This book is one of the best and most comprehensive about Hermetic philosophy and a perfect textbook for your first steps into alchemy. A real suggestive inquiry into the Hermetic mystery.Contents:Part I An Exoteric View of the Progress and Theory of AlchemyChapter I A Preliminary Account of the Hermetic Philosophy, with the more Salient Points of its Public HistoryChapter II Of the Theory of Transmutation in General, and of the First MatterChapter III The Golden Treatise of Hermes Trismegistus, Concerning the Physical Secret of the Philosopher''s Stone.Part II A More Esoteric Consideration of the Hermetic Art & Its MysteriesChapter I Of the True Subject of the Hermetic Art, & its Concealed RootChapter II Of the MysteriesChapter III The Mysteries ContinuedChapter IV The Mysteries (Concluded)Part III Concerning the Laws and Vital Conditions of the Hermetic ExperimentChapter I Of the Experimental Method and Fermentation of the Philosophic Subject, According to the Paracelsian Alchemists and some OthersChapter II A Further Analysis of the Initial Principle, and its Eduction into LightChapter III Of the Manifestation of the First Matter, and its Information by Light.Chapter IV Of the Mental Requisites and Impediments Incidental to Individuals Either as Masters or Students in the Hermetic ArtPart IV The Hermetic PracticeChapter I Of the Vital Purification, Commonly Called the Gross WorkChapter II Of the Philosophic or Subtle WorkChapter III The Six Keys of Eudoxus, Opening Into the Most Secret PhilosophyChapter IV The Conclusion

This book is one of the best and most comprehensive about Hermetic philosophy and a perfect textbook for your first steps into alchemy. A real suggestive inquiry into the Hermetic mystery.Contents:Part I An Exoteric View of the Progress and Theory of AlchemyChapter I A Preliminary Account of the Hermetic Philosophy, with the more Salient Points of its Public HistoryChapter II Of the Theory of Transmutation in General, and of the First MatterChapter III The Golden Treatise of Hermes Trismegistus, Concerning the Physical Secret of the Philosopher''s Stone.Part II A More Esoteric Consideration of the Hermetic Art & Its MysteriesChapter I Of the True Subject of the Hermetic Art, & its Concealed RootChapter II Of the MysteriesChapter III The Mysteries ContinuedChapter IV The Mysteries (Concluded)Part III Concerning the Laws and Vital Conditions of the Hermetic ExperimentChapter I Of the Experimental Method and Fermentation of the Philosophic Subject, According to the Paracelsian Alchemists and some OthersChapter II A Further Analysis of the Initial Principle, and its Eduction into LightChapter III Of the Manifestation of the First Matter, and its Information by Light.Chapter IV Of the Mental Requisites and Impediments Incidental to Individuals Either as Masters or Students in the Hermetic ArtPart IV The Hermetic PracticeChapter I Of the Vital Purification, Commonly Called the Gross WorkChapter II Of the Philosophic or Subtle WorkChapter III The Six Keys of Eudoxus, Opening Into the Most Secret PhilosophyChapter IV The Conclusion

This book is one of the best and most comprehensive about Hermetic philosophy and a perfect textbook for your first steps into alchemy. A real suggestive inquiry into the Hermetic mystery.Contents:Part I An Exoteric View of the Progress and Theory of AlchemyChapter I A Preliminary Account of the Hermetic Philosophy, with the more Salient Points of its Public HistoryChapter II Of the Theory of Transmutation in General, and of the First MatterChapter III The Golden Treatise of Hermes Trismegistus, Concerning the Physical Secret of the Philosopher''s Stone.Part II A More Esoteric Consideration of the Hermetic Art & Its MysteriesChapter I Of the True Subject of the Hermetic Art, & its Concealed RootChapter II Of the MysteriesChapter III The Mysteries ContinuedChapter IV The Mysteries (Concluded)Part III Concerning the Laws and Vital Conditions of the Hermetic ExperimentChapter I Of the Experimental Method and Fermentation of the Philosophic Subject, According to the Paracelsian Alchemists and some OthersChapter II A Further Analysis of the Initial Principle, and its Eduction into LightChapter III Of the Manifestation of the First Matter, and its Information by Light.Chapter IV Of the Mental Requisites and Impediments Incidental to Individuals Either as Masters or Students in the Hermetic ArtPart IV The Hermetic PracticeChapter I Of the Vital Purification, Commonly Called the Gross WorkChapter II Of the Philosophic or Subtle WorkChapter III The Six Keys of Eudoxus, Opening Into the Most Secret PhilosophyChapter IV The Conclusion