From the preface: “Through all the tracts which are comprised in the following volumes, the reader will recognize traces of a central claim in alchemical intitiation – that the secrets, whatever they were, must be understood as the property of a college of adepts, pretending to have subsisted from time almost immemorial, and revealing themselves to the select and few, while the literature, large as it is, appears chiefly as an instrument of intercommunication between those who knew. At the same time, it may also be regarded as a sign and omen to the likely seeker, an advertisement that there was a mystery, and that he must go further who would unravel it.”

This edition contains both volumes of the original text, including such classics of the Alchemical tradition as The Book of Lambspring, The Golden Tripod (including the Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine), and The Sophic Hydrolith, among many others. An invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners alike.

Page count: 272 Pages
Page size: A5 (5.83 x 8.27 in / 148 x 210 mm)
Interior color: Premium Black & White
Page color: 60# Cream
Cover type: Hardcover
Cover finish: Matte

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