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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Alchemy

The Complete Idiot's Guide to AlchemyTitoloThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Alchemy
AutoreHauck, Dennis William
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CategoriaBody, Mind & Spirit: Magick Studies
Body, Mind & Spirit: Reference
RilegaturaPaperback
Dati311 p.; ill.
Anno2008
EditoreAlpha Books
CollanaComplete Idiot's Guides (Lifestyle Paperback)
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"More than magic..."
Where else can one combine chemistry and philosophy to turn base metal into gold while discovering a magical elixir to prolong life? Here's a simple and straightforward guide to alchemy that explains its basic principles. Written by one of the world's few practicing alchemists, it's a concise reference guide that provides easy-to-follow information so that anybody can be a wizard-in-training.

Indice e argomenti trattati
Part 1: Introduction to Alchemy
1
Your Apprenticeship in Alchemy
3
Why Study Alchemy?
4
The Kinds of Alchemy
5
Spiritual Alchemy
5
Psychological Alchemy
6
Artistic Alchemy
6
Social Alchemy
6
Practical Alchemy
7
Therapeutic Alchemy
7
The Perennial Philosophy
8
Becoming an Alchemist
9
The First Alchemists
13
Lost Gems of Knowledge
14
The Gods of Alchemy
14
Thoth: The Father of Alchemy
16
The Pillars of Hermes
16
The Emerald Tablet
17
The Treasures of Alexander
18
The Fate of the Emerald Tablet
19
The Legend of Thoth/Hermes
20
The Staff of Hermes
21
Hermetic Philosophy
22
The Land of Khem
25
Secrets of Priests and Craftsmen
26
Alexandria: Center of Ancient Alchemy
26
Greek Philosophy and Alchemy
29
The Concept of Transmutation
30
Destruction of the Alexandrian Texts
31
The Growth of Alchemy in Asia
32
How the Arabs Saved Alchemy
34
Arabian Alchemy
35
The Gibberish of Fabir
37
Medieval Alchemy and the Quest for Gold
41
The Beginning of European Alchemy
42
The Wizardry of Roger Bacon
43
Alchemy and the Church
45
Medieval and Renaissance Alchemy
47
Nicolas Flamel's Powder of Projection
47
Isaac Newton and the Black Dragon
50
The Puffers
52
The Rise of Chemistry
54
Part 2: The Principles of Alchemy
57
The Secret Language of Alchemists
59
The Language of the Birds
60
The Birds of Alchemy
60
Animal Symbolism in Alchemy
62
The Lions of Alchemy
63
The Dragons of Alchemy
64
Silent Secrets of the Rose
65
Ciphers of the Alchemists
67
Ciphers for the Elements
69
Ciphers for the Three Essentials
70
The Elusive First Matter
73
What Is the First Matter?
74
Properties of the First Matter
76
The First Matter Is Eternal
76
The First Matter Is Everywhere to Be Found
76
The First Matter Is Cyclic
76
The First Matter Contains All the Elements
77
The First Matter Is the Source of the Philosopher's Stone
77
Working with the First Matter
77
The Four Elements
81
The Concept of the Elements
82
The Four Humors
84
Balancing the Elements
86
The Quintessence
89
Philosophers of Fire
90
Elementary Fire
90
Celestial Fire
91
Central Fire
91
Secret Fire
91
The Three Essentials
93
Three Children of the First Matter
94
The Two Contraries
95
Sulfur, Mercury, and Salt
96
The Dance of Sulfur and Mercury
98
The Three Essentials in People
100
The Three Treasures of Taoist Alchemy
101
The Philosopher's Stone
103
The Magical Touchstone
104
What the Philosopher's Stone Looked Like
105
Preparation of the Philosopher's Stone
106
The Mysterious Dr. Dee
107
The Hieroglyphic Monad
108
The Cipher of the Stone
109
The Lost Key to the Monad
111
Part 3: The Operations of Alchemy
113
The Ladder of the Planets
115
Correspondences of the Planets
116
The Dark Powers of Saturn
118
The Exuberant Powers of Jupiter
120
The Masculine Powers of Mars
121
The Feminine Powers of Venus
121
The Transformative Powers of Mercury
123
The Soulful Powers of the Moon
123
The Spiritual Powers of the Sun
124
The Music of the Spheres
125
The Black Phase
127
The Blackening
128
The Calcination Process
129
Personal Calcination
131
The Process of Dissolution
133
Personal Dissolution
134
The White Phase
139
The Whitening
140
The Separation Process
141
Personal Separation
142
The Conjunction Process
143
Personal Conjunction
144
The Red Phase
149
The Peacock's Tail
150
The Reddening
151
The Fermentation Process
152
Personal Fermentation
154
The Distillation Process
155
Personal Distillation
157
The Coagulation Process
158
Personal Coagulation
159
Part 4: Practical Alchemy
161
Inside an Alchemist's Laboratory
163
A Tour of a Medieval Laboratory
164
The Athanor
165
Alchemical Glassware
166
The Chemicals Used by Alchemists
167
Vitriol
168
Natron
168
Liquor Hepatis
169
Pulvis Solaris
169
Hidden Energies in the Lab
170
The Oratorium
171
Alchemists and Chemists
173
Women in Alchemy
174
The Spagyric Process
175
The Doctrine of Signatures
176
Types of Medicines
176
Allopathic Medicine
176
Homeopathic Medicine
177
Spagyric Medicine
177
The Planetary Signatures
178
The Star in Plants
179
The Three Essentials in Plants
180
Planetary Influences in Spagyrics
181
Planetary Hours
181
Paracelsus the Great
182
The Kitchen Alchemist
185
Setting Up Your Kitchen Lab
186
Making Alchemical Compounds
187
Making Tinctures
188
Making Elixirs
191
Working with the Planetary Metals
195
Saturn's Metal: Lead
196
Lead and Silver
197
Saturn Signatures in Lead
197
Lead Poisoning
198
The Hidden Promise of Lead
199
Jupiter's Metal: Tin
199
Jupiter Signatures in Tin
200
The Tin Plague
200
Mars's Metal: Iron
200
Iron's Love for Carbon
201
Mars Signatures in Iron
202
Venus's Metal: Copper
203
Venus Signatures in Copper
203
The Love Affairs of Copper
204
Mercury's Metal: Quicksilver
205
Mercury Signatures in Quicksilver
206
The Dual Nature of Mercury
207
The Moon's Metal: Silver
208
Lunar Signatures in Silver
209
The Moon's Influence Over Silver
209
The Sun's Metal: Gold
209
Solar Signatures in Gold
210
The Sun's Influence Over Gold
211
Part 5: Spiritual Alchemy
213
Mental Alchemy
215
The Salted Personality
216
The First Matter in People
217
The Four Elements in People
218
The Planets in People
219
Jung and Alchemy
220
The Black Phase of Mental Alchemy
222
The White Phase of Mental Alchemy
222
The Red Phase of Mental Alchemy
224
Alchemy of the Soul
225
The Dragons of Spiritual Alchemy
226
The True Imagination
227
Alchemical Meditation
228
The Azoth of the Philosophers
229
The Operations of the Azoth
231
The Ray of Saturn
231
The Ray of Jupiter
232
The Ray of Mars
232
The Ray of the Sun
233
The Ray of Venus
233
The Ray of Mercury
233
The Ray of the Moon
233
The Sacred Marriage
235
The Sacred Marriage in You
236
The Inner Marriage
236
Birth of the Philosopher's Stone
237
The Sacred Marriage in Christian Alchemy
239
The Three Marriages in Alchemy
240
The Sacred Marriage in Psychology
240
Part 6: Modern Alchemy
243
Alchemy and Medicine
245
The Life Force
245
Paracelsian Medicine
246
Healing with the Metals
248
Healing with Lead
249
Healing with Tin
249
Healing with Iron
250
Healing with Copper
250
Healing with Mercury
252
Healing with Silver
254
Healing with Gold
255
Social Alchemy
259
The Alchemy of Relationships
260
Calcination in Relationships
260
Dissolution in Relationships
261
Fermentation in Relationships
261
Distillation in Relationships
262
Coagulation in Relationships
262
The Relationship Laboratory
263
Alchemy in the Workplace
264
Calcination in the Workplace
265
Dissolution in the Workplace
265
Separation in the Workplace
266
Conjunction in the Workplace
266
Fermentation in the Workplace
267
Distillation in the Workplace
268
Coagulation in the Workplace
269
Transforming the Workplace
270
Wealth: The First Matter in Society
271
The Science of Magic
275
The Science of the Future
276
The Mystical Nature of Light
277
Early Theories of Light
277
The Alchemical Rebis
278
Quantum Alchemy
280
Twentieth-Century Alchemists of Science
281
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
282
Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)
282
Barbara McLintock (1902-1992)
283
David Bohm (1917-1992)
283
Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958)
284
The Philosopher's Stone of Physics
285
The Projection of Consciousness
286
The Alchemy of Evolution
287
Appendixes
A. Resources
289
B. Glossary
295
Index301

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