CHAPTER II.— Of the Theory of Transmut-

ation IN GENERAL, AND OF THE FlRST MATTER
— showing the true basis on which the rational possibility of Transmutation rests ; with Definitions from Albertus Magnus, Aquhias, Friar Bacon, Rajanond Lully, Arnold Di- Villa-Nova, Syensius and others, descriptive of the Hermetic Material — with some sugges- tions additional concerning the Ethereal Nature and analogous phenomena of Light. — Pase 72.