Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Series Editors’ Preface VII
3. Table of Contents IX
4. Acknowledgements XIII
5. Chapter 1: Thinking “Slantwise”: Context for the Book and Definitions of Terms 1
6. Chapter 2: The Alchemical Imagination 13
7. Chapter 3: Metaphors of substance 26
8. Chapter 4: Life distilled 49
9. Chapter 5: Fire 82
10. Chapter 6: Red Sulphur 106
11. Chapter 7: Green Sulphur 134
12. Chapter 8: Salt 155
13. Chapter 9: Transference Part I 174
14. Chapter 10: Transference Part II 196
15. Chapter 11: Operations 211
16. References 232
17. Index 240