Wholesale Orders of the Great Work: Alchemy

Part 2 of Manly Hall's Adepts in the Western Esoteric Tradition Hall continues here from East to West on the origin of Alchemy. Starting with the origin of the concept of alchemy, its rise in Egypt as the secret doctrine of Hermes, its migration to Arabia, and its relation to the early schools of Christianity. Here we have Hall's synopsis of adepts who kept the secret flame alight while Christianity was determined to destroy all traces of its practice, from the Near East through the Byzantine Empire and into Europe. Through Alchemy’s travels many pioneers in the field emerged, including Roger Bacon, Raymond Lully, and Nicholas Flamel. The letters of Sendivogius to the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross, almost completely unknown to the modern world, are also discussed. ISBN: 0-89314-534-3 | Paperback. Illustrated. 107 pages