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

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF PLATES

CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF ALCHEMY The Aim of Alchemy.

CHAPTER II THE THEORY OF PHYSICAL ALCHEMY Supposed Proofs of Transmutation.

CHAPTER III THE ALCHEMISTS [41] (A. BEFORE PARACELSUS) Hermes Trismegistos.

CHAPTER IV THE ALCHEMISTS ( continued ) (B. PARACELSUS AND AFTER) Paracelsus (1493-1541.)

CHAPTER V THE OUTCOME OF ALCHEMY Did the Alchemists achieve the "Magnum Opus"?

CHAPTER VI THE AGE OF MODERN CHEMISTRY The Birth of Modern Chemistry.

CHAPTER VII MODERN ALCHEMY "Modern Alchemy."

Transcriber's Notes

Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

ALCHEMY: ANCIENT AND MODERN

PLATE 1.

Paracelsus

PORTRAIT OF PARACELSUS

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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

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