Alchemical Essays

Brisbane/Chiang Mai: Modern Magistery an Imprint of Salamander and Sons, 2008. NEW. From the Publisher : Alchemical Essays succinctly encapsulates the wisdom of the Hermetic Adepts, exploring the interface between alchemy, science, spagyrics, and archemy. In his first publication on the Great Work, Australian doctor, scientist, antiquarian, and operative alchemist, Ross Mack, translates and equates that contained within classical alchemical literature with the latest findings of the physical, chemical and cosmological branches of science. From DNA, dark energy, dark matter, and superconductors to Philosophical Mercury, Basil Valentine's Currus Triumphalis Antimonii, bhasma medicines, and the Smaragdine Table of Hermes Trismegistus, Dr. Mack generously shares the fruits of a lifetime devoted to enquiry and the pursuit of the good path. As Paul Hardacre says in his preface, Dr. Mack "... purports that science is edging closer to understanding Nature, and that the essential, yet missing, components of understanding are to be found within the philosophia perennis et universalis ... that the understanding which has eluded many of the greatest scientific minds throughout recorded history has been known by alchemists for a very long time." Visionary, revelatory and complemented by full colour plates, Alchemical Essays is a sincere, practical and thoughtprovoking treasure for readers "with a desire to search everywhere and to learn everything.". First Edition. SoftCover/Turned-inFrenchWraps. New. Illus. by Full Color Plates, Wood Cuts, etc.. 8vo size - 8¼" tall.