FOREWORD BY BRIAN COTNOIR
PREFACE
1 SPAGYRIA AND SPAGYRICS
2 ADVICE OF BASILIUS VALENTINUS
3 THE THREE PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES AND THE ELEMENTS
4 MERCURY, SULFUR, AND SALT IN THE PLANT WORLD
5 THE EXTRACTION OF THE THREE PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES FROM
PLANTS
The Extraction of the Essential Oils, That Is,
of the Volatile Sulfur
Mercury
Fixed Sulfur and Its Salt
Salt
6 THE STARS
The Foundations
Stars and Medicinal Plants
Days, Hours, and Rhythms of the Planets
The Exact Horoscope as the Basis for the Works
7 PREPARATION OF SPAGYRIC TINCTURES AND ESSENCES
8 CIRCULATION
9 THE PLANT MAGISTERY OF PARACELSUS
10 THE CIRCULATUM MINUS OF URBIGERUS
11 ELIXIR--CLYSSUS--VEGETABLE STONE
The Opus Vegetabile of M. Johannes Issac Hollandus
Tractatus de Quinta Essentia Vini
12 ALCHEMICAL SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
13 OLD WEIGHTS
EPILOGUE: HOW CAN WE HEAL?
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SPAGYRIC RESOURCES
INDEX
Professor Manfred M. Junius (1929-2004) served as the production manager for spagyrics for Australerba Laboratories and was head of the Australian School of Ayurveda in Adelaide, Australia. His Western alchemical knowledge was obtained through many years of personal instruction from Augusto Pincaldi in Switzerland.
“Simply put, this is a classic text on plant alchemy, or spagyrics,
for the modern practitioner. . . . Anyone serious about learning
alchemy needs to have a copy.”
*Mark Stavish, director of the Institute of Hermetic Studies and
author of The Path of Alchemy*
"What makes Junius's book so special is that it is a practical
primer on the subject. Traditional methods are presented as well as
more modernized suggestions, but all within the strict confines of
tradition. . . . Highly recommended."
*Cauldron Brasil, May 2007*
If you've always been curious about the real nature of alchemy,
this book will help you in that search. If you are looking for more
holistic ways to heal, this book will supply many thought-provoking
guidelines. It will be cherished by those already familiar with the
subject matter, and represents a bold undertaking by its
author."
*Barbara Bamgerger Scott, Curled Up With a Good Book, Oct 2008*
"The word means 'to draw out' and 'divide,' a basic principle of
alchemy. The techniques date back at least to Paracelsus and have
been said to release powerful healing properties from plants."
*The American Herb Association, 24:4, February 2010*
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