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Match case finds text only when it has the same case as the text you type. A Survey of the Occult Elecbook Classics 6 A SURVEY OF THE OCCULT Edited by JULIAN FRANKLYN with contributions by DR. F. E. BUDD, Ph.D. Lecturer in English in the University of London J. H. MOZLEY, M.A. Camb. Lecturer in Classics in the University of London S. G. SOAL, M.A., B.Sc. Member of the Executive of the University of London Council for Psychical Investigation; Member of the Council of the Society for Psychical Research and ALASTAIR BAXTER A Survey of the Occult Elecbook Classics 7 Elecbook Classics, 2000 The Electric Book Company 20 Cambridge Drive London SE12 8AJ www.elecbook.com From the first edition, 1935 Arthur Barker Limited A Survey of the Occult Elecbook Classics 8 PREFACE THERE are several encyclopædias of the occult, but there has existed none that is abreast of modern science and modern psychology: this is the gap which the publishers have aimed to fill. Although the five contributors have attempted, not to achieve exhaustive comprehensiveness, but to present the case for enlightenment, yet they hope that this volume will, as a reference- book, serve all practical purposes. The credit for suggesting the scope of this work is Alastair Baxter’s; that for determining the manner of treatment, Julian Franklyn’s. I should also like to thank Dr. Budd, Mr. Mozley, and Mr. Soal (with all of whom I once had the pleasure of being a colleague at Queen Mary College, University of London) for rallying so generously to the cause of intelligent enlightenment. E. P. September 3, 1935. London. 9 Contents (Click on number to go to page) PREFACE ................................................................................................8 ALCHEMY.............................................................................................14 Etymology.......................................................................................14 Origin of Alchemy..........................................................................14 Physical Aspect of Alchemy.........................................................18 Mystical Aspect of Alchemy.........................................................21 The Alchemists ..................................................................................25 Hermes Trismegetus.....................................................................25 Geber the Arab ..............................................................................26 Michael Scot...................................................................................28 Albertus Magnus ...........................................................................28 Thomas Aquinas............................................................................29 Roger Bacon...................................................................................30 Arnold de Villanova.......................................................................31 Raymond Lully or Raimon Lull ..................................................32 Peter Bonus....................................................................................33 Nicholas Flamel.............................................................................34 Basil Valentine...............................................................................35 Glues de Laval................................................................................36 Bernard Trévisan ..........................................................................37 Sir George Ripley ..........................................................................38 Paracelsus.......................................................................................38 John Dee.........................................................................................41 H. Khunrath ...................................................................................43 A Survey of the Occult Elecbook Classics 10 Michael Sandivogius.....................................................................44 Michael Maier ................................................................................47 J. B. Van Helmont .........................................................................49 J. F. Helvetius ................................................................................51 Thomas Vaughan...........................................................................52 “Eirenaeus Philalethes” ...............................................................53 Robert Boyle (1627-91)..................................................................53 Dr. James Price, F.R.S..................................................................55 Dr. S. H. Emmens..........................................................................55 Was Transmutation Effected?.........................................................56 Modern Alchemy ...........................................................................58