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| Chapter I. | The Meaning of Alchemy | 1 |
| § 1. | The Aim of Alchemy | 1 |
| § 2. | The Transcendental Theory of Alchemy | 2 |
| § 3. | Failure of the Transcendental Theory | 3 |
| § 4. | The Qualifications of the Adept | 4 |
| § 5. | Alchemistic Language | 5 |
| § 6. | Alchemists of a Mystical Type | 7 |
| § 7. | The Meaning of Alchemy | 7 |
| § 8. | Opinions of other Writers | 8 |
| § 9. | The Basic Idea of Alchemy | 10 |
| § 10. | The Law of Analogy | 12 |
| § 11. | The Dual Nature of Alchemy | 13 |
| § 12. | “Body, Soul and Spirit” | 14 |
| § 13. | Alchemy, Mysticism and Modern Science | 15 |
| Chapter II. | The Theory of Physical Alchemy | 17 |
| § 14. | Supposed Proofs of Transmutation | 17 |
| § 15. | The Alchemistic Elements | 18 |
| § 16. | Aristotle’s Views regarding the Elements | 19 |
| § 17. | The Sulphur-Mercury Theory | 20 |
| § 18. | The Sulphur-Mercury-Salt Theory | 22 |
| § 19. | Alchemistic Elements and Principles | 23 |
| § 20. | The Growth of the Metals | 25 |
| § 21. | Alchemy and Astrology | 26 |
| § 22. | Alchemistic View of the Nature of Gold | 112 |
| § 82. | The Etheric Theory of Matter | 113 |
| § 83. | Further Evidence of the Complexity of the Atoms | 114 |
| § 84. | Views of Wald and Ostwald | 115 |
| Chapter VII. | Modern Alchemy | 117 |
| § 85. | “Modern Alchemy” | 117 |
| § 86. | X-Rays and Becquerel Rays | 117 |
| § 87. | The Discovery of Radium | 118 |
| § 88. | Chemical Properties of Radium | 119 |
| § 89. | The Radioactivity of Radium | 120 |
| § 90. | The Disintegration of the Radium Atom | 122 |
| § 91. | “Induced Radioactivity” | 123 |
| § 92. | Properties of Uranium and Thorium | 123 |
| § 93. | The Radium Emanation | 124 |
| § 94. | The Production of Helium from Emanation | 125 |
| § 95. | Nature of this Change | 127 |
| § 96. | Is this Change a true Transmutation? | 128 |
| § 97. | The Production of Neon from Emanation | 130 |
| § 98. | Ramsay’s Experiments on Copper | 132 |
| § 99. | Further Experiments on Radium and Copper | 134 |
| § 100. | Ramsay’s Experiments on Thorium and allied Metals | 134 |
| § 101. | The Possibility of Making Gold | 136 |
| § 102. | The Significance of “Allotropy” | 136 |
| § 103. | Conclusion | 140 |
