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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
SECTION ONE: NIGREDO
CHAPTER ONE: AN OUTLINE OF THE PROBLEM
The Emerald Tablet
CHAPTER TWO: THE CHEMICAL MARRIAGE OF THOMAS AND REBECCA VAUGHAN
The spiritual lineage of Thomas and Rebecca Vaughan
Eros, Amor and the Coniunctio
CHAPTER THREE: THE ALCHEMICAL LANGUAGE
The language of the birds
Twilight language
Alchemical Texts and Theories of Knowledge
SECTION TWO: ALBEDO
CHAPTER FOUR: THE HERMETIC CONTRIBUTION
Origins of European Alchemy
A Christian Diversion
The Hermetic Roots of Thomas Vaughan
CHAPTER FIVE: THE CHINESE CONTRIBUTION
Alchemy of the Ancient Far East
Rudiments of the Chinese Alchemical Systems
The Ferment of Mercury
The Inner Elixir
The Chamber
The Alchemical Embryo
CHAPTER SIX: THE TANTRIC CONTRIBUTION
Shiva and Shakti
Indian Alchemical Terminology
Seminal Issues
Ku alinī Yoga
The Kālacakra Tantra
SECTION THREE: RUBEDO
CHAPTER SEVEN: ANTHROPOSOPHIA THEOMAGICA
The First Text
CHAPTER EIGHT: ANIMA MAGICA ABSCONDITA
A Biographical Excursus
Cherchez la femme: The Bride of the Sun
The Conjugal Mystery of Chaos and Babalon
The Mystery of Regeneration and Spiritual Death
CHAPTER NINE: Magia Adamica
Magic as Religion
The Quest for Perfection
Red Man, White Wife
Coelum Terrae
An Obsession with Obfuscation
The First Matter
Our Sulfur and Our Mercury
The Fire of Art
CONCLUSION: Lumen de Lumine
The Underworld
The Magic Mountain
Aqua Vitae: Non Vitis
Unguided Autonomic Nervous System Experiments
“A Kind of Magical School”
Sinnfull desyre
GLOSSARY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A NOTE ON SOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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