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Alchemy works translations, commentaries, and presentations of hidden evidence in myths, art, nature, science history

  • Classical Alchemy
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    • An Intriguing Case
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  • Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine
  • The Sound Sacrifice
  • Introductory Notes to the Boards of Pure Force

le Febvre Nicaise

Nicaise le Febvre and the Egg inside the Egg

by Iulia Millesima

Nicaise le Febvre, not to be confused with Nicolas le Fevre, was another well-known French seventeenth-century iatrochemist. Neglecting his Traitè de la Chymie, Paris 1660, might be a mistake. I consider this book indispensable to tying ancient chemistry to Alchemy. Here is a unique laboratory tool: the egg inside the egg.

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  • Classical Alchemy
    • The State of the Art
    • Areas of Interest
    • Index of the Names
    • Articles
    • An Intriguing Case
    • Turba Philosophorum’s Ambition
    • Opus Magnum Scheme
    • Lexicon
  • Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine
  • The Sound Sacrifice
  • Introductory Notes to the Boards of Pure Force

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