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
Gold
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 surely 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 ancient strange work with salts. [Read more…] about Aqua Regia and Fulminating Gold According to Lemery
Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. First Book
Metallic gold is made from water, namely celestial water from the sky. To this very ancient assertion, Augurello tries to give a rational and a method. [Read more…] about Augurello and the Art of Making Gold. First Book