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"The Aurora of the Philosophers" By Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, Paracelsus the Great Which He Otherwise Calls His Monarchia. [20 chapters + notes]. 54 pages. (AURORAPHILOSOPHERS: .doc, .pdf)
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CHAPTER I. CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THE PHILOSOPHERS’ STONE. p.2
CHAPTER II. WHEREIN IS DECLARED THAT THE GREEKS DREW A LARGE PART OF THEIR LEARNING FROM THE EGYPTIANS; AND HOW IT CAME FROM THEM TO US. p.4
CHAPTER III. WHAT WAS TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE EGYPTIANS. p.6
CHAPTER IV. WHAT MAGI THE CHALDEANS, PERSIANS, AND EGYPTIANS WERE. p.8
CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE CHIEF AND SUPREME ESSENCE OF THINGS. p.10
CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING THE DIFFERENT ERRORS AS TO ITS DISCOVERY AND KNOWLEDGE. p.11
CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING THE ERRORS OF THOSE WHO SEEK THE STONE IN VEGETABLES. p.13
CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE IN ANIMALS. p.15
CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE IN MINERALS. p.18
CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THE STONE AND ALSO PARTICULARS IN MINERALS. p.20
CHAPTER XI. CONCERNING THE TRUE AND PERFECT SPECIAL ARCANUM OF ARSENIC FOR THE WHITE TINCTURE. p.24
CHAPTER XII. GENERAL INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE ARCANUM OF VITRIOL AND THE RED TINCTURE TO BE EXTRACTED FROM IT. p.26
CHAPTER XIII. SPECIAL INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE PROCESS OF VITRIOL FOR THE RED TINCTURE. p.28
CHAPTER XIV.CONCERNING THE SECRETS AND ARCANA OF ANTIMONY, FOR THE RED TINCTURE, WITH A VIEW TO TRANSMUTATION. p.30
CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THE PROJECTION TO BE MADE BY THE MYSTERY AND ARCANUM OF ANTIMONY. p.32
ANIMATION IS PRODUCED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY. p.33
CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING THE UNIVERSAL MATTER OF THE PHILOSOPHERS’ STONE. p.34
CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNlNG THE PREPARATION OF THE MATTER FOR THE PHILOSOPHIC STONE. p.38
CHAPTER XVIII. CONCERNING INSTRUMENTS AND THE PHILOSOPHIC VESSEL. p.41
CHAPTER XIX. CONCERNING THE SECRET FIRE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS. p.44
CHAPTER XX. CONCERNING THE FERMENT OF THE PHILOSOPHERS, AND THE WEIGHT. p.46
NOTES. p.48