This aim is reached by a solid scientific knowledge of the specific human heritage and by a careful interpretation of the material in a way that is centered on the material itself and not on any preconceived theory.
Projects:
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•Theodor Abt und Erik Hornung: Knowledge for the Afterlife (Zurich 2003)
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•English translation of the Amduat by David Warburton, revised and edited by Theodor Abt und Erik Hornung, with hieroglyphs and transcription (Zurich 2007)
Arabic Alchemy: The Corpus Alchemicum Arabicum (CALA)
edited by Theodor Abt and Wilferd Madelung
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•CALA I The Hall ar-rumuz (The Explanation of the Symbols) written by Mohammed ibn Umail (Zurich 2003)
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•CALA I A The Hall ar-rumuz (The Explanation of the Symbols), Psychological Interpretation written by Marie-Louise von Franz (Zurich 2006)
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•CALA I B The Hall ar-rumuz (The Explanation of the Symbols), Psychological Interpretation based on other texts of Ibn Umail as well as authors quoted by him, written by Theodor Abt (Daimon 2010)
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•CALA II.1 Mushaf as-suwar (The Book of Pictures) written by Zosimos of Panapolis, Facsimile of an Arabic Manuscript form the 13th century (Zurich 2007)
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•Supplement to the CALA Series: Mushaf as-suwar (The Book of Pictures) written by Zosimos of Panapolis, Facsimile of an Arabic Manuscript form the 13th century.
Introduction and Pictures
edited by Theodor Abt (Zurich 2007)
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•CALA II.2 English translation (Forthcoming)
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•Theodor Abt: The Great Vision of Mohammed ibn Umail (Los Angeles 2003)
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•Theodor Abt: Picture Interpretation according to C. G. Jung (Zurich 2005)
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•Theodor Abt: Progress without Loss of Soul (Chicago 1989)
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•Theodor Abt: Knowledge and Intuitiveness (for the time being only in German: Wissen und Ahnung, Niederalteich 2007)