Georg von Welling

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Georg von Welling (1652-1727) was a Bavarian alchemical and theosophical writer, known for his 1719 work Opus mago-cabalisticum,[1][2] published under the pseudonym Gregorius Anglus Sallwigt. By profession he worked in the mining industry, becoming Director in the Baden-Durlacher Office of Building and Mines

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  1. ^ Several editions and variant titles in the first half of the eighteenth century.
  2. ^ The work is said to have been influential on later eighteen century Rosicrucians, in particular.[1]. Nicholas Boyle, Goethe: The Poet and the Age (1991, vol.I) mentions von Welling several times in relation with the Goethe of the 1770s (pp.76, 88, 222), referencing Goethe's dabbling in alchemy, and the Urfaust writings that seek to show Faust reaching beyond the contemplative holism in von Welling.

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