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The Golden Chain of Homer
A New Translation from the German Edition of 1723
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II.1 · The Return of Nitre and Salt to Vapour
German & Latin
1723 pp 216Auf was Weise die Natur die alterirte principia Chaotica in primum reducire, als da ist Nitrum & Sal, das ist, wie sie sie wieder zu Dampff mache.
The Golden Chain of Homer: II.1 · The Return of Nitre and Salt to Vapour
1723 pp 2161 How Nature Reduces the Altered Chaotic Principles, Nitre and Salt, to Their First State: That Is, How She Makes Them Vapour Again
Chapter outline
Generation and corruption proceed from the same chaotic water
Return through nitre, salt, water, and vapour
Transition from universal principles to the animal sphere
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The two-book alchemical work of 1723 in German with a new English translation, 399 notes, eight historical diagrams, chapter outlines, keyword essays, a glossary, bibliography, subject index, and 400 discussion questions.
Historical Text and Translation
Anonymous, Aurea Catena Homeri. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Georg Böhme, 1723. Traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger; the attribution remains uncertain. Historical diagrams from the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung copy digitized by e-rara.
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