CONTENTS
PART I
HISTORICAL
CHAPTER
I.
BEGINNINGS OF ALCHEMY
19
II.
EARLY EUROPEAN ALCHEMISTS
25
III.
THE STORY OF NICHOLAS FLAMEL
30
IV.
BASIL VALENTINE
40
V.
PARACELSUS
46
VI.
ALCHEMY IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
51
VII.
ENGLISH ALCHEMISTS
60
VIII.
THE COMTE DE ST. GERMAIN
71
PART II
THEORETICAL
THE SEED OF METALS
79
THE SPIRIT OF MERCURY
87
THE QUINTESSENCE
94
THE QUINTESSENCE IN DAILY LIFE
103
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PART III
THE MEDICINE FROM METALS
111
PRACTICAL
119
CONCLUSION
129
'AUREUS' OR THE GOLDEN TRACTATE
131
THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION OF HERMES
149
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