Johann Grasshoff

Johann Grasshoff (or Grasshof, Grasse)^[1][2][3] (c.1560 – 1623) was a Pomeranian jurist, and alchemical writer. He is recorded also as a medical advisor to Ernest of Bavaria, a Syndic, and an Episcopal counselor.

His writings include the Aperta Arca arcani artificiosissimi (1617).^[4] and a Cabala Chymica (1658).^[5]

The compilation of the 1625 Dyas chymica tripartita is also attributed to him;^[6] it includes The Golden Age Restored^[7] of Henricus Madathanus, The Book of Lambspring,^[8] of Nicholas Barnaud, and the Book of Alze.^[9]

References

1. Known also as Johannes Grassaeus or Crassaeus, Chortolassaeus, Crotolassaeus, and other forms.
2. It is sometimes said that he wrote also as Johannes Walch (see note on Der kleine Bauer). However this page from the Mennonite Encyclopedia makes Walch an Anabaptist.
3. It is also said that he is the pseudonymous Herman Condeesyanus; but this is disputed: see the external link.
4. Translated extract: The Arca Arcani contains Der kleine Bauer attributed to Johannes Walch (Walchius, Valehius), which leads to the suggestion that Walch was Grasshoff; see this PDF of annotations to The Sceptical Chymist.
5. An earlier Cabala Chymica is that of Franciscus Kieser from 1606.
6. The Dyas consisted of six tracts: Dyas Chymica Tripartita, Das ist: Sechs Herrliche Teutsche Philosophische Tractätlein: Deren I. Vonan itzo noch am Leben: II. Von mittlern Alters: und III. Von ältern Philosophis beschrieben worden. It is initialled H.C.D. or Hermann[us] Condeesyanus, so the attribution depends on identification. The other candidate, proposed in recent times by Carlos Gilly, is Johannes Rhenanus.
7. "Golden Age Restored". Levity.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
8. "Book of Lambspring". Alchemywebsite.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
9. "Book of Alze". Levity.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.

External links

• ramsdigital.com