A Subtle Allegory Concerning The Secrets Of Alchemy

Author : Michael Maier
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 56 pages
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Release : 2011-12-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1468025473

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A Subtle Allegory Concerning the Secrets of Alchemy by Michael Maier Pdf

AFTER spending the best part of my life in the study of the liberal arts and sciences, and in the company of wise men and judicious scholars, I was compelled, as the result of my observation of mankind, to arrive at the melancholy conclusion that the hearts of most persons are set either on ambitious and vainglorious projects, on sensual pleasures, or on the accumulation of wealth by all and any means; and that few care either for God or for virtue At first I did not quite know whether to become a disciple of the laughing or of the weeping philosopher, or whether to join in the exclamation of the wise Prince of Israel: "All things are vanity." But at length the Bible and experience taught me to take refuge in the study of the hidden secrets of Nature, whether pursued at home, by means of books, or abroad, in the Great Volume of the World.

Author : Arthur Edward Waite,Michael Maier
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1425300294

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A Subtle Allegory Concerning the Secrets of Alchemy Very Useful to Possess and Pleasant to Read by Arthur Edward Waite,Michael Maier Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Michael Maier
Publisher : Holmes Publishing Group
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1984-04
Category : Alchemy
ISBN : 0916411176

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A Subtle Allegory Concerning the Secrets of Alchemy by Michael Maier Pdf

Author : Paul Cheshire
Publisher : Romantic Reconfigurations Stud
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786941206

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William Gilbert and Esoteric Romanticism by Paul Cheshire Pdf

This first annotated edition of William Gilbert's enigmatic poem, The Hurricane: a Theosophical and Western Eclogue, with extended interpretative chapters informed by Gilbert's magical and astrological writings, shows how its dark materials fed the imaginations of his friends Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey, in their formative years between 1795 and 1798.

Author : Cherry Gilchrist
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781609259907

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Alchemy—The Great Work by Cherry Gilchrist Pdf

Alchemy is the art of transformation. At its simplest, the alchemist turns base metals into gold. However, this is only one dimension of alchemy—at a more sophisticated level the alchemist's "base metal" is symbolic of himself that needs to be worked upon and the "gold" produced is the alchemist himself in his or her quest to perfect his own nature. In short, true alchemy is a discipline involving physical, psychological and spiritual work aimed at producing wholeness and enlightenment. From the origins of alchemy, both reputed and documented, Cherry Gilchrist's lively and sympathetic narrative takes the reader from the alchemical interests of the ancient Egyptians to the flowering of alchemy in the 17th century. She also elucidates the complexities of alchemical symbolism and examines the ways in which alchemy has developed in the 20th century.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781471083921

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The Book Of Aquarius - Alchemy and the Philosophers Stone by Anonymous Pdf

Author : Hereward Tilton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110896572

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The Quest for the Phoenix by Hereward Tilton Pdf

The author presents with this intellectual biography of the Lutheran alchemist Count Michael Maier an academic study of western esotericism in general and to the study of alchemy and rosicrucianism in particular. The author charts the development of Maier's Hermetic worldview in the context of his service at the courts of Emperor Rudolf II and Moritz of Hessen-Kassel. The problem of the nature of early Rosicrucianism is addressed in detail with reference to Maier's role in the promotion of this "serious jest" in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. The work is set in the context of ongoing debates concerning the nature of early modern alchemy and its role in the history of Western esotericism.

Author : P.D. Newman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 194 pages
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Release : 2017-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780578194004

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Alchemically Stoned - The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry by P.D. Newman Pdf

P.D. Newman's bold and daring theory provides a radical interpretation of Masonic symbolism. In the tradition of Wasson, Hofmann and Ruck, in ""The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries"" (1978), and Heinrich's ""Strange Fruit: Alchemy, Religion, and Magical Foods"" (1995), Newman suggests that practical psychoactive pharmacology, rather than philosophy, lies concealed in the root of some of our allegories and mysteries. Admitting to being more than a mere theoretician, Newman draws from his own personal experiences, and a wide range of sources, in presenting his theory in a logical manner, which merits consideration. - Arturo De Hoyos, 33* Grand Archivist and Grand Historian Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction

Author : Martels
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004625709

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Alchemy Revisited by Martels Pdf

The contributors to these Proceedings give an unusually comprehensive survey of Indian, Greek, Arabic and European alchemy which will serve as an authoritative scholarly introduction to the subject. An extensive bibliography greatly enhances the value of this rich collection of material.

Author : H.S. Redgrove
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9785877655683

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Alchemy by H.S. Redgrove Pdf

Being a brief account of the alchemistic doctrines, and their relations, to mysticism on the one hand, and to recent discoveries in physical science on the other hand; together with some particulars regarding the lives and teachings of the most noted alchemists.

Author : H. Stanley Redgrove
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781409231196

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Alchemy: Ancient and Modern by H. Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Being a brief account of the alchemistic doctrines, and their relations, to mysticism on the one hand, and to recent discoveries in the physical science on the other hand; together with some particulars regarding the lives and teachings of the most noted alchemists. The meaning of alchemy; The theory of physical alchemy; The alchemists before and after Paracelsus; The outcome of alchemy; The age of modern chemistry; Modern alchemy. H Stanley Redgrove, best known for his writings on alchemy. Early in his scientific career he was associated with Professor John Ferguson and others in forming the Alchemical Society and was appointed editor of its journal; that Society was one of the many killed by the last war. Redgrove's book on "Alchemy: Ancient and Modern," first published in 1912, is an excellent survey, which brings out clearly the connection between the old alchemical doctrines and the conceptions of modern chemistry.

Author : Anonyme
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9791041942800

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The book of aquarius by Anonyme Pdf

" The purpose of this book is to release one particular secret, which has been kept hidden for the last 12,000 years. The Philosophers' Stone, Elixir of Life, Fountain of Youth, Ambrosia, Soma, Amrita, Nectar of Immortality. These are different names for the same thing. Throughout history this secret has been used by a very few to extend their lives hundreds of years in perfect health, with access to unlimited wealth, among many other miraculous properties. Some kept the secret because they understood that the time was not right for the secret to be free for all people, but most kept the secret out of their own jealousy, ignorance, egotism and corruption. The Stone's history and the history of the human race up until this day is a strange story full of secret societies, hooded cloaks, and mystical symbols. Such theatrics are childish and shallow. It's pointless to look for the light in the shadows...;"

Author : Alexander Henry
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781105940835

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The Doctrines of Alchemy by Alexander Henry Pdf

Author : Stanton J. Linden
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813182872

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Darke Hierogliphicks by Stanton J. Linden Pdf

The literary influence of alchemy and hermeticism in the work of most medieval and early modern authors has been overlooked. Stanton Linden now provides the first comprehensive examination of this influence on English literature from the late Middle Ages through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Drawing extensively on alchemical allusions as well as on the practical and theoretical background of the art and its pictorial tradition, Linden demonstrates the pervasiveness of interest in alchemy during this three-hundred-year period. Most writers—including Langland, Gower, Barclay, Eramus, Sidney, Greene, Lyly, and Shakespeare—were familiar with alchemy, and references to it appear in a wide range of genres. Yet the purposes it served in literature from Chaucer through Jonson were narrowly satirical. In literature of the seventeenth century, especially in the poetry of Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, and Milton, the functions of alchemy changed. Focusing on Bacon, Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, and Milton—in addition to Jonson and Butler—Linden demonstrates the emergence of new attitudes and innovative themes, motifs, images, and ideas. The use of alchemy to suggest spiritual growth and change, purification, regeneration, and millenarian ideas reflected important new emphases in alchemical, medical, and occultist writing. This new tradition did not continue, however, and Butler's return to satire was contextualized in the antagonism of the Royal Society and religious Latitudinarians to philosophical enthusiasm and the occult. Butler, like Shadwell and Swift, expanded the range of satirical victims to include experimental scientists as well as occult charlatans. The literary uses of alchemy thus reveal the changing intellectual milieus of three centuries.

Author : Joseph Nigg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226195520

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The Phoenix by Joseph Nigg Pdf

An “insightful cultural history of the mythical, self-immolating bird” from Ancient Egypt to contemporary pop culture by the author of The Book of Gryphons (Library Journal). The phoenix, which rises again and again from its own ashes, has been a symbol of resilience and renewal for thousands of years. But how did this mythical bird come to play a part in cultures around the world and throughout human history? Here, mythologist Joseph Nigg presents a comprehensive biography of this legendary creature. Beginning in ancient Egypt, Nigg’s sweeping narrative discusses the many myths and representations of the phoenix, including legends of the Chinese, where it was considered a sacred creature that presided over China’s destiny; classical Greece and Rome, where it appears in the writings of Herodotus and Ovid; medieval Christianity, in which it came to embody the resurrection; and in Europe during the Renaissance, when it was a popular emblem of royals. Nigg examines the various phoenix traditions, the beliefs and tales associated with them, their symbolic and metaphoric use, and their appearance in religion, bestiaries, and even contemporary popular culture, in which the ageless bird of renewal is employed as a mascot and logo. “An exceptional work of scholarship.”—Publishers Weekly