An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King

This alchemical treatise presents a symbolic guide to the transformation of matter and spirit, using the language of laboratory practice, allegory, and hermetic philosophy. Historically it is valued as an accessible early modern alchemical text, and readers will find practical directions, emblematic imagery, and explanations of the alchemical process.

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