Alchemist'S Handbook - New Edition: Weiser Classics

The Alchemist's Handbook is a classic work that provides a practical manual of working knowledge in alchemy, covering fundamental principles, laboratory setup, and the Lesser Circulation. It includes a new foreword by Robert Allen Bartlett.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 24 June 2022
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

THE ALCHEMIST'S HANDBOOK, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1960, IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF ALCHEMY. IT SERVES AS A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF WORKING KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS FORMERLY HANDED DOWN UNDER OATH OF SECRECY. THE SCOPE OF ALCHEMICAL WORK IS TO PROVIDE A MEANS TO SYNTHESIZE ALL THE OTHER SCIENCES AND THE NECESSARY TRAINING OF THE INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL FACULTIES. THE HANDBOOK DISCUSSES IN DETAIL THE BASIC FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF ALCHEMY, A GUIDE TO THE FORMATION OF AN INEXPENSIVE HOME LABORATORY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, AND STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE WORK OF THE LESSER CIRCULATION, THE ALCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION WITHIN THE PLANT KINGDOM. THIS NEW WEISER CLASSICS EDITION INCLUDES A NEW FOREWORD BY ROBERT ALLEN BARTLETT, AUTHOR OF REAL ALCHEMY.

Dimension: 229 x 146 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781578637652