Alchemy Ancient And Modern

Author : H. Stanley Redgrove
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Alchemy: Ancient and Modern - 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 by H. Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Alchemy is the medieval predecessor of chemistry which was based on trying to transform matter, especially changing base metals into gold. This vintage book explores the various alchemistic doctrines, as well as their relationships with mysticism and science. Also included are chapters on the lives and theories of the most notable alchemists. Contents include: “The Aim of Alchemy”, “The Transcendental Theory of Alchemy”, “Failure of the Transcendental Theory”, “The Qualifications of the Adept”, “Alchemistic Language”, “Alchemists of a Mystical Type”, “The Meaning of Alchemy”, “Opinions of other Writers”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with that in mind that we are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on folklore.

Author : Redgrove H. Stanley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 1901
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Alchemy by Redgrove H. Stanley Pdf

Author : H. Stanley Redgrove
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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 : H. Stanley Redgrove
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Ancient and Modern Alchemy by H. Stanley Redgrove Pdf

The number of books in the English language dealing with the interesting subject of Alchemy is not sufficiently great to render an apology necessary for adding thereto. Indeed, at the present time there is an actual need for a further contribution on this subject. The time is gone when it was regarded as perfectly legitimate to point to Alchemy as an instance of the aberrations of the human mind. Recent experimental research has brought about profound modifications in the scientific notions regarding the chemical elements, and, indeed, in the scientific concept of the physical universe itself; and a certain resemblance can be traced between these later views and the theories of bygone Alchemy. The spontaneous change of one "element" into another has been witnessed, and the recent work of Sir William Ramsay suggests the possibility of realising the old alchemistic dream-the transmutation of the "base" metals into gold.

Author : Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 141 pages
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Release : 1969
Category : Alchemy
ISBN : OCLC:1014890106

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Alchemy: Ancient and Modern by Herbert Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Author : H. Stanley Redgrove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:812150928

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Alchemy, Ancient and Modern by H. Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Author : H. Stanley Redgrove
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 194 pages
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Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1528133722

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Excerpt from Alchemy, Ancient and Modern: 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 It is a regrettable fact that the majority of works dealing with the subject of Alchemy take a one-sided point of view. The chemists generally take a purely physical view of the subject, and instead of trying to understand its mystical language, often (we do not say always) prefer to label it nonsense and the alchemist a fool. On the other hand, the mystics, in many cases, take a purely transcendental view of the subject, forgetting the fact that the alchemists were, for the most part, concerned with operations of a physical nature. For a proper understanding of Alchemy, as we hope to make plain in the first chapter of this work, a synthesis of both points of view is essential; and, since these two aspects are so intimately and essentially connected with one another, this is necessary even when, as in the follow ing work, one is concerned primarily with the physical, rather than the purely mystical, aspect of the subject. Now, the author of this book may lay claim to being a humble student of both Chemistry and what may be generalised under the terms Mysticism and Transcendentalism; and he hopes that this perhaps rather unusual combination of studies has enabled him to take a broad-minded View of the theories of the alchemists, and to adopt a sympathetic attitude towards them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Herbert Stanley Redgrove
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Release : 1973
Category : Alchemy
ISBN : OCLC:1154511237

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Author : H. Stanley Redgrove
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Alchemy Ancient and Modern by H. Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Author : H. Stanley Redgrove,H Stanley Redgrove B Sc
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The theory of the origin of Alchemy put forward in Chapter I has led to considerable discussion; but whilst this theory has met with general acceptance, some of its earlier critics took it as implying far more than is actually the case. As a result of further research my conviction of its truth has become more fully confirmed, and in my recent work entitled Bygone Beliefs, under the title of "The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone," I have found it possible to adduce further evidence in this connection. At the same time, whilst I became increasingly convinced that the main alchemistic hypotheses were drawn from the domain of mystical theology and applied to physics and chemistry by way of analogy, it also became evident to me that the crude physiology of bygone ages and remnants of the old phallic faith formed a further and subsidiary source of alchemistic theory. I have barely, if at all, touched on this matter in the present work; the reader who is interested will find it dealt with in some detail in "The Phallic Element in Alchemical Doctrine" in my Bygone Beliefs.

Author : Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Alchemy
ISBN : OCLC:82590950

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Alchemy, Ancient and Modern by Herbert Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Author : Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 141 pages
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Release : 1910
Category : Alchemy
ISBN : OCLC:14211314

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Alchemy, Ancient and Modern by Herbert Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Author : Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 105 pages
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Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465582348

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Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 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 by Herbert Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Author : Herbert Stanley Redgrave
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 141 pages
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Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917846465

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Alchemy, Ancient and Modern by Herbert Stanley Redgrave Pdf

Author : H. Stanley Redgrove
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 196 pages
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Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1334997241

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Alchemy by H. Stanley Redgrove Pdf

Excerpt from Alchemy: Ancient and Modern It is exceedingly gratifying to me that a second edition of this book should be called for. But still more welcome is the change in the attitude of the educated world towards the old-time alchemists and thei