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An Astronomical & Hermetical Companion  —  Wave I, MMXXVI

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— Chapter I —

Of the Library, in figures

A reckoning of the corpus presently indexed and cross-referenced for citation.

Traditions 8 — viii —
Source Texts 99 — xcix —
Indexed Passages 39,789
Annotated Cards 23,319
Source Languages 5 — v —

— Chapter II —

Catalogue of the Eight Traditions

Indexed, enumerated, and traceable to its source edition.

  1. I.

    Vedic

    Classical India

    Texts26
    Cards~4,711

    Texts presently indexed under this tradition, ordered by depth of citation.

    1. Mantreswara. Phaladeepika. 483 cards
    2. Neelakantha Daivagna. Tajika Neelakanthi. 443 cards
    3. Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Jataka Parijata Vol I. 398 cards
    4. Kalyana Varma. Saravali of Kalyana Varma. 355 cards
    5. Traditional. Translation of the Surya-Siddhanta, A Text-Book of Hindu Astronomy. 344 cards
    6. Prithuyasas. Hora Sara. 313 cards
    7. Venkatesh Daivajna. Sarvartha Chintamani. 288 cards
    8. Dhundiraja (Dundiraja Daivajna). Jatakabharanam (Sanskrit). 283 cards
    9. Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Jataka Parijata Vol II. 275 cards
    10. Bhatt Narayana. Chamatkara Chintamani. 198 cards
    11. Kalidasa. Uttara Kalamrita. 184 cards
    12. Jivanatha Daivajna. Bhava Kutuhalam. 141 cards
    13. Parashara. Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Sanskrit). 140 cards
    14. Jaimini. Jaimini Sutras (Fifth Edition). 134 cards
    15. Jaimini. Jaimini Sutras (English Translation with Full Notes). 132 cards
    16. Kalyana Varma. Saravali (Sanskrit). 115 cards
    17. Jaimini. Jaimini Upadesa Sutras with Bhashya (Sanskrit, 1913). 105 cards
    18. Attributed to Parasara. Jataka Chandrika (Laghu Parashari) — BSR collection scan. 91 cards
    19. Attributed to Parasara. Laghu Parashari (Jataka Chandrika). 79 cards
    20. Varahamihira. Brihat Jataka. 77 cards
    21. Mantreswara. Phaladeepika (Sanskrit). 46 cards
    22. Āryabhaṭa. The Āryabhaṭīya of Āryabhaṭa. 41 cards
    23. Sri Bangalore Sidhanti Siva Shankara Shastri. Gopala Ratnakara (Missing Links of Hindu Astrology). 32 cards
    24. Varahamihira (attributed). Daivagna Vallabha. 11 cards
    25. Varahamihira. Brihat Jataka (Sanskrit). 3 cards
  2. II.

    Western

    Medieval & Renaissance

    Texts19
    Cards~9,149

    Texts presently indexed under this tradition, ordered by depth of citation.

    1. Jean-Baptiste Morin (Morinus). Astrologia Gallica. 1,699 cards
    2. Guido Bonatti. De astronomia tractatus X (Liber Astronomiae). 1,489 cards
    3. Ebenezer Sibly. A New and Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology. 1,264 cards
    4. William Lilly. Christian Astrology Modestly Treated of in Three Books. 925 cards
    5. John Gadbury. Genethlialogia, or The Doctrine of Nativities and Horary Questions. 543 cards
    6. Alan Leo. How to Judge a Nativity. 480 cards
    7. Alan Leo. The Progressed Horoscope. 462 cards
    8. Alan Leo. The Key to Your Own Nativity. 397 cards
    9. Alan Leo. The Art of Synthesis (How to Judge a Nativity Part II). 377 cards
    10. Alan Leo. Esoteric Astrology. 340 cards
    11. William Ramesey. Astrologia Restaurata, or, Astrologie Restored. 284 cards
    12. Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old). A Manual of Occultism. 150 cards
    13. Guido Bonatus. The Astrologer's Guide: Anima Astrologiae. 149 cards
    14. Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old). The Science of Foreknowledge. 149 cards
    15. Alan Leo. Astrology for All. 138 cards
    16. Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old). Astrology: How to Make and Read Your Own Horoscope. 114 cards
    17. Alan Leo. Saturn, the Reaper. 101 cards
    18. Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old). Directional Astrology. 88 cards
  3. III.

    Persian

    Islamic Golden Age

    Texts14
    Cards~2,780

    Texts presently indexed under this tradition, ordered by depth of citation.

    1. Ali ibn Abi al-Rijal (Haly Abenragel). De Iudiciis Astrorum. 1,169 cards
    2. Al-Biruni. Alberuni's India (Philosophy & Astrology Extract). 259 cards
    3. Al-Qabisi (Alcabitius). Alchabitius cum comento (Liber Introductorius). 253 cards
    4. Abu Ma'shar (Albumasar). Introductorium in astronomiam (Introductorium Maius). 188 cards
    5. Sahl ibn Bishr (Zahel). De interrogationibus, De electionibus, De temporibus. 150 cards
    6. Abu Mashar. De Magnis Coniunctionibus. 142 cards
    7. Al-Biruni. The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology. 118 cards
    8. Masha'allah ibn Athari. Super significationibus planetarum in nativitate. 110 cards
    9. Zoroastrian (anon.). Pahlavi Texts Part I: Bundahishn, Bahman Yasht, Shayast-la-Shayast. 100 cards
    10. Masha'allah ibn Athari. De receptionibus planetarum et De revolutionibus annorum mundi. 76 cards
    11. Abraham ibn Ezra. Liber Abraham Iudei de nativitatibus. 74 cards
    12. Abu Ali al-Khayyat (Albohali). De Iudiciis Nativitatum (On the Judgments of Nativities). 61 cards
    13. Sahl ibn Bishr (Zahel). De interpretatione diversorum eventuum secundum Lunam. 45 cards
    14. Zoroastrian (anon.). Pahlavi Texts Part III: Mēnōg-ī Khrad, Sikand-Gūmānīg Vīzār, Sad Dar. 35 cards
  4. IV.

    Hellenistic

    Greco-Roman antiquity

    Texts19
    Cards~3,010

    Texts presently indexed under this tradition, ordered by depth of citation.

    1. Pseudo-Porphyry of Tyre. Eisagoge eis ten Apotelesmatiken tou Ptolemaiou (Introduction to the Tetrabiblos). 602 cards
    2. Vettius Valens. Vettii Valentis Anthologiarum Libri. 504 cards
    3. Julius Firmicus Maternus. Matheseos libri VIII, Vol. II (Books 5-8). 483 cards
    4. Julius Firmicus Maternus. Matheseos libri VIII, Vol. I (Books 1-4). 288 cards
    5. Claudius Ptolemy. Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, or Quadripartite. 272 cards
    6. Kroll, Wilhelm; Olivieri, Alessandro (eds.). Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum Vol. II: Codices Venetos. 190 cards
    7. Boll, Franz (ed.). Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum Vol. VII: Codices Germanicos. 184 cards
    8. Marcus Manilius. The Five Books of M. Manilius. 183 cards
    9. Kroll, Wilhelm (ed.). Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum Vol. V Pt. 2: Codices Romani. 165 cards
    10. Hephaistio of Thebes. Apotelesmatica (Hephaestion von Theben und sein astrologisches Compendium). 85 cards
    11. Kroll, Wilhelm (ed.). Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum Vol. VI: Codices Vindobonenses. 54 cards
  5. V.

    Gnostic

    Early Christian esoteric

    Texts6
    Cards~1,189

    Texts presently indexed under this tradition, ordered by depth of citation.

    1. Hermes Trismegistus. Thrice-Greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis. 614 cards
    2. Anonymous (3rd-4th century CE Gnostic text). Pistis Sophia. 211 cards
    3. G.R.S. Mead. Fragments of a Faith Forgotten. 139 cards
    4. Hippolytus of Rome. Philosophumena, or The Refutation of All Heresies, Vol. I (Books I-V). 121 cards
    5. Hippolytus of Rome. Philosophumena, or The Refutation of All Heresies, Vol. II (Books VI-X). 66 cards
    6. Anonymous (Gnostic text from Bruce Codex). The Gnosis of the Light (Untitled Apocalypse from the Bruce Codex). 38 cards
  6. VI.

    Egyptian

    Hermetic & Neoplatonic

    Texts6
    Cards~605

    Texts presently indexed under this tradition, ordered by depth of citation.

    1. Hermes Trismegistus. Hermetica, Volume I. 338 cards
    2. Hermes Trismegistus. Hermetica, Volume II: Notes on the Corpus Hermeticum. 131 cards
    3. Iamblichus of Chalcis. Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians. 119 cards
    4. E. A. Wallis Budge. Egyptian Magic. 17 cards
  7. VII.

    Chinese

    Classical Chinese

    Texts5
    Cards~786

    Texts presently indexed under this tradition, ordered by depth of citation.

    1. Gustave Schlegel. Uranographie Chinoise (Partie 1). 554 cards
    2. J. J. M. de Groot. The Religious System of China, Vol. 3. 142 cards
    3. J. J. M. de Groot. The Religious System of China, Vol. 6. 65 cards
    4. Herbert Allen Giles. A Glossary of Reference on Subjects Connected with the Far East. 21 cards
    5. Hwui Li. The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang. 4 cards
  8. VIII.

    Mesopotamian

    Babylonian

    Texts4
    Cards~1,089

    Texts presently indexed under this tradition, ordered by depth of citation.

    1. Morris Jastrow Jr.. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria. 553 cards
    2. R. Campbell Thompson. Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon. 255 cards
    3. Morris Jastrow Jr.. Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria. 210 cards
    4. Morris Jastrow Jr.. Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance. 71 cards

— Chapter III —

Colophon of Featured Voices

Thirty-five hands from whom Hermit reads — the Vedic root first, then the Hellenistic, Hermetic, Persian, and Western lineages, each ordered down its own centuries.

  1. i.
    Parashara. Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra.
  2. ii.
    Jaimini. Jaimini Sutras.
  3. iii.
    Aryabhata. Aryabhatiya. 499
  4. iv.
    Varahamihira. Brihat Jataka. c.550
  5. v.
    Prithuyasas. Hora Sara. c.600
  6. vi.
    Kalyana Varma. Saravali. c.800
  7. vii.
    Bhatta Narayana. Chamatkara Chintamani.
  8. viii.
    Vaidyanatha Dikshita. Jataka Parijata. c.1500
  9. ix.
    Venkatesha Daivajna. Sarvartha Chintamani. c.1500
  10. x.
    Mantreswara. Phaladeepika. c.1500
  11. xi.
    Kalidasa. Uttara Kalamrita.
  12. xii.
    Marcus Manilius. Astronomica. c.30
  13. xiii.
    Claudius Ptolemy. Tetrabiblos. c.150
  14. xiv.
    Vettius Valens. Anthologiae. c.170
  15. xv.
    Porphyry of Tyre (attrib.). Introduction to the Tetrabiblos. c.270
  16. xvi.
    Firmicus Maternus. Mathesis. c.334
  17. xvii.
    Hephaistio of Thebes. Apotelesmatica. c.415
  18. xviii.
    Hermes Trismegistus. Hermetica. c.200
  19. xix.
    Iamblichus. On the Mysteries. c.300
  20. xx.
    Masha'allah ibn Athari. De Receptionibus. c.800
  21. xxi.
    Sahl ibn Bishr (Zahel). De Interrogationibus. c.820
  22. xxii.
    Abu Ali al-Khayyat. De Iudiciis Nativitatum. c.835
  23. xxiii.
    Abu Ma'shar (Albumasar). De Magnis Coniunctionibus. c.850
  24. xxiv.
    Al-Qabisi (Alcabitius). Liber Introductorius. c.950
  25. xxv.
    Al-Biruni. Book of Instruction. c.1029
  26. xxvi.
    Ali ibn Abi al-Rijal. De Iudiciis Astrorum. c.1040
  27. xxvii.
    Abraham ibn Ezra. Liber de Nativitatibus. c.1148
  28. xxviii.
    Guido Bonatti. Liber Astronomiae. c.1277
  29. xxix.
    William Lilly. Christian Astrology. 1647
  30. xxx.
    Placidus de Titis. Primum Mobile. 1657
  31. xxxi.
    John Gadbury. Genethlialogia. 1658
  32. xxxii.
    Jean-Baptiste Morin. Astrologia Gallica. 1661
  33. xxxiii.
    Ebenezer Sibly. The Celestial Science of Astrology. 1784
  34. xxxiv.
    Alan Leo. How to Judge a Nativity. 1903
  35. xxxv.
    Sepharial. A Manual of Occultism. 1914

— Chapter IV —

Of the Method, in three observations

I.

Consult

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II.

Cite

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III.

Confine

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