Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts

One of the most beautiful alchemical manuscripts ever made, reproduced with 22 allegorical plates from the illuminated original of 1582. The accompanying treatises explain the stages of the work that the images encode.

Salomon Trismosin

Twelve short allegorical keys describing the stages of the great work, each one a riddle wrapped around a chemical operation. A foundational emblem text of European alchemy, closing with a tract on sulphur, mercury and salt.

Basil Valentine

The seven day allegorical journey that launched the Rosicrucian movement and encoded the alchemical marriage in narrative form. Read as a story it is also a map of the stages of transformation.

Johann Valentin Andreae

An illustrated A to Z of alchemical terms, from calcination and dissolution to the Tria Prima and the planetary metals. A quick reference for decoding the symbolism in older treatises.

Josh Garrett, Luxor Media