The secret tradition in alchemy : its development and records / / Arthur Edward Waite

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463021803321
• Autore: Waite Arthur Edward <1857-1942., >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-08309-1; 1-299-15687-8; 1-136-18293-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (441 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Alchemy ; ; v. 6
• Disciplina: 540.11209
• Soggetti: Alchemy - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1926 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE SECRET TRADITION IN ALCHEMY: Its Development and Records; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER I ALCHEMY AND SUPERNATURAL LIFE; CHAPTER II MODERN VIEWS ON THE HERMETIC MYSTERY; CHAPTER III FURTHER SPECULATIONS ON PHILOSOPHICAL GOLD; CHAPTER IV ANCIENT HERMETIC BOOKS AND THE WAY OF THE SOUL THEREIN; CHAPTER V ALCHEMY IN CHINA; CHAPTER VI THE TESTIMONY OF BYZANTINE ALCHEMY; CHAPTER VII ARABIAN AND SYRIAC ALCHEMY; CHAPTER VIII THE EARLY LATIN LITERATURE; CHAPTER IX THE LATER CHAIN OF HERMES; CHAPTER X THE MYTH OF FLAMEL; CHAPTER XI THE CHARIOT OF BASIL VALENTINE; CHAPTER XII PARACELSUSCHAPTER XIII DENYS ZACHAIRE AND OTHERS; CHAPTER XIV FAMOUS ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS; CHAPTER XV ALCHEMY AND EXPLOITATION; CHAPTER XVI THE NEW LIGHT OF ALCHEMY; CHAPTER XVII THE REFORMATION AND GERMAN ALCHEMY; CHAPTER XVIII THOMAS VAUGHAN; CHAPTER XIX THE COSMOPOLITE; CHAPTER XX JOHN FREDERICK HELVETIUS; CHAPTER XXI AN ALCHEMIST OF MITYLENE; CHAPTER XXII THE MYSTIC SIDE OF ALCHEMY; APPENDICES; I ANIMAL MAGNETISM IN 1850; II KABALISTIC ALCHEMY; III RECENT EDITIONS OF THE SUGGESTIVE INQUIRY; IV THE MUTUS LIBER AND JANITOR PANSOPHUS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism. It outlines some of the 'secret' inner meanings to alchemy - symbolism, metaphysics, and spirituality. This book contains a universe of information and is worthwhile reading for anyone wanting to know more on this engaging subject. Originally published in 1926.