{"product_id":"digital-product-31","title":"The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus, Volume I: Hermetic Chemistry (c. 1894) - Paracelsus","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat did a Renaissance physician believe alchemy could reveal about the hidden workings of nature?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in this English edition in 1894, \u003cem\u003eThe Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus\u003c\/em\u003e brings together writings attributed to the pioneering physician and alchemist Paracelsus (c. 1493–1541), translated and edited by Arthur Edward Waite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume, \u003cem\u003eHermetic Chemistry\u003c\/em\u003e, explores the seven planetary metals, the principles of Salt, Sulphur and Mercury, the Philosopher's Stone, mineral generation and transformation, and the relationship between alchemical practice and medicine. Its striking imagery includes minerals imagined as growing like trees, bearing metallic flowers and fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn absorbing primary source for readers of alchemical history, Hermetic philosophy, early medicine and Renaissance ideas about the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e London, 1894 · \u003cstrong\u003eEditor and translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e A. E. Waite · \u003cstrong\u003eVolume:\u003c\/strong\u003e I — Hermetic Chemistry · \u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e downloadable historical PDF, 414 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistorical text presented for research and educational interest. Its medical and alchemical claims should not be treated as contemporary scientific or medical advice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64241055826250,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1088\/9940\/2058\/files\/IMG_2610.jpg?v=1794039917","url":"https:\/\/hearthwiseherbals.com\/products\/digital-product-31","provider":"Hearthwise Herbals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}