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Alchemy: Ancient and Modern / Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists — H. Stanley Redgrove

Alchemy: Ancient and Modern / Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists

H. Stanley Redgrove

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 123 pages

A collection of essays by H. Stanley Redgrove on alchemy, ancient and modern. It presents alchemistic doctrines and their relations to mysticism and to discoveries in physical science, along with particulars about the lives and teachings of noted alchemists. A thoughtful introduction to the history of ideas.

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Contents

  1. ALCHEMY: ANCIENT AND MODERN
  2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  3. PREFACE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. LIST OF PLATES
  6. CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF ALCHEMY
  7. CHAPTER II THE THEORY OF PHYSICAL ALCHEMY
  8. CHAPTER III THE ALCHEMISTS[41] (A. BEFORE PARACELSUS)
  9. CHAPTER IV THE ALCHEMISTS (continued) (B. PARACELSUS AND AFTER)
  10. CHAPTER V THE OUTCOME OF ALCHEMY
  11. CHAPTER VI THE AGE OF MODERN CHEMISTRY
  12. CHAPTER VII MODERN ALCHEMY
  13. Transcriber’s Notes
  14. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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