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Article: Vaughan, Thomas (Eugenius Philalethes; 1622–1666)
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VAUGHAN, THOMAS (Eugenius Philalethes; 1622
–
1666)
VAUGHAN, THOMAS
(Eugenius Philalethes; 1622
–
1666), Welsh alchemist, Rosicrucian, Hermeticist, and Paracelsan. Twin brother of the poet Henry Vaughan, Thomas Vaughan was born in Newton, Wales. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, graduating with a B.A. in 1642. Thereafter he became rector of Llansaintfraid and supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. Ejected from his living by a parliamentary commission
in 1649, he practiced as an alchemist, or chemical philosopher, in London. He published several books under the pseudonym Eugenius Philalethes:
Magia Adamica
(1650),
Anthroposophia Theomagica
(1650),
Anima Magica ...