• Source: Mysterium Magnum

Mysterium Magnum is Latin for "great mystery" and has several different associations and usages.




Paracelsus


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


Jakob Böhme (1575–November 17, 1624) a German Christian mystic wrote a treatise entitled The Mysterium Magnum (1623).




Sacrament


"Mysterium Magnum" is often employed in Christian theology as a euphemism for "sacrament".




See also


Eucharist
Great Rite
Hieros gamos
Mystery religion
O magnum mysterium
Philosopher's stone
Sacred Mysteries
Wakan Tanka




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