{"product_id":"alchemists-handbook","title":"Alchemist's Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Alchemist's Hanbook has long been an essential contribution to the study of Alchemy since its first publication in 1960, It still stands as a groundbreaking work presenting in clear, concise language a practical manual of working knowledge that was formerly handed down under oath of secrecy. The scope of alcheical works is to provide both a means to synthesize all the other sciences and the necessary training of the intellectual and spiritual faculties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Alchmist's Handbook discusses in detail:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe basic fundamental principles of Alchemy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA guide to the formation of an inexpensive home laboratory with illustrations of the necessary equipment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eStep-by-step instructions for the worlk of the lesser circulation, the alchemical dtransformation within the plant kingdom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The teachings of Frater Albertus are part of a lineage that traces back to Rosicrucian sources and much earlier and The Alchemist’s Handbook is still the best introduction to that lineage. If you feel the call of Alchemy and want real information on the subject, this is definitely the book you will want to read, reread, and read again. It may just turn out to be the book that changes your life.” - From the foreword by Robert Allen Bartlett, author of \u003cem\u003eReal Alchemy\u003c\/em\u003e: A Primer of Practical Alchemy. First published by Weiser Books in 1974, this new Weiser Classics edition includes a new foreword by Robert Allen Bartlett.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: #9781578637652\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 160 pages.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Weiser Books, Published: June 2022.\u003cbr\u003eSize: 5.82 x 0.41 x 9.06 inches, Weight: 0.50 Lbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Albert Richard Reidel aka Frater Albertus Spagyricus\u003cbr\u003e(1911 - 1984)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/4583\/1187\/files\/reidel_richard_albert.jpg?v=1794412373\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"177\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrater Albertus was founder of the Paracelsus Research Society in Salt Lake City, which later evolved into Paracelsus College. Based on the paracelsian concept of three essentials, Body, Soul, and Spiritl Frater Albertus developed a system of teaching alchemical concepts using the spgyric technique of separation and cohobation, or repeated distillation. The unique gradated courses allow students to expore aspects of the vegetable, mineral and animal kingdoms in an understandalbe and accessible way. Dr. Reidel has a prodound effect on the way Alchemy and particularly the spagyric method was disseinated and understood in the mid-to late twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReviews:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If you really want to learn the basic principles of practical alchemy, Frater Albertus’ Alchemist’s Handbook is literally is worth its weight in gold.”—from the foreword by Israel Regardie, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aquarius Rising","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67996353397011,"sku":"9781578637652","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/4583\/1187\/files\/9781578637652.jpg?v=1794415166","url":"https:\/\/aquariusrising.net\/products\/alchemists-handbook","provider":"Aquarius Rising","version":"1.0","type":"link"}