Mysterium Magnum

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Mysterium Magnum is Latin for "great mystery" and has many different associations and usages.

Contents 1 Paracelsus 2 Jakob Böhme 3 Sacrament 4 Notes 5 See also 6 References

[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

[edit] See also

• O Magnum Mysterium
• Mystery religion
• Great Rite
• Hieros gamos
• Sacred Mysteries
• Sacrament
• Communion
• Philosopher's stone

[edit] References