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| [Chapter I.] | The Meaning of Alchemy | [1] |
| [§ 1.] | The Aim of Alchemy | [1] |
| [§ 2.] | The Transcendental Theory of Alchemy | [2] |
| [§ 3.] | Failure of the Transcendental Theory | [3] |
| [§ 4.] | The Qualifications of the Adept | [4] |
| [§ 5.] | Alchemistic Language | [5] |
| [§ 6.] | Alchemists of a Mystical Type | [7] |
| [§ 7.] | The Meaning of Alchemy | [7] |
| [§ 8.] | Opinions of other Writers | [8] |
| [§ 9.] | The Basic Idea of Alchemy | [10] |
| [§ 10.] | The Law of Analogy | [12] |
| [§ 11.] | The Dual Nature of Alchemy | [13] |
| [§ 12.] | “Body, Soul and Spirit” | [14] |
| [§ 13.] | Alchemy, Mysticism and Modern Science | [15] |
| [Chapter II.] | The Theory of Physical Alchemy | [17] |
| [§ 14.] | Supposed Proofs of Transmutation | [17] |
| [§ 15.] | The Alchemistic Elements | [18] |
| [§ 16.] | Aristotle’s Views regarding the Elements | [19] |
| [§ 17.] | The Sulphur-Mercury Theory | [20] |
| [§ 18.] | The Sulphur-Mercury-Salt Theory | [22] |
| [§ 19.] | Alchemistic Elements and Principles | [23] |
| [§ 20.] | The Growth of the Metals | [25] |
| [§ 21.] | Alchemy and Astrology | [26] |
| [§ 22.] | Alchemistic View of the Nature of Gold | [27] |
| [§ 23.] | The Philosopher’s Stone | [29] |
| [§ 24.] | The Nature of the Philosopher’s Stone | [30] |
| [§ 25.] | The Theory of Development | [32] |
| [§ 26.] | The Powers of the Philosopher’s Stone | [34] |
| [§ 27.] | The Elixir of Life | [35] |
| [§ 28.] | The Practical Methods of the Alchemists | [36] |
| [Chapter III.] | The Alchemists (A. Before Paracelsus) | [39] |
| [§ 29.] | Hermes Trismegistos | [39] |
| [§ 30.] | The Smaragdine Table | [40] |
| [§ 31.] | Zosimus of Panopolis | [42] |
| [§ 32.] | Geber | [42] |
| [§ 33.] | Other Arabian Alchemists | [44] |
| [§ 34.] | Albertus Magnus | [44] |
| [§ 35.] | Thomas Aquinas | [44] |
| [§ 36.] | Roger Bacon | [45] |
| [§ 37.] | Arnold de Villanova | [47] |
| [§ 38.] | Raymond Lully | [47] |
| [§ 39.] | Peter Bonus | [49] |
| [§ 40.] | Nicolas Flamel | [51] |
| [§ 41.] | “Basil Valentine” and the Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. | [52] |
| [§ 42.] | Isaac of Holland | [53] |
| [§ 43.] | Bernard Trévisan | [54] |
| [§ 44.] | Sir George Ripley | [55] |
| [§ 45.] | Thomas Norton | [56] |
| [Chapter IV.] | The Alchemists (B. Paracelsus and after) | [58] |
| [§ 46.] | Paracelsus | [58] |
| [§ 47.] | Views of Paracelsus | [60] |
| [§ 48.] | Iatro-chemistry | [61] |
| [§ 49.] | The Rosicrucian Society | [62] |
| [§ 50.] | Thomas Charnock | [65] |
| [§ 51.] | Andreas Libavius | [66] |
| [§ 52.] | Edward Kelley and John Dee | [67] |
| [§ 53.] | Henry Khunrath | [70] |
| [§ 54.] | Alexander Sethon and Michael Sendivogius | [70] |
| [§ 55.] | Michael Maier | [72] |
| [§ 56.] | Jacob Boehme | [74] |
| [§ 57.] | J. B. van Helmont and F. M. van Helmont | [75] |
| [§ 58.] | Johann Rudolf Glauber | [77] |
| [§ 59.] | Thomas Vaughan (“Eugenius Philalethes”) | [77] |
| [§ 60.] | “Eirenæus Philalethes” and George Starkey | [79] |
| [Chapter V.] | The Outcome of Alchemy | [81] |
| [§ 61.] | Did the Alchemists achieve the Magnum Opus? | [81] |
| [§ 62.] | The Testimony of van Helmont | [82] |
| [§ 63.] | The Testimony of Helvetius | [83] |
| [§ 64.] | Helvetius obtains the Philosopher’s Stone | [85] |
| [§ 65.] | Helvetius performs a Transmutation | [87] |
| [§ 66.] | Helvetius’s Gold Assayed | [88] |
| [§ 67.] | Helvetius’s Gold Further Tested | [88] |
| [§ 68.] | The Genesis of Chemistry | [89] |
| [§ 69.] | The Degeneracy of Alchemy | [90] |
| [§ 70.] | “Count Cagliostro” | [91] |
| [Chapter VI.] | The Age of Modern Chemistry | [94] |
| [§ 71.] | The Birth of Modern Chemistry | [94] |
| [§ 72.] | The Phlogiston Theory | [94] |
| [§ 73.] | Boyle and the Definition of an Element | [96] |
| [§ 74.] | The Stoichiometric Laws | [96] |
| [§ 75.] | Dalton’s Atomic Theory | [99] |
| [§ 76.] | The Determination of the Atomic Weights of the Elements | [102] |
| [§ 77.] | Prout’s Hypothesis | [102] |
| [§ 78.] | The “Periodic Law” | [105] |
| [§ 79.] | The Corpuscular Theory of Matter | [109] |
| [§ 80.] | Proof that the Electrons are not Matter | [110] |
| [§ 81.] | The Electronic Theory of Matter | [112] |
| [§ 82.] | The Etheric Theory of Matter | [113] |
| [§ 83.] | Further Evidence of the Complexity of the Atoms | [114] |
| [§ 84.] | Views of Wald and Ostwald | [115] |
| [Chapter VII.] | Modern Alchemy | [117] |
| [§ 85.] | “Modern Alchemy” | [117] |
| [§ 86.] | X-Rays and Becquerel Rays | [117] |
| [§ 87.] | The Discovery of Radium | [118] |
| [§ 88.] | Chemical Properties of Radium | [119] |
| [§ 89.] | The Radioactivity of Radium | [120] |
| [§ 90.] | The Disintegration of the Radium Atom | [122] |
| [§ 91.] | “Induced Radioactivity” | [123] |
| [§ 92.] | Properties of Uranium and Thorium | [123] |
| [§ 93.] | The Radium Emanation | [124] |
| [§ 94.] | The Production of Helium from Emanation | [125] |
| [§ 95.] | Nature of this Change | [127] |
| [§ 96.] | Is this Change a true Transmutation? | [128] |
| [§ 97.] | The Production of Neon from Emanation | [130] |
| [§ 98.] | Ramsay’s Experiments on Copper | [132] |
| [§ 99.] | Further Experiments on Radium and Copper | [134] |
| [§ 100.] | Ramsay’s Experiments on Thorium and allied Metals | [134] |
| [§ 101.] | The Possibility of Making Gold | [136] |
| [§ 102.] | The Significance of “Allotropy” | [136] |
| [§ 103.] | Conclusion | [140] |