Sacrificial Body and the Day of Doom : Alchemy and Apocalyptic Discourse in the Protestant Reformation.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (248 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE THE COSMIC BODY OF CHRIST-ANTHROPOS -- CHAPTER TWO THE ALCHEMICAL EUCHARIST -- CHAPTER THREE ALCHEMY AND DOMESDAY -- CHAPTER FOUR THE SACRIFICIAL BODY -- CHAPTER FIVE SPIRITUAL DISSENTERS AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION -- CHAPTER SIX ROBERT FLUDD'S SACRAMENTAL MEDICINE -- CHAPTER SEVEN JACOB BOEHME AND ABRAHAM VON FRANCKENBERG -- CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSION: CHANGE AND STASIS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Alchemy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 16th century. Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism. Reformation.