The Sorcerers’ Stone
Alchemical Poems by Angelus Silesius
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Johann Angelus Silesius (1624-77) was a famous poet and mystic of the seventeenth century. This volume is the first to present his poems about the sorcerer's stone and spiritual alchemy. The sorcerer's stone appears alongside other alchemical images in Angelus's masterwork, the Cherubinic Wanderer, as a metaphor for transformation in the Christian life. Just as alchemists transform lead into gold, so God can transform the human soul. This translation keeps Angelus's original poetic forms while using accessible, colloquial modern English. The original German text is included.
Endorsements (2)
“Having assigned Silesius in the classroom to teach students about mysticism, this excellent volume is a welcome resource on a fascinating but underappreciated Christian mystic in the Anglophone world. Rachel A. Lott has done the study of mystical poetry a tremendous service with this accessible and well-researched volume.”
“Rachel Lott’s sparkling translations transform Silesius’s angelic German epigrams into English gems. A treasury of Christian wisdom distilled in golden verse.”
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