The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony - Couverture souple

Valentinus, Basilius

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1564590216 ISBN 13 : 9781564590213

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 1992

Synopsis

The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony is a book written by Valentinus, also known as Basilus. The book is a treatise on alchemy, which explores the nature of metals and how they can be transformed into different substances. The author discusses various techniques and processes used in alchemy, including distillation, calcination, and sublimation. The book also includes a detailed description of the philosopher's stone, which was believed to be the key to achieving immortality and transmuting base metals into gold. Valentinus/Basilus draws on the works of other alchemists, including Paracelsus and Hermes Trismegistus, to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject. The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony is an important work in the history of alchemy and continues to be studied by scholars and practitioners of the art.Biographical preface by A. E. Waite. �������To the illustrious, venerable, saintly, and blessed men, adepts of the true philosophy, lovers of virtue, lords of fortune, despisers of the world, whose life is holiness in holiness, knowledge in knowledge, and whose work consists in the relieving of the sick and poor.������� This illuminating work reveals the secrets of the Spagyric Art; the Grand Magisterium, the true and Universal Medicine, the Tinctures which transmute metals, and other deep mysteries that make part of the Sacramentum Regis.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Biographie de l'auteur

Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus. Basilius Valentinus was alleged to be a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany. During the 18th century it was suggested that the author of the works attributed to Basil Valentine was Johann Thölde, a salt manufacturer in Germany who lived roughly 1565 – 1624. Modern scholarship now suggests that one author was Thölde, but that others were involved. Thölde published the first five books under Valentine's name. Whoever he was, Basil Valentine had considerable chemical knowledge. He showed that ammonia could be obtained by the action of alkali on sal-ammoniac (ammonium chloride), described the production of hydrochloric acid by acidifying brine of common salt (sodium chloride), and created oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid), among other achievements.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1564590216
• ISBN 13: 9781564590213
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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