CHAPTER XIII

THE THEOSOPHY OF THE MIDDLE AGES 290
The Alchemical disguise — The spiritual purpose of Alchemy — the motives with which the real Alchemists wrote — Their sordid imitators — The real Alchemists aspirants for Adeptship — The powers they incidentally acquired — Their chemical sym- bology — Its Hermetic origin — Illustrations from Alchemical writers.