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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

p. 504

Native Heat

Nature

I.1, I.2, I.4, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.13, I.14, I.15, I.16, 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, II.11.

Nitre

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

Nourishment

I.6, I.8, I.19, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.2, II.3, II.7, II.9, II.10.

Oil

I.8, I.13, I.14, I.15, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Patient

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.8, I.10, I.17, I.22, I.23, II.5.

Perfection

I.3, I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.1, II.4, II.5, II.6, PRE03.

Philosophers’ Stone

Phlegm

I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II, preface, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10.

Pores

I.17, I.22, II.3, II.4, II.8, II.10.

Precipitation

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

Putrefaction

I.3, I.5, I.10, I.11, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.10.

Quintessence

I.4, I.19, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10.

Radical Moisture

I.22, II.3, II.5.

Rainwater

I.10, I.11, I.12, I.14, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10.

Recolaceum

I.2, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.10.

Rectification

I.19, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.10.

Regeneration

I.3, I.4, I.5, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.17, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6.

Regulus

I.23, II.4, II.9.

Root

I.2, I.6, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.17, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.5, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10.

Salt

I.4, I.6, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.12, I.13, I.14, I.15, 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.8, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Saturation

Seed

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.14, I.15, 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.

Separation

I.3, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.18, I.19, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.11.

Soul

I.2, I.3, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.9, I.10, I.17, I.22, I.23, II.6, II.10, II.11.

Specification

I.3, I.20, II.4, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10.

Spirit

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

Spirit of Wine

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

Spiritus Mundi

I.5, I.8, I.10.

Sublimation

I.4, I.9, I.22.

Subtle

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

Sulphur

I.10, I.12, I.15, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Superfluous Moisture

I.16, I.23, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.9, II.10.

Terra Styptica

Three Kingdoms

I.13, I.14, I.15, I.16, I.23, II.7, II.8, II.9.

Tincture

II.4, II.5, II.7, II.9, II.10.

Universal

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

Urine

I.6, I.18, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.7, II.8, II.10.

Vapour

I.2, I.3, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.15, I.16, I.17, 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.

Vegetable Kingdom

I.14, I.15, I.16, I.19, I.21, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.5, II.8, II.10.

Vehicle

I.2, I.23, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.9.

Vinegar

I.14, I.19, I.20, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10, II.11.

Vitrification

I.23, II.5, II.7.

Vitriol

I.15, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.9, II.10.

Volatile

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.13, 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.8, II.9, II.10, PRE02.

Water

I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.12, I.14, I.15, I.16, 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, II.11.

Weight

I.4, I.5, I.7, I.9, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.5, II.9, II.10.

Wine

I.6, I.19, I.22, I.23, II.3, II.5, II.7, II.8, II.9, II.10.

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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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