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Anonymous (traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger)

The Golden Chain of Homer

A New Translation from the German Edition of 1723

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Subject Index

The Golden Chain of Homer: Subject Index

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Subject Index

References are to book and chapter, with links in digital formats. Entries combine named occurrences in the English translation with the glossary’s selected conceptual references. The index is newly prepared for this edition and replaces the original German mechanical index.

Acid

I.3, I.10, I.15, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Active Principle

I.2, I.4, I.10.

Air

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.9, II.10.

Alkahest

II.9, II.11.

Alkali

I.3, I.10, I.11, I.12, I.14, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.3, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Alkalisation

I.19, II.9.

Alteration

I.6, I.9, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.9.

Anatomy

I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.5, II.7, II.8, II.9.

Anima Mundi

I.5, I.10.

Animal Kingdom

I.13, I.15, I.21, I.22, II.2, II.3, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.10.

Animal Spirit

I.19, II.7, II.8, II.10.

Antimony

I.22, I.23, II.5, II.9.

Aqua Fortis

I.15, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.9, II.10.

Aqua Regia

I.15, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.9, II.10.

Arcanum

II.5, II.7, II.10.

Arsenic

I.15, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.9, II.10.

Art

I.5, I.6, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.18, I.19, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10, Author’s preface.

Artist

Author’s preface.

Ash

I.19, I.20, II.5, II.6, II.7.

Astral Seed

I.5, I.6.

Attraction

I.5, I.9, I.22, I.23, II.4.

Azoth

PRE00, PRE03.

Balsam

I.21, II.2, II.3, II.5, II.7.

Body

I.2, I.3, I.10, I.11, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10.

Calcination

II.3, II.4, II.5, II.7, II.9.

Caput Mortuum

II.5, II.7, II.10.

Central Heat

I.2, I.6, I.9, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.10.

Chaos

I.1, I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.22, I.23, II.1, II.4, II.5, II.6.

Chaotic Water

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.9, I.10, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.1, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.10.

Charcoal

I.12, I.18, I.20, I.22, II.5.

Circulation

I.5, I.6, I.7, I.9, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.11.

Coagulation

I.9, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.11.

Cohobation

I.15, I.19, II.5.

Common Salt

I.10, I.12, I.19, I.23, II.6, II.8, II.9, II.10.

Concentration

I.2, I.9, II.5.

Conjunction

I.4, I.6, I.8, I.14, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.10, II.11.

Corrosion

I.23, II.4, II.10.

Corruption

I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.11.

Creator

I.1, I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.8, I.10, I.21, I.22, II.3, II.5.

Crystallisation

I.10, II.5, II.7.

Dew

I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.10, I.14, I.16, I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.10, PRE03.

Digestion

I.2, I.10, I.16, I.17, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.9, II.10.

Dissolution

I.2, I.4, I.17, I.19, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.9, II.10.

Distillation

I.10, I.15, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.10.

Double Abyss

PRE00, PRE02.

Dulcification

I.22, II.9, II.10.

Earth

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.12, I.13, I.14, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Effluence

I.3, I.8, I.9.

Element

I.3, I.4, I.5, I.9, I.10, I.15, I.16, I.17, II.4, II.5, II.6.

Essential Salt

II.5, II.7, II.8, II.9.

Excrement

I.6, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.7, II.8.

Ferment

I.3, I.8, I.16, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.5, II.7, II.8, II.9.

Fire

I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.8, I.9, I.11, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.9, II.10, II.11.

First Being

I.15, II.2, II.3, II.9, II.10, II.11.

First Matter

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.7, I.9, I.10, I.14, I.15, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.7, II.9, II.10.

Fixation

I.9, I.10, I.12, I.15, I.17, I.19, I.23, II.5, II.6, II.10, II.11.

Fixed

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.12, I.13, I.15, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10, PRE02.

Flame

I.14, I.19, II.5, II.7.

Generation

I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.9, I.10, I.15, I.17, I.21, I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Glass

I.8, I.10, I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II.2, II.5, II.7, II.10.

Gold

I.10, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.7, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Golden Chain

I.4, I.7, PRE00, PRE03.

Gur

I.10, I.15, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.7, II.9.

Heaven

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.9, II.10.

Hermaphrodite

I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II.7, PRE03.

Homogeneity

I.4, I.15, I.22, II.3, II.6, II.9.

Imbibition

II.5, II.6.

Influence

I.2, I.3, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.9.

Instrument

I.2, I.10, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.7, II.10.

Magnet

I.9, I.10, I.17, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.5.

Marcasite

I.15, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Matrix

I.4, I.8, I.15, I.21, I.23.

Medium

I.4, I.8, I.19, II.5, II.10.

Menstruum

I.8, I.15, I.22, I.23, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Mercury

I.10, I.15, I.17, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Mineral Kingdom

I.15, I.16, I.19, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10.

Motion

I.5, I.9, I.12, I.19, I.21, I.22.

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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.

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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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