The eggshells calx and cooking diverting the Sun beams 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 on 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 comes 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 book end 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 a 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