Not just alchemy, despite the subtitle, but a useful introduction to hermetic philosophy as a whole.

A course of ten lessons, being an introduction to "The Philosophy of Alchemy," by Dr. A.S. Raleigh.

Philosophia hermetica: a course of ten lessons, being an introduction to "The Philosophy of Alchemy," Lesson I. The God Beyond All Name. Lesson II. The Manifestation of God. Lesson III. The Manifest God. Lesson IV. The Unmanifest God. Lesson V. The Immanence of God. Lesson VI. The Nature of the Good. Lesson VII. The Pleroma of the Bad. Lesson VIII. The Inherent Badness of Man. Lesson IX. The Beautiful and the Good. Lesson X. The Gnosis of the Good.

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