M.A. Atwood

PART I. AN EXOTERIC VIEW OF THE PROGRESS AND THEORY OF ALCHEMY. CHAPTER I.-A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY, WITH THE MORE SALIENT POINTS OF ITS PUBLIC HISTORY CHAPTER II.-OF THE THEORY OF TRANSMUTATION IN GENERAL, AND OF THE FIRST MATTER CHAPTER III-THE GOLDEN TREATISE OF HERMES TRISMEGISTUS CONCERNING THE PHYSICAL SECRET OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE, IN SEVEN SECTIONS Philosophy extant; comprising in epitome, PART II. A MORE ESOTERIC CONSIDERATION OF THE HERMETIC ART AND ITS MYSTERIES. CHAPTER I.-OF THE TRUE SUBJECT OF THE HERMETIC ART AND ITS CONCEALED ROOT CHAPTER II.-OF THE MYSTERIES CHAPTER III.-THE MYSTERIES CONTINUED CHAPTER IV.-THE MYSTERIES CONCLUDED PART III. CONCERNING THE LAWS AND VITAL CONDITIONS OF THE HERMETIC EXPERIMENT. CHAPTER I.-OF THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD AND FERMENTATION OF THE PHILOSOPHIC SUBJECT ACCORDING TO THE PARACELSIAN ALCHEMISTS AND SOME OTHERS CHAPTER II.-A FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE INITIAL PRINCIPLE AND ITS EDUCATION INTO LIGHT CHAPTER III-OF THE MANIFESTATION OF THE PHILOSOPHIC MATTER CHAPTER IV.-OF THE MENTAL REQUISITES AND IMPEDIMENTS INCIDENTAL TO INDIVIDUALS, EITHER AS MASTERS OR STUDENTS, IN THE HERMETIC ART PART IV. THE HERMETIC PRACTICE. CHAPTER I.-OF THE VITAL PURIFICATION, COMMONLY CALLED THE GROSS WORK CHAPTER II.-OF THE PHILOSOPHIC OR SUBTLE WORK- CHAPTER III -THE SIX KEYS OF EUDOXUS CHAPTER IV.-THE CONCLUSION