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"Compendium of Alchemical Tracts", from the files of and translated by S. Bacstrom, M.D.
R.A.M.S. 1977. 284 pages. (COMPENDIUM: .PDF)
Table of Contents:
1 The Work With the Butter of Antimony from the files of Sigismond Bacstrom 6
2 Chemical Moonshine trans. S. Bacstrom 6
3 Alchemical Aphorisms trans. S. Bacstrom 19 (4 pages missing)
4 Antimonial Labours of Alex. Suchten Trans. Bacstrom 17
5 Lullyís Theory of the Philosophers Fire Explained by G. Ripley 9
6 Process for the Lapis With Nitre & Salt T. Bacstrom 9
7 The Work of the Great Elixer trans Bacstrom 13
8 Joel Langelottus trans. S. Bacstrom 15
9 Archidoxes of Paracelsus 3
10 The Tincture of Antimony trans Bacstrom ñ Paracelsus 23
11 Mr. Fords Letter anon. trans Bacstrom 4
12 American Adept trans. Bacstrom 9
13 The Work with Wolfram by a Venetian Nobleman trans Bacstrom 11
14 Tincture of Antimony Roger Bacon trans Bacstrom 18
15 Basil Valentineís Process 7
16 The Work of the Jewish Rabbi 6
17 The Tincture from Nitre & Sulfur Baron De Welling 14
18 Dr. Bacstroms Thought 11
19 Conserva Fontinalis extract Baron De Welling trans Bacstrom 3
20 The Mineral Gluten Dorothea Juliana Wallachin trans Bacstrom 8
21 Miriam the Prophetess trans. Bacstrom 6
22 The Epistle of Arnoldus de Villa Nova to the King of Naples trans Bacstrom 8
23 Neuman on Nitre 6
24 Hermetical Extracts from the Works of Becher 15
25 Sir Kenelm Digbyís Sal Enixum & Abbíe Rousseauís Primum Ens Salis 31
26 Curious Aphorisms concerning the Universal Salt of Nature.
copied from a small octavo Msc: without Name communicated to me about 20 years ago by Mr. F. La Fountain. translated from the German. Ano. 1797. pp.14
"Aesch-Mezareph" or "Purifying Fire." The work was first published in Latin in Knorr von Rosenroth's 'Kabbala Denudata', Sulzbach, 1677-1684. A translation into English was issued in W. Wynn Wescott's 'Collectanea Hermetica' series at the end of the 19th century. [8 chapters]. 28 pages. (AESCH:.doc, .pdf)
Chapter I. p.2
Chapter II. p.5
Chapter III. p.10
Chapter IV. p.15
Chapter V. p.17
Chapter VI. p.20
Chapter VII. p.24
Chapter VIII. p.27
"Arcanum" or "The Grand Secret of Hermetick Philosophy", Third Edition, by Jean Espagnet. R.A.M.S. 1981. 45 pages. (ARCANUM: .doc, .pdf)
To the Students in, and well affected unto hermeticks. p.1
Hermetic Secrets. Canon I. p.4
To the Lovers of Hermetick Philosophy. p.39
The Times of the Stone. p.43
"The Art of Distillation" By John French. London, November 25, 1650. John French (circa 1616-1657) was an English physician who also served as an army doctor. "The Art of Distillation" is thought to be representative of the English chemistry of this period. John French was follower of Paracelsus school of alchemy/chemistry, which was skeptical of certain alchemical traditions yet dedicated to seeking medical uses for various chemicals and compounds. Note the frequent references to Paracelsus in this work. [6 Books]. 181 pages. (ARTDISTILLATION: .doc, .pdf) E
The Epistle Dedicatory. p.4
Preface. p.6
BOOK I.
WHAT DISTILLATION IS AND THE KINDS THEREOF. p.12
OF THE MATTER AND FORM OF FURNACES. p.12
OF VESSELS FIT FOR DISTILLATION. p.13
OF LUTES FOR COATING OF GLASSES AND FOR CLOSURES AS ALSO SEVERAL WAYS OF STOPPING GLASSES. p.14
AN EXPLANATION OF SUCH HARD WORDS AND TERMS OF ART WHICH ARE USED IN THIS ENSUING TREATISE. p.18
RULES TO BE CONSIDERED IN DISTILLATION. p.21
COMMON DISTILLED SIMPLE WATERS ARE MADE THUS. p.25
TO MAKE WATERS IN A COLD STILL THAT SHALL HAVE THE FULL SMELL AND VIRTUE OF THE VEGETABLE. p.25
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE WATER TASTE AND SMELL STRONGLY OF ITS VEGETABLE. p.26
TO MAKE WATER AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR IN A COLD STILL WITHOUT GREEN HERBS, SO THAT THE WATER SHALL SMELL STRONG OF THE HERB. p.26
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE A WATER TASTE AND SMELL STRONG OF ITS VEGETABLES. p.26
TO MAKE THE WATER OF THE FLOWERS OF JASMINE, HONEYSUCKLES OR WOODBINE, VIOLETS, LILIES, ETC. RETAIN THE SMELL OF THEIR FLOWERS. p.26
A WATER OUT OF BERRIES IS MADE THUS. p.29
A SWEATING WATER MADE OF ELDERBERRIES. p.29
WATER OUT OF ROTTEN APPLES IS MADE THUS. p.31
HOW TO MAKE AQUA VITAE AND SPIRIT OF WINE OUT OF WINE. p.32
HOW TO MAKE AQUA VITAE OUT OF BEER. p.32
HOW TO RECTIFY SPIRIT OF WINE OR AQUA VITAE. p.33
TO MAKE THE MAGISTERY OF WINE WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST CORDIALS AND MOST ODORIFEROUS LIQUOR IN THE WORLD. p.33
TO MAKE ANOTHER MAGISTERY OF WINE THAT A FEW DROPS THEREOF SHALL TURN WATER INTO PERFECT WINE. p.34
TO MAKE AN OIL OF WINE. p.34
TO EXTRACT THE SPIRIT OUT OF WINE BY THE SPIRIT OF WINE. p.34
TO MAKE A VERY SUBTLE SPIRIT OF WINE AT THE FIRST DISTILLING. p.34
THE SPIRIT OF ANY VEGETABLE IS MADE THUS. p.36
THE SPIRIT OF ANY VEGETABLE MAY SUDDENLY AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR BE MADE THUS. p.37
TO MAKE ANY VEGETABLE YIELD ITS SPIRIT QUICKLY. p.38
TO REDUCE THE WHOLE HERB INTO A LIQUOR WHICH MAY WELL BE CALLED THE ESSENCE THEREOF.p. 38
TO MAKE AN ESSENCE OF ANY HERB, WHICH BEING PUT INTO A GLASS AND HELD OVER A GENTLE FIRE, THE LIVELY FORM AND IDEA OF THE HERB WILL APPEAR IN THE GLASS. p.38
THE TRUE ESSENCE OR RATHER QUINTESSENCE OF ANY HERB IS MADE THUS. p.38
TO EXTRACT THE QUINTESSENCE OF ALL VEGETABLES. p.39
AN EXCELLENT ESSENCE OF ANY VEGETABLE MAY BE MADE THUS. p.39
WATER OR SPIRIT OF MANNA IS MADE THUS. p.39
THE CHEMICAL OIL OF THE HERB OR FLOWER OF ANY VEGETABLE IS MADE THUS. p.39
THE OIL COMMONLY CALLED THE SPIRIT OF ROSES. p.39
OILS ARE MADE OUT OF SEEDS THUS. p.40
OILS ARE MADE OUT OF BERRIES THUS. p.40
OIL IS MADE OUT OF ANY SOLID WOOD THUS. p.40
TO MAKE A MOST EXCELLENT OIL OUT OF ANY WOOD OR GUMS IN A SHORT TIME WITHOUT MUCH COST. p.41
TO MAKE VEGETABLES YIELD THEIR OIL EASILY. p.41
OIL OR SPIRIT OF TURPENTINE IS MADE THUS. p.41
OIL OF GUMS, RESINS, FAT AND OILY THINGS MAY BE DRAWN THUS. p.41
OIL OF CAMPHOR IS MADE THUS. p.41
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE OIL OF CAMPHOR THAT IT SHALL NOT BE REDUCED AGAIN. p.42
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE OIL OF CAMPHOR. p.42
A TRUE OIL OF SUGAR. p.42
OIL OF AMBER IS MADE THUS. p.42
OIL OF MYRRH IS MADE THUS. p.43
OIL OF MYRRH PER DELIQUIUM OR BY DISSOLUTION IS MADE THUS. p.43
OIL OF TARTAR PER DELIQUIUM, BY DISSOLUTION. p.43
OILS OF EXPRESSION ARE MADE THUS. p.43
A VOMITING & PURGING OIL MADE BY EXPRESSION. p.43
OIL OF JASMINE IS MADE THUS. p.44
TO MAKE ANY OIL OR WATER PER DESCENSUM. p.44
HOW TO MAKE AN OIL AND WATER OUT OF SOOT. p.45
HOW TO RECTIFY SPIRITS. p.45
HOW TO RECTIFY ALL STINKING THICK BLACK OILS THAT ARE MADE BY A RETORT AND TO TAKE AWAY THEIR STINK. p.46
BOOK II.
OF COMPOUND WATERS AND SPIRITS. p.48
A DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM. p.48
ANOTHER DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM OR ACETUM PHILOSOPHICUM. p.48
ANOTHER DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM. p.48
PARACELSUS HIS ELIXIR SUBTILITATIS. p.48
USQUE - BATH OR IRISH AQUA VITAE IS MADE THUS. p.49
AQUA CELESTIS IS MADE THUS. p.49
AQUA IMPERIALIS IS MADE THUS. p.49
AQUA MIRABILIS IS MADE THUS. p.50
DR. STEPHEN'S WATER IS MADE THUS. p.50
A FAMOUS SURFEIT WATER. p.50
A PECTORAL WATER. p.51
A VERY EXCELLENT WATER AGAINST THE WORMS. p.51
A WATER AGAINST THE CONVULSIONS. p.51
A HYDROPICAL WATER. p.52
A WATER AGAINST THE VERTIGO AND CONVULSIONS. p.52
A COMPOUND WATER OF BURRE ROOT CAUSING SWEAT. p.53
ANOTHER EXCELLENT SUDORIFIC AND PLAGUE WATER. p.53
DR. BURGES, HIS PLAGUE WATER. p.53
CROLLIUS, HIS TREAKLE WATER CAMPHORATED. p.54
A DISTILLED TREAKLE VINEGAR. p.54
AN EXCELLENT WATER AGAINST THE STONE IN THE KIDNEYS. p.54
ANOTHER WATER FOR THE SAME USE. p.55
TO MAKE AN EXCELLENT WOUND WATER. p.55
DR. MATHIAS, HIS PALSY WATER IS MADE THUS. p.55
A SCORBUTICAL WATER OR A COMPOUND WATER OF HORSERADISH IS MADE THUS. p.56
SPIRIT OF CASTOR IS MADE THUS. p.56
BEZEARD WATER IS MADE THUS. p.57
TO MAKE A SPECIFICAL SUDORIFIC. p.57
TREAKLE WATER IS MADE THUS. p.57
AQUA MARIAE IS MADE THUS. p.58
THE MOTHER WATER COMMONLY CALLED HYSTERICAL WATER IS MADE THUS. p.58
A VOMITING WATER IS MADE THUS. p.58
A VOMITING WATER MADE BY PLATEAUS. p.58
A DISTILLED WATER THAT PURGES WITHOUT ANY PAIN OR GRIPING. p.58
A SPECIFIC LIQUOR AGAINST THE TOOTHACHE. p.59
BOOK III
OF MINERALS. p.60
SPIRIT OF SALT IS MADE THUS. p.60
OIL OR SPIRIT OF SALT MAY ALSO BE MADE AFTER THIS MANNER. p.61
TO TURN SALTPETRE INTO A WATER BY A MERE DIGESTION. p.61
SPIRIT OF SALT ARMONIAC. p.61
OIL OR SPIRIT OF VITRIOL IS MADE THUS. p.61
A RED AND HEAVY OIL OF VITRIOL. p.62
TO DULCIFY THE SPIRIT OF VITRIOL AND OF SALT. p.62
GILLA THEOPHRASTI OR A MOST DELICATE VOMITING LIQUOR MADE OF VITRIOL. p.62
OIL OF SULPHUR PER CAMPANUM. p.62
THE OIL OF SULPHUR IS MADE AFTER A MORE PHILOSOPHICAL MANNER THUS. p.63
THE ESSENCE OF SULPHUR. p.63
THE OIL OF ARSENIC IS MADE THUS. p.64
AQUA FORTIS OR A STRONG SPIRIT (THAT WILL DISSOLVE SILVER AND BASER METALS) IS MADE THUS. p.64
AQUA REGIA OR STYGIA OR A STRONG SPIRIT THAT WILL DISSOLVE GOLD IS MADE THUS. p.64
ANOTHER AQUA REGIA IS MADE THUS. p.64
TO MAKE A MOST STRONG AND VEHEMENT AQUA FORTIS. p.64
OIL OR BUTTER OF ANTIMONY IS MADE THUS. p.65
HOW TO MAKE A WATER OUT OF ANTIMONY WHEREOF A FEW DROPS SHALL PURGE OR SWEAT AND WHICH HAS NEITHER SMELL OR SCARCE ANY TASTE. p.65
TO MAKE AN OIL OR QUINTESSENCE OF METALS. p.66
THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ANTIMONY IS MADE THUS. p.66
A BURNING SPIRIT MADE OUT OF LEAD MOST FRAGRANT AND BALSAMICAL. p.66
HOW TO TURN QUICKSILVER INTO A WATER WITHOUT MIXING ANYTHING WITH IT AND TO MAKE THEREOF A GOOD PURGATIVE AND DIAPHORETIC MEDICINE. p.67
A FRAGRANT OIL OF MERCURY. p.67
TO TURN MERCURY INTO A WATER BY ITSELF. p.68
TO MAKE AN OIL OF LAPIS CALAMINARIS. p.71
TO MAKE OIL OF TALC. p.71
TO MAKE OIL OF TALC ANOTHER WAY. p.71
SPIRIT OF UNSLAKED LIME IS MADE THUS. p.72
OIL MADE OUT OF TILE STONES CALLED THE OIL OF PHILOSOPHERS. p.72
THE LIQUOR OR WATER OF CORAL IS MADE THUS. p.73
TO MAKE A WATER OUT OF LAPIS ARMENUS THAT SHALL HAVE NEITHER TASTE NOR SMELL A FEW DROPS WHEREOF SHALL PURGE. p.73
HOW TO MAKE A FURNACE THAT SHALL OF ITSELF WITHOUT ANY VESSELS WHICH SHOULD CONTAIN THE MATTER BEING PUT INTO IT SUBLIME MINERALS AND DISTILL ALL MANNER OF OILS AND SPIRITS OUT OF MINERALS, VEGETABLES, AND ANIMALS AND THAT IN A VERY GREAT QUANTITY IN A VERY SHORT TIME AND WITH SMALL COST. p.73
ROS VITRIOLI IS MADE THUS. p.76
A SWEET GREEN OIL OF VITRIOL IS MADE THUS. p.77
THE SULPHUR OF VITRIOL MAY WITH SPIRIT OF WINE BE EXTRACTED THUS. p.77
A SUDORIFIC WATER TO BE USED OUTWARDLY. p.77
HOW TO RECTIFY OILS AND SPIRITS OF MINERALS. p.78
BOOK IV
OF ANIMALS
WATERS, SPIRITS, AND OILS, SIMPLE AND COMPOUND OUT OF ANIMALS. p.79
OIL AND WATER OUT OF BLOOD IS MADE THUS. p.79
TO MAKE THE MAGISTERY OF BLOOD. p.79
ELIXIR OF MUMMY IS MADE THUS. p.79
THE ESSENCE OF MAN'S BRAINS. p.79
A FAMOUS SPIRIT MADE OUT OF CRANIUM HUMANUM. p.80
ANOTHER EXCELLENT SPIRIT MADE OUT OF CRANIUM, HARTS HORN, OR IVORY. p.80
A WATER AND OIL MADE OUT OF HAIR. p.81
WATER OF MILK IS MADE THUS. p.81
AN EXCELLENT COMPOUND WATER OF MILK FOR ANY INFLAMMATIONS IN THE EYES. p.81
SPIRIT OF URINE IS MADE THUS. p.81
A COMPOUND SPIRIT OF URINE. p.82
TO MAKE A SPIRIT OF HONEY. p.82
THE QUINTESSENCE OF HONEY IS MADE THUS. p.82
SOME MAKE THE QUINTESSENCE OF HONEY AFTER THIS MANNER. p.82
AN ESSENCE OF HONEY MAY BE MADE THUS. p.83
A MOST STRONG SPIRIT OF THE VINEGAR OF HONEY. p.83
OIL OR QUINTESSENCE OF WAX. p.83
WATER IS MADE OUT OF FLESH THUS. p.83
WATER OR LIQUOR IS MADE OUT OF FLESH THUS. p.84
A VERY EXCELLENT RESTORATIVE LIQUOR. p.84
A BALSAM MADE OF BEAR'S FAT. p.85
THE OIL OF SNAKES AND ADDERS. p.85
THE QUINTESSENCE OF SNAKES, ADDERS, OR VIPERS. p.85
VIPER WINE IS MADE THUS. p.86
KUNRATH'S FAMOUS WATER CALLED AQUA MAGNANIMITATIS. p.86
ANOTHER AQUA MAGNANIMITATIS IS MADE THUS. p.87
WATER OF DUNG IS MADE THUS. p.87
A WATER OF DOVES' DUNG IS MADE THUS. p.87
A WATER MADE OF HORSE DUNG. p.87
A WATER SMELLING LIKE AMBER MADE BY PARACELSUS OUT OF COW DUNG. p.87
AN EXCELLENT SUDORIFIC MADE OF THE YOUNG BUDS OF HARTSHORN. p.88
OIL OUT OF BONES AND HORNS IS MADE THUS. p.88
THE WATER OF SWALLOWS AGAINST THE FALLING SICKNESS. p.88
OIL OF EGGS IS MADE THUS. p.88
A WATER OF THE WHITES OF EGGS THAT WILL CURE A WOUND WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE SCAR. p.88
A WATER OF CRABS IS MADE THUS. p.89
AN OIL OR LIQUOR IS MADE OUT OF CRAB EYES THUS. p.89
WATER OF SPAWN OF FROGS IS MADE THUS. p.89
A COMPOUND WATER OF THE SPERM OF FROGS. p.89
ANOTHER COMPOUND WATER OF THE SPERM OF FROGS. p.89
BOOK V
A MISCELLANY OF SPAGYRICAL EXPERIMENTS AND CURIOSITIES. p.91
THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF WATER. p.91
THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF WINE. p.94
THE FAMOUS ARCANUM OR RESTORATIVE MEDICAMENT OF PARACELSUS CALLED HIS HOMUNCULUS. p.96
AN ARTIFICIAL WAY TO MAKE FLESH. p.99
PARACELSUS, HIS WAY FOR THE RAISING OF A DEAD BIRD TO LIFE AND FOR THE GENERATING MANY SERPENTS OF ONE BOTH WHICH ARE PERFORMED BY PURTEFACTION. p.99
TO MAKE AN ARTIFICIAL MALLAGO WINE. p.100
TO MAKE AN ARTIFICIAL CLARET WINE. p.100
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