Description
Classic study by noted authority covers 2,000 years of alchemical history: religious, mystical overtones; apparatus; signs, symbols, and secret terms; advent of scientific method, much more. Illustrated. LIST OF TEXT FIGURES LIST OF PLATES AUTHORITIES 1. INTRODUCTORY 2. THE GREEK ALCHEMISTS 3. CHINESE ALCHEMY 4. ALCHEMICAL APPARATUS 5. ISLAMIC ALCHEMY 6. EARLY WESTERN ALCHEMY 7. “SIGNS, SYMBOLS, AND SECRET TERMS” 8. PARACELSUS 9. SOME ENGLISH ALCHEMISTS 10. SCOTTISH ALCHEMISTS 11. TWO FRENCH ALCHEMISTS 12. “HELVETIUS, PRICE, AND SEMLER” EPILOGUE GLOSSARY INDEX
