Porta Amphitheatri Sapientiae Aeternae

Heinrich Khunrath, 1602 “Porta Amphitheatri Sapientiae Aeternae, solius verae, angusta quidem, sed tamen satis augusta, Jehovae consecrata.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, the caption engraved beneath the plate, its opening.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1602 “secundum leges oraculares septem ante portam coruscantes, copia introgrediendi.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, the same caption, on the seven rays.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1602 “Extructore Henrico Khunrath Lips. Theosophiae amatore fideli, et Medicinae utriusque Doctore. Anno a Ihsvh Christo nato M.DC.II.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, the same caption, its close.

Symbolica, 2026 Khunrath's Latin, put into English here: The Gate of the Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom, the only true one, narrow indeed but yet august enough, consecrated to Jehovah. Leave to enter is given according to the seven oracular Laws blazing before the gate. Built by Heinrich Khunrath of Leipzig, faithful lover of Theosophy and Doctor of both Medicines, in the year 1602 from the birth of Jesus Christ. The seven rays of fire are those seven laws, and the caption names them as such.

The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.

1. 1Firecentral motif as it reads here: Porta Amphitheatri Sapientiae Aeternae
2. 2The Divinesecondary motif
3. 3The Treesecondary motif

A gate cut into a rock, seven rays of fire spreading from the dark doorway, each ray lettered, a stair leading up into it, small figures of the learned looking on from the landscape. By eye

Not yet decoded: the motifs are tagged by eye and the readings above are quoted from their sources. The marks on the picture and the sourced notes come with the entry.