Michael Maier
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Michael Maier (1568–1622) was a German physician, a counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg and a learned alchemist.
[edit] Biography
Maier was born in Hindsburg, Holstein, in 1568. He attained in 1597 the diploma of doctor in philosophy and medicine, practiced the medical profession in Rostock and Prague, and became the physician and imperial counsellor of Rudolf II. The interest of the emperor in the occult was the reason of his high esteem for Maier. Maier wrote commentary on Hermes Trismegistus and was dedicated, along with the emperor, to researching the secrets of nature. After Rudolf's death in 1612, Maier served other German princes, particularly the prince of Nassau, a great protector of alchemy. His Atalanta fugiens, an alchemical emblem book, was published in 1617; alongside images, poems, and discussion, it included fifty pieces of music. In 1620 he moved to Magdeburg, where he died in 1622 at the age of 54, leaving a noteworthy quantity of unpublished works. Michael Maier had a strong influence on Sir Isaac Newton.
[edit] References
- Paul Arnold, Histoire des Rose-Croix, Mercure de France, Paris, 1955.
[edit] External links
- Atalanta Fugiens (bilingual edition, with images)
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