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Alchemy Book Collection\374 Alchemy Book Collection Dictionary of Alchemical Symbols A Threefold Alchemical Journey Through the Book of Lambspring Alchemiae Basica Alchemical Catechism Alchemical Lexicon Alchemical Mass Alchemical Meditation Alchemical Writings The Emerald Tablet Paracelsus (The "Swiss Hermes") Alchemy: The Art of Transformation The Hidden Side of Reality The Matrix or Mother-Space The Inner Can be Known by the Outer The Greater World and the Lesser World The Two Heavens in Man The Arcana Man the Divine Book The Book of Nature The Inner Stars of Man The Preservation of a Thing Death and the Essence of Alchemy Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes) The First Operation The Invisible Magical Mountain Eyrænius In "The Regimen of Sol" In "An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King" Comments on Letting Conscience Act with Gentleness Count Bernard of Treviso Ethan Allen Hitchcock Comments on the Latter Stages of the Work An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King Alchemists Garret Alchemists the Rosicrucians and Asiatic Brethrens Alchemy Ancient and Modern Alchemy Dictionary Alchemy Key Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King Aurora of the Philosophers Book Concerning the Tincture of the Philosophers Book of Alchemi Book of lambspring Coelum Philosophorum Corpus Hermetica Corpus Hermeticum Mead Trans. Emerald Tablets of Hermes English Alchemical Verse Frehers Process in the Philosophical Work Fundamentals of Alchemy Gnostic Duty Gnostic Sience of Alchemy Golden Asse Golden Chain of Homer Golden Tractate of Hermes Trismegistus Golden Verses of Pythagoras 1 Golden Verses of Pythagoras 2 Hermetic Alchemy Hermetic And Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus Coelum philosophorum The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers The Treasure of Treasures The Aurora of the philosophers Alchemical Catechism Hermetic and rosicrucian Mystery Hermetic Arcanum Hermetic Articles Hermetic Intiation Hermetic Museum Hermetic Signs Hermetic Writings The Emerald Tablet The Divine Pymander (Everard Translation) A Treatise on Initiations: or Asclepios Hermeticism pt 1 Hermeticism pt 2 Hermeticism pt 3 Indian Alchemy Inner Alchemy Islamic Alchemy Mirror of Alchemy Mirror of the Philosophers Misc Alchemical Texts Coelum Philosophorum Commentary on the Pymander Book of the Revelations of Hermes Concerning the Supreme Secret of the World Secret of the Emerald Tablet The Book of Abraham the Jew The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean The Divine Pymander New atlantis Nicholas Flammel Occult Chemistry Philosophers Stone Philosophers Tincture Physical Alchemy 16 th Century and Earlier A Chymicall treatise of Arnoldus de Nova Villa The Secret Book of Artephius Everburning Lights of Trithemius English translation of the Rosarium philosophorum Geber's Discovery of Secrets Pretiossissime Donum Dei The Crowning of Nature Roger Bacon Tract on the Tincture and Oil of Antimony Coelum philosophorum of Paracelsus Paracelsus - The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists A Work of Saturn by Johann Isaac Hollandus Physical Alchemy 17 th and 18 th Century Athanasius Kircher's Table of alchemical equipment and operations The three alchemical flasks of Oldfield Colours to be observed in the Operation of the Great Work The Six Keys of Eudoxus Phantom alchemical plants of Quersitanus Basil Valentine's Triumphal Chariot of Antimony The Aphorisms of Urbigerus Circulatum Minus of Urbigerus Frontispiece to Urbigerus John French The Art of Distillation Francis Bacon - Experiments touching Sulphur and Mercury Francis Bacon - The Making of Gold Joannes Agricola A Treatise on Gold Concerning the Material of the Stone - Ms. l'Arsenal 3027 The Golden Chain of Homer Rosicrucian Aphorisms and Process - Bacstrom Pictorial Symbols of Alchemy Probatur Temporis Ripley Scroll Ritman Hemetic Library Articles Rosa Alchemica Salt Volatilization Experiment Sanctus Germano Secret Book of Alchemy Secret Book of Artephius Secret Fire the Relationship Kundalini Kabbalah and Alchemy Setimius Felton or the Elixir of Life Six Keys of Eudoxos Spiritual Alchemy 16 th cent and earlier The words of Father Aristeus to his son Simon Forman - Of the Division of Chaos An Alchemical Mass Alchemy in the English State Papers , The Golden Tractate of Hermes Alchemical Catechism of Baron Tschoudy The Mirror of Alchemy - Roger Bacon Bloomfield's Blossoms The practise of Mary the Prophetess in the Alchymicall Art An Alchemical poem by Thomas Rawlin Summary of the Rosary of Arnold de Villa Nova Pontanus - Epistle on the mineral fire The Ripley Scroll The Turba philosophorum Marsilio Ficino on the alchemical art Pontanus - The Secret Fire Paracelsus - The Book Concerning the Tincture of the Philosophers Paracelsus - The Aurora of the philosophers Petrus Bonus A form and method of perfecting base metals Spiritual Alchemy 17 th cent Aula lucis, or, The House of Light by Thomas Vaughan Steganographick Collection from Le Tableau des Riches Inventions Oswald Croll Preface of Signatures Extract from Glauber's Short Book of Dialogues Khunrath's Natural Symbolum or short confession The names of the Philosophers' Stone by William Gratacolle Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens Extract from Alchymie et le Songe Verde A 17th century allegorical alchemical poem by Edmund Dickinson 153 Chymical aphorisms of F.M. van Helmont. 157 Phylosophick Canons The Book of Lambspring Edward Kelly's Theatre of Terrestrial Astronomy Edward Kelly's The Stone of the Philosophers The Light coming out of darkness - Crasselame Everard's translation of the Corpus Hermeticum Verse on the Threefold Sophic Fire The Tomb of Semiramis On the Philosophers' Stone Valentine Weigel - Astrology Theologized Thomas Vaughan - Coelum Terrae Aesch-Mezareph The Iconologia of Cesare Ripa Introduction to the Iconologia of Cesare Ripa The War of the Knights Robert Fludd's Mosaical Philosophy [extract] The Hermetic Triumph An anonymous treatise on the Philosophers' stone Jean Albert Belin - The Adventures of an Unknown Philosopher Ruland - On the Prima Materia The letter of a philosopher concerning the secret of the great work The Natural round Physick or Philosophy of the Alchymical Cabalistical Vision An hundred aphorisms containing the whole body of magic from Ms. Sloane 1321 Certain Verses of an Unknown Writer, from Benedict Figulus A Short Enquiry concerning the Hermetic Art The Hermetic Arcanum Limojon Saint-Didier's Letter to the True Disciples of Hermes The Glory of Light Place in Space Spiritual Alchemy 18 th cent and later Two prayers for alchemists by Eckartshausen Freher's Process in the Philosophical Work R.W. Councell Apollogia Alchymiae The Philadelphian Gold The Hermaphrodite child of the Son and Moon Splendo Solis Slendor Solis.doc Stone of the Philosophers The Advancement of Learning Treasure of Treasures Treatise on the Great Art Turba Philosophorum Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine Valerius Terminus Various Alchemical Texts 1 Triumphal Chariot of Antimony Glory of the World Frehers Process in the Philosopher’s Work Hortulanus Commentary on the Emerald Tablets Stone of the Philosophers Mary the Prophetes An Alchemical Mass The Mirror of Alchemy Philadelphian Gold Tract on the Tincture and Oil of Antimony Turba Phiosophorum Various Alchemical Texts 2 English alchemical verse from the Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (20 items) AEnigma Philosophicum John Dastin's Dream Discription of the Stone The Hunting of the Greene Lyon Hermes Bird The Hermet's Tale The Magistry The Mistery of Alchymists by George Ripley Peace the Black Monke on the Elixir Thomas Robinson on the Philosopher's Stone Testament of John Dee John Gwynn A short work of George Ripley The Worke of Richard Carpenter John Gower concerning the Philosophers' Stone Thomas Charnock - The Breviary of Alchemy Dialogue Between a Father and his Son Anonymous Alchemical Poems Alchemical Aenigmas by Thomas Charnock Experience and Philosophy Liber Patris Sapientiae Various pieces on the Emerald Tablet of Hermes (8 items) Everard's Commentary on the Emerald Tablet The Emerald Tablet from the Geheime figuren Various versions of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes A Commentary on the Emerald Tablet by Cohn de Toraeke. Hortulanus Commentary on the Emerald Tablet. William Salmon's Commentary on the Emerald Tablet. Synesius' Epilogue on the Emerald Tablet. Explanation of the Emerald Tablet from the Glory of the World Latin text of the Emerald Tablet The works of Sir George Ripley (11 items) Ripley's Twelve Gates Philalethes exposition of Ripley's Vision The Bosom Book of Sir George Ripley A short work of George Ripley Verses from the Ripley Scrowle The Mistery of Alchymists by George Ripley George Ripley's Epistle to King Edward George Ripley's Epistle to King Edward Unfolded A Treatise of Mercury and the Philosophers Stone The Ripley Scroll Some pieces of Nicolas Flammel (3 items) The Testament of Nicholas Flamel The Summary of Philosophy [transcribed by Antonio Balestra.] The Hieroglyphic Figures Various Alchemical Texts 3 Various Alchemical Texts 4 Various Pieces on the Emerald Tablet What is Alchemy Wheel Image of Niklaus Von Flue Writings of Adam Mclean Writings of Graeme Wilson Writings of Mark Stavish Writings of Rafal Prinke Writings of ron heisler Writings of Barious Writers of hermeticism .
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