LeBreton, the Keys to Spagyric Philosophy. Index

The name The Keys to spagyric philosophy, by LeBreton, should not suggest that we are dealing with a limited treatise: the term spagyric, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, was synonymous with “laboratory”. In fact, it is a systematic vademecum of inestimable value that embraces all the wet path’s alchemical operations. The sections dedicated to the work on plants and animal biological parts are no less valuable than the part on mineral Eixir; indeed they are an integral and indispensable introductory part of it. The Keys to spagyric philosophy can be defined as a scheme of the Opus Magnum. Canseliet and Fulcanelli often cite this French physician who has left no trace behind him other than this book.

On Calcination

1. On General Calcination
2. On Plant Calcination
3. On Animal Calcination
4. On Mineral Calcination. Mineral Elixir

On Putrefaction

1. On General Putrefaction
2. On Plant Putrefaction
3. On Animal Putrefaction
4. On Mineral Putrefaction. Mineral Elixir

On Solution

1. On General Solution
2. On Plant Solution
3. On Animal Solution
4. On Mineral Solution. Mineral Elixir

On Distillation

1. On General Distillation
2. On Plant Distillation
3. On Animal Distillation
4. On Mineral Distillation. Mineral Elixir

It continues with Sublimation – Union – Coagulation – On the Multiplication of Mineral Elixir