The Mirror of Alchimy is a short alchemical manual, known in Latin as Speculum Alchemiae. Translated in 1597, it was only the second alchemical text printed...

Hermeticum Mutus Liber Rosary of the Philosophers Splendor Solis Theatrum Chemicum Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum The Mirror of Alchimy Turba Philosophorum Ambix...

In alchemy, the Magnum Opus or Great Work is a term for the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone. It has been used...

the term chrysopoeia (from Ancient Greek χρυσοποιία (khrusopoiía) 'gold-making') refers to the artificial production of gold, most commonly by the alleged...

principle of fusibility and volatility: ☿ () Salt or body, the principle of non-combustibility and non-volatility: 🜔 () Western alchemy makes use of the four...

medical movement based on the theories and therapies of Paracelsus. It developed in the second half of the 16th century, during the decades following Paracelsus'...

consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, used for distillation of liquids. The complete distilling apparatus consists of three parts: the "cucurbit"...

called salt of tartar. K2CO3 Pearlash – formed by baking potash in a kiln. Milk of sulfur (lac sulphuris) – formed by adding an acid to thion hudor (lime...

crystallization. In the Secreta alchymiae ('The Secret of Alchemy') attributed to Khalid ibn Yazid (c. 668–704 or 709), it is one of "the four principal operations"...

The philosopher's stone is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver; it was also known as "the...

devoted to the concerns of the 1260s. The Mirror of Alchimy (Speculum Alchemiae), a short treatise on the origin and composition of metals, is traditionally...

credited as one of the four female alchemists who could produce the philosopher's stone. Some writers consider her to be the inventor of the alembic, a distillation...

seeing some pages of a Parisian edition dating from 1725. But the existence of this edition has not been established. A third version of Mutus Liber was...

"The Splendour of the Sun") is a version of the illuminated alchemical text attributed to Salomon Trismosin. This version dates from around 1582. The earliest...

The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine is a widely reproduced alchemical book attributed to Basil Valentine. It was first published in 1599 by Johann Thölde...

considered an early example of multimedia. The fugues were arranged in three voices symbolizing the philosopher's stone, the pursuing adept, and obstacles...

legendary Persian magus and alchemist. It was the pen-name used by several pseudo-anonymous authors of Greek and Latin works from Hellenistic period onwards...

or, the Twelve Gates leading to the Discovery of the Philosopher's Stone (Liber Duodecim Portarum) in 1471. The Cantilena Riplaei is one of the first...

Sendivogius' schema of the universe. Little is known of his early life: he was born into a noble family that was part of the Clan of Ostoja. His father...

efficacie of art and nature, written by the same author, with certaine other worthie treatises of the like argument. An edition of The Mirror of Alchimy (Speculum...

edition of The Mirror of Alchimy (Speculum Alchemiae) by English philosopher Roger Bacon (c. 1219 – c. 1292). Translation by Tenney L. Davis. The works of Bernard...

mirror an inner process of purification and redemption. In his work Concerning the true Book of Sophe, the Egyptian, and of the Divine Master of the Hebrews...

The Secretum Secretorum or Secreta Secretorum (Latin for "secret of secrets"), also known as the Sirr al-Asrar (Arabic: كتاب سر الأسرار, lit. 'The Secret...

The Aurora consurgens is an alchemical treatise of the 15th century famous for the rich illuminations that accompany it in some manuscripts.: §38–44  While...

allowing him to pursue alchemy on leaving the army. He was one of the many searchers for the philosopher's stone. In the process, he accidentally discovered...

alchemist known from the works of Zosimos of Panopolis (fl. c. 300) and other authors in the Greek alchemical tradition. On the basis of Zosimos's comments...

The Rosary of the Philosophers (Rosarium philosophorum sive pretiosissimum donum Dei) is a 16th-century alchemical treatise. It was published in 1550...

number of Arabic texts of the period of the Caliphate which use the term "al-tannoor" in talismanic alchemy, meaning a bread-oven, from which the design...

play on words: Vulcan, the ancient Roman god of fire, plus El, a Canaanite name for God and so the Sacred Fire. The appeal of Fulcanelli as a cultural...

Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter...