Quotes:Khunrath, Henry

H. P. Blavatsky

Henry Khunrath. A famous Kabalist, chemist and physician born in 1502, initiated into Theosophy (Rosicrucian) in 1544. He left some excellent Kabalistic works, the best of which is the "Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom" (1598).

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Khunrath, Henry

Zirkoff, Boris

Khunrath, Henry (b. about 1560). *Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae solius verae, Christiano-Kabbalisticum, divinomagicum, etc., an unfinished work which appeared after his death with preface and conclusion by Erasmus Wohlfahrt. Hanoviaec Giulielmus Antonius, 1609. fol. 2 pts. French transl., Paris: Chacornac, 1898. 2 Vols. 8vo. 12 plates. See also Vol. V (1883), pp. 376-77, of the present Series.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 1, p. 490

Khunrath, Henry (1560-1605). See Vol. V, pp. 376-77, for data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, p. 513

Khunrath, Henry (ca. 1560-1601?). See Vol. V, pp. 376-77, for biographical data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 654

Khunrath, Henry (also Klinrath). German alchemist and hierophant of the “Magnum Opus,” b. at Leipzig, ca. 1560. Graduated at Medical Univ, of Basel, and practised in Hamburg and Dresden, where he seems to have died in poverty, 1601 or 1605. Follower of Paracelsus and the Hermetists. Most important work is Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae solius verae, Christiano-Kabbalisticum, divino-magicum, etc., an unfinished work which appeared after his death with preface and conclusion by Erasmus Wohlfahrt (Hanoviae: Giulielmus Antonius, 1609. fol. 2pts. French trans., Paris: Chacornac, 1898. 2 vols. 8vo. 12 plates). The twelve plates of Vol. II are of particular importance; the work is very scarce and plates are often missing. It is an occult treatise describing the seven steps leading to universal knowledge. H. P. B. speaks of Khunrath as being “a most learned kabalist, and the greatest authority among mediaeval occultists” (art. “Kabâlistic 377 Views on ‘Spirits’ as Propagated by the Theosophical Society,” Religio-Philosophical Journal, Chicago, Vol. XXIII, January 26, 1878, p. 2). The above work, and other treatises on occult subjects, are in the holdings of the British Museum.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, pp. 376-377