Project Gutenberg 2018-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 218 Bacon, Roger 1294 Baco, Roger Bacco, Rogerius Bacone, Ruggero Bachon, Roger The Mirror of Alchimy Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mirror_of_Alchimy The preface -- The Mirror of Alchimy, composed by the famous Fryer, Roger Bachon, sometime fellow of Martin Colledge, and Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxenforde -- The Smaragdine Table of Hermes Trismegistus -- A briefe Commentarie of Hortulanus the Philosopher, vpon the Smaragdine Table of Hermes of Alchimy -- The Booke of the Secrets of Alchimie, composed by Galid the sonne of Iazich, translated out of Hebrew into Arabick, and out of Arabick into Latine, and out of Latin into English -- An excellent discourse of the admirable force and efficacie of Art and Nature, written by the famous Frier Roger Bacon, Sometime fellow of Merton Colledge, and afterward of Brasen-nose in Oxford. E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Mirror of Alchimy" by Roger Bacon is a historical treatise on the art of alchemy, written in the late 16th century. This work presents a blend of philosophical insights and practical instructions, exploring the transformation of base metals into gold and the quest for the elusive philosopher's stone. Through its chapters, the text delves deep into the definitions of alchemy, the nature of minerals, the process of creating elixirs, and the allegorical connections to nature and art. The opening of the book introduces alchemy as an ancient and noble science, shrouded in riddles and obscured language by earlier philosophers. Bacon emphasizes the importance of focusing on specific chapters that detail the transmutation of metals and the preparation of the elixir. He begins with definitions, explaining key concepts and processes, such as the principles of alchemy that involve the transformation of various metals and the generative causality of minerals. The text serves as a guide for practitioners, detailing the essential components, methods, and the philosophical underpinnings necessary to understand and engage in the alchemical process. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 52.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Occultism -- Early works to 1900 Alchemy -- Early works to 1800 BF Text Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry Category: Philosophy & Ethics 172685 2025-07-23T08:54:00.110887 text/html 169939 2018-12-01T17:20:18 text/html 251429 2025-07-23T08:54:04.253957 application/epub+zip 250052 2025-07-23T08:54:00.861890 application/epub+zip 164367 2025-07-23T08:54:00.482895 application/epub+zip 301390 2025-07-23T08:54:07.104832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263530 2025-07-23T08:54:03.860867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178619 2022-09-26T13:15:47.456928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154246 2025-07-23T08:53:59.834925 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154235 2020-06-15T08:11:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19724 2025-07-23T08:54:07.243834 application/rdf+xml 17974 2025-07-23T08:54:00.567866 image/jpeg 1674 2025-07-23T08:54:00.524876 image/jpeg 54325 2020-06-15T08:11:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 201931 2018-12-01T17:23:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 202392 2025-07-23T08:54:00.136888 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia