Alchemy Rediscovered and Restored: Contents CONTENTS PART I HISTORICAL CHAPTER I. BEGINNINGS OF ALCHEMY 19 II. EARLY EUROPEAN ALCHEMISTS 25 III. THE STORY OF NICHOLAS FLAMEL 30 IV. BASIL VALENTINE 40 V. PARACELSUS 46 VI. ALCHEMY IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES 51 VII. ENGLISH ALCHEMISTS 60 VIII. THE COMTE DE ST. GERMAIN 71 PART II THEORETICAL I. THE SEED OF METALS 79 II. THE SPIRIT OF MERCURY 87 III. THE QUINTESSENCE 94 IV. THE QUINTESSENCE IN DAILY LIFE 103 PART III I. THE MEDICINE FROM METALS 111 II. PRACTICAL 119 CONCLUSION 129 'AUREUS' OR THE GOLDEN TRACTATE 131 THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION OF HERMES 149
