Showing posts with label philalethes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philalethes. Show all posts
Monday, August 15, 2016
Three Works of Alchemy: Now Available!
Here are three short works of alchemy compiled together, for the purpose of length; each one was too short to release on its own. That being said, it's one of the most significant possible triplicities of alchemical lore that could possibly be released at all.
It contains "The Immortal Liquor Alkahest" of Philalethes, "Everburning Lights" by Trithemius, and "Philosophic Fire" by Pontanus. Philalethes' work, in the form of question and answer, spells out what alkahest is, where it comes from, and how to obtain it (namely, from human blood and urine.) Trithemius' work is ascribed to him but was made later, containing the simplistic backstory that Trithemius gave a scrip to someone whom the author met with, discovering the secret of creating phosphorescent lamps which could give off light for thousands of years. The third text, by Pontanus, is itself a key of alchemy- namely because it is the only text to tell the reader the nature of alchemical fire and where to research it (specifically, they are recommended to read Artephius' work.) With these three texts combined, alchemy becomes substantially easier to understand.
26 pages.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Aphorisms of Urbigerus: Now Available!
One of the foremost texts of alchemy, the Aphorisms of Urbigerus remains one of the better kept secrets of the tradition. Written in 1690 and originally of English manufacture, it contains a series of 100 short statements (technically 101 statements) on alchemy, and alchemical philosophy.
Referring often to the green dragon, the red lion, and other alchemical veils for simplistic chemical terms, it allows the reader, so it claims, to create three stages of purified mercury and several types of elixir- through both a long, proper method, and a shorter but less effective one. It combines the quite literal with the metaphoric in such a way that the modern reader can presumably determine what specific chemical processes are being used; as is not the case with at least half of all works of alchemy.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Three Treatises on Alchemy (Philalethes) - Now Available!
Philalethes delivers another expert work on alchemy here, in three parts:
1. The Transmutation of Metals: Mostly about extracting the "seed" of metals for alchemical use.
2. The Celestial Ruby: Various workings and processes with some philosophical content.
3. Fount of Chemical Truth: A strange work alluding to natural processes which are not entirely clear.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Alchemy Books For Sale
The following is a continuously edited list of works which I have released which pertain to alchemy. All links are to Amazon.
THE CHEMICAL ART
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Ficinus' philosophical work containing an extremely interesting conversation between a necromancer and Satan among other things, with regards to alchemy.
A TRACT OF GREAT PRICE
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An interesting philosophical work of unknown authorship. It relates the generation of metals to the ascension of vapors and their mixing with other materials.
CONCERNING THE TINCTURE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
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A spurious Paracelsian work of note, openly threatening the enemies of "true" alchemical lore.
THE AURORA OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
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Paracelsus' work relating the occult to past civilizations and attempting to refute errors in then-modern alchemical philosophy.
THE GOLDEN CHAIN OF HOMER
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A series of statements regarding reality and the practice of creating and transmuting.
THE ROSARY OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
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The longest alchemical text; a series of intricate illustrations and partly metaphoric chemical experiments; equal parts philosophy and physicality.
THE THREE ELIXIRS OF ALCHEMY
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A short work attributed to Hollandus- speaks of the creation of elixir, a universal medicine of cosmic capabilities.
THE TWELVE KEYS OF BASIL VALENTINE
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Mostly philosophical and part metaphor- almost certainly a spurious work of later date. This version omits the attractive but useless woodcuts of later editions.
THREE TREATISES ON ALCHEMY
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The Transmutation of Metals, The Celestial Ruby, and A Fount of Chemical Truth by Philalethes.
THE MIRROR OF ALCHEMY
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Roger Bacon's hands-on experimentation with replicating natural forces to create metals.
A WORK OF SATURN
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Details the creation of universal medicine through purifying and processing lead.
APHORISMS OF URBIGERUS
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A series of 100 alchemical aphorisms which detail the creation of elixir.
ON THE PHILADELPHIAN GOLD
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A philosophical dialogue between Philadelphus and Philochrysus on the topic of spiritual matter.
THE SECRET WORK OF HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY
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A less difficult alchemical manuscript explaining the creation of the stone of the philosophers.
THREE WORKS ON ALCHEMY
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Trithemius' "Everburning Lights", Philalethes' "Alkahest", and Pontanus' "Philosophic Fire".
TURBA PHILOSOPHORUM
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One of the better known and earliest alchemical works in the form of a lengthy dialogue.
TRACT ON THE TINCTURE AND OIL OF ANTIMONY
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A Baconian work of note. Short, but in depth medicinal and chemical practice. Mostly literal.
STONE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
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One of the most interesting works of Kelly, created while under imprisonment. A very literal work claiming that only gold, silver, and quicksilver are used outside of any works of Saturn.
GOLDEN TRACTATE OF HERMES
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A largely explanatory work which seeks to make the process of alchemy more understood.
A SUBTLE ALLEGORY
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A short work by Maier relating alchemy in the tale of the Phoenix as a metaphor.
THE TOMB OF SEMIRAMIS
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A short work re-adapting and clarifying Hollandus' system of elixir creation.
THE SIX KEYS OF EUDOXUS
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A six-step program to crafting the philosopher's stone and attendant compounds.
FREHER'S PROCESS
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A short and semi-transparent spiritual counterpart to physical alchemy.
THE ONLY TRUE WAY
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A very short tract explaining some major alchemical terms while criticizing past alchemists as frauds.
AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS' TINCTURE
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A short tract on the compounds prepared for alchemy, using a lot of spiritual metaphor and secondary sources.
CONCERNING THE HERMETIC ART
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A short academic work detailing some physical and some spiritual alchemical topics.
AULA LUCIS
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A short and mostly physical tract that refers to Lully, Trithemius, Philalethes, and more.
THE ALCHEMICAL CATECHISM
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A short work in the form of question and answer explaining most significant physical alchemical topics.
NEW CHEMICAL LIGHT
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About a hundred pages of Waite-transcribed lore regarding physical alchemy, from Sendivogius.
THE CHEMICAL ART
Click to Purchase
Ficinus' philosophical work containing an extremely interesting conversation between a necromancer and Satan among other things, with regards to alchemy.
A TRACT OF GREAT PRICE
Click to Purchase
An interesting philosophical work of unknown authorship. It relates the generation of metals to the ascension of vapors and their mixing with other materials.
CONCERNING THE TINCTURE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
Click to Purchase
A spurious Paracelsian work of note, openly threatening the enemies of "true" alchemical lore.
THE AURORA OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
Click to Purchase
Paracelsus' work relating the occult to past civilizations and attempting to refute errors in then-modern alchemical philosophy.
THE GOLDEN CHAIN OF HOMER
Click to Purchase
A series of statements regarding reality and the practice of creating and transmuting.
THE ROSARY OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
Click to Purchase
The longest alchemical text; a series of intricate illustrations and partly metaphoric chemical experiments; equal parts philosophy and physicality.
THE THREE ELIXIRS OF ALCHEMY
Click to Purchase
A short work attributed to Hollandus- speaks of the creation of elixir, a universal medicine of cosmic capabilities.
THE TWELVE KEYS OF BASIL VALENTINE
Click to Purchase
Mostly philosophical and part metaphor- almost certainly a spurious work of later date. This version omits the attractive but useless woodcuts of later editions.
THREE TREATISES ON ALCHEMY
Click to Purchase
The Transmutation of Metals, The Celestial Ruby, and A Fount of Chemical Truth by Philalethes.
THE MIRROR OF ALCHEMY
Click to Purchase
Roger Bacon's hands-on experimentation with replicating natural forces to create metals.
A WORK OF SATURN
Click to Purchase
Details the creation of universal medicine through purifying and processing lead.
APHORISMS OF URBIGERUS
Click to Purchase
A series of 100 alchemical aphorisms which detail the creation of elixir.
ON THE PHILADELPHIAN GOLD
Click to Purchase
A philosophical dialogue between Philadelphus and Philochrysus on the topic of spiritual matter.
THE SECRET WORK OF HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY
Click to Purchase
A less difficult alchemical manuscript explaining the creation of the stone of the philosophers.
THREE WORKS ON ALCHEMY
Click to Purchase
Trithemius' "Everburning Lights", Philalethes' "Alkahest", and Pontanus' "Philosophic Fire".
TURBA PHILOSOPHORUM
Click to Purchase
One of the better known and earliest alchemical works in the form of a lengthy dialogue.
TRACT ON THE TINCTURE AND OIL OF ANTIMONY
Click to Purchase
A Baconian work of note. Short, but in depth medicinal and chemical practice. Mostly literal.
STONE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
Click to Purchase
One of the most interesting works of Kelly, created while under imprisonment. A very literal work claiming that only gold, silver, and quicksilver are used outside of any works of Saturn.
GOLDEN TRACTATE OF HERMES
Click to Purchase
A largely explanatory work which seeks to make the process of alchemy more understood.
A SUBTLE ALLEGORY
Click to Purchase
A short work by Maier relating alchemy in the tale of the Phoenix as a metaphor.
THE TOMB OF SEMIRAMIS
Click to Purchase
A short work re-adapting and clarifying Hollandus' system of elixir creation.
THE SIX KEYS OF EUDOXUS
Click to Purchase
A six-step program to crafting the philosopher's stone and attendant compounds.
FREHER'S PROCESS
Click to Purchase
A short and semi-transparent spiritual counterpart to physical alchemy.
THE ONLY TRUE WAY
Click to Purchase
A very short tract explaining some major alchemical terms while criticizing past alchemists as frauds.
AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS' TINCTURE
Click to Purchase
A short tract on the compounds prepared for alchemy, using a lot of spiritual metaphor and secondary sources.
CONCERNING THE HERMETIC ART
Click to Purchase
A short academic work detailing some physical and some spiritual alchemical topics.
AULA LUCIS
Click to Purchase
A short and mostly physical tract that refers to Lully, Trithemius, Philalethes, and more.
THE ALCHEMICAL CATECHISM
Click to Purchase
A short work in the form of question and answer explaining most significant physical alchemical topics.
NEW CHEMICAL LIGHT
Click to Purchase
About a hundred pages of Waite-transcribed lore regarding physical alchemy, from Sendivogius.
THE ROMANCE AND MYSTERY OF ALCHEMY AND PHARMACY
Click to Purchase
A fine edition containing herbal recipes, fictional and nonfictional medical lore, and quite a bit on the subject of alchemy.
Click to Purchase
A fine edition containing herbal recipes, fictional and nonfictional medical lore, and quite a bit on the subject of alchemy.
A COLLECTION OF ALCHEMY
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A compilation of fourteen premiere alchemical works, with a substantial preface, appendix, reading list, and list of terms.
Click to Purchase
A compilation of fourteen premiere alchemical works, with a substantial preface, appendix, reading list, and list of terms.
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