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Lives of alchemystical philosophers based on materials collected in 1815

and supplemented by recent researches with a philosophical demonstration of the true principles of the magnum opus, or great work of alchemical re-construction, and some account of the spiritual chemistry

Also known as Lives of alchemystical philosophers

by Arthur Edward Waite & Francis Barrett

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Founded on "The lives of alchemystical philosophers" London, 1815, originally issued anonymously under title: The lives of the adepts in alchemystical philosophy, London, 1814, and generally ascribed to Francis Barrett. cf. Preface, also Ferguson, Biblioteca chemics An alphabetical catalogue of works on hermetic philosophy and alchemy: p. [276]-306 Includes bibliographical references

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description, “hermetic” in the description, and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Alchemy”· via Open Library
    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “hermetic”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject

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and supplemented by recent researches with a philosophical demonstration of the true principles of the magnum opus, or great work of alchemical re-construction, and some account of the spiritual chemistry

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1888G. Redway; London : G. RedwayEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Contributing institution: Harold B. Lee Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Brigham Young University
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
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