Nicholas Flammcl
pichemical Hieroglyphics
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Alchemical Hieroglyphics
WHICH WERE CAUSED TO BE PAINTED
UPON AN ARCH IN ST. INNOCENTS CHURCH YARD
IN PARIS BY:
Nicholas Flammel
Translated out of the French in 1624 by:
EIRENAEUS ORANDUS
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 80-82537
Printed & Bound by: Heptangle Books
P. O. Box 283 Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Translator's Dedication ix
Preface by W. W. W estcott xiii
jplammel'a Alchemical faierogljiphics
Invocation 3
Introduction by Nicholas Flammel 5
§1 Theological Interpetations of the Hieroglyphics 27
§2 Philosophical Interpetations: the Furnace 35
§3 Of the Sulphur & Mercury, the Male & Female 43
§4 Of the union of the Sulphur &. Mercury 53
§5 On the symbolism of Decapitation, &. of the
Dissolution &. Coagulation 61
§6 On the Tripartite nature of the Stone 71
§7 Of the Rubification 77
§8 On the power of Multiplication 81
§9 Of the full perfection of the Stone 87
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Xtst of Illustrations
{[Flammel's Fresco [fold-out plate]
{[Alchemists at Work xii
{[Book Plate by Flammel 2
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{[A Caduceus formed of two snakes swal¬
lowing each other twined round a rod 7
CA Crucified Snake 8
C.A Desert floor with springs & small
snakes moving about 9
{[Mercury holding a Caduceus; Saturn
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