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4 How Nature Destroys, Corrupts, and Alters Minerals
German & Latin
1723 pp 228Auf was Weise die Natur die Mineralia zerstöre, corrumpire und alterire.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 4 How Nature Destroys, Corrupts, and Alters Minerals
1723 pp 2284 How Nature Destroys, Corrupts, and Alters Minerals
Chapter outline
The two seeds and their generation of the three kingdoms
Sun and moon, nitre and salt, as active and receptive principles
The gradual destruction of stones and the circulation of their matter
Art accelerates the natural process of solution
The distinction between ore in its matrix and refined metal
Transmutation through nourishment and the objection of an Aristotelian
Metallic tincture as medicine and the analogy of bone marrow
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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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