Chapter II: Preface: 5

INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE TRUE PRINCIPLES AND
NATURE OF THE MAGNUM OPUS, AND ON ITS RELATION
TO SPIRITUAL CHEMISTRY 9

ON THE PHYSICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE MAGNUM
OPUS 38

LIVES OF THE ALCHEMISTS.

GEBER 44

RHASIS 46

ALFARABI 48

AVICENNA 51

MORIEN 53

ALBERTUS MAGNUS 57

THOMAS AQUINAS 61

ROGER BACON 63

ALAIN OF LISLE 67

RAYMOND LULLY 68

ARNOLD DE VILLANOVA 88

JEAN DE MEUNG 90

THE MONK FERARIUS 92

POPE JOHN XXII. 93

NICHOLAS FLAMEL 95

PETER BONO 118

JOHANNES DE RUPECISSA 119

BASIL VALENTINE 120

ISAAC OF HOLLAND 123

BERNARD TRÉVISAN 124

JOHN FONTAINE 129

THOMAS NORTON 130

THOMAS DALTON 133

SIR GEORGE RIPLEY 134

PICUS DE MIRANDOLA 136

PARACELSUS 137

DENIS ZACHAIRE 140

BERIGARD OF PISA 148

THOMAS CHARNOCK 148

GIOVANNI BRACCESCO 151

LEONARDI FIORAVANTI 153

JOHN DEE 153

HENRY KHUNRATH 159

MICHAEL MAIER 160

JACOB BÖHME 161

J. B. VAN HELMONT 166

BUTLER 168

JEAN D’ESPAGNET 170

ALEXANDER SETHON 171

MICHAEL SENDIVOGIUS 175

GUSTENHOVER 181

BUSARDIER 182

ANONYMOUS ADEPT 184

ALBERT BELIN 186

EIRENÆUS PHILALETHES 187

PIERRE JEAN FABRE 200

JOHN FREDERICK HELVETIUS 201

GUISEPPE FRANCESCO BORRI 208

JOHN HEYDON 210

LASCARIS 211

DELISLE 216

JOHN HERMANN OBEREIT 219

TRAVELS, ADVENTURES, AND IMPRISONMENTS OF JOSEPH
BALSAMO 220

AN ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE OF WORKS ON HERMETIC
PHILOSOPHY AND ALCHEMY 274