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Three Works on Alchemy

- The Immortal Liquor Alkahest, Everburning Lights, and Philosophic Fire

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This little book contains three short alchemical manuscripts from the 1th and 17th centuries. All three have been rendered into modern English. First there is the Immortal Liquor; Alkahest, of Philalethes, showing the nature of and creation of the infamous precursor to the stone of the philosophers. Second to this is a tract on the Everburning Lights of Trithemius- a second-hand account of his phosphorescent capabilities. Finally, there is Pontanus' Philosophic Fire, containing the secret of the alchemical process with regards to the secretive and all-important fire used during the work itself.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781537099248
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 28
  • Udgivet:
  • 15. august 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 127x203x2 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 36 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 26. november 2024
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This little book contains three short alchemical manuscripts from the 1th and 17th centuries. All three have been rendered into modern English. First there is the Immortal Liquor; Alkahest, of Philalethes, showing the nature of and creation of the infamous precursor to the stone of the philosophers. Second to this is a tract on the Everburning Lights of Trithemius- a second-hand account of his phosphorescent capabilities. Finally, there is Pontanus' Philosophic Fire, containing the secret of the alchemical process with regards to the secretive and all-important fire used during the work itself.

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