LEADER 03340oam 2200577I 450 001 9910815980103321 005 20240131143130.0 010 $a1-136-18292-6 010 $a0-203-08309-1 010 $a1-299-15687-8 010 $a1-136-18293-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203083093 035 $a(CKB)2670000000331352 035 $a(EBL)1125247 035 $a(OCoLC)828298763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1125247 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1125247 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10659480 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL446937 035 $a(OCoLC)828677971 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134234 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000331352 100 $a20180706e20131926 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe secret tradition in alchemy $eits development and records /$fArthur Edward Waite 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge library editions. Alchemy ;$vv. 6 300 $aFirst published in 1926 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. 311 $a0-415-75270-1 311 $a0-415-63825-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aCHAPTER 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 330 $aA complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism. It outlines some of the 'secret' inner meanings to alchemy - symbolism, metaphysics, and spirituality. This book contains a universe of information and is worthwhile reading for anyone wanting to know more on this engaging subject. Originally published in 1926. 410 0$aRoutledge library editions.$pAlchemy. 606 $aAlchemy$xHistory 615 0$aAlchemy$xHistory. 676 $a540.11209 700 $aWaite$b Arthur Edward$f1857-1942.,$0838967 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815980103321 996 $aThe secret tradition in alchemy$94104237 997 $aUNINA