Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers

Arthur Edward Waite

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Biographical sketches of the alchemists from Geber and Avicenna to Roger Bacon, Raymond Lully and Paracelsus. Waite opens with a long essay on the physical theory and practice of the magnum opus.

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