The Alchemists Handbook, Frater Albertus
The Alchemists Handbook, Frater Albertus
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The Alchemist's Handbook
A Practical Manual

Author: Frater Albertus, Robert Allen Bartlett

Narrator: Preston Geer

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/01/2022

Synopsis

A renowned modern-day classic on the actual practice of alchemy.

The Alchemist's Handbook has long been an essential contribution to the study of alchemy since its first publication in 1960. It still stands as a groundbreaking work presenting in clear, concise language a practical manual of working knowledge that was formerly handed down under oath of secrecy. The scope of alchemical work is to provide both a means to synthesize all the other sciences and the necessary training of the intellectual and spiritual faculties.

The Alchemist's Handbook discusses in detail:

● The basic fundamental principles of alchemy.

● A guide to the formation of an inexpensive home laboratory.

● Step-by-step instructions for the work of the Lesser Circulation, the alchemical transformation within the plant kingdom.

This edition includes a new foreword by Robert Allen Bartlett, author of Real Alchemy.

About Frater Albertus

Frater Albertus Spagyricus (Dr. Albert Richard Riedel, 1911-1984), was founder of the Paracelsus Research Society in Salt Lake City, which later evolved into Paracelsus College. Based on the Paracelsian concept of three essentials, Body, Soul, and Spirit, Frater Albertus developed a system of teaching alchemical concepts using the spagyric technique of separation and cohobation, or repeated distillation. The unique gradated courses allow students to explore aspects of the vegetable, mineral, and animal kingdoms in an understandable and accessible way. Frater Albertus had a profound effect on the way Alchemy and particularly the Spagyric method was disseminated and understood in the mid-to-late twentieth century.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zeljko on December 27, 2007

This book contains foundations of practical alchemy, with fairly easy to follow (hey it is alchemy) explanations, quick intro into theory and then practice. It guides you through basic work in plant kingdom and has some information about where great work will lead you in mineral kingdom. Final work......more

Goodreads review by Skott on August 21, 2023

This book seems to tease at revealing something, but instead hints at it throughout. Useful for its basic spagyrics but not so much when it comes to the mineral explorations. A bibliography would be a useful addition to this book.......more

Goodreads review by Frater on April 05, 2021

This short volume is densely packed and sometimes challenging to read, but the attentive reader may be able to glean a substantial insight into the underlying philosophy of alchemy as well as the practice of spagyrics. However, the sections dedicated to practical work are short and dense; the aspiri......more

Goodreads review by Alison on March 27, 2021

Great book on "practical alchemy" (as opposed to modern psychological alchemy). Cuts through a lot of the secrecy in a way that enables you to go back and read the older classics from people like Paracelsus and understand more of what you're reading. Gives good instructions on starting your own lab......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on October 26, 2020

Fascinating account of practical alchemy. Makes me want to buy a chemistry set again! Oh for a bunsen burner attachment for the gas stove in the kitchen! Anyone interested in alchemy should read this book. It is by far the most insightful and practical book I've read on the subject.......more

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