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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Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text. ALCHEMY: ANCIENT AND MODERN Paracelsus PLATE 1. PORTRAIT OF PARACELSUS [Frontispiece ALCHEMY: ANCIENT AND MODERN BEING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ALCHEMISTIC DOC- TRINES, 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
BY
H. STANLEY REDGROVE, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.C.S.
AUTHOR OF “ON THE CALCULATION OF THERMO-CHEMICAL CONSTANTS,”
“MATTER, SPIRIT AND THE COSMOS,” ETC.
WITH 16 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
SECOND AND REVISED EDITION
LONDON
WILLIAM RIDER & SON, LTD.
8 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. 4
1922
First published
1911
Second
Edition
1922
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
It is exceedingly gratifying to me that a second edition of this book should be called for. But still more welcome is the change in the attitude of the educated world towards the old-time alchemists and their theories which has taken place during the past few years.
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