Alchemists Through The Ages

Author : Arthur E. Waite
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 160206315X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alchemists Through the Ages written by Arthur E. Waite and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemy-the word itself conjures up images of charlatans mixing potions and concocting remedies during the Middle Ages in a futile quest to transform lead into gold. But the roots of alchemy can be traced back more than 2,500 years to locales as disparate as Egypt, India, and China, and it was considered serious science until as recently as the 16th century. In this highly regarded volume first published in 1888, Arthur E. Waite examines the lives and works of more than fifty alchemists, from the year 850 through the end of the 18th century. Readers will learn about such renowned figures as Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon, and Pope John XXII, and decide for themselves whether alchemy was the true precursor to modern chemistry or a pseudo-science populated by quacks. American-born British author ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE (1857-1942) was co-creator of the famous 1910 Rider-Waite Tarot deck. Among his numerous books are Book of Ceremonial Magic, Devil Worship in France, and New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry.

Author : Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497874305
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alchemists Through the Ages written by Arthur Edward Waite and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1800's Edition.

Author : Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alchemists Through the Ages written by Arthur Edward Waite and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Professor Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780833407047
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alchemists Through the Ages written by Professor Arthur Edward Waite and published by . This book was released on 2007-04-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the many personalities who have immortalized themselves in alchemical research through the centuries are introduced in this very readable, compact presentation for today's interest in this fascinating, age-old quest in the metamorphosis of the human being. Mr Waite shows that the real alchemist quest was no the goal of turning base metals into gold, but rather the unfolding of the human being, the releasing and manifesting of the higher self. Seen in this light, alchemy is of profound interest and vital concern to awakened interests in development of spiritual powers and potentialities. Throughought the book are beautiful, historically significant illustrations.

Author : Gary Edson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078646531X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mysticism and Alchemy through the Ages written by Gary Edson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look into the foundations of mysticism and alchemy, this book describes both physical and spiritual aspects of the various theories and practices of transformation, with attention to the beliefs of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sufism, Tantrism, Taoism and Yoga. The connection between early mystical pursuits and the development of alchemy from ancient China, India, and Egypt through Moorish Spain and into Latin Europe are illuminated, along with the activities of early alchemists. The book, which is heavily illustrated, describes the beliefs, experiments, and secret messages that drew the believers and dreamers of the world together in search of wealth and immortality.

Author : Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780833417046
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alchemists Through the Ages written by Arthur Edward Waite and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Priscilla Galloway
Publisher : Annick Press
ISBN 13 : 9781550378108
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved Or Loathed written by Priscilla Galloway and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating guide to strange-but-true jobs.

Author : Jennifer M. Rampling
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022671084X
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Experimental Fire written by Jennifer M. Rampling and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such claims, alchemists turned to the past, scouring ancient books for evidence of a lost alchemical heritage and seeking to translate their secret language and obscure imagery into replicable, practical effects. Tracing the development of alchemy in England over four hundred years, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, Jennifer M. Rampling illuminates the role of alchemical reading and experimental practice in the broader context of national and scientific history. Using new manuscript sources, she shows how practitioners like George Ripley, John Dee, and Edward Kelley, as well as many previously unknown alchemists, devised new practical approaches to alchemy while seeking the support of English monarchs. By reconstructing their alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes, Rampling reveals how English alchemy was continually reinvented over the space of four centuries, resulting in changes to the science itself. In so doing, The Experimental Fire bridges the intellectual history of chemistry and the wider worlds of early modern patronage, medicine, and science.

Author : Lawrence Principe
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226682951
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of Alchemy written by Lawrence Principe and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemy, the Noble Art, conjures up scenes of mysterious, dimly lit laboratories populated with bearded old men stirring cauldrons. Though the history of alchemy is intricately linked to the history of chemistry, alchemy has nonetheless often been dismissed as the realm of myth and magic, or fraud and pseudoscience. And while its themes and ideas persist in some expected and unexpected places, from the Philosopher's (or Sorcerer's) Stone of Harry Potter to the self-help mantra of transformation, there has not been a serious, accessible, and up-to-date look at the complete history and influence of alchemy until now.

Author : P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 144113297X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chemical Choir written by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >