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Aurora of the Philosophers
Paracelsus · Alchemy · c. 1530 CE
Translated by Arthur Edward Waite (1894)
20 chapters
A comprehensive alchemical treatise by Paracelsus exploring the origin and nature of the Philosopher's Stone, the transmutation of metals, and the unity of matter through the lens of Spagyric philosophy.
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Contents
- 1Chapter I: THE ORIGIN OF THE PHILOSOPHERS' STONE
- 2Chapter II: WHEREIN IS DECLARED THAT THE GREEKS DREW A LARGE PART
- 3Chapter III: WHAT WAS TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE EGYPTIANS
- 4Chapter IV: WHAT MAGI THE CHALDEANS, PERSIANS, AND EGYPTIANS WERE
- 5Chapter V: THE CHIEF AND SUPREME ESSENCE OF THINGS
- 6Chapter VI: THE DIFFERENT ERRORS AS TO ITS DISCOVERY AND KNOWLEDGE
- 7Chapter VII: THE ERRORS OF THOSE WHO SEEK THE STONE IN VEGETABLES
- 8Chapter VIII: THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE IN ANIMALS
- 9Chapter IX: THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE IN MINERALS
- 10Chapter X: THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE AND ALSO PARTICULARS IN MINERALS
- 11Chapter XI: THE TRUE AND PERFECT SPECIAL ARCANUM OF ARSENIC FOR THE WHITE TINCTURE
- 12Chapter XII: GENERAL INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE ARCANUM OF VITRIOL AND THE RED TINCTURE
- 13Chapter XIII: SPECIAL INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE PROCESS OF VITRIOL FOR THE RED TINCTURE
- 14Chapter XIV: THE SECRETS AND ARCANA OF ANTIMONY, FOR THE RED TINCTURE, WITH A VIEW TO TRANSMUTATION
- 15Chapter XV: THE PROJECTION TO BE MADE BY THE MYSTERY AND ARCANUM OF ANTIMONY
- 16Chapter XVI: THE UNIVERSAL MATTER OF THE PHILOSOPHERS' STONE
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