{"product_id":"weiser-concise-guide-to-alchemy","title":"Weiser Concise Guide to Alchemy","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWeiser Concise Guide to Alchemy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBrian Cotnoir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781578633791\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eWeiser Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e127\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Weiser Concise Guide to Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e, Brian Cotnoir offers a detailed, stepbystep introduction of Alchemy that explores its mysteries while illustrating its use as a modern spiritual system of attainment. He provides an overview of the history of Alchemy, from the first meldings of Egyptian technology, through the Middle Ages--the golden age of alchemyright up to contemporary techniques. He demystifies the relationship between Alchemy and chemistry, and he provides evidence to detractors that Alchemy is much more than a medieval form of psychotherapy. (The guide includes practical laboratory experiments that safely, and intelligently, lead readers to an understanding of this ancient art and spiritual practice.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction: \u003cbr\u003e Brian describes this book as the one he wishes he had available when he began his lifelong study of Alchemy. I challenge any reader to find a more succinct and clear guide to this science and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Weiser Concise Guide to Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e is replete with actual exercises of the alchemical art such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edistillation and further processes to extract aqua vitae and the 'spirit of wine'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe purification of salts through calcination, crystallization, and sublimation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eadvanced processes for obtaining such alchemical precursors as Archaeus of Water, Oil of Tartar, and the Spirit of Wine of the Sages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eherbal work for obtaining spagyric tinctures, magistries, ens, and stones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emineral work for obtaining the salts and oils of metals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Weiser Concise Guide to Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e makes Alchemy a viable and valuable modality that can be used for understanding and working in concert with the energies of Nature for spiritual development, healing, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Weiser Books","offers":[{"title":"Weiser Concise Guide to Alchemy | Brian Cotnoir | Paperback | 9781578633791 | Used: Good | Back Stacks D 1783474","offer_id":67580212052120,"sku":"1783474","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61P31xTwAvL.jpg?v=1790364565","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/weiser-concise-guide-to-alchemy","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}