Francis Barrett
Francis Barrett, Frontispiece in The Magus (modified from the copy at LOC); “Francis Barrett. Student in Chemistry, Metaphysicks, Natural & Occult Philosophy &c. &c.”
Francis Barrett
England, 1770-1780 to aft 1802
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“Student in Chemistry, Metaphysicks, Natural & Occult Philosophy &c. &c.”—Caption at Frontispiece in The Magus
Magician; Scientist; Rosicrucian; Qabalist; really seems more of a compilation of manuscripts he put together than much organizing or original thought; Frederick Hockley met Barrett through Denley the bookseller;
Connections
Influences
Pietro d'Abano; Cornelius Agrippa; Robert Turner; Ebenezer Sibly (1751-1799); Jan Baptist van Helmont aka Jean Baptiste von Helmont,; Giambattista Della Porta aka Giambattista Porta, author of Natural Magic; Zoroaster AKA Zarathustra; Appollonius of Tyana aka Appollonius Tyanaeus; Hermes Trismegistus; Blaise de Vigners: Artus Thomas, Lord of Embry; Frederick Hockley;
Influenced
Dr. Michael Quinn; John Freake; Montague Summers; Joscelyn Godwin; John Denley, bookseller; Raymond Buckland; Rosemary Ellen Guiley;Éliphas Lévi; Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Mary Anne Atwood, 1817- 1910, author of A Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mystery, with a Dissertation on the More Celebrated of the Alchemical Philosophers, 1850; John Parkins, the “Cunning Man of Lincolnshire”; Joseph Smith, Mormon prophet; Francis King; Jason Semmens; ; Timothy d’Arch Smith; Robert Blanchard aka Rozette Kryla-Budde ;
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Johann Theodor de Bry, @ 1561-1623; Matthaeus Merian aka Matthew the Elder, author of Musaeum hermeticum, reformatum et amplificatum : omnes sopho-spagyricae artis discipulos fidelissimè erudiens, quo pacto summa illa veraque lapidis philosophici medicina, qua res omnes qualemcunque defectum patientes, instaurantur, inveniri & haberi queat - continens tractatus chimicos XXI, praestantissimos, 1593-1650;
Organizations
Academy of Magic in London (his own school for 12 students);
Author/ Editor
compiler, of The Magus A Complete System Of Occult Philosophy AKA The Magus - Celestial Intelligencer ; Golden Treatise Of Hermes, with Mary Anne Atwood; (probably) BIOGRAPHIA ANTIQUA; OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND WRITINGS OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN MAGI, CABALISTS, AND PHILOSOPHERS, DISCOVERING THE PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE FIRST FOUNDERS OF THE MAGICAL AND OCCULT SCIENCES, etc. aka The lives of alchemystical philosophers : with a critical catalogue of books in occult chemistry : and a selection of the most celebrated treatises on the theory and practice of the hermetic art;
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- Francis Barrett across library
- Francis Barrett across library and blog
References
External references
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Barrett_%28occultist%29 “Barrett, an Englishman, claimed himself to be a student of chemistry, metaphysics and natural occult philosophy. He was known to be an extreme eccentric who gave lessons in the magical arts in his apartment and fastidiously translated Kabbalistic and other ancient texts into English, such as von Welling's work, Philosophy of The Universe circa 1735, from German (1801). According to his biographer Francis X. King, Barrett's parents were humble folk married in the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields on 29 September 1772.”
- https://www.loc.gov/item/11015009/ “The magus, or Celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy … Exhibiting the sciences of natural magic; alchymy, or hermetic philosophy … the constellatory practice, or talismanic magic … magnetism, and cabalistical or ceremonial magic … To which is added Biographia antique; or, The lives of the most eminent philosophers, magi &c” Also https://archive.org/details/b22006795/page/n15/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magus_(Barrett_book) https://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/magus/ 0877289425
- Francis X King, The Flying Sorcerer: Being the Magical and Aeronautical Adventures of Francis Barrett, Author of The Magus B01K90KTTM