Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored is a book written by a British author Archibald Cockren who spent many years working in the field related to this kind of special chemistry. The first part of the book presents a summary of the history of alchemy, interpreted naturally. The other two parts, respectively theoretical and practical, contain writings from his ideas and conducted researches. He tells of the astonishing work which he has accomplished in bringing to light, and to the service of humanity, secrets which puzzled many scientists throughout the ages.
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Archibald Cockren. Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored: A Study
Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored: A Study
Table of Contents
Chapter I: Beginnings of Alchemy
Chapter II: Early European Alchemists
Chapter III: The Story of Nicholas Flamel
Chapter IV: Basil Valentine
Chapter V: Paracelus
Chapter VI: Alchemy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Chapter VII: English Alchemists
Chapter VIII: The Comte de St. Germain
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Chapter VIII: The Comte de St. Germain
The famous Smaragdine Table of Hermes (Tabula Smaragdina) I have placed at the beginning of this book, for although it would be difficult to prove its origin, yet it still represents a good example of Hermetic phraseology. There have been various stories of the origin of the Tract, one being that the original emerald slab upon which the precepts were said to be inscribcd in Phœnician characters was discovered in the tomb of Hermes by Alexander the Great. In the Berne edition (1545) of the Summa Perfectionis the Latin version is printed under the heading:
