• How to display a flying dragon, from Johann Kestler, Physiologia Kircheriana Experimentalis, p. 247
  • Portrait of Kircher at the age of 76 from Giorgio de Sepibus, Romani Collegii Musaeum Celeberrimum, p. 1
  • Idealized representation of Kircher, seated on a crocodile, composing his encyclopedic works. Frontispiece of Giosefo Petrucci, Prodromo apologetico alli studi chircheriani.
  • Demonstration that the tower of Babel could not have reached the moon, from Turris Babel, p. 38
  • Diagrams of the different world systems, Ptolemaic, Platonic, Egyptian, Copernican, Tychonic and semi-Tychonic from Iter Exstaticum (1671 ed.) p. 37
  • Dedication to Ferdinand III in Samaritan, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, Tom. 1.
  • Frontispiece, from Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (1646 ed.)
  • Hieroglyphic obelisk erected to honour Honoratus Ioannis, from Principis Christiani Archetypon Politicum, p. 235
  • The site of the conversion of St. Eustace, at the Mentorella in Lazio, from Historia Eustachio-Mariana, frontispiece
  • Kircher's museum at the Collegio Romano, from Giorgio de Sepibus, Romani Collegii Musaeum Celeberrimum, frontispiece
  • Amber-encased lizard in Kircher's museum, from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 ed.), vol. 2, p. 76
  • The magic lantern, from Giorgio de Sepibus, Romani Collegii Musaeum Celeberrimum, p. 39
  • List of Kircher's publications, from Giorgio de Sepibus, Romani Collegii Musaeum Celeberrimum, p. 61
  • Frontispiece, from Latium
  • The Nile mosaic, from Latium, p. 96
  • Titlepage, from Filippo Bonanni, Musaeum Kircherianum
  • Idols from the "Indies", in the restored museum of the Collegio Romano, from Filippo Bonanni, Musaeum Kircherianum, p. 60
  • Portrait of Kircher, on the titlepage of Arcangelo Contuccio de Contucci, Musei Kircheriani Aerea.
  • Titlepage of Kircher's first publication, Ars Magnesia
  • Frontispiece of Kircher'sbook on magnetism, Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica (1641 ed.), book 3
  • Illustration of the heliocentric cosmos, accompanying Kircher's refutation of the views of Kepler, from Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 487
  • Frontispiece to Kircher's Iter Exstaticum depicting Kircher acoompanied by the angel Cosmiel on a journey through the cosmos.
  • The sunflower clock, from Kircher, Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 644.
  • Instrument for measuring magnetic inclination, from Kircher, Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 364.
  • Table of magnetic inclination measurements, from Kircher, Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 368.
  • Table of magnetic decliation measurements, from Kircher, Magnes, sive De Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.), p. 401.
  • The world is bound in secret knots, from Kircher, Magneticum Naturae Regnum frontispiece
  • Eruption of Vesuvius in 1638, witnessed by Kircher, from Mundus Subterraneus, 1678 edn., Vol. 1.
  • Detail from titlepage of Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 1
  • System of subterranean fires from Mundus Subterraneus (1678 edn.) vol. 1, p. 194
  • Kircher's system of springs, rivers and seas from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 1, p. 233
  • The origin of hot and cold springs from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 1, p. 257
  • Geometrical mineral formations from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, pp. 28-9
  • Fossil of a fish from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 35
  • Stone with image of an owl from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 32
  • Image of Christ found in a stone from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 36
  • A "toad stone" from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 51.
  • The subterranean "matrices of metals" from Mundus Subterraneus (1678 edn.) vol. 2, p. 255.
  • A mining ventilator from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 191.
  • Titlepage of Salomon de Blauenstein, Interpellatio Brevis ... Pro Lapide Philosophorum Contra Antichymisticum Mundum Subterraneum (1667)
  • Diagrams taken from books by "false alchemists", from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 293
  • The spagyrical furnace of the Collegio Romano, from Mundus Subterraneus (1665 edn.) vol. 2, p. 392
  • Frontispiece of Arithmologia, sive De Abditis Numerorum Mysteriis.
  • The twelve astrological houses according to the Egyptians, Greeks and Moderns, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 2, p. 193.
  • The Wheel of Life and Death, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 2, p. 491.
  • Amulets, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 2, p. 448.
  • Amulets with magic squares, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 2, p. 465.
  • Symbolic representation of the Egyptian cosmic system, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 1, p. 418.
  • Prodigious crosses that appeared on clothing and sheets following the eruption of Vesuvius in 1660, from Diatribe de Prodigiosis Crucibus.
  • Egyptian speaking statue from the museum of Francesco Serra, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, Tom. 3, p. 488.
  • Isis and Osiris sacrificing, a pneumatic machine showing the fraudulence of Egyptian temple magic, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p. 245
  • Dog-headed Egyptian water clock, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, Tom.2, vol. 2, p. 340
  • Multimammary goddess, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p. 255
  • The altar of the gods, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p. 247
  • The two-headed imperial eagle, vomiting copiously from the depths of its gullets, and other vomiting machines, displayed in Kircher's museum, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p. 181
  • A magnetic Habsburg eagle. The Latin inscription around the eagle's feet "Et Boreae et Austri-acus" is a play on words on words linking the compass needle ("the needle of both North and South" to the house of Austria ("Austri-acus"). From Magnes (1643 edn.), frontispiece.
  • Universal horoscope of the Society of Jesus. Composite sundial in the form of an olive tree. When hung vertically, with pins placedat the nodes of the tree, this allows the time in each Jesuit province to be read. The base of the tree represents Rome. Additionally, the shadows of all the pins align to spell "IHS", the logo of the Society of Jesus. From Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, 1646, p. 553
  • The magnetic anemoscope that Kircher built in Malta, from Magnes, sive de arte magnetica (1643 edn.), p. 322.
  • Vomiting fountain, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p. 210.
  • Vomiting lobster, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p. 181.
  • The catoptric theater. From Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (1671 ed.), p. 776
  • Kircher's reconstruction of the legendary sphere of Archimedes, imitating the motion of the planets with the aid of magnets. From Magnes, sive de Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.) p. 305
  • The magnetic oracle, from Magnes, sive de Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.) p. 327
  • Magnetic cryptological machine , from Magnes, sive de Arte Magnetica (1643 ed.) p. 344
  • Hydraulic organ, from Kaspar Schott, Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica, p. 428.
  • Musurgical ark , from Musurgia universalis, vol. 2, p. 184.
  • Todini's claviorganum , from Phonurgia nova, p. 168.
  • Aeolian harp , from Phonurgia nova, p. 144.
  • The tarantella, with dancing tarantulas, from Neue Hall und Thom-Kunst, p. 145.
  • Experiment with five vibrating goblets, from Phonurgia nova, p. 191.
  • The harmony of the birth of the world, represented by a cosmic organ with six registers, corresponding to the six days of creation, from Musurgia universalis , vol.2, p. 366.
  • The Vitruvian theater, from Phonurgia nova, p. 74.
  • Speaking tubes connected to statues, from Musurgia universalis, vol. 2, p. 303.
  • The horn of Alexander the Great, from Phonurgia nova, p. 132.
  • Acoustic devices , from Phonurgia nova, p. 160.
  • Hydraulic organ, from Musurgia universalis, vol. 2, p. 347
  • Orpheus tuning his lyre, with the subdued Cerberus at his feet, from Musurgia universalis, book 3, frontispiece.
  • An example of musical cryptography, from Musurgia universalis, vol. 2, p. 362.
  • Representation of the sympathies between the microcosm and megacosm, or expressing the signatures of the plants with the members of the human body, from Mundus subterraneus (1665 edn.), vol. 2, p. 406.
  • Tarantula and the musical antidote to its poison, the tarantella, from Magnes, sive de arte magnetica (1643 edn.), p. 763
  • Man preparing to attack cobras to remove the "snakestone", a magnetic antidote to the poison of the snake, from China Illustrata, p. 81.
  • Ferdinand III from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1.
  • Page from the dictionary for composing texts in Kircher's universal language, from Polygraphia nova, p. 20.
  • Table from the dictionary for translating Kircher's universal language back into the vernaculars, from Polygraphia nova, p. 62.
  • Symbols denoting the conjungation of verbs in Kircher's universal language, Polygraphia nova, p. 15
  • Symbols used in the Lullist combinatory system descirbed in Kircher's Great Art of Knowing, from Ars Magna Sciendi, p. 162
  • The nine universal symbols in all possible combinations, from Ars Magna Sciendi, p. 171.
  • Portions of Kircher's "new steganography", from Polygraphia Nova, pp. 88-89
  • Portions of Kircher's "new steganography", from Polygraphia Nova, pp. 88-89
  • The steganographic ark, from Polygraphia Nova, p. 130
  • The tower of Babel, from Turris Babel, p. 41.
  • Harpocrates, the Egyptian god of silence and secrecy, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p. 590
  • Frontispiece depicting Adam Schall and Matteo Ricci holding a map of China, from China Illustrata, frontispiece.
  • Transcription of the Sino-Syriac Monument, from China Illustrata , p. 12.
  • Tartar women and child, from China Illustrata , p. 69.
  • Tibetans worshipping idols, from China Illustrata , p. 72.
  • The principal deities of the Chinese, from China Illustrata , p. 137
  • The flying turtles of Henan, from China Illustrata , p. 205.
  • The origins of the Chinese characters according to Kircher, from China Illustrata, p. 229.
  • Local Chinese costumes, from China Illustrata, p. 112.
  • The "polomie" fruit (jackfruit), from China Illustrata, p. 186.
  • Tea bush, from China Illustrata, p. 179.
  • The pyramids of Egypt from Gioseffo Petrucci, Prodromo apologetico alli studi chiercheriani (1677), illustration reprinted from Sphinx Mystagoga.
  • The Coptic alphabet from Prodromus Coptus, p. 283.
  • Frontispiece of Lingua Aegyptiaca Restituta.
  • The relocation of the Vatican obelisk carried out by Domenico Fontana for Sixtus V, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p. 372.
  • Frontispiece of Obeliscus Pamphilius.
  • Bernini's design for the obelisk of the Minerva from Obelisci Aegyptiaci Interpretatio.
  • The wrapping of a mummy, from Sphinx mystagoga, p. 6.
  • The primeval forms of the Egyptian alphabet introduced by Thoth, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p. 47
  • Kircher's derivation of the letter 'M' from the hieroglyph for water whose phonetic value he correctly gave as 'm', from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p. 49
  • Kircher's translation of the Minervan obelisk. It begins "Hemphta the supreme spirit and archetype infuses its virtue and gifts in the soul of the sidereal world..." Obelisci Aegyptiaci, p. 78.
  • Representation of the God Typhon according to Apollodorus, with the ethical interpretation of Synesius and the physical interpretation of Plutarch. Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1, p. 221
  • Diagram of Kircher's Egyptian trinity from Obeliscus Pamphilius, p. 213
  • The Japanese deity Amida who, according to Kircher, corresponded to the Egyptian deity Harpocrates, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1., p. 406.
  • Representation of the Christian interpretation of the Kabbalah, depicting the mystical names of God, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 1, p. 287.
  • Kabbalistic speculations on the letter alef, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 2, vol. 1, p. 302.
  • Image from an Aztec scripture depicting the mythical founding of Mexico City, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p. 32.
  • A Mexican temple with Indians worshiping the Sun and Moon, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1, p. 422.
  • Noah offering a sacrifice to God after the Flood, from Arcae Noe, p. 166.
  • A combinatory table showing the most ancient alphabets of the world, from which it can be seen that all modern alphabets retain vestiges of the ancient forms. From Turris Babel, p. 157.
  • The first page of one of Kircher's lists of authorities, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1.
  • A map of ancient Egypt with modern Egypt in inset, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1, p.8.
  • Egyptian antiquities from Camopus in the collection of Francisco Gualdo. From Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 3, p.435.
  • Frontispiece depicting Oedipus solving the riddle of the sphinx, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, tom. 1.
  • Nature as artist. Figures inscribed on stones, anthropomorphic landscape, and a portable camera obscura from Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (1646 ed.) p. 806
  • The subterranean origin of tornadoes from Mundus subterraneus (1665 ed.) vol. 1, p. 205
  • The flood, from Arca Noe
  • The emperor of China, from China Illustrata, p. 112
  • Philosophical tree representing all branches of knowledge, from Ars Magna Sciendi, p. 251.