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by Dennis William Hauck
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Alchemy
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Title Page
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Contents at a Glance
Contents
Foreword by Dennis William Hauck
Introduction
Part 1: Introduction to Alchemy
1 Your Apprenticeship in Alchemy
Why Study Alchemy?
The Kinds of Alchemy
Spiritual Alchemy
Psychological Alchemy
Artistic Alchemy
Social Alchemy
Practical Alchemy
Therapeutic Alchemy
The Perennial Philosophy
Becoming an Alchemist
2 The First Alchemists
Lost Gems of Knowledge
The Gods of Alchemy
Thoth: The Father of Alchemy
The Pillars of Hermes
The Emerald Tablet
The Treasures of Alexander
The Fate of the Emerald Tablet
The Legend of Thoth/Hermes
The Staff of Hermes
Hermetic Philosophy
3 The Land of Khem
Secrets of Priests and Craftsmen
Alexandria: Center of Ancient Alchemy
Greek Philosophy and Alchemy
The Concept of Transmutation
Destruction of the Alexandrian Texts
The Growth of Alchemy in Asia
How the Arabs Saved Alchemy
Arabian Alchemy
The Gibberish of Jabir
4 Medieval Alchemy and the Quest for Gold
The Beginning of European Alchemy
The Wizardry of Roger Bacon
Alchemy and the Church
Medieval and Renaissance Alchemy
Nicolas Flamel’s Powder of Projection
Isaac Newton and the Black Dragon
The Puffers
The Rise of Chemistry
Part 2: The Principles of Alchemy
5 The Secret Language of Alchemists
The Language of the Birds
The Birds of Alchemy
Animal Symbolism in Alchemy
The Lions of Alchemy
The Dragons of Alchemy
Silent Secrets of the Rose
Ciphers of the Alchemists
Ciphers for the Elements
Ciphers for the Three Essentials
6 The Elusive First Matter
What Is the First Matter?
Properties of the First Matter
The First Matter Is Eternal
The First Matter Is Everywhere to Be Found
The First Matter Is Cyclic
The First Matter Contains All the Elements
The First Matter Is the Source of the Philosopher’s Stone
Working with the First Matter
7 The Four Elements
The Concept of the Elements
The Four Humors
Balancing the Elements
The Quintessence
Philosophers of Fire
Elementary Fire
Celestial Fire
Central Fire
Secret Fire
8 The Three Essentials
Three Children of the First Matter
The Two Contraries
Sulfur, Mercury, and Salt
The Dance of Sulfur and Mercury
The Three Essentials in People
The Three Treasures of Taoist Alchemy
9 The Philosopher’s Stone
The Magical Touchstone
What the Philosopher’s Stone Looked Like
Preparation of the Philosopher’s Stone
The Mysterious Dr. Dee
The Hieroglyphic Monad
The Cipher of the Stone
The Lost Key to the Monad
Part 3: The Operations of Alchemy
10 The Ladder of the Planets
Correspondences of the Planets
The Dark Powers of Saturn
The Exuberant Powers of Jupiter
The Masculine Powers of Mars
The Feminine Powers of Venus
The Transformative Powers of Mercury
The Soulful Powers of the Moon
The Spiritual Powers of the Sun
The Music of the Spheres
11 The Black Phase
The Blackening
The Calcination Process
Personal Calcination
The Process of Dissolution
Personal Dissolution
12 The White Phase
The Whitening
The Separation Process
Personal Separation
The Conjunction Process
Personal Conjunction
13 The Red Phase
The Peacock’s Tail
The Reddening
The Fermentation Process
Personal Fermentation
The Distillation Process
Personal Distillation
The Coagulation Process
Personal Coagulation
Part 4: Practical Alchemy
14 Inside an Alchemist’s Laboratory
A Tour of a Medieval Laboratory
The Athanor
Alchemical Glassware
The Chemicals Used by Alchemists
Vitriol
Natron
Liquor Hepatis
Pulvis Solaris
Hidden Energies in the Lab
The Oratorium
Alchemists and Chemists
Women in Alchemy
15 The Spagyric Process
The Doctrine of Signatures
Types of Medicines
Allopathic Medicine
Homeopathic Medicine
Spagyric Medicine
The Planetary Signatures
The Star in Plants
The Three Essentials in Plants
Planetary Influences in Spagyrics
Planetary Hours
Paracelsus the Great
16 The Kitchen Alchemist
Setting Up Your Kitchen Lab
Making Alchemical Compounds
Making Tinctures
Making Elixirs
17 Working with the Planetary Metals
Saturn’s Metal: Lead
Lead and Silver
Saturn Signatures in Lead
Lead Poisoning
The Hidden Promise of Lead
Jupiter’s Metal: Tin
Jupiter Signatures in Tin
The Tin Plague
Mars’s Metal: Iron
Iron’s Love for Carbon
Mars Signatures in Iron
Venus’s Metal: Copper
Venus Signatures in Copper
The Love Affairs of Copper
Mercury’s Metal: Quicksilver
Mercury Signatures in Quicksilver
The Dual Nature of Mercury
The Moon’s Metal: Silver
Lunar Signatures in Silver
The Moon’s Influence Over Silver
The Sun’s Metal: Gold
Solar Signatures in Gold
The Sun’s Influence Over Gold
Part 5: Spiritual Alchemy
18 Mental Alchemy
The Salted Personality
The First Matter in People
The Four Elements in People
The Planets in People
Jung and Alchemy
The Black Phase of Mental Alchemy
The White Phase of Mental Alchemy
The Red Phase of Mental Alchemy
19 Alchemy of the Soul
The Dragons of Spiritual Alchemy
The True Imagination
Alchemical Meditation
The Azoth of the Philosophers
The Operations of the Azoth
The Ray of Saturn
The Ray of Jupiter
The Ray of Mars
The Ray of the Sun
The Ray of Venus
The Ray of Mercury
The Ray of the Moon
20 The Sacred Marriage
The Sacred Marriage in You
The Inner Marriage
Birth of the Philosopher’s Stone
The Sacred Marriage in Christian Alchemy
The Three Marriages in Alchemy
The Sacred Marriage in Psychology
Part 6: Modern Alchemy
21 Alchemy and Medicine
The Life Force
Paracelsian Medicine
Healing with the Metals
Healing with Lead
Healing with Tin
Healing with Iron
Healing with Copper
Healing with Mercury
Healing with Silver
Healing with Gold
22 Social Alchemy
The Alchemy of Relationships
Calcination in Relationships
Dissolution in Relationships
Fermentation in Relationships
Distillation in Relationships
Coagulation in Relationships
The Relationship Laboratory
Alchemy in the Workplace
Calcination in the Workplace
Dissolution in the Workplace
Separation in the Workplace
Conjunction in the Workplace
Fermentation in the Workplace
Distillation in the Workplace
Coagulation in the Workplace
Transforming the Workplace
Wealth: The First Matter in Society
23 The Science of Magic
The Science of the Future
The Mystical Nature of Light
Early Theories of Light
The Alchemical Rebis
Quantum Alchemy
Twentieth-Century Alchemists of Science
Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)
Barbara McLintock (1902–1992)
David Bohm (1917–1992)
Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958)
The Philosopher’s Stone of Physics
The Projection of Consciousness
The Alchemy of Evolution
Appendixes
A Resources
B Glossary
About the Author
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