A New Light of Alchemy

Subject Index

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A

Air. elemental chapter, central heat and water, lexicon.

Alchemist as character. complete Dialogue, admission of ignorance and fraud.

Alsted Johann Heinrich. commendatory epigram.

Anonymity. author’s name, friend’s address, concluding address.

Archaeus. metallic generation, lexicon.

Art. nature and seed, essay, lexicon.

B

Body and seed. seminal point, lexicon.

Books and authority. hidden manuscript, French on books, essay.

C

Centre. earth’s centre, Mercury’s heart, lexicon.

Chalybs. two chalybes, extraction, lexicon.

Charity. neighbour in need, essay.

Coroades. 1607 title.

D

Digestion. womb and maturation, conditional advice, lexicon.

Dreams. first dream, second dream, Parable.

E

Earth. elemental chapter, metals in the earth.

Elements. generation of seed, relation to principles, lexicon.

Experience. author’s claim, essay.

F

Fire. elemental chapter, food and proper heat, lexicon.

First and second matter. what art seeks, different beginnings, lexicon.

Fixed and volatile. constancy, lexicon.

Fox joke. German taunt.

Fraud. promises and money, essay.

French John. historical appendix, later reception.

G

Garden. trees and contemplation, reading the figures.

Gold. metallic correspondences, Son of Sol, Sol and Luna.

I

Iliadum. final boundary, lexicon.

J

Job. closing excerpt, French on Job 38.

K

Kingdoms of nature. second matter, limits of art.

L

Language and literalism. meaning and syllables, reading the dunghill.

M

Magnet. attractive place, nourishment of seed, lexicon.

Matrix. the proper womb, vessel and matrix.

Mercury. speaking figure, metallic principle, lexicon.

N

Nature. opening account, Nature’s speech, lexicon.

Neptune. Parable.

Nitre. nitrous salt, lexicon.

Numbers. 8200 and 280, water and fruit.

P

Planetary correspondences. Treatise IX, paired names.

Principles. Sulphur chapter, twofold metallic matter.

Putrefaction. second matter, womb and seed.

R

Radical moisture. metallic relation, lexicon.

S

Salt. three principles, lexicon.

Saturn. planetary pairing, instructor in the Parable.

Scripture. theological analogy, mining and smelting, reason and Scripture.

Seed and sperm. seed and generation, body and seminal point, lexicon.

Sol and Luna. correspondences, series of names, lexicon.

Spirit. nature’s activity, spirit with body, lexicon.

Sulphur. separate treatment, lexicon.

V

Vessel. nature’s vessel, one or at most two, lexicon.

W

Water. elemental chapter, mother of things, lexicon.

Wife in the satire. violence and reply, claimed authority.

Wisdom. knowledge and conduct in the preface, judgment and conduct.