Pernety - A Treatise On The Great Art.pdf - cyjack.com
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Art</strong> page 9Table of Contents.PREFACE. 3LIST OF THE MODERN WORKS CONSULTED 8TABLE OF CONTENTS. 9PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE 11PART I 25General Principles of Physics According to Hermetic Philosophy. 25Of the First Matter 28Of Nature 30Of Light and Its Effects 32Of Man 32Of the Elements 37Of the Earth 39Of Water 39Of the Air 41Of Fire 41Igneus est illis vigor, et cœlestis origo 42Of the Operations of Nature 45Of the General Aspects of the Mixts 46Of the Differences between the Three Kingdoms 46<strong>The</strong> Mineral 46<strong>The</strong> Vegetable 46<strong>The</strong> Animal 47Of the Soul of Mixts 47Of the Generation and Corruption of the Mixts 48Of Light 50Of the Preservation of Mixts 52Of <strong>The</strong> Moist Radical 53Of the Harmony of the Universe 54Of Movement 55PART II 57<strong>Treatise</strong> on the Hermetic Work. 57<strong>Treatise</strong> on the <strong>Great</strong> Work 58Philosophical Counsels 60Aphorism. Of the Truth of the Sciences 61<strong>The</strong> key of Science 62Of Secrecy 62Of the Means of Arriving at the Secret 62Of the Keys of Nature 62Of Metallic Principles 63Of the Matter of the Magnum Opus in General 63Ancient Philosophical Names given to this Matter 65Matter is all and yet Simple 66<strong>The</strong> Key of the Work 68
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