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2 How Nature Destroys Animals
German & Latin
1723 pp 217–218Auf was Weise die Natur die Animalia zerstöre.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 2 How Nature Destroys Animals
1723 pp 217–2182 How Nature Destroys Animals
Chapter outline
Animal putrefaction and the departure of the balsamic life-spirit
Maggots, flies, and the author's account of successive transformation
Volatile and fixed residues and their return to vegetable generation
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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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