Daniel Mögling (1596–1635) Explained

Daniel Mögling (1596 in Böblingen – 1635 in Butzbach) was a German alchemist and a Rosicrucian.

Work

Mögling is thought to have written Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum (Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross, 1618) under the pseudonym Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens, and Jhesus Nobis Omnia – Rosa Florescens (1617) under the pseudonym Florentinus de Valentia. He was personal physician and court astronomer to Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach from 1621 to 1635. He translated Philip Sidney's novel Arcadia into German.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

See also

• Esotericism
• Hermeticism

External links

• Rosie: Speculum Sophicum Rhodo-Stauroticum
• The Alchemy website: Speculum sophicum rhodostauroticum
• University College of London: Rosicrucian text

Notes and References

1. Web site: Friedrich Seck . Wer hat Sidneys ›Arcadia‹ ins Deutsche übersetzt? . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308132537/http://www.frommann-holzboog.de/site/download/wissenschaftsgeschichte/fest_17.pdf . 8 March 2016 . de.
2. • Susanna Åkerman, "Rose cross over the Baltic: the spread of rosicrucianism in Northern Europe", Brill's studies in intellectual history 87, Brill, 1998,, p. 216.
3. • Johannes Kepler (translated and edited by Edward Rosen), "Kepler's somnium: the dream, or posthumous work on lunar astronomy", Courier Dover Publications, 2003,, p. 184.
4. • William R. Newman, Anthony Grafton, "Secrets of nature: astrology and alchemy in early modern Europe", Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology, MIT Press, 2001,, p. 301.