ABSTRACT

A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism. It outlines some of the ‘secret’ inner meanings to alchemy - symbolism, metaphysics, and spirituality. This book contains a universe of information and is worthwhile reading for anyone wanting to know more on this engaging subject. Originally published in 1926.

chapter I|15 pages

Alchemy and Supernatural Life

chapter II|17 pages

Modern Views on the Hermetic Mystery

chapter III|15 pages

Further Speculations on Philosophical Gold

chapter V|7 pages

Alchemy in China

chapter VI|25 pages

The Testimony of Byzantine Alchemy

chapter VII|16 pages

Arabian and Syriac Alchemy

chapter VIII|17 pages

The Early Latin Literature

chapter IX|17 pages

The Later Chain of Hermes

chapter X|26 pages

The Myth of Flamel

chapter XI|14 pages

The Chariot of Basil Valentine

chapter XII|11 pages

Paracelsus

chapter XIII|14 pages

Denys Zachaire and Others

chapter XIV|15 pages

Famous English Philosophers

chapter XV|20 pages

Alchemy and Exploitation

chapter XVI|16 pages

The New Light of Alchemy

chapter XVII|12 pages

The Reformation and German Alchemy

chapter XVIII|26 pages

Thomas Vaughan

chapter XIX|16 pages

The Cosmopolite

chapter XX|13 pages

John Frederick Helvetius

chapter XXI|14 pages

An Alchemist of Mitylene

chapter XXII|34 pages

The Mystic Side of Alchemy