I. THE RENEWAL OF LIFE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Prefatory Note to The English Edition v
3. Editorial Note to the First Edition vii
4. Editorial Note to the Second Edition viii
5. Translator's Note ix
6. Foreword to the Swiss Edition x
7. Table of Contents xi
8. List of Illustrations xv
9. Note of Acknowledgment xxxv
10. I. INTRODUCTION TO THE RELIGIOUS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF ALCHEMY 1
11. II INDIVIDUAL DREAM SYMBOLISM IN RELATION TO ALCHEMY
12. 1. INTRODUCTION 39
13. 2. THE INITIAL DREAMS 47
14. 3. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE MANDALA
15. I. CONCERNING THE MANDALA 95
16. II. THE MANDALAS IN THE DREAMS 103
17. III. THE VISION OF THE WORLD CLOCK 203
18. IV. THE SYMBOLS OF THE SELF 215
19. III. RELIGIOUS IDEAS IN ALCHEMY
20. 1. BASIC CONCEPTS OF ALCHEMY 225
21. 2. THE PSYCHIC NATURE OF THE ALCHEMICAL WORK 242
22. 3. THE WORK 288
23. 4. THE PRIMA MATERIA 317
24. 5. THE LAPIS-CHRIST PARALLEL
25. I. THE RENEWAL OF LIFE 345
26. II. EVIDENCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAPIS. a. Raymond Lxilly 357
27. II. EVIDENCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAPIS. b. Tractatas aureus 358
28. II. EVIDENCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAPIS. c. Zosimos and the Doctrine of the Anthropos 360
29. II. EVIDENCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAPIS. d. Petrus Bonus 373
30. II. EVIDENCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAPIS. e. “Aurora consurgens” and the Doctrine of Sapientia 376
31. II. EVIDENCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAPIS. f. Melchior Cibinensis and the Alchemical Paraphrase of the Mass 396
32. II. EVIDENCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAPIS g. Sir George Ripley 406
33. II. EVIDENCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAPIS. h. The Epigoni 423
34. 6. ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION 432
35. EPILOGUE 473
36. BIBLIOGRAPHY 485
37. INDEX 525
38. Backmatter 573