As below, i.e., to attract greater Mercurius/Secret Fire/Spiritus Universalis from the sky and gather it into our virginal dissolvent. [Read more…] about Testamentum Fraternitatis Roseae et Aureae Crucis. Part 3
Gold
Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 2
The eggshells calx and cooking diverting the Sunbeams by a mirror. The last part of my translation from Ortheli Explicatio Verborum Mariae Prophitissae. [Read more…] about Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 2
Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 1
Andreas Orthelius starts his scrutiny of Maria’s words with what worries him most: two Fumes including, or turning on two Lights. [Read more…] about Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 1
A Trouble-Free Sigismund Bacstrom’s Compendium
A didactical alchemical scheme by Sigismund Bacstrom. If for personal use, or not, he introduces the more easy to be explained path: that of metallic gold. [Read more…] about A Trouble-Free Sigismund Bacstrom’s Compendium
Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Third Book 1
In Augurello’s last part, the origin and making of the powder come innately along with natural processes. So the alchemical glass birth is not unlike pearls. [Read more…] about Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Third Book 1
Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Second Book 2
Augurello, in the Crysopoeia second bookend, introduces the concept of a saffron powder able to transmute every metal giving it the color of a star. [Read more…] about Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Second Book 2
Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Second Book 1
Those stating Augurello denies chemical operative systems to make gold have just run over his Crysopoeia. Let’s have a thorough examination of his words. [Read more…] about Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. Second Book 1
Aqua Regia and Fulminating Gold According to Lemery
The mystery of Aqua Regia as a more effective gold dissolvent than the modern one. Perhaps because of the strange ancient work with salts. [Read more…] about Aqua Regia and Fulminating Gold According to Lemery