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of the Chapters contained in this book:
First Chapter.
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| What the Hermetic Mastery Hermetic Mastery | The realization of the "Great Work" of alchemy, named after Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary founder of the Hermetic tradition. is; and by how many names it is called, and why? |
Second Chapter.
| What this work requires of an artist Artist | In alchemical literature, the "artist" (German: Künstler) is not a painter or sculptor, but the alchemist himself, who practices the "Art" of transmutation., and what his character should be? |
Third Chapter.
| Requirements and means, along with the time and opportunity to prepare them. | 44 |
Fourth Chapter.
| On the reading of Philosophical-Hermetic books The author likely refers to the "coded" or allegorical texts of medieval and Renaissance alchemists that require special interpretation.. | 49 |
Fifth Chapter.
| On the First Matter Materia Prima | The "First Matter"—the chaotic, formless base substance that alchemists believe contains the potential for all things., or more accurately the Second Matter Materia Secunda |
Sixth Chapter.
| On the operations Individual laboratory processes such as distillation, calcination, or fermentation. that occur in this philosophical art. | 82 |
Seventh Chapter.
| Recapitulation of the entire work. | 92 |
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