1659 · Aurora of the Philosophers; the Water-Stone of the Wise
Attributed to Paracelsus; the Water-Stone anonymous · 1659
Aurora of the Philosophers; the Water-Stone of the Wise
This alchemical collection was published in London in 1659 by J. H. of Oxford, who issued the Archidoxis the following year. The Aurora of the Philosophers, ascribed to Paracelsus, traces the art from Adam through the Egyptians, Chaldeans and Magi, and then describes the matter and preparation of the philosophers' stone in twenty chapters; the short Treasure of Treasures is a compact Paracelsian account of the work. The longest piece, the anonymous Water-Stone of the Wise Men, first printed in German in 1619, reads the alchemical work as a figure of Christ and of the regeneration of the soul, with a philosophical enigma, an epilogue and a prayer. The text follows the EEBO-TCP transcription.
Contents
- 1.Title page; to the reader328 w.
- 2.The Aurora of the Philosophers, chapters 1–105,064 w.
- 3.The Aurora of the Philosophers, chapters 11–174,575 w.
- 4.The Aurora of the Philosophers, chapters 18–201,887 w.
- 5.The Treasure of Treasures2,112 w.
- 6.The Water-Stone of the Wise Men, part 1 of 74,247 w.
- 7.The Water-Stone of the Wise Men, part 2 of 74,104 w.
- 8.The Water-Stone of the Wise Men, part 3 of 74,055 w.
- 9.The Water-Stone of the Wise Men, part 4 of 74,016 w.
- 10.The Water-Stone of the Wise Men, part 5 of 74,077 w.
- 11.The Water-Stone of the Wise Men, part 6 of 73,890 w.
- 12.The Water-Stone of the Wise Men, part 7 of 74,077 w.