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A New Light of Alchymie / Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. Etc.

Chapter 2: Introductory Material.
By Michal Sedziwój
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A compendious alchemical and natural-philosophical collection presenting theoretical and practical writings on the nature and generation of substances, especially metals and the so-called philosophical stone. It includes treatises on nature's operations (seed, first matter, putrefaction, and the generation of minerals and stones), practical praxis for producing tinctures and the stone, an extended treatise on sulphur and the classical elements and principles, Paracelsian books on generation, growth, preservation, life, death, transmutation, separation, and signatures, and a chemical dictionary translating obscure terms. The translator frames the material as an aid to understanding divine and natural processes while cautioning that experimental practice reflects early modern medical and chemical thought.


A TABLE
OF THE
 CONTENTS
OF THIS BOOK.

The Epistle to the Reader.
The Preface.
A New Light of Alchymie.Page 1.
The First Treatise: Of Nature, what she is, and what her Searchers ought to be.1.
The Second Treatise: Of the operation of Nature according to our intention in Sperm.5.
The Third Treatise: Of the true first matter of Metalls.9.
The Fourth Treatise: How Metalls are generated in the bowells of the Earth.11.
The Fifth Treatise: Of the generation of all kinds of Stones.14.
The Sixth Treatise: Of the second Matter, and putrefaction of things.17.
The Seventh Treatise: Of the vertue of the second Matter.22.
The Eighth Treatise: How by Art Nature works in Seed.24.
The Ninth Treatise: Of the commixtion of Metalls, or the drawing forth their Seed.26.
The Tenth Treatise: Of the supernaturall generation of the Son of the Sun.28.
The Eleventh Treatise: Of the Praxis, and making of the Stone, or Tincture by Art.30.
The Twelfth Treatise: Of the Stone, and its vertue.36.
The Epilogue, or Conclusion of these Twelve Treatises.39.
A Preface to the Philosophicall Ænigma, or Ridle.47.
The Parable, or Philosophicall Ridle, added by way of conclusion, and superaddition.51.
A Dialogue between Mercury, the Alchymist, and Nature.59.
A Treatise of Sulphur.75.
The Preface.75.
Of Sulphur, the Second Principle.81.
Of the Element of Earth.83.
Of the Element of Water.85.
Of the Element of Aire.95.
Of the Element of Fire.99.
Of the three Principles of all things.111.
Of Sulphur.126.
The Conclusion.143.
Of the Nature of Things.1.
The First Book: Of the generations of Naturall things.1.
The Second Book: Of the growth, and increase of Naturall things.14.
The Third Book: Of the preservations of Naturall things.19.
The Fourth Book: Of the life of Naturall things.29.
The Fifth Book: Of the Death, or ruine of all things.35.
The Sixth Book: Of the Resurrection of Naturall things.51.
The Seventh Book: Of the Transmutation of Naturall things.61.
The Eighth Book: Of the Separation of Naturall things.79.
Of the Separation of Metalls from their Mines.85.
Of the Separation of Mineralls.90.
Of the Separation of Vegetables.92.
Of the Separation of Animalls.95.
The Ninth Book: Of the Signature of Naturall things.100.
Of the Monstrous Signes of Men.104.
Of the Astrall Signes of Physiognomy in Man.106.
Of the Astrall Signes of Chiromancy.118.
Of Minerall Signes.123.
Of some peculiar Signes of Naturall and Supernaturall things.135.
A Chymicall Dictionary: Explaining Hard Places and Words met withall in the Writings of Paracelsus, and Other Obscure Authours.
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Transcriber’s Note.