Ecstatic Journeys

Dedication

• To the Most Serene Christina Alexandra, Queen of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals, by Athanasius Kircher of the Society of Jesus offers prayers for abundant celestial happiness.

Publication Approval

For the Student of Celestial Philosophy. To the Reader.

Exhortation

Dialog I: Between the Interlocutors Cosmiel and Theodidactus

• Chapters I - IX

Dialog II: On the Providence of God in the Illumination of the Work of the World. Dialog between the Interlocutors Cosmiel and Theodidactus

• Chapters I - XI

The hypotheses of the World, as explained in this Work, are supported by the authority of the following distinguished writers.

Celestial observations conducted by various authorities that we have followed over the course of approximately 40 years.

Dedication.

• To the Most Serene, the Most Powerful and Invincible Leopold Ignatius, King of Hungary and Bohemia, etc. Presented by Athanasius Kircher of the Society of Jesus.

Preface to the Reader

• Part I. The purpose of the Ecstatic Journey
• Part II. The purpose and structure of this work.

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The element of water and universal principle of things. With the Interlocutors Hydriel and Theodidactus.

Chapter I.

• The Nature, necessity, and utility of the element Water.

The Wonders of the Geocosmos, or the Mysteries of the Terrestrial World. Interlocutors: Cosmiel and Theodidactus.

Chapter I. 

• The external appearance of the Geocosmos

Chapter II. 

• Various doubts are resolved concerning the external constitution of Geocosmos.

Chapter III. 

• How plants and animals live and originate from the innermost concealed spermatic elements of nature

Chapter IV. 

• How the universal seed of the World contributes to the composition of mixtures. And first, regarding the origin, nature, and powers of plants.

Chapter V.

• The origin and powers of sensitive nature.

  • Genesis of birds
  • Genesis of aquatic creatures
  • Genesis of insects

 

An ecstatic journey into the Subterranean World between the interlocutors Cosmiel and Theodidactus.

Chapter I.

• The external and internal structure of the sea is explored, and the multitude and variety of animals in it are described

Chapter II. 

• The sea floor is explored, as well as the connection between the seas and the Ocean.

Chapter III.

• The secrets of the Subterranean World are explored

Chapter IV.

• Introduction to the Fiery Chambers of the Subterranean World.

Chapter V.

• The Final Chapter. Ascetic Epilogue. The various means of attaining eternal bliss.

Those matters extensively discussed in the work "The Subterranean World" in ten books.

Mundus Subterraneus or on the Interior and Exterior Structure and Fabric of the Terrestrial Sphere, which we call the Geocosm. A workd arranged in ten books.