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THE

PREFACE

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COMMENTARY,

Translated from the French.

NOTICE original: "ADVERTISEMENT"

One is quite convinced that there are already too many books that discuss Hermetic philosophy Hermetic philosophy: An ancient spiritual and alchemical tradition based on the presumed teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, focusing on the pursuit of the "Great Work" or the Philosopher's Stone.; and that unless one were to write about this science plainly, without ambiguity original: "Equivocation" and without allegory (which none of the