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THE REIGN OF SATURN TRANSFORMED INTO THE AGE OF GOLD by Huginus à Barma – Limited Edition Hardcover

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Limited edition hardcover of only 333 copies. Smyth-Sewn, cloth bound hardcover. 5.5 x 8.5, illustrated with 302pp. Book is in new unread condition. Published in 2021

Published by Rubedo Press

TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN BY MICHAEL A. PUTMAN
EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY AARON CHEAK, PHD
& MIRCO A. MANNUCCI, PHD

PERVADED by the ambience of the Roman Saturnalia—the great festival of inversion in which kings become slaves and slaves kings—the title of this work alludes to the radical transformation of the lowest into the highest and the highest into the lowest. Saturated with the metallic associations of Saturn with lead and royalty with gold, the Saturnalia not only provides a classical framework for transmutation, it also furnishes the basic fluidity between ‘above’ and ‘below’—the principle domain of Hermes-Mercurius, the alchemical divinity who straddles all dualities.

In his Regna Saturnia, Huginus à Barma depicts the Hermetic Arcanum in such a way that he appears to have penetrated into the inner sanctum. Among other things, he says: Our mercury softens what is hard and hardens what is soft; fixes the volatile, and volatilises even the most fixed; renders living matter dead, and brings the dead to life through resuscitation; it is wet and it is dry. Whoever could render this subject to his will is without a doubt an heir of the Hermes of old.
Olaus Borrichius, 1696

Composed in Moravia in 1649, and published in Paris in 1657, the Reign of Saturn emerged amidst the royal Hermeticists of the Holy Roman Empire. Bearing the distinct philosophical influence of Paracelsus, the Cosmopolitan, and the central salt manuscripts of Michael Sendivogius, this unique text is consecrated to the Aqua Sapientum—the Water of the Wise which ‘does not wet the hands’. This water, like the waters of creation and destruction which form the root of ancient cosmologies, underpins the philosophy and praxis of all alchemical transmutation.

Translated into English for the very first time, this volume presents both the original Latin text together with an English translation in a handsome, dual-language edition. Alongside Michael Putman’s impeccable translation, it features a detailed historical introduction by Dr. Cheak exploring the baroque world of seventeenth-century alchemy, and copious annotations on Huginus’ text by Doctors Cheak and Mannucci, elucidating the work from a historical and practical standpoint.

The Reign of Saturn will be published as a cloth-bound hardback edition with quality sewn binding, coloured endpapers, and dust jacket. It is scheduled to appear in late 2020 in a limited edition print run of 333 copies available exclusively through Rubedo Press (now available for pre-order). A standard paperback edition will be released after the hardback, and made available through our wider distribution networks. [Update: the title is now scheduled to appear in June 2021].

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Huginus à Barma and the Reign of Saturn
by Aaron Cheak, PhD

The Reign of Saturn Transformed into an Age of Gold
by Huginus à Barma

Lectori Benevolo Salutem | Salutations to the Reader
Positiones Hermeticæ | Hermetic Propositions
Lapislydius | The Lydian Stone
Praxis | Practice

Annotations and Commentary
by Aaron Cheak, PhD, & Mirco A. Mannucci, PhD

Bibliography

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