The Bosom Book Of Sir George Ripley : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 121 THE BOSOM BOOK OF SIR GEORGE RIPLEY, "Canon of Bridlington:" CONTAINING His Philosophical Accurtations in Making the Philosopher's Mercury and Elixirs. p. 122 p. 123 THE BOSOM BOOK OF SIR GEORGE RIPLEY. "The whole work of the compositi...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Ix : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER IX. "Of the Further Treatment and Ripening of our Seed". THIS is deservedly called the Great Work of the Philosophers; and the artist having done his part hitherto, must seal up his glass hermetically, an operation which every maker...
Aurum Potabile. Or The Receipt Of Dr. Fr. Antonie : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 24 p. 25 AURUM POTABILE: OR THE RECEIPT OF DR. FR. ANTONIE: SHOWING His Way and Method. How he made and prepared that most Excellent Medicine for the Body of Man. p. 26 p. 27 DR. FR. ANTONIE'S RECEIPT, "Showing the way to make his most...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Iv : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER IV. "Of the Metallic Tincture". WHEN we undertook a description of the vegetable process, it was chiefly with a view to familiarise the reader to a general idea of the Philosophic Work in metals, as both proceed upon the same principles...
Prefatory Note : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 6 p. 7 Prefatory Note "The Hermetic Tracts comprised in this volume are printed from a quarto manuscript (itself a transcript from an older but now untraceable work) belonging to the celebrated collection of the late Mr. Frederick Hockley, who...
The Oil Of Sulphur : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 36 p. 37 "THE ADMIRABLE EFFICACY" "AND ALMOST INCREDIBLE VIRTUE" OF TRUE OIL WHICH IS MADE OF SULPHUR VIVE SET ON FIRE AND COMMONLY CALLED OIL OF SULPHUR "PER CAMPANAM." BY GEORGE STARKEY. p. 38 p. 39 THE OIL OF SULPHUR. Of this most noble...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Vii : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER VII. "Of the Separation and Further Treatment of our Philosophical Seed". THE putrefaction of our subject being thus p. 105 completed, it exists under two forms: the moisture which was extracted, and the residuum, being our Philosophical...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Xii : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 117 CHAPTER XII. "Of the Stone and its Uses". HAVING thus completed the operation, let the vessel cool, and on opening it you will perceive your matter to be fixed into a ponderous mass, thoroughly of a scarlet colour, which is easily...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Xiii : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER XIII. "Of the Transmutation". IT is much to be lamented that the seekers of natural knowledge in this art propose, principally, the Science of Transmutation as their ultimate view, and overlooking the chief excellency of our Stone...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter X : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER X. "Of the Further Process to the Ripening of our Noble Seed". SUPPOSING such dispositions in the artist as have been previously laid down, and the work well performed hitherto, for his direction herein we shall describe the changes which...
Untitled : This is a short collection of some curious Alchemical treatises which was republished by A.E. Waite in 1893. According to the preface, Waite found these in a manuscript belonging to a collector of occult books. This etext uses Unicode to display astrological symbols (here used in an alchemical...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Xi : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 116 CHAPTER XI. "A Further Description of the Process". WHEN the putrefaction of our seed has been thus completed, the fire may be increased till glorious colours appear, which the Sons of Art have called "Cauda Pavonis", or the "Peacock's...
Title Page : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], COLLECTANEA CHEMICA: Being CERTAIN SELECT TREATISES On ALCHEMY AND HERMETIC MEDICINE By Eirenaeus Philalethes, Dr. Francis Anthony, George Starkey, Sir George Ripley, And A Work By An Anonymous Unknown Which Is Attributed To Edward Kelly (ed. by...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Viii : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER VIII. "Of the Union or Mystical Marriage in the Philosophical Process". THE seed and its earth being thus prepared, nothing remains but a judicious conjunction of them together; for if too much moisture prevails, the philosophical egg may...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Iii : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER III. "Of the Uses of the Vegetable Tinctures, with some general remarks on their great efficacy in medicine". You have, by carefully following our directions above, procured the tinctures, white or yellow, in the Vegetable Kingdom...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter V : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER V. "Of the Second Matter, or Seed in Metals". ALL philosophers affirm, with one consent, that metals have a seed by which they are increased, and that this seminal quality is the same in all of them; but it is perfectly ripened in gold...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Title Page : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 55 THE STONE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS: EMBRACING THE FIRST MATTER And the Dual Process for the Vegetable and Metallic Tinctures.
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter I : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 62 p. 63 CHAPTER I. "The Introduction". BECAUSE many have written of the Philosopher's Stone without any knowledge of the art, and the few books extant, written by our learned predecessors and true masters hereupon, are either lost...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Vi : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER VI. "Of the Dissolution and Extraction of the Seed in Metals". THE true Sons of Science have always p. 99 accounted the dissolution of metals as the master key to this art, and have been particular in giving directions concerning it, only...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. The Preface : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 58 p. 59 THE PREFACE. IF there had been any English publication upon this curious and momentous subject, easy to be met with, that deserved regard, the public had not been troubled with this. The operations herein described are all with...
Preparations Of The Sophic Mercury : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 148 p. 149 PREPARATIONS OF THE SOPHIC MERCURY. "EXPERIMENTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SOPHIC MERCURY, BY LUNA AND THE ANTIMONIAL STELLATE REGULUS OF MARS, FOR THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE. "Written by "Eirenus Philalethes", an Englishm...
The Stone Of The Philosophers. Chapter Ii : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], CHAPTER II. "Of the Vegetable Tincture, or the Process called the Lesser Circulation". VERY few of the true philosophers have touched upon this subject, for it seemed p. 65 trifling in respect to the great work, as the process in metals is...
The Secret Of The Immortal Liquor Called : * "Collectanea Chemica", ed. by A.E. Waite, [1893], p. 9 THE SECRET OF THE IMMORTAL LIQUOR CALLED ALKAHEST OR IGNIS-AQUA. "By EIRENUS PHILALETHES. "Communicated to his Friend, a Son of Art, and now Philosopher. By Question and Answer. p. 10 p. 11 THE SECRET OF THE LIQUOR ALKAHEST. 1. Questi...