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The Mirror of Alchimy appeared at a time when there was an explosion of interest in Bacon, magic and alchemy in England. The evidence of this is seen in popular plays of the time such as Marlowe's Dr. Faustus (c. 1588), Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1589), and Jonson's The Alchemist (1610). [ 7 ]
As Monika Wikman summarized in her book Pregnant Darkness, "Alchemists such as Gerhard Dorn, in his work 'The Speculative Philosophy,' referred to this next alchemical stage [inner healing] as Unus Mundus, where splits are healed, duality ceases, and the individual, the vir unus, unites with the world soul." [1]
Besides the professed ability to see spirits or angels in a "shew-stone" or mirror, which John Dee so valued, [2] Kelley also said that he possessed the secret of transmuting base metals into gold, the goal of alchemy, as well as the philosopher's stone itself. Legends began to surround Kelley shortly after his death.
The third book has broader coverage, including topics that drew much attention such as assembling mirrors, dying hair, and removing stains. [1] The final book is directed towards women through beauty. It investigates the practice of enhancing beauty though creams, powders, hair dye, and oils. [1]
The Book of Mirrors is a crime novel by Romanian writer Eugen Chirovici, published on 7 September 2017. It has been translated into 37 languages. [1] The book was adapted to a movie called Sleeping Dogs in 2024.
Bust depicting Zosimos, 3rd century Distillation equipment of Zosimos, from the 15th century Byzantine Greek manuscript Codex Parisinus 2327. [1]Zosimos of Panopolis (Greek: Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Alchemista, i.e. "Zosimus the Alchemist") was an alchemist and Gnostic mystic.
In alchemy, the Magnum Opus or Great Work is a term for the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone. It has been used to describe personal and spiritual transmutation in the Hermetic tradition , attached to laboratory processes and chemical color changes, used as a model for the individuation process, and as ...
The Aurora consurgens is an alchemical treatise of the 15th century famous for the rich illuminations that accompany it in some manuscripts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : §38–44 While in the last century, the text has been more commonly referred to as "Pseudo-Aquinas", there are as well arguments in favour of Thomas Aquinas , [ 2 ] : §591f., §616 to whom ...