In the history of science, alchemy refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in Muslim civilization, and then in Europe up to the 19th century - in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years.
Western alchemy has always been closely connected with Hermeticism, a philosophical and spiritual system that traces its roots to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic Egyptian-Greek deity and legendary alchemist. These two disciplines influenced the birth of Rosicrucianism, an important esoteric movement of the seventeenth century. In the course of the early modern period, mainstream alchemy evolved into modern chemistry.
Today, the discipline is of interest mainly to historians of science and philosophy, and for its mystic, esoteric, and artistic aspects. Nevertheless, alchemy was one of the main precursors of modern sciences, and many substances and processes of ancient alchemy continue to be the mainstay of modern chemical and metallurgical industries.
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Artephius - The Secret Book of Artephius PDF
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Roger Bacon
The Mirror of Alchemy by Roger Bacon PDF
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Eudoxos - The Six Keys of Eudoxos PDF
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Saint Germain
Studies in Alchemy - The Science of Self-Transformation by Saint Germain PDF
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Hermes Trismegistus
The Hermetic Arcanum - The secret work of the hermetic philosophy
Wherein the secrets of nature and art concerning the matter of the
philosophers' stone and the manner of working are explained in an
authentic and orderly manner.
The work of an anonymous author, penes nos unda tagi.
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Anton Josef Kirchweger - The Golden Chain of Homer PDF
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Stuart Nettleton - The Alchemy Key: Unraveling the Single Tangible Secret in All Mysteries by Stuart Nettleton PDF
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An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King by Anonymous PDF
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Dom Antoine-Joseph Pernety - The Great Art, A Treatise: A System of Physics According to Hermetic Philosophy PDF
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Herbert Stanley Redgrove - Alchemy: Ancient & Modern PDF
Isreal Regardie - The Philosophers Stone PDF
John Reid - A Course on Practical Alchemy PDF
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Basil Valentine - Twelve Keys PDF
also, Triumphal Chairiot of Antimony PDF
