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Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus V2 (Paperback)
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Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus V2 (Paperback)
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Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766126218.
Volume two of a two volume set. (This description is for all
volumes.) Edited with a biographical preface, ellucidatory notes, a
copious Hermetic vocabulary, and Index, by Arthur Edward Waite.
Originally published as two volumes, now combined into one volume
for easy reading and affordability. "The work, as it stands,
consists of (a) the large body of literature, entire and
unabridged, attributed to Paracelsus, and treating directly of
alchemy, and the transcendental doctrines and physics of the Magnum
Opus; (b) The whole Paracelsian literature of the Great Elixir and
the Universal Medicine; (c) So much of the Hermetic philosophy and
cosmogony of Paracelsus as has been judged necessary to illustrate
his alchemical teachings; (d) One important treatise illustrating
the application by Paracelsus of metallic and mineral substances to
the treatment of diseases; (e) An exhaustive collection of
alchemical references scattered through the chirurgical works of
Paracelsus." Contents: Coelum Philosophorum; Book Concerning the
Tincture of the Philosophers; Gradations of Metals; Treasure of
Treasures for Alchemists; Concerning the Transmutations of Metals
and of Cements; Aurora of the Philosophers; Concerning the Spirits
of the Planets; Economy of Minerals; Composition of Metals;
Concerning the Nature of: Generation of Natural Things; Growth of
Natural Things; Preservation of Natural Things; Life of Natural
Things; Death of Natural Things; Resuscitation of Natural Things;
Transmutation of Natural Objects; Separation of Natural Things.
Paracelsic Method of Extracting Mercury from all the Metals;
Sulphur of the Metals; Crocus of the Metals, or the Tincture;
Philosophy of Theophrastus Concerning the Generations of the
Elements of: Air; Fire; Earth; Water, with its Fruits. Book about
Minerals; Concerning Salt and Substances Comprehended Under Salt;
Concerning Sulphur; The Mercuries of the Metals; De
Transmutationibus Metallorum; The Vatican Manuscript of Paracelsus;
Manual of Paracelsus.
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