Dedication
List of Tables
List of Figures
Note on Capitalization
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| Foreword by Robert A. Johnson | i - iv |
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| Introduction | Discovery |
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| Chapter 1 | Directions |
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| What is Alchemy? | |
| Masters of Fire | |
| Egyptian Alchemy | |
| Greek Influences | |
| Chinese Alchemy | |
| Indian Alchemy | |
| Arabian Alchemy | |
| European Alchemy | |
| American Alchemy | |
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| Toward a Definition | |
| The Essential Characteristics of Alchemy | |
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| Chapter 2 | The Royal Art of Living Consciously |
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| Individuating Consciousness | |
| Healing and Imagination | |
| Coming to Terms | |
| Imaginatio | |
| An Example of the Real Self | |
| The Four Corners of Personality | |
| Becoming Whole | |
| The Royal Art | |
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| Chapter 3 | At the Threshold |
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| The Myth of Alchemy's Decline | |
| A New World | |
| Directions for Personal Use | |
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| Chapter 4 | Preparing the Cook |
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| What's in a name? | |
| Iron | |
| Secrets | |
| Keeping a Secret | |
| Being of Sound Mind | |
| The Power of Words to Heal | |
| Good Vibrations | |
| Prescriptions | |
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| Chapter 5 | Gods above, Spirits Below |
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| Elements and Elementals | |
| Undines | |
| Gnomes | |
| Salamanders | |
| Sylphs | |
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| The Secrets of Metals | |
| Saturn | |
| Moon (Luna) | |
| Jupiter | |
| Mercury | |
| Mars | |
| Sun (Sol) | |
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| Coursing Through the Universe | |
| Tricksters Betwixt n' between | |
| The whY File: The Truth is in Here | |
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| Chapter 6 | Sacred Operations |
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| Stages | |
| Nigredo | |
| Albedo | |
| Rubedo | |
| Three Forces | |
| The Operations | |
| Calcinatio | |
| Solutio | |
| Coagulatio | |
| Sublimatio | |
| Mortificatio | |
| Separatio | |
| Coniunctio | |
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| Chapter 7 | Making Gold |
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| Cautions for Use | |
| Circulations Through the Elements | |
| A.I.R. | |
| Attention | |
| Intention | |
| Retention | |
| Water | |
| Earth | |
| Fire | |
| Celestial fire | |
| Terrestrial fire | |
| Artificial fire | |
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| Life Cycles -Turning out the Individuated Self |
| The nigredo period 308 |
| The albedo period 311 |
| The rubedo period 314 |
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| For Best Results | |
| Golden Rules | |
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| Chapter 8 | Recipes |
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| The First Recipe: | Initiation |
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| Visit the Interior of the Earth and Rectify what you find there,
and you will Discover the Hidden Stone |
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| The Second Recipe: | Feelings |
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| Dissolve the Matter in its own Water |
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| The Third Recipe: | Dreaming |
Keep Vigilant even while Asleep
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| The Fourth Recipe: | Working |
| The Mind must be in Harmony with the Work |
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| The Fifth Recipe: | Shadow |
| The Sun and the Shadow Complete the Work |
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| The Sixth Recipe: | Purity |
| Sow your Gold in White Foliated Earth |
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| The Seventh Recipe: | Surrender |
| The Rose gives Honey to the Bee |
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| The Eighth Recipe: | Reunion |
| Dissolve and Coagulate |
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| The Ninth Recipe: | Change |
| It Takes Mercury to Make Mercury |
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| The Tenth Recipe: | Insight |
| Without Divine Inspiration, No One is Great |
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| Chapter 9 | God Is in the Recipe |
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| Of God and Humans | |
| Making miracles, making mistakes | |
| God's Recipe | |
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| Chapter 10 | A Matter of Heart |
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| Doubt and Desire | |
| Use only as Directed | |
| Alchemical Practice | |
| What the Heart Knows | |
| Conclusion | |
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| Notes and References |
| Notes on the Images | |
| Notes on the Recipes | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
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