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I N Halts Verzeichnis I n halts Verzeichnis Vorwort 13 Einleitung von Franz Strunz 14 Einleitung von Karl Christoph Schmieder 23 Name und Begriff der Alchemie 23 Vorstellungen der Alten, der Arabisten, Trimaterialisten und Mystiker 25 Ansichten der Chemiker und der Elektrochemiker 27 Urteile von Ferber, Gmelin und Wurzer 29 Beurteilung der Adeptengeschichten und der alchemistischen Schriften 31 Kapitel I: Alchemie der Ägypter 35 Mysterien 35 Hermes Trismegistos 36 Tabula smaragdina 38 Osthanes (der Große) 43 Komanos (auch Komarios oder Comarius) und Kleopatra 45 Goldabbau der Ägypter 45 Diokletian in Ägypten 46 Moses 47 Maria Prophetissa 49 St. Johannes 50 Kapitel II: Alchemie der Griechen 51 Chrysomallos 51 Midas 52 Demokritos von Abdera 52 Kallias 54 Julius Maternus Firmicus 56 Themistios Euphrades {auch Euphrata) 57 Aineias Gazaios 57 Pseudo-Democritos 58 Synesios 58 Philippos und Heliodoros 60 Zosimos (auch Zozimos) 60 Archelaos 61 Pelagios und Olympiodoros 61 Osthanes d. J 61 Stephanso Alexandrinos 62 Pappos und Kosmas 62 Hierotheos (auch Christianos) 63 Joannes Damaskenos 63 Georgios Kedrenos 65 Michael Psellos 65 Bibliografische Informationen digitalisiert durch http://d-nb.info/99550881X Nikephoros Blemmidas 66 Synesios Abbas 66 Kapitel III: Alchemie der Araber 68 Hypothese von ostasiatischen Mysterien 68 Araber vor Mohammed 68 Amri und Joannes Philoponos 69 Geber (oder Giabr, auch Dschafar) 70 Abu Mussah Giabr (auch Gieberim Ebn Haen) 74 AbuJusufAlchindi 74 Rhases (Muhamed Ibn Sakarjah Abu Bekr al Ra) 74 Farabi (Abu Nasr Muhamed Ibn Tarchan al Farabi) 75 Salmana und Zulnun Ibn Ibrahim 75 Avicenna (auch Abu Ali al Hussein Ben Abdallah Ibn Sina) 76 Abu Dschafar Ibn Tofail 76 Adfar und Morienes 77 Thograi (auch Abu Ismael al Hussein Ibn Ah al Ispahni) 77 Abul Chassem (auch Chalaf Ebn el Abbas Abul Casan) 78 Mohieddin (auch Mojeddin) 79 Geldeki (auch Eidemir Ben Ali Ben Eidemir Geldeki) 79 Alchiabdachi undlbn Waschia 79 Kalid 80 Kalid Ben Jazichi und Rachaidib (auch Kalled Rachaidib) 80 Zadith (auch Zadith Ben Hamuel) 80 Abul PharagiBen Haram (auch Gregorios) 81 Jusuf Bul Hagiz 82 Johannes Leo (gewöhnlich Leo Afrikanus) 83 Kapitel rV: Alchemie der Lateiner 84 Die Römer bis zur Völkerwanderung 84 Merlin (auch Ambrosius oder Merdhin Emrys) 85 Haimo (auch Haymo, Aimo, Heimo oder Heumo) 86 Hortulanus (auch Johannes de Garlandia oder Garlandus) 87 Die Arabisten auch Arabizanten 88 Aristoteles 88 Plato 89 Morienes (oder Morienus Romanus) 89 Arisläus (auch Arisleus) 91 Artephius (auch Artefi) 92 Petrus von Zalento (auch Salentinus oder Silentinus) 93 Alanus (auch Alanus de Insulis oder franz. Alain de Lisle ) 93 Ferrarais (Efferarius oder Euferarius) 94 Alphidius (auch Alfidius oder Alvidius) 94 Rhodianus; Veradianus wwc/Gratianus 94 Johannes Belias 95 Kapitel V: Alchemie des 13. Jahrhunderts (1200-1300) 96 Herr von der Sulzburg 96 Albertus Magnus (eigentlich Albrecht von Bollstedt oder Albert der Große) 96 Thomas von Aquino 98 Michael Skotus 100 Christoph von Paris (auch Christophorus Parisiensis) 100 Alphonsus der Zehnte 101 Roger Bako (auch Rogerius Bacon oder Bachon) 101 Peter von Abano 103 Arnald Bachuone (auch Arnaldusde Villanova) 103 Richard von England (auch Richardus Anglus) 107 Guido de Montanor 108 John Duns (oder Johannes Dunanus) 109 Kapitel VI: Alchemie des 14. Jahrhunderts (1300-1400) 110 Johannes XXII. (bürgerl. Jakob Ossa) 110 Die Bulle Spondent etc 110 Adolph Meutha 111 Jean de Meun (auch Jean de Mehun oder Jean de Meung Clopinell) 112 John Dastyn (Johannes Dastinus, auch Daustenius oder Jean Daustein) 113 Raimund Lullus (lat. Raimundus Lullius, span. Ramondo Lullo) 114 John Cremer 122 Petrus Bonus (auch Peter von Ferrara, Petrus Ferrariensis oder Lombardus 123 Antonius von Abbatia (franz. Antoine de l'Abbaye) 123 Magister Odomarus (auch Ottmar oder Ottomarus) 124 Johannes Rupescissa (eigentl. Jean de Roquetaillade) 125 Richard Ortolan (auch Richardus Ortholanus oder Richard Ortolain) 125 Nicolas Flamel (oder Nikolaus Flamellus) 126 Karl der Sechste (König von Frankreich) 129 Kapitel VU: Alchemie des 15. Jahrhunderts, 1. Hälfte (1400 -1450) 131 Basilius Valentinus 131 Johann von Tetzen (lat. Johannes Ticinensis) 137 Mönch zu Oderberg 137 Isaak und Johann Isaak Hollandus 137 Heinrich IV. und Heinrich VI 140 Jaques Le Cor (auch Le Coeur oder Le Couar) 142 Kaiserin Barbara 144 Johann von Laaz (auch Lasnioro oder Lasnionoro) 144 Johann der Alchemist (Markgraf Johannes) 145 Markgraf Albrecht, der deutsche Achilles 146 Nicolaus de Cusa 147 Frater Macarius wnc/ Friedrich Gottfried zu Stendal 147 Johannes Piscator (oder Johann Fischer) 148 Edler von Lambspringk 148 Kapitel VIII: Alchemie des 15. Jahrhunderts, 2. Hälfte (1450 -1500) 149 Bernardus Trevisanus (auch Graf Bernard von Tresne und Naygen) 149 Marsilius Ficinus 151 Georg Aurach (oder George Aurac) 152 Johannes Trithemius 152 Georg Angelus 153 Ulrich Poysel und Heinrich Eschenreuter 153 Vincenz Koffsky 154 Richard Carter 154 George Ripley (auch Georgius Riplaeus) 155 Thomas Norton 158 Magister Burckhard undGeorg Krapit 158 Ludwig von Neus (oder Neisse) und Hans von Dörnberg 158 Fahrende Alchemisten 160 Ludwig vonNeiß 160 Salomon Trismosin (auch Trismosinus) 160 Philipp Ulsted (auch Ulstadius) 163 Ritterkrieg 163 Kapitel IX: Alchemie des 16. Jahrhunderts (1500 -1550) 165 Giovanni Aurelio Augurelli 165 Picus Mirandolanus (auch Giovanni Francesco Pico) 165 G. A. Pantheo undG. Lacini 166 G. BraceschiiF. Rouillac undA. Ohacan 166 Reyner Snoy und Jodocus Grewer 167 Luther und Melanchthon 167 Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim 168 Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus (auch Theophrastus Paracelsus) 169 B. Korndörffer 171 Hieronymus Crinot und Chrysogomus Polydorus 171 Georg Agricola 171 Wenzeslav Lavin 172 JeanFernel 172 Dionysius Zacharias (auch Dénys Zachaire) 173 Petrus Arlensis de scudalupis (auch Presbyter Hierosolymitanus) 175 Robertus Vallensis 176 Adam von Bodenstein 176 Alexander von Suchten (auch Suchthenius) 177 P. Kerzenmacher; G. Ph. Rodacherw«i/J. Ch. Fanianus 177 Edler von Trautmannsdorf 178 Kapitel X: Alchemie des 16. Jahrhunderts (1550-1600) 179 Hans Sachs 179 Leonhard Thurneysser (auch Zum Thurn) 179 Sebastian Siebenfreund 181 Albrecht Beyer 182 Anna Maria Ziegler 182 Thomas Lieber (auch Erastus) 183 Antonius Tarvisinus 184 Bragadino (auch Mamugnano oder Mamugna) 184 Lorenzo Ventura und Guilielmo Gratarolo 185 Giovanni Baptista Nazari 185 A. Carreri und¥. Quadrammo 185 Fabio dissenti ; Leornardo Fiora van ti und Isabella Cortese 186 Bernard Palissy 186 Jean Digop; Louis Lazarel und Blaise de Vigenère 186 Gaston de Claves (lat. Gasto Clavaeus) 186 Bernard Gabriel Penot 187 Nicolas Barnaud(/aí. Barnaudus) 188 Joost von Balbian 188 Kaiser Rudolf der Zweite 189 Edward Kelley (eigentlich Talbot) 190 John Dee (auch Arthur Dee oder Edmund Dee) 193 Francis Anthony (auch Francisais Antonius Londinensis) 194 Hieronymus Scotus 194 David Beuther 195 Sebald Schweitzer 197 Georg Honauer 200 Balthasar Brunner (lat. de Fontina) 200 Karl Wittstein (lat. Carolus a Petra alba) 200 Gerhard Dorn (lat. Gerardus Dornaeus) 200 Heinrich Kunrath 201 Theophilus Cäsar und Hieronymus Reußner 201 Kapitel XI: Alchemie des 17. Jahrhunderts (1600 - 1625) 202 Alexander Setonius Scotus 202 Die Rosenkreuzer 214 Andreas Libau (auch Libavius) 215 Benedikt Töpfer (lat. Benedictus Figulus) 215 Joachim Tank 216 Oswald Croll und Heinrich Noll 216 Johann Brückner (genannt Pontanus) 216 Johann Graßhof (auch Grassaeus, Chortolassaeus und Condesyanus) 216 Ambrosius Siebmacher 217 Johann Clajus und Johann Schaubert 217 Johannes Rhenanus 218 Johann Konrad Gerhard 218 Michael Mayer (auch Chevalier Impérial) 218 Johann Nikolaus Furich 218 Antonio Neri 219 Edmund Dickinson 278 Theodor Mundan 279 Lancelot Colson und John Headrich 279 Grandeville 279 Jakob Toll 279 Stephan Blankaart 280 Le Sieur Salmon; Saint Romain wwdD'Acqueville 280 Gioseppe Francesco Borri (lat. Burrhus) 281 Frederico Gualdo (auch Friedrich Walter) 281 Carlo Landlord; Scipione Severino und Wansleben (auch Vansleb) 282 Paul Lucas 282 Kapitel XV: Alchemie des 18. Jahrhunderts (1700 - 1725) 285 Laskaris 285 Johann Friedrich Bötticher 286 Godwin Hermann Braun 290 Martin 291 Liebknecht 291 Wolf Georg Stolle 292 Don Dominico Manuel Caëtano 293 Baron Schmolz von Dierbach 297 Baron von Creuz 298 Proben zu Homburg, Darmstadt und Wien 298 Anne S. von Erbach und Johann G. Joch, Dr. (oder Erbachsches Gutachten) ....301 Joch an Wedel 302 Delisle 303 Otto Arnold Paykul 306 Georg Ernst Stahl 307 Wilhelm Homberg 307 Johann Konrad Dippel 308 J. Chr. Ettner von Eiteritz; J. Konrad Barchusen 309 Jean Jaques Manget 309 Söldner; D. Kellner; D.orothea J. Wallich; und$>t. R. Axtelmayer 309 Johann Fr. Brebis; Johann E. Müller; Konrad Horlacher und Samuel Richter....310 Johann Hektor von Klettenberg (alias Freiherr von Wildeck) 310 Fr. Rothscholz; J. J. Chymiphilus undCh. Fr. S. von Siebenstern 311 Johann Theodor Hensing und Geoffroy 312 Kapitel XVI: Alchemie des 18. Jahrhunderts (1725 -1750) 313 Aluys 313 Matthieu Dammy 315 Benjamin Jesse 315 Baron von Syberg 317 Jugels Adept 318 Sehfeld 318 10 Horter 321 Reussing 322 Eduard Plusius und Johann G. Gerhard 327 Edelgeborne Jungfrau Alchymia 327 Chr. Pflug; Anton O. Gölicke; Christoph H. Keil und Johann Chr. Kunst 327 J. K. Kreiling undH. Fiktuld 328 Dr. Rudolph Johann Friedrich Schmid und Jean Mauguin de Richebourg 328 Nicolas Lenglet du Fresnoy 328 Georg W. Wegner (alias Thersander) und ¡oh. G. Jugel 329 Joachim Philander und Aloysius Wiener Edler v. Sonnenfels 329 Johann Böhm und Georg Wagenkreuz 329 Kapitel XVII: Alchemie
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