Aegidius Gutmann

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Aegidius Gutmann , also Gutman, Guetmann, Guetman, also Egidius, (* 1490 ; † 1584 ) was a German theosophical writer.

The form of the name varies, in the first edition of his book he is called Aegidius Gutman.

He wrote a book Revelation of Divine Majesty , which was first published in 1619 (Hanau, dedicated to Friedrich V ) by MBMFCI and then appeared again in 1675 (Frankfurt, Amsterdam), published by the pastor in Halberstadt Heinrich Ammersbach. The book is an esoteric interpretation of the creation story with a connection to alchemy. The extensive book of 1,100 pages in 24 books (each with 8 to 104 chapters) is said to have originated around 1575 and, according to what he says in it, it is said to have attended university and traveled a lot. It is recorded in Augsburg from 1580 to 1584 . Prince August von Anhalt received the manuscript in Augsburg in 1611 to have it printed. The manuscript appears to have circulated in various copies even before it was printed. The Schwenckfeldian city doctor of Augsburg Karl Widemann is said to have owned one.

The work also deals with alchemical and mining issues (origin ores) and the treatment shows an influence of the Paracelsus school. As the separation of the elements, the creation of the world is a forerunner of the art of alchemy. The alchemists bring the arcana of creation to light for the glory of God .

In 1677 a reply by Samuel Pomarius appeared. It is also discussed by Philipp Jacob Spener in 1709 and Christian Thomasius in 1715/16.

He is counted as part of the pre- Rosicrucian movement (this already happened in the preface to the first edition in 1619) or even one of its founders. Julius Sperber goes back to Gutmann's book in Echo of the Fraternitet des Lobl, who is highly enlightened by God. Order RC (1616) and claims to have seen the manuscript in Augsburg in 1597.

literature

  • Carlos Gilly : Adam Haslmayr . The first herald of the Rosicrucian manifestos , Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam 1994.
  • Hermann Geyer: Verborgene Weisheit, Johann Arndt's "Four Books of True Christianity" as a program of a spiritualistic-hermetic theology , de Gruyter 2001, p. 42
  • John Ferguson: Bibliotheca Chemica , 1906, Volume 1, p. 356

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Possibly the doctor in Celle , theosophist and friend of Johann Arndt Melchior Breler
personal data
SURNAME Gutmann, Aegidius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German alchemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1490
DATE OF DEATH 1584