Mysterium Magnum
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Mysterium Magnum is Latin for "great mystery" and has many different associations and usages.
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[edit] Paracelsus
Paracelsus and other alchemists employed the term "Mysterium Magnum" to denote primordial undifferentiated matter, from which all the Classical Elements sprang, sometimes compared with Brahman, aether and akasha.
[edit] Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme (1575–November 17, 1624) a German Christian mystic wrote a treatise entitled, The Mysterium Magnum (1623)
[edit] Sacrament
"Mysterium Magnum" is often employed in Christian theology as a euphemism for "sacrament".
[edit] Notes
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[edit] See also
- O Magnum Mysterium
- Mystery religion
- Great Rite
- Hieros gamos
- Sacred Mysteries
- Eucharist
- Philosopher's stone
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