Arthur Edward White [ed.] - The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of [...] Paracelsus the Great [...] in Two Volumes. [...]

Arthur Edward White [ed.] - The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of [...] Paracelsus the Great [...] in Two Volumes. Vol. I. Hermetic Chemistry; Vol. II. Hermetic Medicine and Hermetic Philosophy - Berkeley CA - Shambhala Publications Inc. - 1976 - 1st edition - 2 parts - [6], xvi, 394; viii, 396, [12] pp - Paperbacks - 15,5 x 23,5 cm.

Condition: Good set - COMPLETE. Both parts with wear and especially part 1 with creases and some stains.

Reprint of the English edition (originally published by James Elliot & Co in 1894) of the collected works on Hermetics and Alchemy by the Swiss physician Paracelsus (= Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, ca. 1493-1541). With table of contents, "a copious Hermetic Vocabulary and Index".

Part 1 contains the writings on hermetic chemistry; Part 2 presents the texts on hermetic medicine and occult philosophy. Everything "edited with a Biographical Preface and Elucidatory Notes by the American-British mystic Arthur Edward White (1857-1942).

¶ Paracelsus, was a famous but controversial physician, philosopher and theologian who worked on alchemy and astrology. He is considered the first systematic botanist and also gave the element zinc its name. -Wikipedia.