INTRODUCTORY

the above-mentioned minute Descriptions will be found to be very suggestive. For as observed, SPLENDOR SOLIS Latin: "The Splendor of the Sun." has both a Physical-Alchemical, and a Spiritual-Mystic meaning.

The Alchemical theory describes in veiled terms a Gold Process, possibly the very process of which Kiesewetter Karl Kiesewetter (1854–1895) was a prominent German historian of the occult and alchemy whose works sought to provide a scholarly basis for esoteric history. observes, in his History of The Occult Sciences, that it stretches through the History of Alchemy like a Sea-serpent.

It may, for all that be the true Process, that has been transmitted by tradition, and the Sea-serpent may be a living aquatic monster, that has survived the Deluge The Great Flood; a cataclysmic event mentioned in various ancient traditions, most notably the biblical story of Noah. and other Cataclysms in some deep sea cave.

It is with the Philosopher’s Stone Philosopher’s Stone: The legendary substance central to alchemy, believed to be capable of transmuting base metals into gold and acting as an elixir of life for spiritual or physical perfection. as with the Sea-serpent, some say they have seen it, while the whole mass of mankind has not; but the evidence of the few who have seen, outweighs the opinion of the many who have not.

A thing still is, though people know nothing about it. Like Argon or Neon At the time this was written, these were "new" scientific discoveries; Argon was identified in 1894 and Neon in 1898. The author uses them to show that things can exist everywhere while remaining invisible to science for centuries., it may be universal, and remain universally unknown, yet, nevertheless, it exists.

What is unknown, may be ignored, but, although we know nothing about it, it is there, for all that.

Whether we consider Alchemy as a Science of Occult Chemistry, or as a Kabbalistic Art Kabbalistic Art: Referring here to the "Spiritual Alchemy" that uses the symbolic language of Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah) to describe the process of purifying the human soul. of Spiritual Regeneration,