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The Golden Chain of Homer
A New Translation from the German Edition of 1723
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11 Chapter XI and Last: On the Alkahest, or Alka Est
German & Latin
1723 pp 400–401Caput XI. & ultimum. Vom Alkahest oder Alka est.
The Golden Chain of Homer: 11 Chapter XI and Last: On the Alkahest, or Alka Est
1723 pp 400–40111 Chapter XI and Last: On the Alkahest, or Alka Est
Chapter outline
The limitations of corrosive dissolvents
A mercurial subject joining acid and alkaline natures
Making mercury saline and aqueous
Different salts and waters used to sharpen the dissolvent
Names, disagreements, and the concluding invitation to study
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.About This Reading Edition
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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