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Alchemy: Ancient and Modern: Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists

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CHAPTER I. THE MEANING OF ALCHEMY 1

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§ 1. The Aim of Alchemy 1 § 2. The Transcendental Theory of Alchemy 2 § 3. Failure of the Transcendental Theory 3 § 4. The Qualifications of the Adept 4 § 5. Alchemistic Language 5 § 6. Alchemists of a Mystical Type 7 § 7. The Meaning of Alchemy 7 § 8. Opinions of other Writers 8 § 9. The Basic Idea of Alchemy 10 § 10. The Law of Analogy 12 § 11. The Dual Nature of Alchemy 13 § 12. “Body, Soul and Spirit” 14 § 13. Alchemy, Mysticism and Modern Science 15