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THE HERMETIC AND ALCHEMICAL WRITINGS
OF PARACELSUS.
THE
HERMETIC AND ALCHEMICAL
WRITINGS
OF
AUREOLUS PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBAST,
OF HOHENHEIM, CALLED
PARACELSUS THE GREAT.
NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.
EDITED WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE, ELUCIDATORY NOTES, A COPIOUS HERMETIC
VOCABULARY, AND INDEX,
By ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
HERMETIC MEDICINE and HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME IL
HERMETIC MEDICINE.
PAGE.
The Archidoxies of Theophrastus Paracelsus.
Book the First: concerning the Mystery of the Microcosm … 3
Book the Second: concerning the Separation of the Elements 10
Book the Third: on the Separation of the Elements from Metals 15
Concerning the Separation of the Elements out of Marchasites. Concerning the Separation of the Elements from Stones. Concerning the Separation of the Elements from
Oleaginous Substances. Concerning the Separation of the Elements in Corporeal…