Georg von Welling

Opus mago-cabalisticum et theologicum, by Georg von Welling

Georg von Welling (1655–1727) was a Bavarian alchemical and theosophical writer, known for his 1719 work Opus mago-cabalisticum,^[1][2] published under the pseudonym Gregorius Anglus Sallwigt. By profession he worked in the mining industry, becoming Director in the Baden-Durlacher Office of Building and Mines.

Works

• Herrn Georgii von Welling opus mago-cabbalisticum et theosophicum : darinnen der Ursprung, Natur, Eigenschafften und Gebrauch des Saltzes, Schwefels und Mercurii in dreyen Theilen beschrieben ... wird ... . Deme noch beygefüget ein Tractätlein von der göttlichen Weißheit und ein besonderer Anhang etlicher ... chymischer Piecen . Helwig, Homburg vor der Höhe 1735 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

Notes

1. Several editions and variant titles in the first half of the eighteenth century.
2. The work is said to have been influential on later eighteenth century Rosicrucians, in particular.. Nicholas Boyle, Goethe: The Poet and the Age (1991, vol.I) mentions von Welling several times in relation with the Goethe of the 1770s (pp.76, 88, 222), referencing Goethe's dabbling in alchemy, and the Urfaust writings that seek to show Faust reaching beyond the contemplative holism in von Welling.

External links

• Works by or about Georg von Welling at Internet Archive
• , some of the text in English translation
• Illustration
• (Italian) Biography