THE SPLENDOR OF THE SUN

original: "Splendor Solis"

ALCHEMICAL TREATISES

Adept: a term for one who has attained the highest level of alchemical knowledge.

Including 22 Allegorical Pictures Reproduced from the Original

Paintings in the Unique Manuscript on Vellum,

dated 1582, in the British Museum.

With Introduction, Explanation of the Paintings, aiding the

Interpretation of their Hidden meaning, Trismosin’s Auto-

Occult: meaning "hidden" or "secret," referring to the esoteric sciences.

biographical Account of his Travels in Search of the Philoso-

pher’s Stone, A SUMMARY OF HIS ALCHEMICAL PROCESS CALLED

“THE RED LION,”

The Red Lion is a symbolic name for the final stage of the alchemical Great Work, often associated with the transmutation of base metals into gold.

and

EXPLANATORY NOTES

BY J. K.

LONDON:

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD.,

BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C. 4.