Mysterium Magnum is Latin for "great mystery" and has several different associations and usages. [1]
Paracelsus edit
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.
Jakob Böhme edit
Jakob Böhme (1575–November 17, 1624) a German Christian mystic wrote a treatise entitled The Mysterium Magnum (1623).
Sacrament edit
"Mysterium Magnum" is often employed in Christian theology as a euphemism for "sacrament".
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Lauridsen, Morten (2009-02-21). "It's a Still Life That Runs Deep". wsj.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
The Latin text for the Christmas Day matins responsory, "O Magnum Mysterium," also celebrates the Virgin Mary as well as God's grace to the meek
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