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Kircher. Art. Mag. lucis & umbræ, lib. 1. part. 3. In this passage we may take notice of the following Particulars. 'Tis true, that Monardes himself also says, that the Wood is White; and it is affirm'd, that the Wood which is of a Sadder Colour is Adulterated by being Imbu'd with the Tincture of a Vegetable, in whose Decoction it is steep'd.
"We always lie down after dinner until five, and later we go for a walk. You will see the Via Cavour full of people in the evening, officers and students, and mothers with daughters to be married, all walking up and down and looking at each other. Orazio Lucis first saw Gemma like that, and he followed us home, and then found out who we were and asked questions about us.
So Hor: castis lucis. Penetrali, viz. the sacred vehicle. Dignatur. Deems worthy of her visits. Templo, sc. the sacred grove. Numen ipsum. The goddess herself, not an image of her; for the Germans have no images of their gods, 9. Abluitur, as if contaminated by intercourse with mortals. Perituri, etc. Which can be seen only on penalty of death. XLI. Propior, sc. to the Romans. Hermundurorum.
But the selection of psalms accords well with the idea of the hour night prayer and with the other prayers, which go to make up the close of the Office of the day. The hymn, Te lucis, so chastely simple, has ever been admired.
Joseph, clasping her with inexpressible eagerness, whispered her, "that he preferred death in hers to life out of them." Adams, brandishing his crabstick, said, "he despised death as much as any man," and then repeated aloud "Est hic, est animus lucis contemptor et illum, Qui vita bene credat emi quo tendis, honorem."
All the village sang, knowing the psalms very well, and I noticed that their Latin was nearer German than French; but what was most pleasing of all was to hear from all the men and women together that very noble good-night and salutation to God which begins Te, lucis ante terminum.
Therewith a low, soft chant in a manly voice, mingling with the drip of the water. The words were strange to him Lucis Creator optime, Lucem dierum proferens
Hal drew off his cap as in homage to the glorious sight. 'Ah, it is fine! said Anne, 'it is like the sunrise upon our own moors, when one breathes freely, and the clouds grow white instead of grey. 'Ah! said Hal, 'I used to go out to the high ground and say the prayer the hermit taught me "Jam Lucis," it began. He said it was about the morning light.
"She has said her say and left us, Signor Lucis. Will you not go too? You will not marry her. Benissimo! We wish you good-evening." "You are very easy, signorina mia," he answered resentfully; "but I cannot forgive." "Who asked your forgiveness?" she retorted.
In 1650 he began to issue his Rosicrucian and alchemical writings, namely, Anthroposophia Theomagica and Anima Magica Abscondita, followed by Lumen de Lumine and Aula Lucis in 1651. The Rosicrucian Grand Master Andreæ died in 1654, and was succeeded by Thomas Vaughan, whose next step was the publication of his work, entitled "Euphrates, or the Waters of the East."
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