The alchemical tradition in the late twentieth century

'A previous edition, including several of the works republished here, was issued under the title: Alchemy; pre-Egyptian legacy, millenial promise in 1979.'

Zosimos - On divine virture. Paracelsus - The philosophy of Theophrastus concerning the generation of the elements. Paracelsus - The philosophy addressed to the Athenians. Paracelsus - The economy of minerals. Diane di Prima - Paracelsus: an appreciation. Basilius Valentinus - The triumphal chariot of antimony. Charles Stein - Reading Basil Valentine in a mountain cabin. Thomas Vaughan - Lumen de lumine. Edward Kelly - The theatre of terrestrial astronomy. James Lacinius - A form and method of perfecting base metals. Archibald Cockren - Alchemy rediscovered and restored. Rudolf Hauschka - The vital properties of the metals. Robert Kelly - An alchemical journal. Diane di Prima - 14 [degrees] Sagittarius: Minnesota morning ode. Harvey Bialy - Poem. Charles Stein - Three notes on a magnetic sense. Helen Ruggieri - The alchemists wedding; Ischua; Shadow; Stone birth. Robert Kelly - The alchemist. Gerrit Lansing: The heavenly tree grows downward in northern earth. Jed Rasula - The bath. Diane Fortney - Pairs. Charles Ponce - The alchemical light. Edward Whitmont - Non-causality as a unifying principle of psychosomatics--sulphur. Jacques de Langre - Seasalt and alchemy. Robert Duncan - The H.D. book: Chapter 5 of Part I; Chapter 6 of Part 1. Richard Grossinger - Alchemy: pre-Egyptian legacy, millennial promise

'Here alchemy assumes its rightful place with astrology as a psycho-spiritual system which poses questions about humanity and the cosmos that empirical science has not yet begun to address, let alone answer.'

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