Chapter 3
Chapter III. : concerning the Procen of the Ancients for the Tinctoj^ of the Philosophers,
and a more compendious method by Paracelsus, Chapter IV. : concerning the Process for the Tincture of the Philosophers, as it is shortened by Paracebus. Chapter V. : concerning the conclusion of the Process of the Ancients^ mode by Paracelsus^ Chapter VL : concerning the Transtnutation of Metals by the Perfection of Medicine. Chapter VII. : concerning the Renovation of Men.
The Gradations of Metals
Preface. The First Gradation. The Second Gradatioin. The Third Gradation. The Fourth Gradation. The Fifth Gradation. The Sixth Gradation. The Seventh Gradation. The Eighth Gradation. The Ninth Gradation. The Tenth Gradation. The Eleventh GrodoCion. The Twelfth Gradation. The Thirteenth Gradation. The Fourteenth Gra-
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vi. The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus.
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The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists 36
Concerning the Sulphur of Cinnabar. Concerning the Red Lion. Concerning the Green Lion.
Concerning the Transmutations of Metals and of Cements ... 41
Concerning the First or Royal Cement. Concerning the Second Cement. Concerning the Third Cement. The Fourth Cement. The Fifth Cement. The Sixth Cement. Con- elusion.
The Aurora of the Philosophers, by Theophrastus Paracelsus, which
he otherwise calls his Monarchia ... 48
