian and philosopher in the entire history of the
Catholic Church. Called "the angelic doctor", he ranks with St.
Augustine in importance. Thomas insisted that there is no conflict
between faith and reason.

In a fit of depression, he stopped writing his massive Summa
Theologica, in the middle of the chapter on penance, declaring: "What
I am writing is as straw, compared to what has been revealed to me."
Aquinas is, without doubt, the most renouned of the Catholic
Alchemists.

7. MICHAEL SCOT (SCOTUS) (1175-1235) This Scotsman was among the very
earliest British alchemists. Scot was a Catholic priest to Emperor
Frederick II of Sicily (1195-1250). Pope Honorius III (1216-1227), in
1224, nominated him Archbishop of Cashel in Ireland, but Michael
declined the offer. There remains in manuscript a tract by him: "De
Urinis" (About Urine).

8. FRIAR BASIL VALENTINE (BASILIUS VALENTINUS) (1386-1458)
Benedictine Order. He was made Prior of St. Peter's Monastery in
Erfurt, Germany in 1414. His works were published by Dr. Michael
Maier, the German founder of our English Brotherhood of the Rosie
Cross, in 1611 - the same year as the original King James version of
the Holy Bible. Considered one of the most explicit of Alchemical
writers. He lists the preliminary steps in one's search for Truth:

"Invocation of God, with reverential intent, surging from the depths
of a sincere heart and a free conscience, which has been liberated
from selfish ambition, hypocrisy, and all other vices which are part
of, or in affinity with them, including arrogance, boldness, useless
luxries, petulancy, conceit, self-satisfaction (smugness) and
oppression of the poor and weak."

9. SIR GEORGE RIPLEY (1416-1490) Carmelite Order. Ripley was the
Canon of the Augustinian Priory at Bridlington, Yorkshire. He was
officially "dignified" in Rome by the Pope. At Butolph, Lincolnshire,
by an "indulgence" from Pope Innocent VIII, he had permission to live
in solitude. Before Ripley had taken "holy orders", in 1486, he was
elected to Parliament. His high esteem among his associates reached
the ears of King Edward VI, who made him a member of Edward's Privy
Council, and thereafter, he frequently served as ambassador. Ripley
is one of the most prolific writers about Alchemy.

Famous Rosicrucian, Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes) summarized
Ripley's prolific writings: "There is a seed in all things, which is
the life of the thing. This active Principle found, the secret of the
thing is revealed thereby, and may be brought to perfection. This
Seed, which comes from God, is the Great Secret. This is the Soul
become glorified or surrounded by Light, for the Soul is a Fire,
which gives off Light." This bespeaks Genetic Efflux, the DNA Genetic
Code or Genome (Gene Name) and the Inner Light it Engenders.

10. POPE JOHN XXII (1316-1334 as Pope) The famous Alchemist, Arnold
de Villanova, was his friend and teacher. The Pope had a chemical lab
in Avignon. He wrote a treatise, entitled, "The Elixir of the
Philosophers, or the Transmutory Art of Metals" (Ars Transmutatoris),
published in French in Lyons in 1557.

Pope John XXII was an alchemist but no saint. He issued a "bull"
against the impostures of those who made gold, alchemically, stating,
for economic reasons, that it was illegal. Hence, he believed in
Alchemy, but opposed it for reasons of economic and political power.

Of the Popes who studied Alchemy, John XXII is the best known. He is
the only believer in Alchemy known to have betrayed his faith. This
is understandable, for he who owns the most slaves has the most to
lose when they are freed.

11. FRIAR FERRARIUS (14th century) the Jesuit Order. "The rose is the
floral symbol of that Resurrection, by which mortals, lying in
darkness, and in the shadow of death, will pass into beautiful
Immortality." - a good explanation for our "Brotherhood of the Rosie
Cross".

12. FATHER MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) of the Augustinian Order. In
1521, the Pope ordered Luther to appear before the Imperial Diet,
which met at Worms, Germany. When the Diet demanded that Luther
retract his teachings, he answered:

"Unless I am refuted and convicted by testimonies from the Scriptures
or by clear arguments...my conscience is bound to the Word of God."
This argument could be useful against those who seek to refute the
Science of Alchemy.

It is interesting that this opponent of Roman Catholic hypocrisy was
the first man to translate the Holy Bible into German, and was also
an exponent of Alchemy. He writes in his "Canonica":

"The Art of Alchemy is rightly and truly the philosophy of the sages
of old, with which I am well pleased, not only by reason of its
virtue and manifold usefullness...but also by reason of the noble and
beautiful likeness which it hath with the Resurrection of the Dead on
the Day of Judgement." Protestantism was thus founded by an advocate
of Alchemy.

13. JOHANNES TRITHEMIUS (TRITTENHEIM) (1416-1516) of the Benedictine
Order. He named as Alchemists: the Archbishop of Treves, Abbot
Berhard of Northeim, Abbot Andreas of Bamberg, the Bishop of Brixen,
and the Prior of the Carthusians at Nuremberg.

He was a friend of the famous Alchemist, Henry Cornelius Agrippa, to
whom he advised: "Say general things to the generality, but wise
things to the wise. Give the ox hay, but the parrot sugar. Remember
that others before thee have been trampled upon by the dumb ox."

Thithemius was the Abbot of Spanheim from 1483 till 1506, and was the
abbot of St. James' at Wurzburg until his death.

14. NIKOLAS FLAMEL (NICHOLAS FLAMMEL) (14th century). Famous
Rennaisance Alchemical writers, Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelly,
discovered writings by this Alchemist, who may well have achieved
physical immortality. See The Tantrayudha for more information on
Flamel.

15. FRIAR MARCARIUS, a monk of the Benedictine Order.

16. BERNARD OF TREVES (TREVISO, TREVISAN) (1406-1490) Bernard studied
Alchemy under an unknown Franciscan monk, and also under Rupocissa,
who was later imprisoned by Pope Innocent VI. He wrote: "A New Seed
(Genome, Gene Name) may result from (the Union of) both the Masculine
and Feminine Seed." Like the Holy Bible states: "I give you a white
stone (purified body) with a New Name (Genome, DNA Genetic Code) on
it, and no one will kinow that Name but you."

17. POPE JOHN XXI (1276-1277 as Pope) Pope John XXI authored the
treatise on Alchemy, "The Treasury of Healthe", which was translated
and published in London in 1550.

18. HENRY CORNELIUS AGRIPPA VON NETTESHEIM (1486-1535) His consuming
desire was to free magic from the adverse accusations of impiety. He
is credited with transmutations of elements and visualizations of
distant objects. Agrippa was never free from persecution, because he
never hesitated to expose evils and shams. Priests and monks were
among his most bitter enemies.

Agrippa drew upon himself the hatred and malice of the clergy, whose
evil practices he desired to reform. He was an avowed enemy of the
Inquisition, which he condemned. He was a student of Abbe Trithemius,
and dedicated his book, "Occult Philosophy or Magic", to Hermann of
Wied, Archbishop of Cologne. Agrippa said: "Every Alchemist is a
physician."

19. THOMAS NORTON (1411-1477) Norton was Sir George Ripley's
student. Norton wrote "The Ordinall of Alchemy", and dedicated it to
the Archbishop of York. It was later translated by Dr. Michael
Maier, the German father of our own English Brotherhood of the Rosie
Cross - an informal group of Alchemical writers who published their
works.

20. ARNOLD DE VILLANOVA (ARNOLDUS VILLANOVUS) (1248-1310) Spanish.
Arnold, a devout Catholic, was the personal physician of Pope
Clement V (1305-1316). He studied medicine at Sarbonne in Paris.
After practicing medicine for several years, he settled in Avignon,
France, which, at that time, was the seat of the papacy.

Due to his fine reputation, he became physician to the Pope. Despite
Villanova's reputation as an Alchemist, the Pope protected him in
every possible manner. Such protection was necessary, due to the
extreme intolerance of those times. Even as late as 1619, Dr.
Vanini, accused of nothing more than Pantheism, was burnt alive in
Toulouse.

When the Inquisition became severe in Spain, Villanova went to
Sicily, and lived under Frederick, King of Naples, where he wrote
most of his medical treatises.

Arnold asserted: "The Stone is in all bodies and should be extracted
from them. Its dissolution would cause the multiplication
(Fertilization) of the metallic medicine and its reduction to the
Primordial Matter."

In 1311, a letter, written by Pope Clement V, was circulated, asking
if anyone could locate and send him the "Treatise on Medicine",
written by Arnold, his own physician, who promised it to the Pope,
but died before he could present it.

Arnold was charged with the impiety of practicing magic. Francis
Pegna declared that all his Knowledge in Alchemy was derived from
the devil. In 1317, the Inquisition of Tarragona, Spain, declared
his books heretical and ordered them burned. Arnold himself, who had
died several years before, was burnt "in effigy".

21. PETER BONO (PETRUS BONUS) (FERRARIUS, OF FERRARA) (14th Century)
He is said to have been a native of Lombardy, Italy. He was a monk
and a friend of the monk, Janus Lacinius. Bono's Alchemical
Treatise, "The Pearl of Great Price" (not to be confused with the
Mormon book by the same name), was edited by Lacinius, and was
published in 1546, with the permission of Pope Paul III and the
Senate of Venice.

In an epigram of this book, Pierius Roscus states: "This work casts
out cruel disease from the human body...and thus you are preserved.
It will teach you how to regain the beautiful flower of youth."

Petrus of Apona (Bono) was tried by the Inquisition and died during
the trial in 1305, at the age of eighty. He was found guilty of
heresy, was condemned and was burnt in effigy - a prime example of
church persecution of true Christian doctrine.

22. FRIAR JANUS LACINIUS (THERAPUS) of the Calabrian Minorite Order.
In his preface to "The Pearl of Great Price" by Petrus Bonus,
Lacinius states: "The philosophers inform us that (sexual) opposites
belong to the same category, and therefore they throw Light on each
other, by being brought into juxtaposition (rejoined).

"The illustrious character of liberality and generosity only
intensifies the disgrace of avarice and greed. Those who know that
life was bestowed on them for the sake of their friends and their
country, whose years are also spent in service to others, are worthy
of the most distinguished honor.

"Those, on the other hand, who, by the pride of life and the greed of
gain, are led to 'bury their talents', and to turn a deaf ear to the
appeals of justice and humanity, while they avariciously and
relentlessly pursue their own selfish pleasure, are such vile,
abandoned, and harpy-like creatures that they are justly branded with
the contempt and execration of mankind."

23. PARACELSUS (VON HOHENHEIM) (1493-1541) One of the works of Isaac
of Holland is said to have fallen into his hands and formed the basis
of his knowledge of Alchemy. He continued his studies under the
guidance of monks in the Convent of St. Andrew of Savon, later at the
University of Basil, and finally under Johann Trithemius, Abbot of
Spanheim.

In "Lives of the Alchemystical Philosophers" (London, 1815), Francis
Barrett states of Paracelsus: "His death is said to have been
hastened by a scuffle with assassins, in the pay of the orthodox
medical faculty." Paracelsus was a physician and lecturer.

24. GIORDANO BRUNO (1548-1600) Born in Naples. He, like Galileo, was
greatly impressed by the theory of Copernicus that the Sun, and not
our earth, was the center of the universe, for which he, like
Galileo, was threatened, by the church, with death. He wasn't as
lucky as Galileo, and was burnt at the stake in Rome.

It appears that the church is much like the sea: The rocks sink to
the bottom, and the scum rises to the top. See "Giordano Bruno and
the Hermetic Tradition", by Francis A. Yates, 1964.

25. ROBERT OF CHESTER (12th Century) English Mathematician and
Astronomer. Robert of Chester was one of the foremost medieval
translators of Arabic scientific works into Latin. Through his
translations he introduced Arabic algebra and alchemy to Western
Europe. However, he is best known for making the first Latin
translation of the Koran, the primary religious text of the Islamic
religion.

In 1136 he went to Barcelona to study with Plato of Tivoli (Plato
Tibertinus), and by 1141 he was living near the Ebro studying alchemy
and astrology with his close friend Hermann the Dalmatian (Hermannus
Secundus). Robert was later Archdeacon of Pampelona in northern Spain
(1143). He returned to England at least twice, once in 1147 and again
in 1150. The date of Robert's death is not known.

In 1141 Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, found Robert and Herman
engaged in their researches and convinced them to undertake the study
of Islamic religion and law and to translate the Koran. Peter
intended to use the fruits of their work in his diatribes against
the "infidel" Muslims. Though Robert considered this a digression
from his astronomical and mathematical researches, he completed the
translation of the Koran by himself in 1143.

On February 11, 1144, Robert completed his translation of Jabir ibn
Hayyan's (721?-815?) alchemical text Kitab al-Kimya. Retitled Liber
de Compositione Alchemiae (The book of the composition of alchemy),
it was the first Latin translation of an Arabic alchemical work to
appear in Western Europe. The treatise recounts the story of the
Umayyad prince Khalid ibn Yazid (died c. 704) who, according to
legend, was the first Muslim to take a serious interest in alchemy.
He supposedly studied with the Christian alchemist Morienus, who was
a disciple of the well-known seventh-century Alexandrian alchemist
Stephanos.

In the 1140s Robert worked in Spain, where the division of the
country between Muslim and Christian rulers resulted in opportunities
for interchange between the different cultures. Robert introduced
Western Europe to algebra with his Latin translation of Muhammad ibn
Musa al-Khwarizmi's (800?-847?) al-Jabr wa'l-Muqabalah.

The book of the Composition of Alchemy
Transcribed with an introduction by Adam McLean

The Liber de compositione alchimiae is reputed the first text on
alchemy to have been translated from Arabic sources into Latin. It is
dated 1144 and thus it marks the beginning of the European concern
with alchemy that has endured for nearly 900 years.

The translator was Robertus Castrensis, Robert of Chester, an English
monastic scholar who based himself in Spain, and occupied himself in
translating key works from Arabic to Latin, thus making them
available to European culture. He is best known perhaps for his
translation of the Koran and the Algebra of al-Kwarizimi.

It tells the story of the seventh century Morienus, and how he came
to discover the secrets of alchemy through meeting an old adept
called Adfar. It then tells how Morienus travelled to the court of
King Khalid, a real Umayyad king, (died 704) who is said to be the
person who introduced alchemy into Islam. A later section records a
dialogue between Morienus and Khalid in which the secrets of the
Magistery or work of alchemy are revealed.

26. POPE BONIFACE VIII (1294-1303) Pope Boniface practiced and
patronized Alchemy.

27. ANTOINE-JOSEPH PERNETY (1716-1801) of the Benedictine Order. He
was born in Roanne, France, and became Abbot of Burgel in Thuringe.
He founded the Academie d'Avignon. He was the librarian of Frederick
the Great and a personal friend of the immortal Count of St.
Germaine.

28. ALANUS DE INSULIS (1128?-1203?) (ALAIN DE LILLE) of the
Cistercian Order at Clairvaux. He was called Doctor Universalis, for
his universal knowledge. He taught in Paris and became Bishop of
Auxerre.

29. ALBARO ALONSO BARBA (16th-17th centuries) Barba was a native of
Lepe, in Andalucia, Spain. He became pastor of St. Bernards at
Potosi, South America.

30. GIOSEPPE FRANCESCO BORRI (1616?-1695) of the Jesuit Order. He was
born in Milan, Italy. He was condemned as a heretic, by the
Inquisition, and was burnt in effigy, along with his writings, in
Rome in 1661. Borri was condemned, by the Inquisition, to
imprisonment for life, but having cured the Duke d'Etree, after his
physicians had given up on him, he was transferred to the Castle of
St. Angelo, where he was allowed more freedom, and pursued his
studies in chemistry. He died in the castle in August 20, 1695.

31. NICHOLAUS CABEUS (1585-1650) of the Jesuit Order. He was born in
Ferrara, and, at 17, joined the Jesuits. He was Professor of Moral
Philosophy and mathematics at Parma. He became a preacher, touring
Italy, went to Genoa as teacher of mathematics, and died there.

32. THOMAS CAMPANELLA (1568-1639) of the Dominican Order. He was born
in Stilo, in Calabria. He strove to start so many new notions in
philosophy and medicine that he was accused of magic, atheism, and
even treason, was imprisoned in Naples in 1599, and continued there
for 25 years, and occassionally was subjected to torture. He was
liberated by Pope Urban VIII in 1626.

33. CHRISTOPHER PARISIENSIS (13th century) of the Benedictine Order.
He lived in the Benedictine Abbey at St. Albans. See: Lenglet
Dufresnoy, "Historie de la Philosophie Hermetique", 1742.

34. HAIMO (9th century) of the Benedictine Order. Haimo was an Anglo-
Saxon and and a friend of the early English historian,
the "Venerable" Bede. He was a pupil of Alcuin. In 840 he became
Bishop of Halberstadt. He founded the monastery at St. Wipertus on
the Bode. He died at Halberstadt in 853. His "Epistola" appeared in
volume six of the Theatrum Chemicum (1661, p. 497). Haimo would
undoubtedly be the earliest known Alchemist in Europe.

35. VINCENTIUS KOFFSKY (15th century) of the Dominican Order. He was
a Dominican Friar at Danzig, Poland. He left his writings to his
pupils and his followers in 1488. Considered to be the first Pole to
study Alchemy.

36. JEAN DE MEHUN (13th-14th centuries) He was a poet at the court of
Philip the Fair, and continued "The Romance of the Rose", including
some poems about Alchemy, begun about 1240 by William de Loris.

37. MERLIN. The "Allegory" of Merlin, which was printed along with
Geber from the Vatican manuscript by Marcellus Silber before 1520,
seems to be a fairly ancient document. It refers to Egyptian and
Alexandrian physicians. See: Geber, "Summa Perfectionis", 1682, p.
265. "Geber" is actually the Arab Alchemist, Jabir ibn Haiyyan. He
and Morienus seem to be the main two Arabic sources on Alchemy, from
which European Alchemy was derived. As you might recall, Merlin is a
mythological person from the legend of King Arthur.

38. ANTONIO NERI (16th-17th centuries) He was born in Florence and
became a priest. He died in 1614. Most of this information on
Alchemists was derived from the bibliographic history compiled by
Ferguson, who had a collection of thousands of works on Alchemy.

39. ODOMARUS (14th century) Dufresnoy states that Odomarus was
practicing Alchemy as early as 1330. Probably a monk, and addressed
his disciple as "Frater Ludovicus", saying that he is violating all
the rules of the sages in revealing the secret. Lived in Paris during
the reign Phillippe of Valois, in the middle of the 14th century.
See: "Practica ad Discipulum", in the Theatrum Chemicum, vol. 3, p.
166.

40. EVANGELISTA QUATTRAMI (16th century) of the Order of Eremites of
St. Augustine. He was a native of Gubbio, in Umbria, was a doctor of
theology, and herbalist of Alfonso, the last Duke of Ferrarra, and
was herbalist and distiller for Cardinal d'Este. He pursued botany
and chemistry for pharmaceutical purposes. See: Borel, "Bibliotheca
Chemica", 1654, p. 191.

41. JOHANN PHARAMUND RHUMELIUS (16th-17th centuries) See: Lenlet
Dufresnoy, "Histoire de la Philosophie Hermetique", 1742, iii. p. 261
(under Pharamund).

42. RICHARDUS ANGLICUS (13th century) Dufresnoy says Richard died in
1336. He was also known as Richard of Wendoure, and was a physician
and a canon of St. Paul's, around 1229. Matthew Paris says he was
physician to Pope Gregory IX. Jocher says he flourished in 1230 and
had studied in Paris and at Oxford, and assigns to him "De Urinis"
(About Urine). He probably died in 1252. See: Dr. Michael Maier
(founder of the Brotherhood of the Rosie Cross), "Symbola Aureae
Mensae", 1617, p. 458.

43. JOHANNES ROBERTI (1569-1651) He was born in St. Hubert in the
Ardennes. He studied humanities in the newly-founded Jesuit College
at Trois Couronnes at Cologne, and took first place as Magister
Artium in 1592. That same year, he began his novitiate in the order
of the Rhine province, taught theology at Douai, Treves, Wurzburg and
Mayence, where he became a Doctor of Divinity. He made a long stay at
Liege, was rectopr of the College of Paderborn, and ended his career
at Namur. See: "Theatrum Sympatheticum", 1662, pp. 226, 309.

44. JOANNES DE RUPESCISSA (JEAN DE ROQUETAILLADE) (14th century) of
the Franciscan Order. He lived at Aurillac in Aquitaine. He
criticized the clergy and the pope, and uttered prophecies about
kings and states. So, he was put in prison by Pope Innocent VI, about
1356-7, and remained there until his liberation in 1378 by Pope Urban
VI. Some say he died in prison, and others that he was burnt at the
stake in 1362. In his "Liber Lucis" is a picture of the furnace in
which was conducted the "incubation of the Philosophic Egg", whence
issued the marvelous Quintessence. See "Theatrum Chemicum", 1659,
vol. iii, p. 284.

45. JOHANN STERNHALS (15th century) He was a Catholic priest at
Bamberg. See: "Theatrum Chemicum", 1661, vol. vi, p. 519.

46. SYNESIUS He was a Greek Abbot. See: "Theatrum",
Borel, "Bibliotheca Chemica", 1654. (1613 edition in five volumes)

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