Alchemy by Titus Burckhardt
Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul
A concise, scholarly introduction to alchemy that treats it not merely as proto-chemistry but as a symbolic and spiritual discipline: the book surveys historical developments and key texts, decodes alchemical imagery and processes as metaphors for inner transformation, and situates alchemy within a broader hermetic and traditional worldview that links cosmic cycles, metals and stones, and human purification. It emphasizes the alchemist’s quest to reconcile matter and spirit, critiques modern materialism, and shows how alchemical symbolism preserves a perennial metaphysics aimed at the renewal of both cosmos and soul.
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