Samuel Richter

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Samuel Richter (* late 17th century in Reichau , Silesia; † after 1722), also known as Sincerus Renatus , was a German theologian , alchemist and Rosicrucian who strongly influenced Rosicrucianism in the 18th century with his alchemical treatises and writings.

Life

After studying theology in Wittenberg (1703) and Halle (1707), Richter was for a time tutor of a noble family and later a preacher in Hartmannsdorf near Landeshut (today Kamienna Góra ). In the years 1710/11 he published alchemical and theosophical writings in Breslau for the first time. Among other things, one of his writings contained instructions for the “preparation of the philosophical stone ” in which he first mentioned the brotherhood of the Gold and Rosicrucians . After judges were accused of religious enthusiasm, he left Silesia and went to Prussia , where he turned to mining. At that time he also made the acquaintance of the mining director and royal Prussian legation councilor Georg von Welling . Against Welling's will, Samuel Richter published his opus mago-cabbalisticum et theosophicum in 1719 . In the course of his last publication on Aurum Potabile or drinking gold in 1722, all traces of his person are lost. His Theo-Philosophia , which is strongly based on Jakob Böhme and Paracelsus , was already considered a classic of hermetics in the 18th century .

His pseudonym Sincerus Renatus (roughly: "the sincere risen one") suggests the mindset of Samuel Richter, who as a pietist believed in the idea of rebirth .

Samuel Richter was counted by his writings to the later authorities of the 1756 founded order of the Gold and Rosicrucians.

Fonts

Excerpt from Renati Sinceri All philosophical and chemical writings: as I. The full and perfect preparation of the philosophical stone etc. II. Theo-philosophia theoretica-practica, or The true reason of divine and natural knowledge etc. III. Golden source of nature and art, consisting of lots of experiments and chemical manipulations etc.
  • The full and complete preparation of the philosophical stone of the brothers created from the order of the Gülden- und Rosen-Creutzes… Breslau 1710. 2nd edition 1714.
  • Theo-philosophia theoretico-practica or The true reason of divine and natural knowledge, thereby both tinctures, the heavenly and earthly, can be preserved ... Breslau 1711.
  • Göldene Quelle Der Natur und Kunst: Existing experiments which are true and confirmed by experience, from which the workers have to hope and wait for a certain profit and sustenance; For those beginners, for the best, the necessary and usual chemical handles; With added and explained / Repeat Out of heartfelt and Christian love to the poor brothers sighing under the burden of Spiritus Mundi communicated by Sincero Renato. Wroclaw 1711.
  • Old and new testimonies of the excellent medicinal use of Deß auri potabilis, to confirm this noble medicine. Edited by NNAOF aliäs SR Leipzig & Frankfurt 1722.
  • Renati Sinceri All philosophical and chemical writings: as I. The successful and perfect preparation of the philosophical stone etc. II. Theo-philosophia theoretica-practica, or The true reason of divine and natural knowledge etc. III. Golden source of nature and art, consisting of lots of experiments and chemical manipulations etc. Hubert, Leipzig & Breslau 1741.

literature