I. I have already stated that what we now call the Hermetic art, learning, or philosophy,

would in the seventeenth century have passed under the generic title of Eosicrucianism.
"Whether the converse of this proposition would quite hold good, I am not prepared to say —
much might be urged both for and against it. However, I shall not strain the analogy, but
will content myself with describing the Hermetic art, as embracing the sciences of Astrology
and Alchymy. The Alchymists engaged in three pursuits —